Originally Posted by
Jetsetpensioner
Earlier this year I attempted to status match my Marriott gold to Hilton. This was for the status match to gold with a path to diamond after a lower (14) night threshold. Got denied as they said "you already have gold with Hilton". So after some negotiating they let me do a fast track challenge of 18 nights in 90 days for Hilton diamond. I completed the challenge in July.
I went through the same progression. I was already Hilton Gold from having the AMEX card. But Diamond sounds nice to get into lounges (most of them, anyway) and so on. After trying to match from Hyatt Globalist I was also told that since I was already Gold that I wasn't eligible. But I appealed it saying I really just wanted a challenge for that. So I also got the 18 nights in 3 months challenge. I just got the 18 nights and was immediately raised to Diamond when the last credit came in.