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Seconded. It's exciting at first, and but repeated business travel becomes tedious over time. Points are your personal reward for that necessary evil in the time you spend away from your home, family, and friends in cars, shuttles, trains, airports. And that's not even counting the cancelled flights, train delays, terrorism scares, lost baggage, crying kids, and other traveling issues. I've had hotels cancel my reservation because my flight got in after 12am, and they assumed I wasn't coming. In a major city, that Airbnb host probably isn't around, let alone, going to wait for you to arrive 4-6 hours after your reservation start time. I've used points to fly my wife and I to Hawaii, rent a car, and stay in an ocean front room for a week with no money out of pocket aside from $10 in award processing fees by United. I used points to fly my brother to an interview for his first job, which he aced and has been at for the last 3 years. And I still have points left for one more big international trip. It doesn't erase the original issues, but I feel like I got something in return for the trouble. |