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Air France/KLM Flying Blue have rotating promo rewards every month. This month they have promo awards starting from 7,500 miles each way, or just 6,000 Chase points after the Chase 25% transfer bonus.
Travel is valid on select dates from now through 9/30 from cities like Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis, Montreal, Salt Lake City, and Washington DC to cities like Paris, Amsterdam, and more European cities.
Promo Awards are nonrefundable and non-changeable. They also have fuel surcharges, but those are typically low.
You can get the flexible award calendar by searching for a mileage ticket with an account on airfrance.us just leaving the date blank when searching for an award ticket.
Note that the monthly calendar price on top is rarely accurate:
Flying Blue miles require earning activity every 24 months to keep them active, so transferring miles will also extend their validity.
You can transfer AMEX, Capital One, Chase, or Citi points instantly to Flying Blue.
If you, a member in your household, or an authorized user has one of the following Chase cards, you can transfer points into miles:
- Chase Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card® Card has a 60K signup bonus, earns 2.1 points per dollar on travel, 3.1 points per dollar on dining, streaming, and online groceries, has a $50 hotel credit, can transfer all Chase points into miles, and points are worth at least 1.3 cents each for paid travel or pay yourself back categories ($95 annual fee). Read more here.
- Chase Sapphire Reserve® has a 60K signup bonus, earns 3 points per dollar on dining/travel, has a $300 travel credit, can transfer all Chase points into miles, and points are worth at least 1.5 cents each for paid travel or pay yourself back categories ($550 annual fee with $300 travel credit). Read more here.
- Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card earns 3 points per dollar on shipping, advertising, and travel, can transfer all Chase points into miles, and points are worth at least 1.25 cents each for paid travel or pay yourself back categories ($95 annual fee). Read more here.
Chase no-annual fee cards that are fantastic for earning points, but require one of the cards above for points transfers include:
- Ink Business Cash® Credit Card has a 75K signup bonus and earns 5 points per dollar on cable, TV, telecom, cellular, office supply stores, and gift cards from office supply stores, plus 2 points per dollar on dining and gas ($0 annual fee). Read more here.
- Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card has a 75K signup bonus and earns 1.5 points per dollar everywhere ($0 annual fee). Read more here.
- Chase Freedom Flex has a 20K signup bonus, plus earn 5 points per dollar on up to $12K in groceries for 1 year, plus 5 points on rotating categories, 5 points per dollar on travel purchased through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal, and 3 points per dollar on dining and drugstores ($0 annual fee). Read more here.
- Chase Freedom Unlimited® has a 20K signup bonus, plus earn 5 points per dollar on up to $12K in groceries for 1 year, at least 1.5 points per dollar everywhere, 5 points per dollar on travel purchased through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal, and 3 points per dollar on dining and drugstores ($0 annual fee). Read more here.
If you or a friend has one of the following Citi cards, you can transfer points into miles:
- Citi Premier® Card offers 60,000 points for spending $4,000 in 3 months, 3 points per dollar on airfare, hotels, travel agents, groceries, gas, and dining. $95 annual fee. Read more here.
Citi no-annual fee cards that are fantastic for earning points, but require a Citi Premier® Card for points transfers include:
- The Citi Double Cash® Card offers 2% cash back or 2 ThankYou points per dollar spent everywhere. If you also have a Citi Premier® Card Card you can transfer points into miles. No annual fee. Read more here.
- The Citi Custom Cash® Card offers 5 points per dollar on up to $500 in purchases in your top eligible spending category each billing cycle. This is marketed as 5% cash back, but will actually come in the form of 5 ThankYou points per dollar spent! Eligible categories include Restaurants, Gas Stations, Grocery Stores, Select Travel, Select Transit, Select Streaming Services, Drugstores, Home Improvement Stores, Fitness Clubs, and Live Entertainment. You will also get 0% APR on purchases and balance transfers for 15 months. No annual fee. Read more here.
- The Citi Rewards+® Card offering 20,000 points for spending $1,500 in 3 months. This card can’t transfer points on its own, but can transfer points if you have one of the Citi cards above. This card automatically rounds up rewards earned on every purchase to the nearest 10 points, meaning you earn 10 points on a $0.50 Amazon balance reload. Earn 2 points on $6K in annual spending at supermarkets, and a 10% points rebate when you redeem points, up to a 10K points rebate per year. If you also have a Citi Premier® Card Card you can transfer points into miles and get a 10% points rebate on transferred or redeemed miles. No annual fee. Read more here.
AMEX cards with transferable Membership Rewards points to Avios include:
- AMEX Blue Business Plus
- AMEX Platinum Business
- AMEX Gold Business Card
- American Express® Gold Card
- AMEX Green Consumer Card
- The Platinum Card® from American Express
- AMEX Everyday Preferred Consumer Card
- AMEX Everyday Consumer Card
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28 Comments On "Air France/KLM Flying Blue Promo Rewards: Fly Between North America And Europe From 6,000 Chase Points"
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Transferring points does not extend expiration on air France
It does if you never credited a flight to flying blue
Is it for both directions or only from North America?
Both directions
are those points each way or round trip pricing
Each way.
keep getting “Sorry, there are no flights available for this combination of departure airport, arrival airport and travel dates. Please try again” if I try to see a return day.
Does one have to call to book the tix, or is it my filter just acting up?
Just search for one-ways?
same issue here. when searching one way, im only finding decent value on the way to europe, better off booking delta flights back through virgin atlantic…
Can you send sample flights you found using the Delta/VA booking?
thanks!
Does anyone know why children’s ticket are not discounted with the promo awards?
Does it only apply to regular award tickets?
Seems like promo awards must be excluded.
changes and refunds are permitted on promo awards
Since when?
since a while ago
They lifted it for COVID, but they said that would be temporary.
Have you done it this year?
I did multiple searches, but absolutely no availability comes up for any city pairs at any price when I search with or without a date, including the city pairs that you screenshotted. Any tips on how to make availability appear?
Dan – love the website. But this is somewhat misleading of a post. Only Montreal is at 7500 miles. Atlanta is 10500 and other US cities are more.
Hence, “from” and not “for”
No luck from SFO it does not show Promo price, for now i see only atlanta showing Promo Price
What good is this when the taxes+fees on an award ticket is usually as much as the cash ticket price?
Because it’s not.
Is this good for JFK to London?
No
I just transferred 20k points to flying blue (instant). Then booked 2 one-way tickets BOS – NCE / NCE – BOS for 12,370 each way economy. I got the weird message too but it also gave me a record locator number. I called the phone number and had a human issue the ticket after I paid via credit card. I was on hold ~1 hour waiting for an agent.
what other cities is it relevant in Europe?
@rosen et al.
From NYC, they have flights from JFK/EWR, and a few from LGA. When booking each way in September, you’ll see random dates to and from Lyon France (LYS), Amsterdam (AMS), Rome (FCO) and Slovenia (LJU). For Rome, you can fly into/out of, then train it to Floence (FLR) and fly home from there. Think out of the box!!