I'm spending 12 nights at this property for work meetings in September.

I've read reviews of the hotel on FT & TripAdvisor and it seems frankly average. It's rated 3.5 stars.

My question is: if I got Hilton Gold status before my stay, how might that improve the immediate experience of those 12 nights (setting aside point earning bonuses for now).

All meals incl. breakfast will already be covered for me as part of work expenses.

I'm torn because on the one hand it just seems inherently preferrable to have Gold versus not if I'm spending 12 nights there, but on the other hand, I'm trying to really limit new CC apps and saving them for Chase products until I have the ones I want. (CSR, Ink+)

Someone said an alternative could be getting the AMEX business Plat and getting some kind of status match to Hhonors Gold. Is it correct that a business AMEX would not show up to Chase as part of 5/24 because it's a business card?