Originally Posted by
Guy Betsy
This really is an incomplete listing on the benefits of either FFPs...
On CX, there is life above Diamond, and that is Diamond Plus, and Diamond Invitation.
On SQ, there's life above KF Gold and that's PPS, Solitaire and LT Solitaire.
Once you factor these other above and beyond levels, then you might have a better comparison.
From the perspective of an Economy Class traveller (which OP says that he is), it's really not incomplete at all. Diamond Plus can't apply to OP if he travels in Y only, and Invitation is a legacy status not open to new entrants, so both are irrelevant here.
On SQ, for a Y traveller, QPPS, TPPS, LPPS all basically don't exist (for premium passengers LPPS, like CX Invitation status is a legacy one only for those who already have it).
As someone who was SQ KF Gold before moving over to CX, I think OP's summary is spot on and very complete for those who travel Y+/Y.
For a Y traveller the "glass ceiling" is DM on CX and KF Gold on SQ. CX DM blows KF Gold totally out of the water. Even CX GO is much better than KF Gold.
SQ doesn't even pretend to offer Business class style benefits to KF Gold members. The KrisFlyer lounges are a joke and entry into the real business class SilverKris lounges is not permitted even for KF Gold members.