Originally Posted by
travelinfoo
OMG! London Metropole is in the same Category as the Trafalgar and Waldorf!! No way! Less central and more run-down. Only advantage is they tend to have larger rooms for families which they are sometimes willing to give as a "standard room" award. That's a good value when they do. Maybe that's why it went up in Cat listing.
So does it common for Hilton to silently change category, after this annual category change?
I noticed "Hampton Inn & Suites Riverside/Corona East" is category 3 now.
It was category 1 when i stayed there about 3 months ago.
It is probably not a big issue for Hilton redemption, cause I'm sure most people only redeem for high-end cat6-7 hilton. Category 6 can only go to 7, and 7 is not gonna go down
But it's surprising nonetheless.