How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

[Fifa]

Status: Gold (+1 is using the last of his points)
Property: Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor
Booked: Double Hilton Guest room
Rate: 30,000 points
Received: King Deluxe Plus

Amenities: 2 bottles of water (one still and one sparkling), 2 drink vouchers, jar of jelly beans.

A pretty ordinary hotel with small bathrooms. A bit of a hike from the tourist areas but the tram and buses are convenient. Breakfast was ok with great cappuccino included. This was a handy hotel as I needed to break up a stay at the Waldorf Astoria (more about that later).

 

[anat0l]

Interesting travels, Fifa. Are you there to "cover" the referendum?

 

[Fifa]

Interesting travels, Fifa. Are you there to "cover" the referendum?

Ha - no, just a coincidence. Very interesting times indeed.
Off to Oslo now , so will have to read about the results in the morning.

 

[Flashback]

Ha - no, just a coincidence. Very interesting times indeed.
Off to Oslo now , so will have to read about the results in the morning.

Yep, there's some show on TV tonight for the initial count .. then the 'official' results on BBC at 7.30 :mrgreen:

 

[QF WP]

I seem to remember a certain QF WP snagging about 14000 base points in one stay IIRC! We can reminisce over the huge point accrual back in the day of seemingly endless double and triple bonus offers!

Oh yes, that 3 night stay at PER in Oct 13 - 10,697 base points. Well that did include a 4 person dinner with AFF'ers who kindly paid me cash

 

[kpc]

Status: Diamond
Property: Hiilton Moscow Leningradskaya‎
Booked: King Guestroom
Received: King Junior Suite
Rate: 200K pts for 6 nights

Great executive lounge with enough hot food for dinner!

 

[Fifa]

Status: Diamond
Property: Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian‎
Booked: Queen Classic room
Received: Queen Castle View room
Rate: £105 worldwide government rate per night incl. breakfast for 2 (2 stays - 2 nights & 1 night)

Amenities: 2 x 187ml bottles wine, fruit, chocolates, 2 x bottles of water

As a Diamond I received a letter on check-in offering the following:
* Welcome beverage in Caley Bar (up to two guests)
* Complimentary continental breakfast as part of the Summer Promotion (however cooked breakfast was included in my rate)
In addition the choice of two of the following:
* 10% discount on food charges in Peacock Alley or the Caley Bar (all outlets included a 10% 'discretionary charge' so this discount cancelled itself out)
* 1,000 Hilton HHonors bonus points (I'll have to chase them up about the points as they haven't posted for either stay)
* One in-room movie during your stay

I loved this hotel and the double upgrade to the castle view room was excellent.
We also enjoyed a great 2 course dinner including aperitif in Galvin Brasserie (£16.50pp) and afternoon tea in Peacock Alley.

 

[robd]

Status : Diamond
Property: Hilton Hawaiian Village
Booked: Ali Tower Resort view 2 dbles
Received: Ali Tower Partial Ocean View 2 dbles
Rate: $199 USD p/n plus resort fee

My account preference notes 2 beds, high floor, away from elevator. On check in, I was advised that I could accept my booked room which was allocated next to service elevator or my upgrade to partial ocean view, directly opposite elevator. I chose the latter, and it hasn't been an issue thankfully.

My Diamond status, apart from the fantastic upgrade (sarcasm), also gave me a $10 dining credit per day x 2 ppl (woopeee) which can be used for any on site restaurant. Each day we also get 2 half bottles of water and supposedly faster internet than the riff raff.

Obviously not great benefits with this property, and I understand they have no real need to entice Hilton elites. After reading a lot of reviews prior to booking, my expectations were set and have been achieved. We are really enjoying the hotel and Honolulu.

 

[deka2]

robd. How do they give you a half bottle if water ?

 

[robd]

robd. How do they give you a half bottle if water ?

I meant little bottles. 330mls. Smallest water bottles I've ever seen.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

I meant little bottles. 330mls. Smallest water bottles I've ever seen.

Qantas mt franklin bottles are the smallest

 

[docjames]

Hilton Sydney

Group booking (I was one of I'd guess at least 50 rooms), single night stay on a Friday.

Gold status.

Received:

Room upgrade
Exec floor (naturally)
Two 400ml my franklin
One 187ml bottle red

Made full use of exec floor!

Another data point:
Had forgotten my iPhone charger - promptly one was delivered to my room on request ($30 deposit).

 

[robd]

Status: Diamond
Property: Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Booked: Classic 2 beds
Received: Urban Contemporary 2 beds
Rate: $207.20 USD plus tax p/n.

I think this is definitely a 1 level upgrade. The room is newly renovated and quite pleasant, however the bathroom is small with shower over bath, loo and basin. The bathroom door is opaque glass and lights up the bedroom when used in the middle of the night and has very limited sound proofing. Also not great sound proofing from hallway noise. The room has a pretty small window - the majority of the view being a large building directly ahead and a very slight view of the bay to the right and the Westfield Mall in the distance to the left.

