I totally agree with this point. Following Hilton's MEGA-SUPER-UBER devaluation, I got "matched" from HH Diamond and MR Platinum to CC Gold--they would not give me their top status. For the most part, their properties are extremely average (including Europe where there are far more).

One thing I forget to mention previously--MR is now apparently not offering any status matches--so you'd need to be a Silver from credit card or Gold if you have UA 1K until you reach Platinum.