Greetings

In my introductory post in the MilesBuzz forum I summarised my travel history and reported that CX kindly granted Gold to match my SQ Gold.

My question here for members experienced with top levels at both CX and SQ programs relates to the optimal combination of tier status:

Naturally being able to achieve CX Diamond + SQ Gold would be best, but if the regular scope of travel amounts to 150,000 miles per year is it better in terms of relative benefits to maintain (a) CX Gold + SQ Gold or (b) CX Diamond + SQ Silver ?

The sequencing perhaps illuminates the question: Is it better to follow path (a) to first secure SQ Gold (50k) and then do 100k on CX to secure CX Gold renewal (60k) with possible stretch of extra 20k to reach Diamond via one more long-haul round trip? Or is it better to follow path (b) to first secure CX Diamond (120k) and then do 30k on SQ to secure SQ Silver renewal (25k) with possible stretch of extra 20k to reach Gold via one more long-haul round trip?

That is, in the first instance, is it better to have at least Gold benefits on both CX and SQ, or push for Diamond level on CX with only Silver on SQ?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and insights.