I disagree.
I take probably 18 trips a year, but even if I flew once a year it would be worth having CO Platinum just for the benefits for that trip.
Not worth paying $$$$ for, but if you can have it why do you need to constantly use it to make it worthwhile? I guess I'm not following the logic.
Or if you make 1 hotel trip, why not have Hyatt Diamond so that you can get a suite with free wi-fi, club access, and a free fully catered kosher breakfast?
I hear ya
what % of your 18 trips are Long Haul = Intl or TranCons? If the bulk is say a 2hr flight (meaning the Destination is a 2hr flight since a V or > or < or ^ can usually be done to get there and require 2 or 3 flights
my pt is for short hops all it will basically do is get a person 1 free bag and a CC can accomplish that even w/o paying the Annual fee. All too often I find these days that the Non-Elite line by TSA @ a Hub moves alot faster then the Elite Access line does
Clubs well for my recent TLV flight in BF I barely made it to the Gate in time with a Do Not Stop do Not even Thinking of Stopping at the PC which my BF alone would have gained me entrance
IMO bout the best Benefit is some extra avaialbility for Saver Pass or if someone doesnt mind paying EasyPass , yet for when I needed to bring someone in from LA in Aug the flights were empty and being Plat didnt really show me anything that couldnt have been booked by a non-Plat. thou in the end we did use a return on a day we didnt want but had no choice as nothing else was showing and that was due to being Elite and not being Plat
a couple of yrs ago it meant alot more then it does today,thats why my yearly total with CO stands at 0 EQMs. Doing 2 SYD runs in Aug with UA will requalify me with them, although @ .039 I would have liked it to have been less (the 2 runs alone is not enough, unless DEQM comes back and I dont expect that at all for the rest of '10)
as for Hotels too many times the only way you get anything is by hassling them at check-in, then if like me its for 1 night only whats the Point!? Unless youre at a Resort the # of Jr Suites or Suites is but maybe a few at best. Im convinced most people want it either for wallet canndy to brag or to impress themselves so they think they are a VIP. I want it simply if I will earn extra pts if I have it otherwsie it isnt worth much to me, and most progarms today theres very little difference between the Middle level and the Top level
