Originally Posted by
canadiancow
I submitted my Hilton Diamond card and last folio on Aug 27 23:35 UTC+2. On Sep 1 0503 UTC+2, I received confirmation it had been approved, and "Your Platinum Elite status will be upgraded within 12 hours.".
It has been 12 hours, but I am still Gold.
I'm currently in the middle of a stay at a Westin, though there's no lounge, the rate has free breakfast, and they gave me a suite upgrade, so I'm not sure I'm missing much. But I have something like 19 more nights across 3 more stays before the end of September, so we'll see.
At most hotels across most programs, your status for the stay is what your status was when you checked in.