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Have any Canadians been able to get the upgrade to Hilton Gold yet?

Just called and got the promo. Could have used it this summer for sure.

Update: I called to sign up for the promotion on Tuesday, 11/5. My HHonors account now shows Gold, and it's 11/10! Success!

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Originally Posted by scentcrazy (Post 21758040)

Just called and got the promo. Could have used it this summer for sure.

Is this in reference to US or CDN plat?

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Originally Posted by tingalex (Post 21760358)

Is this in reference to US or CDN plat?

Most likely USA because scentcrazy is in Philadelphia.

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scentcrazy

Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: PHL

Data point: From time of request to account was 6 days for me.

Like others my account is now showing me with Gold status. Took about ~6-7 days

emailed them

Not available to us in the UK,

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Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 21751387)

It certainly wasn't live upgrade to Gold for us when we called in as (regular US personal) Amex Plat card holders. They said something about it taking several days for the HHonors account to get adjusted to Gold. We called in on Wednesday and Thursday for this.

Still not showing as Gold as of early Monday morning.

checked my HH account and i saw the gold status ! sweet !

Yes tingalex this is for the US Plat.

For anyone that is currently Gold and registered, have you noticed any changes to your HH profile?

I am Gold this year, but have only stayed enough to requal for silver in 2014. I called Amex last week. Obviously my HH account currently shows Gold, but the little night/stay/points meter still say "Based on stays/nights/points earned this year, your 2014 tier would be Silver."

I'm not really worried, as I'd expect this to work similar to the other FTs where the meter doesn't show future status based on promotions. Just making sure nobody else in a similar situation is experiencing something different.

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Originally Posted by claurianta2 (Post 21757190)

Have any Canadians been able to get the upgrade to Hilton Gold yet?

altitude75k who started the http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...us-2014-a.html thread on the AC Forums said the account was updated (almost) immedately.... way before all of you reported it this week. If you have any question for altitude75k to understand how to get it updated quickly, you might want to send a reply on that thread, as I am not sure if altitude75k read the AMEX forum. I did question, and here is the respond I got:

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Originally Posted by altitude75k (Post 21734890)

Expires 4/2015. I don't physically have the card as it can take 4-6 weeks to mail.

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Originally Posted by alc (Post 21734668)

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Originally Posted by altitude75k (Post 21734171)

You might want to check again. My Hilton account was linked today to my AMEX plat and now I am Hilton gold. I am a Canadian holder and not US btw.
You can use account mail if you don't want to call in.

From reading the thread on FT here and others web site, it does seems to be US only. Some did said the Cdn AMEX line willing to process the request for them, with many said they can't as it is for US only. But you are definitely the first that report the HHONORS account had been updated, as that is what it seems you are stating "now I am Hilton gold". All the others seems to get the "1-2 weeks" answer when asked about it. It will be good if this feature stick, as to be it will be same as giving lifetime status, which as we all know Hilton do not offer such thing at the moment. Same for any other status. I might just need to chuck this card once and then keep it forever.

I used the AMEX Secure Chat feature and asked for the HH Gold upgrade, and the account rep helped me immediately. This was on Tuesday morning, and as of today, I am still not showing Gold status on my HH account. However, one would hope it will be updated by early next week.

Edit: Contacted AMEX on Tuesday, 11/12. Today, Friday, 11/15, my HH account shows Gold status.

Pure speculation on my part, but the fact that the $75/year Amex Hilton Surpass just changed up to give free HH Gold with no spend requirement seems to be a strong indicator of the HH/Amex relationship, and a positive note for folks who are hoping that HH Gold becomes a permanent benefit of the Amex Plat.

The devil's advocate side would point out that perhaps Amex is trying to segregate the benefits, and make the Surpass stand out by offering something the unbranded cards do not. But that pattern does not seem to hold when considering the benefit overlaps between the Plat and SPG, or Plat an DL Reserve.