Originally Posted by
LAXRuss
Sorry to hear. I seem to have had good luck, although I always prefer to call in for fear that an online registration will not work. In my case, I already have Diamond status with my non-US AMEX account, but I called in around December 30 for the three additional card holders on my US Plat account and they all received gold status upgrades and cards for their individual HHonors accounts.
I actually did call and talk to AMEX to sign up. I'm waiting to hear what HHonors says. If I need to, I'll then call AMEX.
They should just try to make it an annual benefit like SPG to make up for all of the other lost benefits of the Plat Card.