Will Starwood match Hilton gold? Answer: No, only top tier
Nov 18, 2008, 12:20 pm
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Will Starwood match Hilton gold? Answer: No, only top tier
I'm hilton honors gold - would starwood status match this?
Last edited by SanDiego1K; Nov 19, 2008 at 10:33 pm Reason: Title updated to reflect answer below
Nov 18, 2008, 12:22 pm
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Welcome to FlyerTalk! At the top of the forum you will find all of the answers you may want to know re: Starwood and its program including your matching question. Please look at the sticky "FAQs. . ." then select Starwood Status Match. That should assist you. Again, welcome to FlyerTalk.
Nov 18, 2008, 12:40 pm
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Not by policy.
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William R. Sanders
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
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Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Online Guest Feedback Coordinator
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
[email protected]
Nov 18, 2008, 12:43 pm
#4
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Status match
Why? I don't think I would stay at a Starwood hotel, if they didn't match my hilton status...
Nov 18, 2008, 12:44 pm
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Nov 18, 2008, 12:45 pm
#6
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Hilton HHonors Gold VIP membership will be awarded to Members with 16 stays*, 36 nights* or 60,000 Base points earned during any calendar year.
Well what do you want them to math you to? *wood Gold? Not much benefit there besides the 50% more points. Platinum is where the real deal is, and it sounds like your status doesnt come close to what *Wood requires.
Well what do you want them to math you to? *wood Gold? Not much benefit there besides the 50% more points. Platinum is where the real deal is, and it sounds like your status doesnt come close to what *Wood requires.
Nov 18, 2008, 1:20 pm
#7
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status match
match to *wood gold would seem fair?
Nov 18, 2008, 2:52 pm
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Nov 18, 2008, 4:00 pm
#9
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I'm sure they would be happy to match you to Preferred, or probably even Preferred Plus!
After all, that's the roughly equivalent level to Hilton Gold by the sounds of it
After all, that's the roughly equivalent level to Hilton Gold by the sounds of it
Nov 18, 2008, 4:19 pm
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Gold is equivalent to Preferred Plus except for an extra bonus point per dollar - and you can get PreferredPlus by joining AAA. You can also get Gold in 5 stays during the common "Stays count double" promotion. There is really no reason for them to even take the time to comp you to Gold as Gold is not as good of a tier as Hilton Gold and if anything would deter you from switching if you expect to compare like to like. If you were Hilton Diamond, you could get comped to Starwood Platinum and that would be a fair comparison.
But seriously, one can't always expect a comp in a new loyalty program just because they have mid-tier in another. Hilton Gold is quite easy to get through various methods, such as spending $20K on an HHonors credit card and does not prove you to be frequent a Hilton guest.
But seriously, one can't always expect a comp in a new loyalty program just because they have mid-tier in another. Hilton Gold is quite easy to get through various methods, such as spending $20K on an HHonors credit card and does not prove you to be frequent a Hilton guest.
Nov 18, 2008, 4:28 pm
#11
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OP could stay (maybe less than 12 more stays with hilton) and status match...to Plat.
OR simply sign up for Double stay credit Promo and stay 13.
OR simply sign up for Double stay credit Promo and stay 13.
Nov 19, 2008, 4:32 pm
#12
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match
Have stayed 22 nights (7 stays) since Sep - is that business not worth matching?
Nov 19, 2008, 5:08 pm
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hilton gold is given out free to practically anyone with a heartbeat.. i would hope that SPG never matches HH gold.
Nov 19, 2008, 5:16 pm
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From your figures above, I'm guessing some of those stays have been in Oct/Nov? If you had signed up for double stays/nights in the current quarterly SPG promo (unfortunately the 7+ weeks sign up period for it ended on 15/11) you'd have been SPG Gold already and maybe well on the way to SPG Platinum by year end.