I have this year so far 22 hilton stays.. I had great stays with gold. Used to be diamond years ago but spg was better so focused on spg. I had great upgrades as Gold at conrad bali and Hilton KL and bkk...
bonvoy needs to throw some bones... I am 34 and just earned lt plat ( no meetings). I live in europe so 75 nights isn't easy without any cc nights as 80% of my nights are leisure... Without being able to get credits for up to three rooms i dont really have any incentive to book rooms for my friends at spg hotels but rather stay where's the best value for money.
Wife is Hilton gold as well so better we book 2 rooms at a Hilton hotel and get free bf for 2 rooms if we stay with friends....