Originally Posted by
kingalien
I stayed at a Hampton, forgot which location but it was a small city, and I was mistakenly given the checkout sheet of people departing that day on the floor I was staying on. Of the 14 people listed to checkout 10 were elite and 7 of those were Diamond.
Again: Surprise, surprise: 28 stays at the several provincial Hamptons will cost 2500 Dollars. Given that, Hilton can even considered to be a motel chain in the US. 28 stays at the few German properties (with two exceptions all four and five star Hiltons) will cost about 7500 Dollars. Getting Diamond is easy and cheap in the US so it is not really a surprise that there are several top tiers in the US.