Thank you.

Now those of you with more direct lines to Flying Blue, including the much esteemed (in theory at least ) Ultimates, would propose this to the Customer Loyalty team.
Who knows, maybe they will take it into consideration.

If not, my consulting fee is 6XP either way

(another minor advantage - the system would shield me from being bitter. I achieved Gold pretty much as soon as possible after new rule introduction. I pretty much only have my year ending in May, because I earned gold on last day of April, but had to retroclaim. Yet, someone ending their year in March, having effectively only lost one month of their travel potential, plus maybe some weeks if they travel to Asia, gets theoretical 3 months pro-rated off their requirements; me losing 3 of them at this rate get the same. But I am ranting.)