Transfer Citi Points To Air France-KLM Flying Blue With 20% Bonus

Transfer Citi Points To Air France-KLM Flying Blue With 20% Bonus

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The Citi ThankYou program, which is one of the major transferable points currencies, has just introduced its latest transfer bonus. We see a transfer bonus like this an average of once per year, and I know it’s one that’s popular with many people.

Citi offering 20% Flying Blue transfer bonus

Between Sunday, June 22, and Saturday, July 19, 2025, the Citi ThankYou program in the United States is offering a 20% bonus on points transfers to Air France-KLM Flying Blue.

Citi ThankYou 20% transfer bonus to Air France-KLM

Ordinarily points transfer at a 1:1 ratio (in 1,000 point increments), while through this promotion you’d get 1,200 Flying Blue points for every 1,000 Citi ThankYou points transferred.

This promotion is being offered on Citi’s end (in the United States), and is hard coded into the transfer ratio, meaning you should see the bonus at the time that you make the transfer. You can take advantage of this offer an unlimited number of times. Transfers from Citi to Flying Blue are generally instant.

There are several great cards earning Citi ThankYou points, including the Citi Strata Premier℠ Card (review), and it’s easy to combine points between the cards.

Redeem miles for KLM’s 777 business class

Should you transfer Citi points to Flying Blue?

Air France-KLM Flying Blue is a valuable SkyTeam frequent flyer program. The program has attractive award pricing on Air France and KLM, offering many of the best ways to cross the Atlantic (though business class award availability has been more limited, in recent times).

On top of that, Air France and KLM make more award seats available to members of the Flying Blue program than to members of partner programs. So even when Flying Blue’s pricing isn’t the best, there are situations where it could make sense to book through Flying Blue (though with all of the Delta SkyMiles devaluations we’ve seen, typically you will find the best pricing through Flying Blue).

There’s always value in having a stash of Flying Blue miles if you think you’ll be traveling transatlantic in the coming months. I redeem through Flying Blue every year (usually multiple times per year), and consistently get value. I find it to be one of the most useful frequent flyer programs for redeeming points.

The only other consideration here is that all major transferable points currencies partner with Air France-KLM Flying Blue, and we see transfer bonuses with some frequency. So I’d be strategic with which program you transfer points from, especially based on how you’d otherwise redeem them.

Redeem miles for Air France’s A350 business class

Bottom line

Through July 19, 2025, you can receive a 20% bonus when you transfer Citi ThankYou points to Air France-KLM Flying Blue. Flying Blue is an incredibly useful frequent flyer program for redemptions, and we haven’t seen such a bonus in roughly a year.

So while I’m usually opposed to making speculative points transfers, this is one that I plan to take advantage of, as this is among my favorite uses of Citi ThankYou points.

Do you plan on transferring Citi points to Flying Blue with a 20% bonus?

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  1. Lee Guest

    This is LOWER than Citi's traditional 25 percent transfer bonus. In light of Citi's devaluation of transfers to Emirates, one can't help but ask whether something broader has begun.

    1. Don Guest

      I was looking at Citi's transfer options this morning and they are showing Emirates is now at 1 : 1 ... and they labeled as "NEW!" :-)

    2. Lee Guest

      The devaluation hits late July.

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Lee Guest

The devaluation hits late July.

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Don Guest

I was looking at Citi's transfer options this morning and they are showing Emirates is now at 1 : 1 ... and they labeled as "NEW!" :-)

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Lee Guest

This is LOWER than Citi's traditional 25 percent transfer bonus. In light of Citi's devaluation of transfers to Emirates, one can't help but ask whether something broader has begun.

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