{"id":1473,"date":"2012-08-15T19:01:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T01:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2012-08-15T19:01:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T01:01:17","slug":"fast-track-to-hilton-gold-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2012\/08\/15\/fast-track-to-hilton-gold-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Track To Hilton Gold Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a trip to London coming up and hotel rates are outrageous! I looked through all my preferred brands and even with AAA and a corporate rate, I couldn&#8217;t find anything reasonable. \u00a0So I had to look at a Hilton hotel, but the problem was, I have no status with Hilton. \u00a0After some searching, I found a link on <a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/pointsmilesandmartinis\/2011\/12\/fast-track-to-hilton-gold-status\/\" target=\"_blank\">Points, Miles &amp; Martinis<\/a> with info about a fast track to gold status. \u00a0What a great find!<\/p>\n<p>All I had to do was sign up using this <a href=\"https:\/\/hiltonhhonors.com\/mvp\/Home\/Index\" target=\"_blank\">link\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(if you have signed up for fast track before, it seems that it will not allow you to sign up again) choose the date for my 90-day fast track period and then within about 10 minutes my account showed gold status and I booked a hotel in London! \u00a0 To maintain the gold status, you need to\u00a0complete 4 qualifying stays or 9 nights within 90 days from your start date.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great way to get gold status if you have upcoming travel with Hilton and haven&#8217;t used a fast track before.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a trip to London coming up and hotel rates are outrageous! 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