Originally Posted by
vh_bu98
I booked a single using points as a Gold member and they upgraded me to the queen, so it looks like a one level upgrade. I went ahead and canceled and will wait until my status updates to diamond and then I will re-book a queen. Although I may reconsider the Canopy and Konsulate as well for December.
IMO, it's more about what you want to do, if you want easy access to town/restaurants (i.e. walk out the door) the Hilton is not the answer. It's a legit $30 taxi fare from town to the Hilton. It's $4/person each way for the bus (more time consuming, est 20-25 min to wait and connect). If you have a car, free parking at the Hilton, no so at the others.
A word of advice, the Hilton seems to have deals with groups, conferences and airlines so availability can fluctuate dramatically. We spent 7 nights at the Hilton, we considered splitting 2 and 5 (i.e. get the 5 night for 4 benefit) to stay downtown and wish we had.