Diamond drink
Feb 4, 2026 | 8:29 pm
#2
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: CX, UA, Shangri-La, Hyatt, Starwood
Posts: 8,245
maybe it's an oversight. the email invite for last night's says "Exclusive Invitation - The Diamond Drinks". it was pushed back from original date in november due to the fires.
i think i've only been getting "diamond drinks" invites post covid. (I still have yet to attend, regretfully.) i can't recall getting any invites for a few years during covid fwiw, maybe 2021 or 2022? a few years in there i don't think i got anything.
before covid, i distinctly remember them being more ad hoc "events", i remember a few wine and food pairing winners in hk, another thing out at CX city, way back at the day i remember one at crown wine cellars in shouson hill, things like that. (I'm sure I'm dating myself.)
i think i've only been getting "diamond drinks" invites post covid. (I still have yet to attend, regretfully.) i can't recall getting any invites for a few years during covid fwiw, maybe 2021 or 2022? a few years in there i don't think i got anything.
before covid, i distinctly remember them being more ad hoc "events", i remember a few wine and food pairing winners in hk, another thing out at CX city, way back at the day i remember one at crown wine cellars in shouson hill, things like that. (I'm sure I'm dating myself.)
Feb 5, 2026 | 12:25 am
#3
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ORD [formerly] + HKG
Programs: CX Diamond, AA exExPlat, BAEC exGold, HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Starriott Titanium, GE
Posts: 3,087
If they had to invite all HKG based DMs to last nights event, they would probably have to do it 50 (or closer to 100) times
Feb 5, 2026 | 1:12 am
#4
Join Date: Oct 2025
Programs: CX DM
Posts: 5
They should have called it the Top Tier Diamond, Diamond Plus or Diamond Exec Drinks then... or whatever benchmark they used internally to cut-off the invites. As someone who is a HKG based Diamond and never invited to these events, I wouldn't feel as bad if there's a clear threshold to be invited (presumably spend / SPs) rather than finding out about these "Diamond" events through social media.