These perks suck
Aside from the Omni benefits, which you can usually find elsewhere (Founders Card, etc.), you're right - this is completely on brand.
If you travel enough and are ok with AC food offerings the $695 pays for itself when you considered even a crappy fast food like airport meal will run you at last $30. Obviously, if your flying is business related your employer is going to reimburse you for meals. But some of us travel for fun so it's all out our pocket.
I love Omni hotels, but on our last visit they overcharged us by failing to properly account purchases towards a prepurchase food/beverage credit. I fortunately noticed the discrepancy when I reviewed my bill and had the receipts still to prove it. They also did not even show the credit on my bill; instead they increased the room rate for one night by the cost of the pre-purchased credit rather than show it as a sperate line item. They are not following standard accounting practices in their bills. The person at the hotel I spoke with was not surprised when I called, knew exactly what I was talking about, and had no problem issuing me a refund, making me wonder how many other guests they've fleeced this way? When I commented on this to Omni corporate I received a generic "sorry, we're looking into it" response, nothing that makes me feel like they really are apologetic or that would make me want to stay there again.
Any idea if this will help to reduce overcrowding at the AC?