Originally Posted by
Gold_Member
I just got a second diamond challenge (after falling back to Platinum) from my original diamond challenge 2 years ago. Just like any status match, the key is to show past and future stays with other brands that have significant value. Lets say, 6 nights at the Conrad Maldives in peak season worth $15,000. GP weren't to know that this was a actually 200,000 HH points stay I made before the devaluation, since all they could see was the property and duration in the screen dump I forwarded. The prospect of my moving this reservation to the Park Hyatt Maldives clearly swayed their opinion, although I have no intention of changing it over!
Better still, I get another 4 suite upgrades this year on top of the 4 earlier this year which were well used at the end of February.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but your 2nd Diamond Challenge most likely has nothing to do with your Conrad Maldives stay booking.
Although Diamond Challenges were usually once-in-a-lifetime, they seemingly let everyone start with a clean sheet after the June 30 switchover to the "new" challenges and have been issuing challenges to people who have previously tried them.
And the only criteria for the Diamond Challenge is the necessary tier status, with at least one stay recorded and showing on the online screenshot (and doesn't matter at all whether it's a Garden Inn, Conrad or the Waldorf).