Chapeau to Air France KLM, will honor the recent error fare (but only for those with Flying Blue status)
Last weekend was very hot for Air France KLM frequent flyers, the reason being an error [...]
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Last weekend was very hot for Air France KLM frequent flyers, the reason being. an error fare that allowed people to book tickets to fly across the Atlantic, also departing from Italy in business class from 1500 FB points for a few routes up to 13500.
Obviously, the members to TFC's whatasapp channel were promptly informed, and some have even booked the journey as discussed In the Platinum Group on Facebook.
The rate was one to grab, without thinking about it, since it allowed to fly from Turin, Bologna and other Italian secondary airports to Canada with 240€ and only 13,500 Flying Blue points, which is the amount usually required for an economy ticket during monthly offers.
Today came the stance of the Franco-Dutch loyalty program, which reported that will honor the tickets issued in the past few hours, but not for everyone.
Ben Lipsey, Flying Blue's #1 is. spoke on Flyer Talk, the world's most frequented forum for frequent flyers of all nationalities, as noted above the decision is to cancel all tickets issued at a fare "too good to be true," but unlike the latest Error Fare not honored by ANA and Oman Air, the company's strategy in this case is different.
All "true" Air France FFs holding Gold status or higher will see their tickets honored (if booked in fares of 13,500 FB points or more), while all others will have their tickets cancelled and miles refunded.
Truly commendable is the choice of Flying Blue, which justifies its decision thus:
However, we are making an exception for FB Gold, Platinum and Ultimate members who have booked the 13.5k mile fares: in recognition of their loyalty, we will honor the erroneous rates for these members.
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