(EXPIRED) Air France/KLM Flying Blue Promo Rewards: 25% off US – Europe

The Flying Blue Promo Awards are out for April and several US routes to Europe are on sale: economy tickets to Europe from Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles are now available for 25% off “regular” prices. Business class flights from Houston are also 25% off. Depending on which city you pair with these US gateways, you could fly to Europe for as little as 16,125 miles — or even fewer if you take advantage of a current point transfer bonus from Chase. Fuel surcharges can be mildly awful for both Air France and KLM, so the $200 off $1000 Amex offer going on right now could useful if booking a ticket with multiple passengers.

Note that these tickets can be changed/cancelled free of charge, making speculative booking much safer.

The Deal

• Save 25% on Air France economy awards between Europe and Boston/Houston.
• Save 25% on KLM economy awards between Europe and Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco and Los Angeles
• Save 25% on Air France business class awards between Europe & Houston
• Direct link to April Flying Blue Promo Awards

Key Details

• Promo reward tickets must be booked via www.airfrance.com or www.klm.com
• Promo reward tickets can be changed free of charge until further notice in view of coronavirus situation. Promo reward tickets can’t be cancelled or refunded. For details, please contact customer service.
• Promo reward tickets are available for one-way and round-trip tickets paid with Miles (Promo reward tickets are not available for purchase with Miles & Cash).
• Displayed Miles Fares for Long Haul destinations are for flights to/from Paris or Amsterdam.
• Promo reward tickets for long haul-flights depart from or arrive in Europe, as defined by IATA as the following countries: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, West Russia.
• Due to COVID-19 we have an updated rebook policy for Promo rewards, which you can read here: https://www.flyingblue.com/en/news/rebook-polic

Quick Thoughts

Flying Blue promo awards can be a very useful way to get between the US and Europe, if you can get discounted/saver pricing.  It’s worth taking a look at cities beyond those listed as oftentimes pricing will go down across a broad swath of US-Europe routes.

For instance, on August 3rd, there is availability for Houston to CDG in Business for 49,375 miles.  Changing the search from Houston to Rome results in a much lower fare of 39,750. If transfering from Ultimate Rewards, you can get business class from IAH – Rome for 30,000 points.

That’s a marvelous deal for Business to Rome…and below what the “official” sale price is.

If you switch over to booking from Dallas on the same time period, you’ll notice lots of base 55-56K availability…that wasn’t there a few days ago.  You’ll also find some terrific deals to normally pricey airports, a la DFW-Dubrovnik for 55K (or 44K UR):

There are some great values out there, especially with the transfer bonus, so it’s worth poking around if Europe is on your mind for this Summer.  If you find something great, let us know in the comments!

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