My thoughts exactly. After my last cruise out of Galveston, I've had horrific business problems and then a couple years overcoming Covid and the long rehabilitation process that follows on us "oldies". With Diamond in my sights (just a few more cruises), I would be insulted if Carnival decided to do such a thing. As Firefly eluded to, the benefits have been watered down over the years to only caring about the boarding privileges anyway. I only used the laundry once (don't give 'em anything you care about), Can't drink anymore, so that FREE drink with your brunch on a sea day is cruel. The FREE gifts and ship's pin I traditionally give away to a couple I meet on the ship. The FREE entrance into the slots tournament is now buy one get one free. Perks with the exception of pre-boarding are virtually non-existent for me anymore. Carnival would lose one of their strongest cheerleaders among the people I meet on a day to day basis.
Next cruise is probably on a Princess ship out of Galveston where I'll be given a SOLO discount. Think about that Carnival !
(sorry about the rant)