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.
If everyone is elite, no one is elite.