[Sticky] Buy Air France-KLM Flying Blue Miles With 80% Bonus, 1.69 Cents Each: Worth It?

For me it's showing a 45% discount for purchasing more then 24000 miles. So 100k miles comes out to $1677,50, or 1,67cents per mile

Will change name from "AF-KLM airline" to a new name : "KLM-AF lineair" .

Please review your arithmetic . My result is different .

Fuel surcharges on routes I fly have definitely increased recently, more in the USD 350-400 range. May be worth checking/editing.

Lets analyze the value proposition. For $3000 worth of miles you can at best get yourself a round trip in J class to Europe.

That may not be that bad. But now factor in about $1000 to $1200 worth of fuel surcharges, and you are looking at a cost of $4000 to $4200 on "award" travel.

Now even during the thick of summer you can find great availability just buying the good old fashioned way, with money. For example, last year saw a ORD-MUC RT in J on LH available for $2800plus RT in J for August travel dates.

Add to that even at this cost, you have to be flexible as that availability is few and far between for most routes.

So regular cost, low availability that expects you to have maximum flexibility. I would pass.

I would rather look for J class bargains.

Meh. 45% is the max I get.

I am also getting 45% Max! Is this a SCAM to get people to buy them at 25-45%? And I have Gold status also!

Looks like a Cathay plane? Is there a potential bid if they lose out on TP

What is your result?

Which image? All the ones I can see are AF/KLM. The one at the top of the page has a Skyteam logo, and 'AIRFRANCE' below the port cockpit window.

I think the part about $200 in fees may be outdated.
Looking at USA-CDG-Asia, I am consistently seeing taxes and fees of $715. Even when I booked Vietnam Air using Flying Blue (SFO-SGN-BKK), I got hit with over $430 in taxes and fees.
Those big fees substantially cut into your "great value" proposition.

Should add that those are one way awards/fees; NOT RT.

*85k each way

107k OW on Vietnam Airlines (SFO-SGN-BKK); 115k OW on the Air France flight (LAX-CDG-BKK)

SCAM! 45% Only.