I have to admit I've reached the age of a mild hearing loss (~10%?), so that takes care of part of the noise problem. Then I always carry the excellent Howard Leight earplugs. Should take care of quite a bit of the rest.

I know that when I've one of those middle of the night wake-ups, I spend most of what night is left worrying about it. I set my alarm clock, hotel wake-up call, and room clock or TV alarm. End up getting almost zero sleep. I figure with this pod, I might pass out in the middle of the night for a few hours.

I did check, and the pod place says they do wake-ups until 5:30 in the morning. So that plus my alarm clock should do the job.

Thanks for noticing the MM. I was pretty excited about it. On the other hand, Delta only gives Silver for MM, and it isn't actually lifetime, but sort of contingent on how they feel about it. United's lifetime Gold is a good deal for you.