Originally Posted by miki13331
PPS status is certainly mid-tier, have you seen the number of PPS and solitaire members on SQ flights, especially on regional business routes such as SIN-NRT and SIN-HKG, not to mention SIN-KUL?
if you're in C or F, you are treated the same as everyone else, the only benefit i see is silver kris lounge access, UA red carpet club access and waitlist priority. if you need to spend US$1400 for a PPS run, the cost of a red carpet membership is less than that. if you need to do a PPS run, you probably don't fly SQ enough to receive much benefit from silver kris lounge access or waitlist priority.
re: PPS gift - you're spending US$1400 to get US$100 in gift vouchers?
Umm... you also get *A Gold status, so no it's not only PPS that you get, you ALSO get *A Gold. I'm sure you could do it cheaper to just get *A Gold, but if you can also be PPS at the same time, it's not so crazy. I don't fly SQ enough right now to justify it, but if you are in Asia a lot (and can afford it), it's probably not a bad idea.