(EXPIRED) Flying Blue Promo Rewards: From 11,250 miles to/from Europe, less with Capital One transfer bonus

The latest batch of Flying Blue Promo Rewards are out which allow you to fly to/from Europe from only 11,250 miles each way (plus taxes and fees) or even less if you take advantage of the latest Flying Blue transfer bonus from Capital One.

The Deal

• Save on flights to/from Europe with Air France/KLM Flying Blue Promo Rewards from the following cities (prices listed below are each way):
  • Boston
    • 11,250 miles (KLM)
    • 12,750 miles (Air France)
  • Chicago
    • 11,250 miles (KLM)
    • 12,750 miles (Air France)
  • Denver
    • 15,000 miles
  • Austin
    • 18,375 miles
  • Ottawa
    • 52,500 miles (business class)
  • Quebec
    • 52,500 miles (business class)
  • Calgary
    • 60,000 miles (business class)
  • Cancun
    • 60,000 miles (business class)
  • Mexico City
    • 60,000 miles (business class)
• Direct link to offer.

Key Terms

• Expires July 31, 2023.
• Valid on flights through December 31, 2023.

Quick Thoughts

As always with these Flying Blue Promo Rewards, the prices listed above are of the “from xx,xxx miles” nature. As a result, awards will sometimes be the price listed, while other times you might find them a little more expensive or, in some rare cases, even cheaper.

Award availability at these prices normally dries up fairly quickly, although at the moment it looks like there’s a decent amount of availability to Europe from Boston at least in economy. Here’s BOS-PRG in October:

In case you’re wondering how to get that calendar view, when doing your initial search you just have to leave the travel date(s) blank. Something worth noting is that the calendar view often seems to be a day off, so if you see a lower price on, say, September 19, that price might not be available when clicking on that date but will be available on September 20 instead.

In the past it often seemed that flying beyond the hubs of Paris and Amsterdam for Air France and KLM respectively would get you lower award pricing than having one of those cities be your destination. In recent months I’ve found that to not be the case anymore, with Paris and Amsterdam as your destination offering the cheapest pricing. For example, here’s Chicago to Paris at that lowest 11,250 mile rate – pretty good availability for the height of summer.

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