For starters, we're not grade schoolers. Can we please get over this notion that all caps means yelling at someone? It's a ridiculous thing to be offended by. I sometimes use caps to add emphasis. It's similar to using italics, but easier to recognize. No one's yelling because this isn't an audible form of communication.
Now, to get back to mi4090's original discussion. HokiePoq, many of the users here use AARP Rewards (and more so with the former Rewards For Good) to buy the Carnival gift cards. That's a fact. I'm sure AARP recognized that and I believe that is exactly why they made those cards available to members only. They saw an opportunity to boost their membership levels and increase revenue. Except it backfired because they gave us a seriously subpar replacement program. It caused a lot of major disappointment in the organization and even caused some to discontinue their membership. If it's so important to limit the number of gift cards we can buy, then tell me how they were able to sell unlimited cards with the former operator of Rewards For Good, Deluxe Rewards? Hundreds of satisfied users bought countless Carnival gift cards for years. But you say that couldn't be sustained now? Wrong. It worked then, it'd work now. I've asked on multiple occasions why we are limited now, but they don't have enough respect for the members who help pay their bills to ever give us an answer. They can blame it on HelloWorld, the new supplier, for all I care, but don't treat us, paying members, like we don't matter.