I was aware when I booked the room that there is a huge conference here commencing 28th Sept by software company Oracle (Java), so my options were limited. In fact the Classic room that I booked, was the only 2 bed option available, so I guess I should be happy to get the newly renovated top floor that I received, and whilst my preference states room away from elevator, I am the farthest possible distance away from it - like really far!

As far as elite benefits offered, I received 2 bottles of water on arrival, continental breakfast daily (full breakfast is an additional $10 per person per day), and internet. There is no Executive Lounge here. I phoned guest services earlier, advising that I did not receive 2 bottles of water today and was told that you only get them on arrival, not daily.

The location is great and is within easy walking distance to Union Square.

 

[Dalek]

Status: Diamond
Property: Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Booked: Classic 2 beds
Received: Urban Contemporary 2 beds
Rate: $207.20 USD plus tax p/n.

I think this is definitely a 1 level upgrade. The room is newly renovated and quite pleasant, however the bathroom is small with shower over bath, loo and basin. The bathroom door is opaque glass and lights up the bedroom when used in the middle of the night and has very limited sound proofing. Also not great sound proofing from hallway noise. The room has a pretty small window - the majority of the view being a large building directly ahead and a very slight view of the bay to the right and the Westfield Mall in the distance to the left.

I was aware when I booked the room that there is a huge conference here commencing 28th Sept by software company Oracle (Java), so my options were limited. In fact the Classic room that I booked, was the only 2 bed option available, so I guess I should be happy to get the newly renovated top floor that I received, and whilst my preference states room away from elevator, I am the farthest possible distance away from it - like really far!

As far as elite benefits offered, I received 2 bottles of water on arrival, continental breakfast daily (full breakfast is an additional $10 per person per day), and internet. There is no Executive Lounge here. I phoned guest services earlier, advising that I did not receive 2 bottles of water today and was told that you only get them on arrival, not daily.

The location is great and is within easy walking distance to Union Square.

Hi Robd, You are very lucky to get what you did. Some 60,000 people swarm into San Francisco for OracleWorld. I was looking at attending but couldn't get any decent accommodation so I will be heading over with work in 2 weeks time. Expect to see lots of people with red lanyards around their necks. I understand that the restaurants and bars also like to take advantage of this captive crowd

 

[coolumbla]

Qantas mt franklin bottles are the smallest

you haven't flown rex!

 

[Aussie_flyer]

you haven't flown rex!

Is that a bottle or one of those little cups, because we are talking bottles here. anyway, sorry to go so OT

 

[mranwa]

Status: Gold
Property: Hilton Diagonal Mar, Barcelona
Booked: 1 King Bed room with breakfast and internet (via conference organiser) under partner's name (non Hilton member)

Tried to change under my name but I arrive a day later so not possible.
Flash a big smile and my Hilton Gold card.

Received: 1 King Bed "relaxation room" due to overbooked not due to Gold upgrade. But was given executive lounge access, internet and 2 bottles water (per stay, not per day).

The room was just below the executive floors. Nice view of ocean. Happy with it. Executive lounge nothing to shout about, coffee machine, fridge with various cold drinks, simple snacks throughout the day. Have complimentary continental breakfast in the lounge but since paid for breakfast + room conference package, had the full buffet breakfast downstairs. Standard european hotel spread, nothing compared to asian hotels. I still remember Hilton Bangkok where there was a chef making egg benedict with smoked salmon on the spot.

Unhappy with internet. Only allowed 3 devices to connect. I mean come on, in this age, each person would have at least a smart phone and a laptop, if not a smart phone, laptop and tablet. At any one time, both missus and my phone are connected (for whatsapp and stuff). That left only one other device to do work on. Either I do my work or missus do her work. Sorry about the 1st world rant. The internet speed was good.

 

[robd]

Qantas mt franklin bottles are the smallest

I just flew Virgin America and their water bottles are 240mls, which I think is 10mls less than Qantas.

 

[Hvr]

I just flew Virgin America and their water bottles are 240mls, which I think is 10mls less than Qantas.

Looks like a race to the bottom with drink bottles. And once they're both using 100ml bottles an airline will advertise they have the biggest bottles and increase the size to 110 ml.

Still it must mean less people use the loo thus saving on cleaning.

 

[JessicaTam]

Status: Diamond
Property: Chez Straitman, Sale*~
Rate: Family and friends rate
Booked: Sofa bed
Received: Queen deluxe room

I have not stayed here before and so was pleasantly surprised to be met at the door and welcomed by name. A car space had been allocated as well. It was a bit tricky to find the property at first as my GPS did not have the street name. The directions given over the phone, though, were spot on.

It was a busy night as every bed was taken, so I was lucky with my upgrade. Coffee was offered on arrival, as well as a quick tour of the premises. Transfers had been arranged to dinner which was efficient - even with a couple of stops along the way, and a talkative driver.

When I got back after dinner, drinks had been arranged on the deck overlooking the garden. I supplied a bottle of red, and although there was a corkage charge, it was not overly much. From memory, about a third.

All up a lovely stay, and I would not hesitate staying again - or for longer. :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

*OK, not really a HH property, but there were three Diamonds staying there.

~I wonder how long this post will survive.