@CreditCuriousity wrote:So as anyone who has the Citi Hilton card knows it is going away at the end of the year. Their being Citi verbiage on their site states accounts in good standing will be converted over to another card basically. Anyways we are about two months away and still no news what is going on other than the obvious Amex is the sole issuer of the Hilton cards going forward.
I have read on DOC site various things a few lucky ones have been able to PC while others have got mixed signals from non-informed CSR's. Either the card is going to Amex (basically conflicting what their FAQ say) or we will know more in the future and you will be PC'ed into X card whatever that card might be. Anyone have anymore insight into what might or might not be going on? I need another Amex card if it is converted like I need a bullet in my head especially since I have a TON of exposure with Amex. Thoughts anyone? The time is creeping up and you think they would know something by now. They did a great job communicating initially that they lost the contract out to Amex for whatever reasons, but since mixed messages and no communication persay.
I was reading about this recently and the sense I got was that they are selling their cards to Amex. I'm already at my cap with amex cards or at least with revolvers, so if they do that they better offer me a bonus to stay otherwise I am closing the hilton reserve. I have the hilton surpass card which I need to keep for the first year to get my free night. I did see like you mentioned that some people were able to PC their card to citi cards. I don't want to have my card PC'd to a citi ty card and have that reset my bonus clock. I'm leaning towards closing my premier card this month so that will start the two year clock on TY signup bonuses. I am really hoping they announce ahead of time what their plan is so I can close the card. I don't want them to make a move with my card and then tell me after. That would not be cool at all.
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@Viva-LV wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:Calling them doesn't seem to help at all since different reps tell people different things. There's a couple threads over on Flyertalk about this and one post noted that the actually transfer has been moved to late January instead of December. Another post from people applying for the Amex Surpass for the SUB have been getting a (paraphrasing here) "congratulations on your new Amex Hilton Accend card" General concensous seems to be that Amex is adding another card to cover those of us who have both the Citi Hilton and the Amex Hilton.
As for Citi, everything I've read on their website says they will be transfering accounts in good standing to another Citi card (not yet determined which). I'm just planning on closing my Citi Hilton and having them transfer the CL to my Citi AA card. There just isn't another Citi card I want. Plus, if Amex is going to offer another new Hilton card, I want to be able to sign up for it for whatever SUB they have.
Talked to csr today about the same: 1) Am Ex is going to issue an Am Ex Hilton card to the Citi holders, 2) I couldn't reallocate the cl of this card to another Citi card, because Am Ex is stepping in. If that happens, fine with me, I will reallocate the cl to my Surpass. Just passing on the latest!
So nice Citi has passed this information onto us 
.. So much about their PC as well in their FAQ's... Will just cancel the card prior to it going to Amex as have way to much with them being Amex already.
If it turns in to a second amex hilton card it may be worth it to hold on to the first year IF they are going to give a free night at the one year mark. If they aren't giving any other benefits then I don't want another amex. I have the surpass already for gold status.
@Viva-LV wrote:Talked to csr today about the same: 1) Am Ex is going to issue an Am Ex Hilton card to the Citi holders, 2) I couldn't reallocate the cl of this card to another Citi card, because Am Ex is stepping in. If that happens, fine with me, I will reallocate the cl to my Surpass. Just passing on the latest!
That seemed to be the general concensus when it was announced, and when it was announced that the card was being discontinued there was a mad rush of apps those next couple of days, with most apps going pending. Mine went pending and then I got a letter stating that they had not processed my application as they were no longer accepting applications for Hilton cards. I had hoped to ultimately just move the limit over to SPG in my quest for $100k. I'm sorry this doesn't appear to be the desirable outcome for many.
