Originally Posted by smartinez
I was looking to get the Amex Plat card, and thought I saw Hilton Gold VIP status on the list of benefits when I looked a while back, but today I don't see it. (I also searched this forum and the page comes back completely blank)
The Amex Platinum includes SPG Gold. No HH Gold. The only Amex products to include HH Gold are the Centurion card and the Amex HHonors credit card if you spend $20k on it in a given year. The Amex HHonors card gives you Silver to start out with (which as a Gold you know is basically useless.) This is a good deal if you like earning HHonors points and charge a reasonable amount.
The Amex SPG credit card also includes SPG Preferred Plus, which is the same as Gold except that you don't get a 50% point bonus. You get the same room upgrades and 4PM checkout as Gold members for $30/yr (plus one SPG50/yr) so this is a very good value.
As for other cards, the Citi Chairman Card includes HH Gold.