Flying Blue cuts ties with non-Skyteam carriers, goodbye to XP points if you fly with partners
As of January 1, 2024, the Flying Blue loyalty program will make a change that will leave many readers displeased, if not some [...]
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As of January 1, 2024, the Flying Blue loyalty program will make a change that will leave many readers displeased, if not some even some downright angry.
What changes from January 1, 2024
With the new year, Air France and KLM frequent flyer will reset the possibility of accumulating points Flying Blue and XP Points, Those that are needed to obtain the status With all non-Skyteam carriers.
Both KLM and Air France have partnerships with carriers outside the Skyteam alliance. These agreements exist for commercial reasons, having no partner covering, for example, flights to Australia and New Zealand, the Franco-Dutch airline has long had an interline and partnership agreement with Qantas, but on other routes it works together with many other carriers.
The partners are:
- Air Corsica
- Air Mauritius
- Chalair Aviation
- China Southern
- Copa Airlines (Star Alliance)
- GOL
- Japan Airlines (Oneworld)
- Malaysia Airlines (Oneworld)
- Qantas (Oneworld)
- Twin Jet
- WestJet
At present, the details of the changes are unclear since there is no page, or at least I could not find it, which explains in detail the changes effective from the new year.
- 6,000 Mile Registration Bonus
- Collect miles WITH EACH PURCHASE
- Your miles with no expiration*
- No fees for ATM withdrawals and foreign purchases
- Without having to change banks
- Autonomous card activation
- Multi-function mobile application
- Free travel insurance
- Free credit for up to 7 weeks
- Contactless Payment
- Mastercard® SecureCode
- 20€ discount directly in your statement by spending €60 in one or more transactions with Carta on Italotreno.it
- Free fee the 1st year. From the 2nd €5.50 per month
- You can choose to pay in full or in installments
- Premium level of the Italo Più program
- 4 Vouchers per year for access to Italo Club Lounges
- Preferential Access to Italo's Fast Track at the station
- For every 5 purchases of Italo ticketing and/or onboard services made with Italo American Express Credit Card you will receive 1 voucher for room upgrade
- Welcome bonus of 100,000 Volare points upon reaching 6 thousand in spending in the first 3 months after card issuance
- Accumulate 1.5 qualifying Volare points for every euro spent, accumulate an additional 3 non-qualifying Volare points ( for a total of 4.5 Volare points) for every euro spent on ticketing purchases and other services offered by ITA Airways
- Access to the Premium Club of ITA Airways' Volare program.
- ITA Airways Lounge Access
- Free excess baggage
- Points Back