You will need to get your affirmation of freedom to marry translated and then legalized at the MFA in Bangkok. Go see Maneerat on Soi Post Office Pattaya and ask her to provide the service. You can then compare that against having to do it all yourself with time and expense of getting to Bangkok and maybe having to stay overnight.
People spend 75k to leave? Who leaves every month on a DTV? Your argument is utter nonsense. As stated the DTV has made the Elite program a dead duck. Anyone on the Elite must be kicking themselves for their stupidity.