Bear with me here....Starwood Preferred Guest so I always stay at Westin....Through AAdvantage, got a Hilton Gold VIP Card and stuffed in drawer, but got it out last week when I stayed at a Garden Inn. The guy said I wasn't Gold even though I Had the card, so I looked in the packet, and I had to register by 2/28/07 to be Gold for a year. I called the help desk - no go, they said I am only Blue and cannot be comped to Gold because I missed the promotion.

I'd like to give Hilton some more business is there something I can do to get a Gold status?