My wife and I are midway through year two of Gold Status. We are just normal travelling people, as in not for business purposes, therefore we are the ones that pay full price for all our tickets.

We have been loyal to EK, always paying more for the tickets than other Airlines. We now see what the loyalty has rewarded us with. Among other issues,the Flex/Saver issue is just to much. Planning a DXB-YYZ trip, it would have put us in year three. To late, go to book, and with the price to the Dirham, they now went from Flex to Saver.

Sorry for the long story, but we will now attempt to book with price ,and sked, in mind. Therefore, probably no more Gold. As was already commented, this is but a "drop in the ocean" but I am seeing and hearing this from more and more people all the time. You cannot keep kicking us and not think we will walk to the next counter.

This is my first post after 24 months of reading daily. It is great to read so many well informed comments and observations.