Originally Posted by Traveller
I do have an additional question about this, when does status earned this way expire (same question I have on HH and it's never really been answered over on the Hilton forum)? Does it expire 12 months from when you get the required number of nights in the rolling 12 months or does it expire in February of the year after getting the status?
When you achieve an elite level the status is good for the remainder of the calendar year, plus one more full year. For example, if you had 75 nights from 5/1/05 to 5/1/06, you would be a Platinum member for the remainder of 2006 and all of 2007.
Once the Platinum level has been achieved it must be renewed with 75 nights in the full calender year. Referring to the example, you would need to stay 75 nights in 2007 or your status would be Gold for 2008. Something to keep in mind, however, is that if you were downgraded to Gold in 2008 you would be eligible to achieve Platinum again on the rolling calender year, so the interruption in status could potentially be very brief.
Chris
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