Originally Posted by sdsearch

Meanwhile, on Hilton basically giving away its status: Yeah, that's another reason I stay at Marriott more. I have no need to stay at Hilton to have with Hilton. Meanwhile, I'm just a few years away (if my current stay and Marriott bonus patterns continue) from getting meaningful lifetime Marriott status. While it would be unrealistic for me to get to Hilton lifetime Diamond (and they haven't announced lifetime Gold), as you said, they practically give the status away, so who cares? I keep waiting for the year I'll have to get a HH Surpass or HHReserve card, but first I get two years of HH Gold from the (long gone) Milepoint Premium offer, and now this year I got two years of HH Diamond from their way-too-easy status match (from my Marriott Platinum ).