Don't be so down on him, maybe he has couple of years of organic platinum already, but now has a slow year for whatever reason, change of job, local project...
Anyway cheap way to do 60 is BRU-VLC with Alitalia, especially if you catch a 20% coupon (probably not this year though I think). You can combine that with LUX-MXP with AZ direct for 30XP r/t at 213 EUR.
2 stop J tickets for around 500 EUR do exist, or at least used to, but I don't know if they do from those airports mentioned. Usually you need to find an airport where KLM flies, but not AF, like Aalborg or many small ones in the UK.