I agree with the OP, there is nothing exclusive about the offer. Perhaps the club is exclusive, but the offer certainly is not! And, I also agree that I find a lot of the "exclusive offers" to be insulting. If they are going to market like that, they should at least back it up with a good offer. Otherwise, they could market based on the exclusiveness of the product. And, I agree...it is a pretty good product, as I joined today. But, I used miles to do it, since at this point 50,000 miles are less valuable than $350 to me right now and for the forseeable future.