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    shortfinals
    Founding SQTalker
    Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Thread started on: Jul 1st, 2006, 4:32pm »
    I got a nice pleasant letter in the mail yesterday telling me I'd been given HHgold again by virtue of me being PPS. Anyone else?

    Jubilee777
    Founding SQTalker
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #1 on: Jul 2nd, 2006, 01:49am »
    They gave me the comp gold last year, by virtue of me being a poor Krisflyer Blue since November 2001......

    Savage25
    SQTalk Elite Silver
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #2 on: Jul 2nd, 2006, 2:48pm »
    I've gotten one for the last three years - and have HH Gold until Apr 2007. I could use one more from SQ next year

    jjpb3
    Founding SQTalker
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #3 on: Jul 2nd, 2006, 10:50pm »
    I take it this is another instance of special treatment for KrisFlyers based in Asia?
    Grrrr. We don't really get noticed in the UK.

    shortfinals
    Founding SQTalker
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #4 on: Jul 2nd, 2006, 11:13pm »
    on Jul 2nd, 2006, 10:50pm, jjpb3 wrote:
    I take it this is another instance of special treatment for KrisFlyers based in Asia?
    Grrrr. We don't really get noticed in the UK.

    I notice ya

    MANFlyer
    Founding SQTalker
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #5 on: Jul 3rd, 2006, 6:21pm »
    on Jul 2nd, 2006, 10:50pm, jjpb3 wrote:
    I take it this is another instance of special treatment for KrisFlyers based in Asia?
    Grrrr. We don't really get noticed in the UK.

    Exactly. We get f*ck all here, which is strange considering how much of a 'key market' the UK supposedly is.

    MovieMan
    Founding SQTalker
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #6 on: Jul 3rd, 2006, 8:39pm »
    I've got it the past few years, but it's expired and I'm still waiting for the new one.

    SQFAN
    SQTalk Elite Gold
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #7 on: Jul 13th, 2006, 03:47am »
    on Jul 2nd, 2006, 10:50pm, jjpb3 wrote:
    I take it this is another instance of special treatment for KrisFlyers based in Asia?
    Grrrr. We don't really get noticed in the UK.

    Grrr from a disgruntled UK member.

    sailaway75
    Founding SQTalker
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #8 on: Jul 14th, 2006, 02:28am »
    I tell you guys... sometimes life is really funny.
    I got it as a lowly SQ*S.... BUT.....

    AFTER I stayed 4 nights to get it on a fast track and the next day, I got another one from UA for being a 1K!!!! Arrrrrgh!!! J777 you know how many nights I "stayed" in the Hilton SIN just to fast track myself! Sigh....

    Now thinking if I should stay an extra 3 nights to fast track to Diamond... What do you guys think?


  • #2
    MANFlyer
    Founding SQTalker
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #9 on: Jul 14th, 2006, 02:35am »
    on Jul 14th, 2006, 02:28am, sailaway75 wrote:
    Now thinking if I should stay an extra 3 nights to fast track to Diamond... What do you guys think?

    I've given up being bothered about Gold HH comp, you just need a pulse to get one of them these days. But as someone who earns Diamond with well over 100K Base Points a year giving away Diamond really does my head in.
    Nothing personal Gaz me old mate, it's the system I'm p*ssed with !!.

    StarG
    Founding SQTalker
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #10 on: Jul 14th, 2006, 12:45pm »
    on Jul 14th, 2006, 02:28am, sailaway75 wrote:
    Now thinking if I should stay an extra 3 nights to fast track to Diamond... What do you guys think?

    Hmm, and how do I fast track to Diamond? (Sorry, MANFlyer! )
    Got HH Gold requalified (almost) the hard way this year.
    3 more nights to get to Diamond should be worth it IMO.

    Jubilee777
    Founding SQTalker
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #11 on: Jul 15th, 2006, 12:41am »
    on Jul 14th, 2006, 02:28am, sailaway75 wrote:
    I tell you guys... sometimes life is really funny.
    I got it as a lowly SQ*S.... BUT.....
    AFTER I stayed 4 nights to get it on a fast track and the next day, I got another one from UA for being a 1K!!!! Arrrrrgh!!! J777 you know how many nights I "stayed" in the Hilton SIN just to fast track myself! Sigh....
    Now thinking if I should stay an extra 3 nights to fast track to Diamond... What do you guys think?

    You didn't stay in it, don't think you even entered the room! ....you should have called me up and i will help you do the staying......

    You may want to check out on combining the accounts together...not sure if your fast track will continue....
    « Last Edit: Jul 15th, 2006, 12:47am by Jubilee777 »

    MANFlyer
    Founding SQTalker
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #12 on: Jul 15th, 2006, 02:08am »
    on Jul 15th, 2006, 12:41am, Jubilee777 wrote:
    You may want to check out on combining the accounts together...not sure if your fast track will continue....

