Originally Posted by
irishguy28
There really is no reason, in Flying Blue, to wish to "avoid" XPs - unless you (for a very particular and individual reason) wish to carefully manage the "reset" of your membership year by carefully controlling when you go up in status. This should normally not be a concern.
One potential upside to staying Gold -- if your boarding pass says "Gold" on the FQTV even with KL / AF prefix, they will allow access into the Al Fursan First Class lounge in JED (as the highest tier in Al Fursan is Gold), whereas they won't allow Platinum as it's a "partner' program.
Your thumb just has to coincdentally be covering the AF/KL part of the boarding pass ...
