Originally Posted by europeanflyer

In the last few wks , both Turkish & now Eithad members can sign up for Gold Hilton without any minimum stays.
TK is fast growing with many airline members switching due to easier qualifying levels
As a loyal HH member since 2006 & now looking like I will just about cover Gold for next year dropping from Diamond it appears that Gold is being devalued.
On this basis HH should consider a higher level of Gold for members like us that spend our money on a regular basis & meet the yearly requirement.
Gold status will soon be overloaded so expect less upgrades etc if there is no extra level introduce where we will be recognize.
Thoughts anyone on starting a petition to Erin to propose this to management.