The Air France-KLM Flying Blue program has just introduced a new portal whereby you can earn bonus miles for Apple purchases in select countries. On the surface, that might not sound that exciting, since other airline shopping portals already offer bonus miles on these purchases. What makes this unique, though, is the lack of product exclusions, and the mileage earning rates. This will be my new go-to portal for buying Apple products. Let me explain.
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Flying Blue lets members earn bonus miles on Apple purchases
Air France-KLM Flying Blue members can now earn bonus miles on eligible Apple purchases made through dedicated platforms in four countries:
- France: http://fr.apple.flyingblue.com
- Netherlands: http://nl.apple.flyingblue.com
- United Kingdom: http://uk.apple.flyingblue.com
- United States: http://us.apple.flyingblue.com
When you go to these portals, you’ll see a shopping experience that looks very similar to what you’ll find directly on Apple’s website. With each product, you’ll see exactly how many miles you can earn for your purchase, and I’m finding that most purchases earn anywhere from 1-4x miles per dollar spent, but it does vary.
Why this is more interesting than I initially assumed
As much as I’m generally a fan of Flying Blue (hi, Tiffany!), when I initially saw the announcement, I didn’t think it was that interesting. Why? Well, there are several airline shopping portals that offer bonus miles on Apple purchases — they typically offer 1x miles per dollar spent, and once a month there’s a promotion to earn up to 4x miles per dollar spent.
What sets Flying Blue apart is that at least as of now, the purchase of virtually all Apple products can earn bonus miles, while the other airline shopping portals typically exclude a massive number of Apple products, including the ones that are most popular and newest.
For example, if you go to the Apple page for American AAdvantage eShopping, you’ll see it’s not possible to earn any bonus miles on the iPhone 17e, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and MacBook Neo, among other things. However, each of those products does offer bonus miles through the Flying Blue portal.
On top of that, I find that the base level earnings rates with Flying Blue are much better than with other portals. So at least for me, the Flying Blue Apple portal will be my new go-to way to buy Apple products and earn bonus miles. Admittedly you’re not likely to get “rich” off the number of bonus miles you’re earning, but something is better than nothing.
Bottom line
It’s now possible to earn Air France-KLM Flying Blue miles for Apple purchases. While Flying Blue is hardly the first frequent flyer program to have a shopping portal awarding miles for Apple purchases, this one is unique. Not only are the earnings rates quite good, but there are no Apple product exclusions as of now, unlike all the other shopping portals.
While it’s always worth comparison shopping, this seems to now be the most well-rounded way to earn miles for Apple purchases.
Meh I'd rather get the items tax free from B&H. Just converted to MacBook and got the new M5 15" Air 24gb ram delivered via 2 day shipping for $1250. Costco was $1600. Had to sign up for their card to get the tax free purchase but it's a lot since my taxes in CA are 10.5%. No redemption will come closer to 10.5%
Except that you're still supposed to pay sales tax (technically use tax) on the purchase when you file your California state income tax.
Uncomfortable-appearing seats . Especially sitting on coat hangers .
Anything for more Delft Blue Houses… /s