Just as an aside, email from the BA Exec Club just now:
I realise that there may have been some uncertainty around your travel plans during recent months or indeed you may have been hoping to make a booking during the dates affected by Unite's strike action.
To avoid any concerns you may have had about losing your status and to reassure you of your value to us, we have renewed your Gold membership for another year.
Have not flown with them once in 2010.....