Official announcement has been made that $250 credit can be used this summer for restaurants. This is extremely generous, as more people will be able to use this than the resort credit. As noted above, no matter what they did short of just giving everyone $250, some people would be able to benefit more than others. As for why the June 1 date to start, there could be a range of reasons including the notion that summer was when most people would be traveling, or just that they couldn't code the system for a May 1 start date.