Originally Posted by CX30616

I pay for my ticket as they are for my personal travel or going back to my hometown.

I based in SIN and my hometown is FOC.

I traveled at least 5 times FOC-HKG-SIN in I fare, they cost me around 34k cny (~around 5100 usd), and also some regional flight like SIN-BKK in CX, SIN-KUL in MH, and HKG-TYO in CX or JL.

Also, I buy a lot of BA miles for ex-SIN J flight, they are quite cheap IMHO.

I am a CX SL currently, and I got 500 CP last year (I started from GR so I have only 200 now), and someday when I read a thread in FT and I realized QF can give me way more than MPC.

With QF, I can got 1200 SC straight for my FOC-HKG-SIN, and with some more regional flight and 4 sectors 3K qualification flight, I would achieve QF Plat, or OWE way more faster than MPC, and I like the CX F lounge.

I will most likely still choose CX to fly as in this route no other carrier can compete with CX in terms of schedule and aircraft type, MI 738 is not really comfortable and I always want a flat bed to rest.

I have considered BA before, but BA requires me to have 4 BA sectors to qualify, which I couldn't have as the only two routes I have is LHR-SIN of SIN-SYD.

However, the disadvantage to choose QF is that QF miles are mostly useless (or I didn't find a right way use it?) and they expired quickly, but with OWE and my credit card rewards me 1 AM with 0.9 cny spend overseas, that's not big deal.