jerry a. laska

The OP has already called once they said no. Over the last 17 years or so of diamond, I missed once or twice (once with 29 stays) and each time was given a fast track/challenge back to diamond after asking nicely in April. II don't remember reading a report where someone had their diamond status renewed in January after failing to meet the requirements. Plus Hilton recently introduced the diamond extension to cover this situation but the OP doesn't want to waste it. Like some recent threads in the AA forum where a couple people complained of losing CK and EXP after not flying enough and moving all their business to another airline, this seems a little DYKWIA and the OP probably wrote it after he got off the phone and after he expected to receive some consideration. Nowadays though, airline and hotel programs aren't providing the exceptions they used to provide. It seems they are now only there to reward present flying and stay patterns (until one reaches a Lifetime status). I think FT members just get tired sometimes of reading posts where the poster says they are moving to another airline or hotel chain if they don't get what they want.

Sure they OP can call again, but based upon my own experience and from what I read here, I don't think Hilton will do anything until April and then it will be a fast track or challenge unless the OP can articulate some other method of communicating the value to Hilton by him remaining a diamond member without doing a fast track or challenge. But if the OP feels that he will be better served at Marriott then he should do that and not think that Hilton or Marriott owes him some sort of loyalty because that is not how these companies operate any more.