Originally Posted by
spankytoes
Gold membership is worthless
Not true. I was upgraded to an oceanview suite (>$500 in Aruba) after only booking a basic room for $200. Had to ask for it, but was given. Also given upgrades to suites at CIS. The B1G1 with points effectively makes my points go from [270k (have) + 97.5k (bonus earned)]x2 with B1G1 = 735k worth of award stays...Nice deal indeed