Originally Posted by seanman571

Spoke to someone at Amex Canada about an hour ago, the rep said that the calls to the Plat line about this status upgrade were non stop. He said he and no idea how the info got leaked but that the forums were buzzing about it. He said that it was supposed to be for US cardholders but some Cdn Plats got the email as well, he went on to say that marketing was in touch with Hilton about this and will most likely have to offer it to Canadians as a "make it right" type of thing.

Now, there has been a report of a Cdn Plat getting the status upgrade. So it may be one of those things where you have to call and call until a rep will enrol you for this benefit.