The reality that most people on this site refuse to accept is that these programs are moving with the economy. People think they can identify a time when a company set fire to its own business model, and know what is better off for for that very company. The truth is, travel as a whole is doing very, very well right now. These companies have no incentive to give away the farm. No one is entitled to staying in $1000 a night rooms for pennies on the dollar.