Originally Posted by
Lux Flyer
Went back to look and it books PE in AF till CDG, then goes to Economy for the KLM TATL flight. So in order to get PE on the return you have to do HKG->CDG->LAX routing on all AF metal, at which point it appears the price goes up to at least $4k for those segments. So now you are looking at spending $5k RT in order to earn $7k MQDs? Sure I guess there is a bit of savings to get Diamond a bit cheaper. Still not sure it is worth it to spend money you would otherwise not be spending to achieve DM. Does DM provide you with 5k in benefits per year?
Yes, it's a catch-22 isn't it? If you need that many MQD for DM, you're probably not flying that often and won't get much out of DM. Different story than if you're at 125000 MQM per year normally and just need a few thousand extra MQD.