I get that people don't spend *much* at the limited service properties, but I still don't get why you can't earn points on incidentals.

It's just one of those things that sorts of chaps my hide. It's like they're daring me not to spend a dime on anything while I'm at the hotel. If there's a Courtyard lobby bar, I'll be d*mned if I'm going in there for a beer.

Contrast that to FS Marriott/Renaissance...I almost always stop at the lobby bar for a drink at some point during the stay. Maybe even a sandwich if it's one of those late nights when I don't have a planned dinner... I know I'm paying a hotel premium for the drinks or food, but knowing that I'm getting about 20% back in points somehow makes it seem fair.

Whether it's actually mathematically fair or not doesn't matter...it's that I generally feel okay about it and am therefore willing to eat/drink there. At CY, I always feel like I have to leave the building for food/drink.