Some people go to MRU on an award, or on economy on a nested LONEx, or have to go to somewhere in Africa anyway, or are doing back-to-back OWEs ex MRU, or wish to experience FC travel at a price they can afford, or wish to visit MRU, and a long etc. What I'm trying to say is that ex-MRU doesn't mean the same to all, and it makes a lot of sense for some, less sense for others. In my case I would not start there at any price (well, almost), so I guess that if after all that you still do not see the advantage of an ex.MRY OWE, that makes two of us.