The Offer
- Every month Flying Blue (AirFrance & KLM) offer discounted award flights. This month they are offering 25% off economy and business class awards to anywhere in Europe (includes Israel & Morocco) from America. Prices are as follows:
- 18,750 for economy (one way, normally 25,000)
- 46,875 for business (one way, normally 62,500 miles)
The Fine Print
- Must book by February 28th
- Travel between April 1st & May 31st
Our Verdict
You can transfer points into the Flying Blue program from:
- Chase Ultimate Rewards
- American Express Membership Rewards
- SPG Points
- Citi ThankYou Points
- Diners Club
Taxes/fees & fuel surcharges aren’t too bad with an economy ticket (sub $100) but quickly get more expensive with a business class fare.
Booked business class to MUC and back from DUB both on DL metal and taxes were only about $80 total. That’s less than I paid flying economy on AF/KL.
Flying Blue is very good on Delta if you can get it because there are no fuel surcharges. On KLM, Air France, and Alitalia there tend to be hefty fuel charges. The problem is that promo fares on Delta are very rare.
Any idea what the history of this promo has been? Do they always offer it in Feb? I’m planning to book flights to Europe next year (Summer 2018) and I’ll hold off until February if it’s a usual thing.
The promos change monthly, not sure how often 25% off to Europe is.
I flew SFO-CDG in November for 18,750 miles last year. This was my first award flight. Transferred points from my CSR.
I think it’s not that rare, but not going to happen in the high season.
There were no promo awards for those routes in December, for example.
Is this really for anywhere in the US to anywhere in Europe? Awards out of MSP are pulling up at normal price.
No, it is only for the cities listed on the website, which MSP is not one of them. SFO, BOS and DTW seem to be only US cities, and YUL and YYZ in Canada. And CUN – I guess Flying Blue puts Mexico in the same region as the US and Canada.