Decisions, decisions! Right now I am UA 1K, AA Gold, CO Gold, and US Preferred. DL even managed to get two roundtrips from me this year, but I have no status there. I will carry UA 1K (qualified on miles), AA Gold (challenge), and US Preferred (segments) into next year. Most of my business will be directed towards AA as I will be flying a lot between DCA and DFW. I am now signed up for the Platinum challenge and should hit that by early February. There is no way I will hit 1K on UA and I don't think it is worth it anyway. I will get some segments on US and CO, but probably not enough for status.

For hotels, I am Starwood Plutonium, Hilton Diamond, and Marriott Platinum. All of these will continue into next year. Even though I have some reservations about Hilton, the "Tails you win" promo looks good for putting up some big miles, at least thru March. Starwood is likely to get the remainder of the stays as long as they continue the great promos. Marriott is still a personal favorite but usually overpriced. I have heard rumors about substantial changes to the program, but until I see them they will not see too much of my business.