Will there be a Delta and Hilton partnership?
 

This morning I saw this news https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericros...w-partnership/

Considering the partnership between United and Marriott, I wonder what Delta will do in the future ( the news already speculates about a DL-Hilton partnership). I'm also curious about what partnership it gonna be. I'm now a lowly Hilton silver, I will be very happy if DM can get me a gold there :p .

If you want Gold badly enough you can just pay AMEX $95 bucks/year as it stands today

That's what I do. I got the Ascent card yet I still make HH Diamond.
Or you could get the Aspire and be Diamond for $450

If I am guessing and speculating, yes.

Now, if they can just transfer my lifetime diamond status at Hilton to lifetime diamond at Delta. :)

Shotgun wedding of the Amex dependent?

In a different thread, recently, there was speculation that a new partnership might be in the works because they have stopped branding the domestic F and PS blankets as Westin, now it's only D1. Does Hilton have a brand for their bedding?

Disappointing if it happens. Guess Hilton is the only major chain left (with United locked up with Marriott/Starwood already). Would have loved a Delta-Hyatt partnership as ever since Starwood folded into the Marriott mothership formally last year I've started to stay more at Hyatts.

I have never found much value in hotel loyalty programs since I travel to a wide range of destinations where its not always practical to be loyal to a brand (although I do prefer Marriott generally) or I don't have a choice in where I stay. The result is I can't stay enough nights in a hotel brand annually to get any sort of meaningful status. With my patterns, Hilton would be a more useful partnership for me as I see a lot more Hilton branded hotels than Hyatt branded hotels. If there was a crossover rewards program, I probably would direct more nights towards Hilton, but still book what works best for me. I have long assumed that Hilton and Delta would eventually partner up given the size and reach of the two companies and Hilton's propensity to give out status like candy.

I would love to see a partnership since Delta is the airline I use most and Hilton is the hotel chain I use most. Would make since seeing both companies are in bed with Am Ex. Would be great to get HIlton Points on all my Delta flights and Delta miles on my Hilton stays like we used to get with the SPG crossover program. Seeing Hilton won't even give their own Diamonds a 4 p.m. checkout I doubt they would give it to Delta Diamonds the way SPG did with Delta diamonds. I really miss the SPG crossover program, I didn't stay enough at SPG to get status and it was great having the 4 p.m. checkout and free wifi when I would stay at SPG's.

I'd love to see it as I derive lots of benefits with Hilton. I did like cross-over rewards with SPG and was bummed that it folded, but then their program didn't get me much in the end. I moved to Hyatt before their current program and now very happy with Hilton. So the cross-partnership would be awesome for me! I think it does make sense to partner if it helps lead people to each others brands.

Hyatt doesn't have anywhere near enough properties. AA is welcome to them. Certainly not all of Hilton's properties are aspirational - pretension alert - but it's got more than 7x the property count of Hyatt.

IHG?

What do you mean by this?

It looks like Hyatt is link to AA now:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericros...w-partnership/

so the only options left are Hilton and perhaps IHG. I wouldn't mind Hilton, as you can easily get their status via Amex cc, and then get benefits on DL. Hopefully they will also have improve transfer rate, but I highly doubt it.

Don't forget about Wyndham!

Well, they do have a lot of properties...