How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

[QF WP]

Just thought I'd create a thread for this - looking back over the last year, I thought I'd done a thread here as well as on Priority Club.

I'm a Gold member.

Friday, 22 May to Sunday, 31 May (yes, 9 nights)
Property: Hilton Cairns
Room booked: King Room
Rate: Travelzoo $135 package rate (included bottle of red wine)
Received: Upgrade to King Suite, card from GM and the wine, obligatory 2 free water bottles per day

Wednesday, 8 July
Property: Hilton Parmelia Perth
Room booked: King Room
Rate: Award room
Received: Upgrade to King Suite, card from GM and the obligatory 2 free water bottles

Thursday, 9 July
Property: Hilton Adelaide
Room booked: King Room
Rate: Award room
Received: Upgrade to Exec Floor, card from GM and the obligatory 2 free water bottles

Saturday, 11 July
Property: Hilton Brisbane
Room booked: King Room
Rate: Met Package (birthday present for Mrs LW, included 2 buffet breakfasts at Atrium Cafe & 2 tickets to Qld Art Gallery for Impressionists Showing from Metropolitan Museum New York - to get some culture)
Received: Upgrade to Exec Floor, card from GM and the obligatory 2 free water bottles

Got some more travel to do to Melbourne this Friday, so hoping to fly down Thursday night to sample the new Hilton.

 

[DeKa]

Status: Gold
Property: Hilton South Wharf
Date: 17-20 April
Booked: King Guest room & Twin Guest Room
Received: King Guest room & Twin Guest Room with Executive Lounge access, personalised card welcoming me for my first stay at HSW delievered on a silver platter (no cloche though!), 2 bottles of water.
Rate: $229

We had a great stay - my guests who stayed in the other room had never stayed at a hotel like a Hilton before, and were blown away by the lounge, the drinks, the service and their room. I will be back at HSW.

(edit) I also had no credit card surcharge .. I paid part of the bill using the remainder of my XS cards, and then the rest on credit card. I expected 1.5% surcharge on that remainder, but it wasn't charged.

 

[ataline]

Status: Diamond
Hotel: Parmelia Hilton Perth
Dates: 17th-19thApril
Booked: Standard queen room ($127 per night)
Received: King deluxe room, two bottles of water, drink voucher (no exec loung of course), buffet breakfast.

An older property in need of renovations. Noisy air conditioner. But great staff and a great rate for what we received, especially considering the normally exorbitant prices in Perth.

 

[JessicaTam]

Status: Diamond
Hotel: Parmelia Hilton Perth
Dates: 17th-19thApril
Booked: Standard queen room ($127 per night)
Received: King deluxe room, two bottles of water, drink voucher (no exec loung of course), buffet breakfast.

An older property in need of renovations. Noisy air conditioner. But great staff and a great rate for what we received, especially considering the normally exorbitant prices in Perth.

Does the Perth Hilton not have an exec lounge?

 

[Cynicor]

In a word- No

 

[oz_mark]

Does the Perth Hilton not have an exec lounge?

Nope. But usually get a drink voucher and breakfast. Last time I was there was a choice between 1000 points or breakfast.

 

[DeKa]

Nope. But usually get a drink voucher and breakfast. Last time I was there was a choice between 1000 points or breakfast.

Same ... the drink voucher was for Adelphi Steakhouse last November.

 

[drross]

Same ... the drink voucher was for Adelphi Steakhouse last November.

same for me

 

[Cynicor]

It's normally for Globe but that is closed during the day and evening for renovations I believe. A single house pour but sometimes you get lucky and are allowed something off the main list. Overall a poor replacement for a lounge.

 

[jetlagger]

It's normally for Globe but that is closed during the day and evening for renovations I believe. A single house pour but sometimes you get lucky and are allowed something off the main list. Overall a poor replacement for a lounge.

I believe PER is way overdue for some new hotels with decent offerings.

 

[oz_mark]

It's normally for Globe but that is closed during the day and evening for renovations I believe. A single house pour but sometimes you get lucky and are allowed something off the main list. Overall a poor replacement for a lounge.

AFAIK, Globe is closed permanently. Adelphi Grill will open in its place.

 

[oz_mark]

I believe PER is way overdue for some new hotels with decent offerings.

Problem is that property is more valuable as office blocks!

 

[jetlagger]

Problem is that property is more valuable as office blocks!

True.. & add in the ridiculous WA construction costs, red tape & bureaucracy .. Would scare any prospective hotelier back to the comfort zone of Asia..

 

[oz_mark]

True.. & add in the ridiculous WA construction costs, red tape & bureaucracy .. Would scare any prospective hotelier back to the comfort zone of Asia..

There's a couple of announce new hotels (A Starwood brand, and a HIE), none of which is helping the Hilton crowd!

 

[jetlagger]

There's a couple of announce new hotels (A Starwood brand, and a HIE), none of which is helping the Hilton crowd!

So it's concurrently slightly OT with the HI fanbois thread.. Oops.

 

[straitman]

Wow - you two get around.
Weren't you in Singapore and Vietnam last month too?

January. (Back in SIN tonight :!

 

[straitman]

Status: Diamond
Property: Conrad Centennial Singapore
Date: 21 - 22 April
Booked: Diamond Standard Room Reward
Received: Executive Room
Rate: 40,000 points per night
Water, Internet, Fantastic lounge service.

 

[JessicaTam]

Status: Diamond
Property: Conrad Centennial Singapore
Date: 21 - 22 April
Booked: Diamond Standard Room Reward
Received: Executive Room
Rate: 40,000 points per night
Water, Internet, Fantastic lounge service.

So an improvement over Hanoi then!

 

[jetlagger]

So an improvement over Hanoi then![/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]

Just hope there isn't any temperature discrepancy in the water..

 

[straitman]

So an improvement over Hanoi then![/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]

Hanoi was good and their service recovery was really good but the Conrad in Singapore is a whole different ball game :!:

 

[Flashback]

Thanks for the update Flashware.
We are staying there later this year for one night and I hope we get the same upgrade.
I've booked an AAA rate for 7,600 yen. Bargain when you consider it will include breakfast

I just had a look and it was actually 8,550 JPY

Breakfast was OK... bus to / from the airport is fairly easy too. I'm glad we decided to leave a little earlier as it took LH 2 hours to sort out our flights back to LON tomorrow due to the LH strike :evil: