Originally Posted by
Magna
I looked over the miles/points expiration wiki, the policy of many programs is just have some, even one activity to keep your points alive which sounds reasonable to me. The hard expiration policy seems draconian to me. Are these programs giving away too many points and need a method to reclaim some?? Overall, I think these marketing programs are ingenious on their part..
You're based in the USA.
But did you look at
which programs have hard expiration? There's a big pattern!
For whatever reason, the hard expiration policy programs are in places like Asia, while with the exception of Choice Privileges (hotels) in the recent past (but no longer) and WyndhamRewards (hotels), there are no hard expiration programs based in North America or the UK.
So I'm presuming is has something to do with the local business culture in places like Asia, but since you don't live anywhere near Asia, how can you understand
local business culture there (unless you do a lot of business there)?
Keep in mind that in many parts of the world (outside of North America and the UK), hardly anyone who doesn't travel a lot for business even bothers to join frequent flyer or frequent guest programs, and the companies who run the local programs there regard those programs as designed solely for frequent business travelers based in their area.