Hilton Honers gold for $50

I consulted for Hilton a while back, still milking the **** out of the few contacts I have.

I need a hotel for a "Business trip", business trip meaning drinking trip...
 
Basher said:
Really? Gold has always got me access, even in non-exec rooms.
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Yeah, although obviously some properties will use their own discretion, as you've found.

Executive Floor Lounge Access Policy: The following policy applies at all Conrad® Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, and DoubleTree by Hilton™ hotels with Executive Floor Lounges. Executive Floor Lounges are available only at select properties.
If you are an HHonors guest with Gold status, you and up to one additional registered guest in the same room will be granted complimentary access to the Executive Floor Lounge only if you receive a room upgrade to the Executive Floor or an upgrade to a room type that confers Executive Floor Lounge access benefits.
If you are an HHonors guest with Diamond status, you and up to one additional registered guest in the same room will always enjoy complimentary access to the Executive Floor Lounge, even if you do not receive a room upgrade to the Executive Floor.
 
If you join now, the Gold status will last until Feb 2015 regardless of whether you keep the Milepoint membership or not.

Worth it for the breakfast alone, even before the lounge access and free internet. Most 5* properties (including Hilton/Conrad/Waldorf Astoria etc) all over the world charge anything between $20 and $40 for breakfast per person. Internet will often cost $20 per day as well.

And in some countries where alcohol costs a lot of money, even a single stay's lounge access can repay the $50 twice over.

PS. Important to emphasise that you get these benefits only if you book on the official Hilton website, unless the property in question is going out of their way to be kind.
 
[TW]Fox;25346106 said:
Hmmm, is that Exec with National too, or do you need to pick just one?
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No you get them all.

I just got my Hilton gold status, I am quite pleased as I have a 7 night stay coming up next week and could not bring my self to pay £50 per day for breakfast.
 
I have diamond membership but I wouldn't say the benefits were that spectacular. Free wifi is probably the most useful thing. The £15 per night charge if you don't have gold/diamond is absolutely outrageous, almost every other hotel gives free wifi. The exec rooms and lounges in the hotels I have used have been nothing special. I only do UK travel for work though so I would be interested to know if the US ones are much better?
 
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