I doubt I’ll ever reach gold again and frankly that doesn’t bother me in the slightest now. I feel I probably caught the last of the ‘good times’ wrt frequent flyer programmes over the past decade and I enjoyed every minute (much of it with BA). But surely that all changes for good now - 2020 is going to be a write off, and maybe we’ll see slow recoveries from there, but it will take years. What BAEC looks like then... who knows?

All that really matters for now is that we all keep safe and well, and I just pray BA treat their staff with respect during this awful time. One can hope...