Originally Posted by
gates1580
Printed loyalty cards are so old school now. This is the digital age when everything happens with mobiles. There is no reason for SPG to spend money on this and there is no reason for guests to carry this anymore.
SPG is promoting spendiing by members when not a hotel guest as a way to earn points. As pointed out early in this thread, that is probably the only scenario where I could see wanting a physical card. I have read several posts on Flyertalk where getting the points was difficult. I would prefer to get a receipt with my SPG # included without handing over my mobile device.