After being now 9 year FB Platinum Elite, and (Maybe) finishing this year to get the Life Time status, I can’t really start expressing how the news has irritated and made me feel. It’s simply unbelievable how this constellation of AF/KL thinks it can bind it’s loyal customer base and reward them for their continued support. I can only rest my case like all other fellow victims here and pledge.. Yes, we may be an insignificant species to AF/KL, but we do have the power of choice.. We can and will take our business else ware. We have endured the inconvenience of our travels because we could have a little benefit for our family in return. For most of us, it’s unlikely that in the current economic climate, our companies nor us as induviduals are going to approve / justify more expensive travel (yes AF/KL, you read well, companies, since individuals, don’t really play a role in this game since they have long moved their business to low cost not thrill airlines) actually, mostly it was already a battle to keep up with regulations since prices in Holland have gone up and up (the most expensive departure / arrival place in the world !!), whilst the same flight , booked from other countries is a fraction of the cost. Now AF/KL has clearly chosen to be a no trill airline also, except that they can’t match the prices of those, while in service they already do. I’m sure, there will be some clever marketing people at other airlines now that will read this forum and understand that there is something to gain from this.. Offer us AF/KL loyal customers a match, and we may be very tempted to choose for an other program, as for me. Skyteam, au-revoir.. To bad I wasted 9 year of my live to give my pledge to the Dutch national carrier.. oh.. I forgot.. French !! I should had know better..