Although I am quite skeptical with the changes they might want to attract more people to M & M programme. It’s not secret that you can get easily gold with BA and within Star Alliance with Aegean and Turkish. It wouldn’t surprise me if you need to spend 5k to become senator. You need much less to become Gold with BA or another star alliance carrier. Last, unfortunately we have seen lately that LH is following BA path when it comes to extra charges such as selection of seats in PE or downgrade the food in both PE and Y. Let’s wait and see.