The Marriott - Starwood deal also marries two enormous loyalty programs, although gauging the combined size is difficult, since the 54 million combined membership in Marriott's Marriott Rewards and The Ritz - Carlton Rewards overlap with Starwood's 21 million Starwood Preferred Guest members. (qz.com)
1) If you have more than one American Express card that earns Membership Rewards points, all your Membership Rewards points are collected in one combined Membership Rewards account. (thetravelsisters.com)
Granted, current combined membership of 17 teams is an awkward number (Utah State would probably be up for a move if given the opportunity), but considering Hawaii and East Carolina (or Fresno State and Marshall) would not be playing each other very often, this is not as much of a geographical nightmare as one would think. (sbnation.com)