Originally Posted by
eternaltransit
Arguably if someone can get Gold for 5k USD they are less profitable than someone who buys last minute ex-DXB Y fares in the GCC but never gets enough miles for status - hub captives should love a profitability based program, they are the ones most unrewarded for giving EK fat profits!
Jeez you're never going to drop it are you?
By the way, my spreadsheet (from the math games thread) calculates at Flex fares that Gold costs ~$8250 so I'm not getting it THAT much cheaper.