LAST DAYS: Want a (nearly) free ticket to New York City? sign up for Flying Blue
The countdown has started, on December 31 the biggest welcome bonus ever will expire [...]
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The countdown is on, and on December 31 the biggest welcome bonus ever in the Air France KLM loyalty program will expire. This is one of many initiatives designed by the French flag carrier to celebrate its 90th anniversary.
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In addition to this crazy bonus of 10k Flying Blue points in fact there are triple points on many destinations and a contest that puts tickets to fly to New York for free are up for grabs (and with no obligation to buy and/or fly with Air France KLM).
The promotion for new members
All the people who will enroll in the Flying Blue program by December 31, 2023 will have the opportunity to obtain a bonus of 10 thousand points. To get the bonus it will be enough to book a ticket and fly by next March 31, 2024.
New members, in addition to accumulating the basic points provided for the ticket bought (and flown) will also get a 10,000-point bonus.
For the 10,000 Miles bonus to new members these are the rules:
- The bonus is credited for those who sign up during the period 1/10-31/12/2023, after the first qualifying flight for promotion
- Valid for promotion are all Marketed and operated Air France and KLM flights made during the period 1/10/2023-31/3/2024
One of the benefits of Air France KLM's loyalty program is the ability to take advantage of The family function, which is the creation of a group between two adults and up to 8 minors with the possibility of combining all points into one profile. In addition to this, points accumulated by minor members do not expire until they turn 18 years old.
The adults' points instead expire after 36 months of inactivity, this means that just one flight every 2 years is enough to renew the validity of the points accumulated on your account for as many months.
What to do with the 10,000 bonus points
The FB program is based on a dynamic award table, this means that point prices vary depending on the fill rate of the plane and according to the promotions that Air France's frequent flyer program releases for its members each month.
It is possible to redeem an award ticket to fly from Milan to Paris for only 7,125 miles plus tax, so with just one flight you will immediately get enough points to fly to Paris.
But the points can take you anywhere in the world, flying to Sweden, perhaps even taking advantage of the a free stopover in Paris or Amsterdam, has a cost of 10 thousand points, then perfectly the value of the bonus disbursed.
How to make the most of the bonus
The examples above are the minimal result that can be achieved, but now I want to show how to do a real "juggling" theft from Air France by maximizing the promotion.
If you are a family consisting of two adults and two children you can, thanks to the Family program, merge your accounts. You may then decide to take a weekend trip to Paris under Christmas and thus trigger the 10,000-point welcome bonus per passenger. Adding up all the points accumulated, the family will then find themselves with no less than 42/45k FB points on their account.
Here is that by taking advantage of the points accumulated from family flights, the welcome bonus parents will have enough points for a weekend in New York (without children). The reason is simple-it only takes 11,250 points (+taxes) to redeem a ticket from Milan to the United States, or 22500 for a round-trip ticket.
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.
