Ah yes the good old FT perception of our own self iimportance

It seems anytime a member here has to make a decision based on their own personal habits/interests etc .. we are presented with quite a bit of rationalization and much comfort is sought and gained from those who support that point of view

The fact is that in case anyone care to look carefully, SPG for example over recent years has had multiple catagory and point redemption increases when compared to Hhonors. That is mitigated by throwing a ton of points towards their members so that now points garnered by actual stays become almost insignificant relative to promos bonuses.
Seem HH has gone a different route. For example award stays still garner stay credit and even the " not permitted" points awarded on such stays have not been actively persued.
( I for one cannot believe that they are unable to successfully eliminate that " unpublished benefit" if they actually wanted)

It sucks when one has to pay more for anything but to claim tha HH is unique in that regard (as many here attempt to foist on us) is pretty silly IMHO.

mike