Yeah, while most of us are hurt by the new rules, it probably pleases most "typical" Honors members. Just like how Southwest's transition to a revenue-based program played out. Let's face, it you're Joe Salesman who's earned some points and wants to use them for his annual vacation, it could be incredibly frustrating to use your points in the old system. If you had any clue as to what your points "were worth," the majority of Hilton hotels were significantly overpriced to redeem for. Now, the system is much "fairer." It's not good for people like me -- who just stayed elsewhere when I couldn't get "a deal" at Hilton -- but it seems good for the more-occasional-less-sophisticated-and-less-deal-seeking traveller.