Ok, thanks. Tug membership rates are so reasonable, it's not a big deal at all. I write reviews every time I stay someplace. So I always thought I was getting this or that reward for stuff. When I get the membership renewal notice, I've always just said, "Use whatever I have available to extend my membership for however long." I don't pay attention to what sort of things have garnered me the extension, because there's no way to check it myself. Do I have two two-month extensions for writing reviews, or three? If I write a review for a resort that has a "Review Award" available, as I think I did last year, what does that mean, really? Isn't that also a six month extension? But since it can't be checked by the members, it seems petty to waste a Mod's time to ask. But nobody ever really knows where they stand, so when they extend the membership by however much, I assume it's a correct application of the rewards available.
I will say, though, that I always thought referrals to new members was an accrued thing. That over time, if ten people joined because of me, I'd earn a Lifetime membership. If I understand what you're saying here, by getting that six month membership extension, I "wasted" that referral, as far as a Lifetime credit goes? So it's gone?
Not trying to be difficult, just trying not to be confused.
Dave