the biggest perk to elite status for me is without a doubt upgrades. You have all been there-is there too much of a better feeling than finding out you got an upgrade on a cross-country redeye? also, my destinations vary but it will only be domestic for a while as I still get tickets through Swiss internationally because my father works for them

I should actually say primarily domestic because it is still possible I fly a US airline

I appreciate everyone's opinion on this...the only reason I am flying delta now is because they are the only ones who fly JFK-MVY. I usually fly United (really miss Continental though)