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I guess my goal is to find the best bang for my buck, in simple terms. For example, I was looking at the Expedia Rewards Program and it looks good if you are booking everything through them. I do not travel internationally too often, so that's why I feel like the Amex Platinum might be a waste for me. I do like the lounge access, but I rarely have time to take advantage of those anyway. At this point, I have about 150K US Air miles, 6 free rooms from Hotels.com and about 50K Amex reward points (I recently cashed some in). But if I could combine those, let's say, for a vacation package or something like that, I think it would be better suited for my interests. Ultimately, I would like to save up for a nice long Honeymoon!
For Amex Plat, there are two benefits that can make it worthwhile. The first is lounge access for US/DL/AA when you're on their flights. I've use the AA AAdmirals club via my Amex Plat many times and find it well worth it just for that. ANd on the one DL flight I've taken in the past 2 years I used it for Sky Club access as well. I also like the Priorty Pass Select membership so that I can access the Alaska lounge here in Seattle on early morning flights (great pancake machine there). I've yet to use the Priority Pass for INTL lounges but I'm sure it will be good for those were AA (My primary airline) doesn't have good lounges. I know in the past year I've left a OneWorld lounds to go to a Priority Pass Select lounge, sorry that i can't recall exactly where it was that I did that (I think Budapest, but could be wrong).