Sally French

You know, I totally thought that was the case. Before I got into travel, I would look at these requirements to earn elite status off of flying alone, and I was like, who is actually getting this unless they work in a job that forces them to fly every week? Even getting something like that measly silver status felt completely unattainable.

You know, I totally thought that was the case. Before I got into travel, I would look at these requirements to earn elite status off of flying alone, and I was like, who is actually getting this unless they work in a job that forces them to fly every week? Even getting something like that measly silver status felt completely unattainable.

You know, I totally thought that was the case. Before I got into travel, I would look at these requirements to earn elite status off of flying alone, and I was like, who is actually getting this unless they work in a job that forces them to fly every week? Even getting something like that measly silver status felt completely unattainable.

You are correct, Megan. I definitely spend way more time in the gym than in any hotel room. Yet weirdly, I do not have any elite status in the gym.

You are correct, Megan. I definitely spend way more time in the gym than in any hotel room. Yet weirdly, I do not have any elite status in the gym.

You are correct, Megan. I definitely spend way more time in the gym than in any hotel room. Yet weirdly, I do not have any elite status in the gym.

And since we are slightly cynical about this, we'll dive into the situations where elite status is actually not all it's cracked up to be.

And since we are slightly cynical about this, we'll dive into the situations where elite status is actually not all it's cracked up to be.

And since we are slightly cynical about this, we'll dive into the situations where elite status is actually not all it's cracked up to be.

Especially future people who are listening to this way far away from now, of course, these offers can always change. Another thing to mention is that we will be talking about a few credit cards from companies that are NerdWallet partners. I just want to let you know, the lawyers make me say this, but that does not influence how you and I, Megan, discuss them. Okay, so should we dive in?

Especially future people who are listening to this way far away from now, of course, these offers can always change. Another thing to mention is that we will be talking about a few credit cards from companies that are NerdWallet partners. I just want to let you know, the lawyers make me say this, but that does not influence how you and I, Megan, discuss them. Okay, so should we dive in?

Especially future people who are listening to this way far away from now, of course, these offers can always change. Another thing to mention is that we will be talking about a few credit cards from companies that are NerdWallet partners. I just want to let you know, the lawyers make me say this, but that does not influence how you and I, Megan, discuss them. Okay, so should we dive in?

Okay, so I'm just going to get this out of the way off the bat. I do not have any sort of airline elite status, and it is for a good reason that probably will apply to a lot of people listening to this.

Okay, so I'm just going to get this out of the way off the bat. I do not have any sort of airline elite status, and it is for a good reason that probably will apply to a lot of people listening to this.

Okay, so I'm just going to get this out of the way off the bat. I do not have any sort of airline elite status, and it is for a good reason that probably will apply to a lot of people listening to this.

No, no, no. I promise. This is actually a common take. I actually recommend many travelers don't try to overexert themselves to get elite status on an airline. For me, I just book whatever is the best deal, the best flight time, whether that's Southwest, Alaska, Delta, I do not care. Even some random budget airline that I found on Google Flights.

No, no, no. I promise. This is actually a common take. I actually recommend many travelers don't try to overexert themselves to get elite status on an airline. For me, I just book whatever is the best deal, the best flight time, whether that's Southwest, Alaska, Delta, I do not care. Even some random budget airline that I found on Google Flights.

No, no, no. I promise. This is actually a common take. I actually recommend many travelers don't try to overexert themselves to get elite status on an airline. For me, I just book whatever is the best deal, the best flight time, whether that's Southwest, Alaska, Delta, I do not care. Even some random budget airline that I found on Google Flights.

And Megan, I will let you know, I am not above flying Spirit or Frontier.

And Megan, I will let you know, I am not above flying Spirit or Frontier.