Oh I miss the Gold days so much! Back in those days stayed in the ATH Hilton and got lounge access and fell in love with the hotel. Have two more rewards stays coming up at the ATH Hilton this month, one booked while Gold (kindly asking for upgrade/lounge access in the comments) and one booked after I was downgraded to Silver. In my first stay I was treated as Silver (lobby csr totally ignored my Gold card and "went by" the computer system...but hotel was fully booked).

I intend to try it out again with my Gold card and be super nice but I am not hopeful. I don't care for the upgrade, I just want the lounge access!

Oh the good old days...One thing for sure,the free Gold made me a loyal Hilton customer!