I accept that I do get upset when I am unable to use the airline miles and hotel points that I earned by traveling on my own time and spend boring evenings in a hotel. The sacrifice as well as the false promise that the miles or points can be redeemed at certain threshold leads to disappointment.

I realized long time ago that apart from the airline status, the rest are pretty useless. The Airline status has an impact when there is a disruption in service.