High On Miles

How do you know if your collection of frequent-flier miles borders on addiction? Kathleen Mojas, a clinical psychologist in Beverly Hills, California, points out these symptoms:

• Are you booking long detours that take away from time spent with your family?
• Are you spending money you don't have to collect points?
• Are you buying things just to get the miles?

These could be signs it's time to ground the airline obsession--and get back to running your business.

Christopher Elliott is a writer in Annapolis, Maryland. Contact him at http://www.elliott.org.

This article was originally published in the March 2000 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: High On Miles.