My wife and I decided to merge our separate HH accounts. We have a couple of questions as we move forward...

1. How long does it normally take for the merge to take affect? The confirmation page says it takes 10 business days, and I'm currently on 14 waiting for the update. I have weekly stays coming up for the next month, and would like to take advantage of the upgrade (see below).

2. HH website says "All points and activity will be transferred to the account you keep" but the confirmation page from the merge request says in two separate instances "all points" and "all activity and points" will be kept. Which is correct? If only points are combined, I will still be short of Gold, but if the total number of nights are combined, I'll jump into Gold.

Thanks!