It pays to travel

Not to brag or anything...my husband travels ALOT...and he earns airline miles, hotel points and ths "status" with these airlines/hotels. Let me tell you it pays :-). On this trip it earned us priority boarding which meant we were able to board before the other pasengers and thus able to secure storage and our get situated. It also allowed us to check 5 things FREE. Seriously it is usually $25 for the 1st bag and $15 for each additional bag. CRAZY???? At the hotel we had $10 coupons per person per day for food (which didn't go too far) and upgraded rooms with views...and free bottled waters per person. Being Platinum/Diamond really works for you. It works even better when it is somewhere other than Hawaii.