So might we possibly speculate that Barclays will come out with an Admirals Club "gold" card to compete with the Citi Executive? I'll just note that their current top AA offering was rather carefully named a "silver" card.
Trust me, no one in the world names their top offering "silver." No one.
None of that means I'm right, of course. This is pure naked speculation.
Personally, I'm just sad that all this nonsense is going to end up costing me an extra $400 or so per year -- poor, miserable, unfortunate DFW hub captive that I am.