    You can merge the accounts no problem.
    Gaz should wait until he's made Diamond (Grr.. ) and then merge them.
    The benefit of this is if you get offered a comp with bonuses for 'x' amount of stays, if you merge the accounts stay on your existing account count towards qualification for the bonuses.

    shortfinals
    Founding SQTalker
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #13 on: Jul 20th, 2006, 10:36am »
    Ooh.... don't mean to rub it in, but somewhere in the chaos of merging my existing Silver with the KF comp accounts - I've been given YET another comp email, with a card with the current HHhonors number and a Gold expiry date of April 2008

    SQFAN
    SQTalk Elite Gold
    Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
    « Reply #14 on: Jul 25th, 2006, 01:26am »
    Guys,

    With the comped route, does the welcome letter make specific reference to PPS?

    The reason I ask is that I got a letter and HH gave me a HH Gold card. I don't think it came thro the PPS route but rather no activity in my account.

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    • #3
      MovieMan
      Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
      « Reply #15 on: Jul 25th, 2006, 1:17pm »
      on Jul 25th, 2006, 01:26am, SQFAN wrote:
      Guys,
      With the comped route, does the welcome letter make specific reference to PPS?
      At least in my case, I don't recall it mentioning PPS, though from shortfinals's post, it seems sometimes it does.

      BTW, I just noticed my online HH account, which still says I'm a Gold, despite not having earned the required stays and my card expiring. Guess I was comped yet again, but no letter this time, at least not yet.

      MANFlyer
      « Reply #16 on: Jul 26th, 2006, 11:18pm »
      Ceri has just got a Hilton Gold Card through the post, after just scraping Silver a few months ago and not a single stay since.
      'Congratulations, you have been selected for complimentary Hilton HHonors Gold'.
      She's naturally made up, but they really are taking the p!ss now. Bearing in mind the exchange of emails I have had with the Hilton Sorrento this week over an upcoming stay and the upgrades they will give, this just adds to the frustration....

      SQFAN
      « Reply #17 on: Jul 27th, 2006, 01:56am »
      I was only Blue

      kaysquare
      « Reply #18 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 12:04am »
      1st post!
      Anyone else got HH?
      What is the "criteria"? They don't seem to be comping pple I know.

      shortfinals
      « Reply #19 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 12:15am »
      on Aug 8th, 2006, 12:04am, kaysquare wrote:
      1st post!
      Anyone else got HH?
      What is the "criteria"? They don't seem to be comping pple I know.

      Someone mentioned somewhere else that the only criteria to getting the HHgold comp was that you had a pulse.

      paffendorf
      « Reply #20 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 12:22am »


      i subscribed to HH only to get some e-rewards points ... i received the gold card but i really don't know how this is possible...
      any hints?

      SQFAN
      « Reply #21 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 01:37am »
      on Aug 8th, 2006, 12:22am, paffendorf wrote:
      i subscribed to HH only to get some e-rewards points ... i received the gold card but i really don't know how this is possible...
      any hints?

      Paris Hilton is pending far too much and Hilton family needs your dosh

      paffendorf
      « Reply #22 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 04:28am »
      Paris.... Paris.... Paris Hilton... mmmmm sounds familiar.... ;-)

      SQFAN
      « Reply #23 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 05:00am »
      on Aug 8th, 2006, 04:28am, paffendorf wrote:
      Paris.... Paris.... Paris Hilton... mmmmm sounds familiar.... ;-)

      Was it not you in the video I saw? Ha ha ...kidding...
      « Last Edit: Aug 8th, 2006, 05:54am by SQFAN »

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      • #4
        9V-SWP« Reply #24 on: Aug 17th, 2006, 3:06pm »
        I got it too, but cannot be bothered because my company does not partner with Hilton
        The letter states," As a valued krisflyer member, we would like to offer you this opportunity to join the award winning ?Hilton HHonors guest....." Hence my conclusion is that this card is given not only to PPS members but maybe even to other elite status? Not too sure
        « Last Edit: Aug 17th, 2006, 3:09pm by 9V-SWP »

        fimo
        « Reply #25 on: Aug 17th, 2006, 4:13pm »
        Like someone said - HHonors gives anyone with a pulse Gold status. But yes - KF *S and *G are also offered Gold status.
        And for those who ACTUALLY STAY in Hilton enough to earn a real gold, they dangle fast track offers to get to Diamond.
        I like the Hilton chain, but this dilution of elite status is annoying - even though I got to enjoy the Diamond fast track offer.

        StarG
        « Reply #26 on: Aug 17th, 2006, 4:15pm »
        Welcome to SQTalk, 9V-SWP.

