This is my situation.......

With the new accumulating Club Points, I will no longer be able to achieve Gold status anymore, ever. One needs 800 points, which interpret as I have to fly 8X a years to SIN as an example. That's way off my trips per year, usually 3 -5 times a year and flit flop between Silver or Gold. As CX is not a prefer airline for my company, I am unable to fly on J class but I still fly CX because I can transit in HKG after my business trip for a weekend(just to eat eggtarts and watch over the Victoria Harbor) before heading home. I can't even fly on W as the fare is more expensive than flying Business class on UA, no kidding.

Current options I can think of...
1. SQ, I can still transit in HKG :-) And achieving Gold is 50K but bad timing and no Premium Eco yet
2. BR.....
3. UA? NO WAY!!!!