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Old Feb 27, 2019, 3:35 pm
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TheShis
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
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Originally Posted by GoodFastOrCheap
Hilton status matches (or challenges as I think they are now called) are extremely easy to obtain, but they make it clear they are a once per account offer.. There has been a workaround for some time but it can have the unintended effect of messing with your stay/night counts in Hilton's tired accounting system.If you wish, then you can always create a new account and have the status match applied to it. Then, request that Hilton merge the two accounts and keep your old account number as the primary. The new status will transfer over with it.
Thanks, but there's no mention of it in the T&C, being a once in a lifetime thingie.
Your suggestion is interesting, though I find it somehow dishonest (or isn't it?!?).
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