until now, little did we chat about senior programs (airlines, hotels, general) on this board.

I (Swiss based, 56 years old) am a member with the following US-based-programs:

* AARP, American Association for retired people, costs: $25/3-years (my best profit is the AARP-21-days-advanced-paid Marriott rate)

* UA silver-wings: entry starts at age 55, 10%-rebate starts only at age 60, costs were last year $200 (my best profit so far were the the $-rebate-vouchers for future tickets (which matched in total just the life-membership-fee) and the 20'000 mileage-entrance-bonus I got (that was a time-limited-UA promotion last spring, now the entrance bonus is either 5'000? or 10'000? miles)