Yes, the lounges do get crowded with all the Silver folk, but if MPC didn't offer lounge access for SL, I probably would have gone with another program with lower requirements like AA. I do the fly a couple sectors a year on AA metal to qualify for their program.

Anyways I appreciate the lounge access offered in Silver and would think other members would like it even if they only fly a few flights a year. My main routing was PVG-SIN, so if there was lounge access, it probably would have been easier for me if I wanted to pay a little extra to fly the direct routing and just keep credited to my CA account (and maintain my *G status).