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Old Feb 15, 2023 | 6:35 am
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Originally Posted by bob12403
It's an undocumented benefit that costs $200 annually to obtain. And unless I'm mistaken, you need to spend the $$$ necessary to reach Diamond before you can actually use the loophole to get the extension. Wouldn't that seem to make its utilization, and therefore its impact, somewhat self-limiting?
Yes, I would consider that self-limiting but so is having a credit card that requires an annual fee and a decent credit score. Yet, Hilton and Marriott have over saturated their elite member base, despite their own self limiting measures.

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