I have a bunch of different credit cards for different purposes. Our main spending card gets 2.35%65% cash back at $0 annual fee.
We have one card that charges an absurd annual fee of $525. Why would ANYONE pay that? Turns out you get $300/year in travel credit which it reduces it to $225 and it comes with a free premier-class membership to Priority Pass, which gives great access to a large number of airline lounges and typically cost $425 on its oneown.
So we get this membership for a net cost of $112 per person. Even in a travel hostile year like 2020 we have more than broken even on that one. Dinner and drinks at an airport or NOT cheap.