I'm also a frequent spender, and I don't travel enough to get status by just traveling. Even 20 segments is a lot of travel. I would have to make some mileage runs, which I don't have the time to do. I spent the $60,000 this year which will give me 1 more year of Ascent. Most of the time, Frontier goes where I need to travel, which is why the frequent spender program worked for me. Don't know what I'll do after this, though. Maybe Frontier or United will offer some credit card deals in the next 2 years, or offer some special miles deals. After this month I will switch to American Express for most of my charges so I can transfer miles to any airline.