I tried getting comp'd, they told me 6-8 weeks. I had a hotel stay in 2. I got once upgraded with my USA gold card in Edwardian hotel. Out of the others, I never received anything extra, not even a "Thanks" To get my gold card, it took a few phone calls (as they never sent a new one after making gold from silver). Though its easy if you stay in SAS and use the USA GPP. It took 2 rooms, 1 night to requalify for gold. If it wasn't that easy, I'd never do it. Plus in Europe the SAS chain are nice hotels.