Originally Posted by
craigthemif
14m new Honors accounts that were opened by mistake for new credit card applications (come on down... everybody can be Diamond), and then merged into existing members' accounts...
Has anyone verified that HH had 14m net new members sign up? Not just some IT system hickup where they doubled existing accounts, or suddenly gave every Hertz and Avis customer a "free" account? Just doesn't sound right to me.
On edit: from the Hilton press release here:
https://newsroom.hilton.com/corporat...ng-initiatives
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Gained more than 14 million new Hilton Honors members, bringing total membership to more than 85 million at year end
Looks like they're claiming net new membership. OK....