Frequent flyer status mourning

It has finally happened - after 4 glorious years holding the top status level of Qantas frequent flyer, I have been demoted to Gold.

The very sad news came to me when I was trying to book a last minute (as always) frequent flyer seat to the Gold Coast for a meeting and the friendly Qantas booking agent politely told me "I'm sorry Mr Aufflick, I am not able to open up additional frequent flyer seats for gold frequent flyers"...

I think gold frequent flyers still get called sir though...

(Yes, I am a tosser!)