Originally Posted by
Cathay Boy
In my personal opinion, if you cannot accrue enough to be at least MPC GO, then MPC is not worth it (MPC Silver is really nothing special), stick with a North American airlines' FFP which have ridiculous mileage redemption rules.
As soon as my job not require me to travel that much (say only 30K miles a year), I am switching to AA FFP in a sec.
The biggest benefit of MPC SL is the lounge access in HKG alone..
Even for me who has a credit card that gives me unlimited access at least one lounge in almost all major airports in the world except for Australia (and it is not even a priority pass)..I still regard the several lounges of CX in HKG as among best, so having an SL card just for the CX lounge in HKG gives me value on top of (or in spite of) already having unlimited free access to 4 other lounges in HKG. As of now, since I'm silver, I'm skipping the 4 other HKG lounges as I have access the CX lounges.
I actually become a MPC member because one of my former credit card's benefits is free membership to the MPC. If not been for that, I would not have paid $50 to join MPC just for the prority check in and boarding. Coz at that time, I have no intention of becoming silver.. my SL status is due to unplanned business travels in the previous year and CX offering the cheaper fare vs either Delta or Korean air at those times.