I’ll avoid repeating my longer posts above, just note that 1,800–2,400 seems like dead zone, esp given answers to questions above. You can roll over a max 600 to regular DM the next year, so 2,300 achieved rolls over the same as 1,800.

To reach 2,400, I’ll likely need to shift spend from competitors to CX, including less convenient regional routings (PEK-SIN, PVG-SIN, Tokyo-SIN, etc.) via CX connections instead of nonstop, and add maybe 4-6 more CX long-haul J flights that I’d otherwise book in F on other carriers. So I’d need to “work for it” versus my current freestyle approach, do more transits, less F. I’m primarily HK-based.

Normally I’d call this crazy, but credit CX for making mileage system so addictive. It also helps their service toward DM service esp for ex-HKG fliers is superb, and I’d expect DX/DME even better. I also have lingering concern this may inadvertently “downgrade” DM onboard. Today there are so few DMPs that dilution isn’t really an issue now, but presumably enough DMEs will exist in 2027 that it effectively becomes the highest “normal” tier.

Some people here it seems fly enough CX that 2,400+ appears straightforward. For me it requires habit changes. Curious how others in a similar position are approaching the rest of the year.