Each month, Flying Blue, the loyalty program for Air France and KLM, announces Promo Rewards, offers of 25-50% off award flights. There are usually many deals, though only a handful of great ones. I don’t get too excited for 25% off.
50% off, though, feels worth writing about. And this month you can fly to Europe from Seattle or Vancouver (or vice versa) for half price.
Interestingly, though, my post was originally titled “Seattle or Vancouver to Europe in Business: from 29,750 miles each way” because that was what I was finding myself, searching routes to Paris.
But remember that Air France made Flying Blue a rather difficult to figure out program earlier this year, removing award charts and following Delta’s lead where “the price is the price and passenger transparency be damned.”
And so, mid-way through writing my post I noticed that Nick Reyes at Frequent Miler had found a flight for less than half of what I did.
Additionally, if you are EU based and want to go to Osaka, Japan, that is also 50% off in Business Class.
So the best advice I have is this: Take a look at the destinations offered and, if one appeals, do a calendar month search to see what comes up. Note that taxes and fees can average around $300 each way on the North America – Europe routes.
It’s too bad that the Citi ThankYou promo for 30% bonus miles ended Aug 29th, because this article could have been titled “Business Class to Europe for under 10,000 Points One Way” – which would have sounded even more insane.
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