Hi Everyone!

Can I squeeze any value out of this...

(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Reply: Lounge access, then reward seat redemption, then upgrade redemption
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
Reply: Discount Y: 36,000 (as 2 sectors per month). PE Y: 8000 (2 sectors annually)
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
Reply: Cheapest economy on full service airline for work, cheapest premium economy for leisure
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Reply: Choice of airline, most miles for work
(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often?
(US Domestic, Transpacific, Kangaroo, in Asia etc)
Reply: HKG to KUL, SIN, MEL. Up until now, most of my flights were HKG-SIN with SQ due to their included flexibility at the same price point as CX. My pattern has changed though, spending more time in KUL than SIN
(6) What is your home airport?
Reply: HKG
(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in OW or other airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?
Reply: VA gold (achieved through SYD-MEL-BNE and HKG-SIN, expiring at end of month, considering VA marketed HKG-SIN-MEL return to requal but don't think it's worth the expense)
21k VA
23k QFF
(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
Reply: CX, SQ, QF (company policy of no MH)

I'm looking to hear opinions about re-jigging my goals and instead chase upgrades on my annual HKG-MEL flights rather than lounge access.

Occasionally on HKG-KUL/SIN I'm in a CX booking class that earns QFF miles, but most often it's not.

Also looking at getting the HKD Amex (not elite) with MPC membership

If I change to chasing upgrades (from discount Y?), am I better off with QFF or AM/MPC?