Glad you are sorted and good luck with your flying.
Do not know about two tier charges, ECG or no my guy charges the same and I go every year.
Although I have been flying for many years, throughout the UK and Europe, plus occasional excursions to the US and Canada, I have flown far less recently. I have little appetite to revisit the same places and the camaraderie at my home base was ruined by the previous owner.
But I keep my PPL for those occasions when I visit new destinations like Australia and New Zealand, when I hope to enjoy some flying there. It has taken so much to keep it over the years, I am very reluctant to let it go.
Airmac