It would indeed be nice to get those ten credits, but look at it realistically: There are probably thousands of VIP members, maybe tens of thousands. Issuing all of us 10 free tickets in one big Merry Xmas transaction would cause them to lose a lot of sales in the window of time following this - the VIP allotment alone would probably mean 100's of thousands of credits. Not only this, but every other level is offered free tickets too. Totem would have to issue literally millions of credits all at one time. This does not strike me as a shrewd business move.
Also, can you imagine the resulting strain on their servers? Egads!
As VIPs, let's hope that Totem adds a new level above VIP where we can get 15 free tickets.. say at 900 or 1000 VGHD cards. There is a poll about this - "Elite" has been suggested as a name for this group, but I like "Diamond".
That would be a good compromise for us long time VIP's, I think.
;P