Originally Posted by
casbroker
Is that worth the inconvenience of having to change in KL? With 4-5 trips a year for me the extra 40 points from CX J to MH J may make a difference for me as well.
Unfortunately the MH hard product on the HKG and BOM routes is horrible and the stopover also adds on a lot of time and headache value. So yes, there is a severe inconvenience factor.
However, for me, while I could get 60K miles comfortably without any special effort, 600 points is a different beast and I have no hope unless I find some creative ways such as this to pad the count.
At the end of the day, CX Gold is worth it for me, and I suspect it will only get better in the future if the member count drops down sharply, which I am sure will happen, especially for Y/Y+ travellers. Most of my travel is longhual Y+ and on around two-thirds of my flights I am upgraded to J, so there is definitely value for me in retaining Gold.