And less likely to be based at a Hilton ...
I found something interesting over the weekend - I always thought that everyone was Hilton Diamond because they were staying lots at Hiltons, after seeing that many had dropped back, I realise that this might have only been because of the Virgin status match from QF with the consequent Hilton Diamond deal.
I understand that there might be a need to move away from a Hilton next time, but I will be a little bit sad that it is. I'm still on the qualifying path for Diamond and so really like staying there as often as I can, but can understand that if no-one is Diamond any more then it might not be all that functional using a Hilton as not everyone is guaranteed lounge access as we have in recent years.
That said, I really appreciate all the effort that everyone puts in, especially
munitalP. Thanks so much for all your efforts, mate. It really is a stellar event and I realise it takes a lot of your time and effort.
I was surprised that so many ended up piking so early - there were only about 8 of us down in the Marble Bar after 12:30am, but I loved it. Got another stellar chat with
Storyteller and my first decent chat with
Tony Hancock that night. It's almost convinced me that I need to consider going for dual QF WP/AA EXP in future years!