I received HH Gold from being CO Gold in Jan 2004.. it will expire at the end of this month.. coincidentally, HH sent me another Gold membership (new HH#) that expires April 2006.. with some bonus point promo of 50k pts after 5 stays between 9/15 and 1/31.

This whole time, I've only stayed once with Hilton and it was a Priceline stay.

Hotel status runs are definitely a thing of the past.