I've just had a DM Twitter message from AF and they try to explain how great the new system is.
So instead of needing 30 segments for Gold it's now 36.
But take out the AMEX AF card, which I have, to help those XP points along.
Oh, and you could also stump up another 300€ a year for some other card they mentioned to me.
Honestly, I'm waiting for the explanation as to how this is a better experience and especially so for a small business like me.
My only option is to do business 5 times a year from CDG to LHR and have that combined with my AmEx card to get my Gold each year. OK, that's only around 1500€ worth of flights but I have other places I want to be than the UK 5 times a year.