This is Total Rewards' attempt to get people to play in the final quarter of 2016, despite the fact that any tier credits they earn will be gone on January 1.

This is still a lousy deal unless you really want to play anyway, or unless you're still working toward a status you haven't achieved yet.

The reset-to-zero-in-January rule makes playing at the end of the year nearly pointless. Think about it. Unless you're just about to jump another tier status (such as Platinum to Diamond), playing at the end of the year does almost nothing for you. Credits earned on December 31 are actually gone the next day!

The real solution to this would be to make a "rolling year" as far as earning tier credits. Under this system, you would only lose tier credits if a full year has passed since you earned them.

For example, if you earned 500 tier credits on February 5, 2016, then you would keep them through Feburary 4, 2017. On Febuary 5, 2017, those 500 tiers would fall off. And Caesars could make some kind of requirement regarding the minimum number of tiers you need to retain in order to stay at your status.

It would be a bit complicated to keep track of, but would be the most fair, and it wouldn't render year-end play to be mostly useless.

Alternately, they could just make it simpler and carry over any tiers earned in the final three months of the year to the following year.

The lame bonuses shown above aren't doing anyone much of a favor.