I think most would concur pragmatically with your view. On other end people have passion for that green Emerald logo, similar way to why someone buy expensive watch/car etc. Thus if organic flying takes you to say 95pct qualification requirements, getting out of way to "buy" DM for 1.5k USD may be worthy particularly more so if your organic flying pattern is based around Y or PEY where the enhanced travel experience may justify the investment.

how we each spend our hard earned cash is up to them. But i do appreciate forum's collective wisdom that made last 3 decades of my travel journey much more pleasant with these hacks. now that i am looking at retirement with lifetime sapphire attained i may switch back to cheapest to deliver. flying. I still never sat on CX F but flew more than comfortably during this time with no regrets.