is there a way to make a membership linked to a discount level? I know that I can create memberships and then add products to the site that enable customers to purchase those memberships, but is there a way that while your membership is active on the site, you can get a discount on items?

I thought a simple way would be linking the membership to a "discount level" (the one implemented already at the custom level). I don't see any way to do this out of the box but is there an easy way to link the two? I don't want to just add a customization that when someone buys a membership, it sets the correct discount level on their customer - because then what happens when the membership expires, there would have to also be some mechanism for removing the discount level when it expires. Seems like too many chances for errors or customers not renewing and keeping their discount.

I also can create custom SKUInfoProvider and check the membership status there I guess but then it would not be linked to the "discount level" to apply a discount, it would just be changing the price without really showing the customer that their membership got them a discount. Also, discount level lets you specify departments it applies to so they can limit it to certain products.

Any ideas on the best way to do this?
Thanks,
Matt