Hi there, I am an avid reader and follower of FT and love the helpful vibe! Could use some advice: am currently FB Silver and 63 XP from Gold needed before 30 Nov. I live in AMS and found flights in business via CDG to Bilbao for a weekend trip planned in Nov. for €430 vs. €209 Economy direct flights. I linked Accor account as well which I suppose will add 5XP after my next flight if I understand correctly, giving me 182XP. Do you much cleverer frequent flyers think this is worth the extra $$ and time? I do love flying so don’t mind the extra legs, especially if in Business (even if only EU BC). Also have never flown AF so that would be new. Thanks!!

EDIT: by the way am not interested in taking the train to DUS first for this one.