Air France and KLM discount award tickets to fly to the Caribbean, the U.S. and Africa
Like every beginning of the month, the first Flying Blue offers have arrived to redeem award tickets at a discount of up to [...]
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Like every beginning of the month, the first Flying Blue offers have arrived to redeem award tickets at a discount up to 50%.
What are Flying Blue offers
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Each month the Air France and KLM loyalty program releases a list of destinations that can be booked with points at a reduced cost, up to 50%. In past promotions real gems have been released, such as tickets to fly to Martinique in business for less than 35k points, while last month award tickets to go business class in North America could be redeemed for less than 30K points.
The rules are still the same you have to book by the end of January to fly by the end of June.
Flying Blue offers for January 23
There are 19 destinations on the medium-haul network to fly from Italy to the AF/KL network from just over 4,000 Flying Blue points.
In contrast, on long-haul there are 10 destinations and this month there is a real change with the inclusion of recently unseen destinations, such as the Caribbean (Aruba, St Maarten, Cayenne) Africa (Lome, Ouagadougou) or Dammam in the Middle East.
As always, however, it is not specified whether the discount is in economy or business, and this month there appear to be seats on sale in premium classes.
How to accumulate FB points in Italy
There are many ways to accumulate Flying Blue points in Italy:
- Flying with Air France, KLM and the other Skyteam companies, but not with ITA Airways
- It is possible to transfer accumulated points With everyday spending with American Express cards. in points from the loyalty program of Air France and KLM at a 3:2 conversion rate
- If you are a VAT number holder, you can transform Each euro spent in the company in 1.5 FB points with the Mooncard credit card
- It is possible to take advantage of promos that give away points, also the 100% bonus, when buying Flying Blue points.
How to search for tickets
To search for seats, simply go to the AF or KLM site, enter your information, and search from the site's home page by simply selecting the will of book with miles.
Option tickets
Air France and KLM are two companies that make it possible to opting for award places waiting to have completed the points transfer. You call the call center and explain to the attendant the need to transfer the points. Typically an operation that takes no more than 24/36 hours. Once the points have been credited to your account, simply contact the CC again and finalize your reservation.
In conclusion
Recently these promos have given some very interesting opportunities. It's just too bad that the destinations are almost always to the West and almost never to Asia, but beggars can't be choosers and being able to fly to the U.S. with so few points is really a great opportunity.