        StarG
        « Reply #27 on: Aug 17th, 2006, 4:17pm »
        on Aug 17th, 2006, 4:13pm, fimo wrote:
        Like someone said - HHonors gives anyone with a pulse Gold status. But yes - KF *S and *G are also offered Gold status.
        And for those who ACTUALLY STAY in Hilton enough to earn a real gold, they dangle fast track offers to get to Diamond.
        I like the Hilton chain, but this dilution of elite status is annoying - even though I got to enjoy the Diamond fast track offer.

        Can anyone tell me how this Diamond fast track works? I stay at Hilton quite a number of times this year (although not as many as perhaps MAN Flyer.

        MANFlyer
        « Reply #28 on: Aug 17th, 2006, 5:15pm »
        It was me that said you just need a pulse to get HH Gold.

        It used to be Silver given out gratis. I could live with them giving Silver out, but Gold get many benefits similar to Diamond, that's why giving it away grates. If they diluted the Gold benefits slightly, or 'upped' the Diamond treatment a bit it wouldn't be as bad.

        Having said that, the Diamond desk has got me a room in the Newcastle Hilton this weekend (it was sold out a few weeks ago) and a Friday/Saturday night in the Mount Juliet Conrad in Irelend (which was also sold out) in a few weeks for a friends wedding. One of 3 in the next 5 weeks....

        StarG, you need to drop sailaway75 a line about the Diamond fast track as he's just had it. Ask him about any loyalty programme freebies actually as he seems to get them all !!
        « Last Edit: Aug 17th, 2006, 5:16pm by MANFlyer »

        9V-SWP
        « Reply #29 on: Aug 17th, 2006, 11:37pm »
        on Aug 17th, 2006, 4:15pm, StarG wrote:
        Welcome to SQTalk, 9V-SWP.

        Thank you This is a much better forum

        MovieMan
        « Reply #30 on: Aug 17th, 2006, 11:44pm »
        on Aug 17th, 2006, 11:37pm, 9V-SWP wrote:
        Thank you This is a much better forum

        Glad you made it over here, 9V-SWP! Welcome!

        I would say the "SQ-IQ" of the average poster here is (currently) substantially higher than it is "over there"!

        But, then, I am undeniably biased.

        shortfinals
        « Reply #31 on: Aug 18th, 2006, 09:18am »
        on Aug 17th, 2006, 11:44pm, MovieMan wrote:
        But, then, I am undeniably biased.

        Just a little
        Anyway, welcome 9V-SWP have fun here

        SQFAN
        « Reply #32 on: Oct 22nd, 2006, 10:31am »
        I think HHGold means nowt in the UK.
        Since getting the card, I have been staying in the Hilton in the UK, Dubai and Malaysia. In Dubai and Malaysia, they mean something and I received room upgrades.

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        • #5
          MANFlyer
          « Reply #33 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 02:54am »
          Don't get me started..
          Stayed in the brand new Hilton Manchester last night. Was told quite clearly at checkin that they will not upgrade elites of ANY level, including Diamond, to exec level and lounge access.
          I also got more of the most annoying comment I personally hear : 'our policy for Golds and Diamonds is....'.
          Err, excuse me, there is a hell of a difference between Gold and Diamond (for a start they don't give Diamond away free with a packet of crisps, yet..) so why the hell are the benefits the same ?.
          SPG here I come methinks...

          JPB
          « Reply #34 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 1:39pm »
          I got HHonours gold comped by being BA Blue (shows how many they give away). I have only stayed in a couple of Hilton's in London since then but have always received something sometimes a room upgrade, sometimes access to the executive lounge.

          jjpb3
          Re: Anyone else got the HHgold comp from SQ?
          « Reply #35 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 2:13pm »
          on Oct 23rd, 2006, 02:54am, MANFlyer wrote:
          I also got more of the most annoying comment I personally hear : 'our policy for Golds and Diamonds is....'. Err, excuse me, there is a hell of a difference between Gold and Diamond (for a start they don't give Diamond away free with a packet of crisps, yet..) so why the hell are the benefits the same ?.
          SPG here I come methinks...

          In my very few experiences as gold on both HHonors and SPG, I feel I've received better treatment with SPG. Too bad the footprint for Hilton is better in my European business travels. I've got an incentive to keep banking with HHonors. (Plus, the Conrad Bali is just such a favorite for me, the only negative point being the way the reception staff were shoddy with TGflyergirl.)


          shortfinals
          « Reply #36 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 4:10pm »
          on Oct 23rd, 2006, 2:13pm, jjpb3 wrote:
          the only negative point being the way the reception staff were shoddy with TGflyergirl.)

          Oh gosh, that's terrible! ............

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