10m "nest egg" depreciates every day with program "enhancements" so to have a stash that big is silly.
No credit card path would give him ua 1k so that's irrelevant here and without top tier status redeeming and changing award flights can get pricey and often eliminates the value of many domestic redemptions.
"Travel like a king" - ha! - i''ll think about it next time tsa grabs me by the hmmm.. first class or not..
Pointless bragging.