If you like to travel, you may have heard of some benefits elite status members use to improve their flight experiences. But for the average traveler, elite status is something they'll never achieve.

Some travelers, frustrated with changing airline rewards programs, have stopped chasing status and adopted different strategies when booking flights and using credit cards. By Mike Dang When SuzAnn ...

In 2001, when Yale psychology professor Mitch Prinstein introduced a new class on the meaning and impact of popularity, one tenth of the undergraduate student body showed up to take it. The crowd was ...

Southwest Airlines is, for better and for worse, one of a kind — and people tend to either love or hate it. When it comes to elite status with Southwest, there aren't the same perks available for ...

Remember the popular clique in high school? Maybe they were athletes or cheerleaders, or maybe they were just wealthy students with the best clothes and jewelry. Whatever brought them notoriety, they ...

While they might seem irrationally status-obsessed, they’re not outliers. The allure of brand-name schools was strong when I applied to colleges as a teenager. In my competitive high school, it was ...

My midnight airport adventure wasn’t something only I would do, it seems. Following our article about how I flew from Adelaide to Brisbane and back in one night to achieve gold frequent-flyer status ...