Originally Posted by kingarthur

I assume anyone doing this is paying up for the EY experience, wanting another "notch in the bedpost" for F experiences.

Otherwise, it's a much better deal to fly CX into CMB, which I hear has a better overall F experience, for 67.5k instead of 90k. From CMB, it's only $200/RT on Sri Lankan Airlines to MLE. From a miles perspective, you are getting less than 1 cpm of value for the incremental 22.5k miles by going the EY route.