kyklin - you've completely lost me over. So tell me how can I receive the 40K point offer from Marriott?

I gave the web site just as an example, I meant that the offer be openly available to all.

Your scenario 3) is somewhat in between. It clearly spells out who is eligible and who is not, which is good. But then it treats worse the best customers, which I had earlier stated that I found objectionable.

One example I find ok is the Marriott offer of double points for the first few months, as long as it is freely available to all. I.e. it was also available to the current members when they first joined the Marriott program.

[This message has been edited by PG (edited 12-08-1999).]