This deserves a whole series of posts to itself so I won't go into too much detail, but using
credit card bonuses and being flexible with my dates
allowed me and my wife to
get round trip
first class tickets from Baltimore to Portland, Oregon for taxes only.
But I'm a 100 - Night Platinum, and I enjoy the benefit of having an Ambassador as well as the 75 - Night perks like YOUR24 (when it works) that
allow me to
get to the hotel and right into my room when I occasionally show up at odd times thanks to global flight connections (like arriving in Europe or Asia
first thing in the morning), so having the elite stay / night
credit from both
cards is a real boost to my bottom line.