I have been watching this thread for a while. Good and interesting conversation.
Change may or may not always be for the better. Regardless, it is one of the few things we can count on to remain constant. While many of us, myself included, are more sometimes more comfortable with the way things were, they never stay that way forever. We have to adapt and move on. The world of travel/miles and points bloggers is here and now we have to accept it and move on. Irrespective of whether they add or subtract value, it is a fact of life that they are here now. They do have the opportunity to increase the value of miles and points, for the hotels and airlines. Maybe we will have a trickle down benefit. (HMMM sounds like a republican argument) Time to move along