ozstamps writes: But MTroll did not advertise in USA Today, however. And I'm fairly certain they never even considered such an act.

Who would?

And furthermore, I would be willing to bet everything I own that Mtroll advising their clients of this would have about a 99% less chance of Hilton having "this littel cutie closed forever" than would the very public postings here on FlyerTalk.

What's the point? We can share it with our little group, but it's a horrible transgression if someone shares it outside our group?

That said, I am all in favor of as sharing this info with as many people as possible, out in the open and not operating in the shadows.

I would be against a USA Today ad, but I find it very RICH to hear where the criticism is coming from!!

Several years ago Randy noted, specifically with reference to a question I'd put to him, that any travel agents and the like were all welcome here on FlyerTalk!

FWIW, I'll wait for the HHonors servers to calm down to do my update! Thanks!

-Mark

I couldn't agree more. And regarding the Hilton Hhonors profile update bonus in particular, it appeared to be just fine with Jeff Diskin, the president of Hilton Hhonors when he was interviewed on chat on June 7, 2001:

hnechets
OK, kind of a "how do you feel about it" question...Are you OK with us updating our profile twice every quarter just to get the 1000 points? I, for one, do not wish to abuse this feature, but I have to confess to feelin' a little bit guilty when I do it.

Jeff Diskin
Well, I honestly hadn't thought about. I think we should have enough dynamic information in there to make it worthwhile to check often. And we are happy to give incentives so that you'll be more inclined to keep your account profile up to date, and get used to managing things that way. It makes us more accurate, enables us to serve you better, and is more efficient... so yes, we are okay if you go change your profile for an extra 1,000 points...and in the next few months, you'll see some additional reasons to provide more profile information, making it more worth your while than just the 1,000 points!


[This message has been edited by LarryU (edited 10-01-2002).]

Still waiting for those extra reasons to provide the profile info, especially since each update is now only 500 points, but remember that it's almost time for the

------------------
More Room Throughout Coach: the Website of Free Miles and Free Markets

[This message has been edited by gleff (edited 12-29-2002).]

Well, it certainly took longer than I expected to start the next profile update countdown!

By the way, nice website Gleff. I had bookmarked it a while back and never got around to looking at it.

Thank you.