Originally Posted by RichardInSF
If it's really that important, call them, I am sure they have a record.
Jerry Seinfeld got it right. Take a Platinum card for $395 and for less than the $2100 difference you can pretty much have everything else on the list. Instead of getting that Hilton Gold upgrade for free, pay $60 a night for it, unless you spend 35+ nights a year there, it's cheaper. Plus, if you spend 35+ nights a year there, you get the upgrades for free anyhow.
Where I would think it would make more of a difference was with the airline programs, where buying an upgrade isn't quite that cheap! Having gold status with Delta would certainly be cheaper than buying a few first class tickets.