Originally Posted by
Guate87
I also only travel for leisure purposes and have no interest in paying $200,000 for Lifetime Hyatt Globalist status or earning 10 full calendar years of Annual Hilton Diamond status to attain Lifetime Hilton Diamond status.
In addition to 10 years of status (easily obtained through the $450-annual-fee Aspire AmEx card), Hilton also requires either 1,000 nights or $200,000 base spend.
I would get the card for ten years, then let the nights or spend accumulate gradually.