Originally Posted by
hhoope01
The question becomes, so what? If she doesn't have that many hotel nights this year, she may well not have the nights next year either. Thus she won't really be taking very many "benefits" from other top level elites in any of the programs.
She might have a really nice story to talk about at the local pub (i.e. showing off all of her top level elite cards.
) but she probably won't be using them very much and thus won't keep the status levels beyond next year.
^ This.
Dilution concerns are mostly overblown, with the exception of the use of Hyatt DSUs. That's the one area where top tier elites should be concerned about crowding out.
There's a finite number of people chasing multiple hotel top status and they can only consume a limited number of hotel nights.