For a long time, the Flying Blue program has had a useful, ”secret” calendar that lets you see award availability across a variety of dates. However, the ways to access this calendar have changed over time. In this post, I’d like to go over the details of how this currently works.
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Ahh I needed this post a few weeks ago haha. I was driving myself mad trying to use the "old" method and it wasn't working. I figured they just removed being able to look at a month at a time. Thanks for this update!
Well, not much of a ‘secret’ anymore, now is it? I kid… FlyingBlue has treated me well over the years. Those Promo awards for Business Class really are the sweet spot within the program. 60-80K for lie-flat across the Atlantic from select US cities (MIA-CDG, on AF’s 773, during the pandemic for me) was epic. I’ve kept their BofA card; spend $50/year, get your 5K points, keep things active. Eh. Probably wasting about $39/year on that. Oh well.
Is there some trick to use the stopover benefits? I didn't think I can book this on my own so I called the AF reservation.
I was trying to book a trip from LIS-CDG-US with a stop at CDG. The reservation quoted mileage required to book two separate trips, rather than one trip with a stop over.
I started by fixing the Trans Atlantic portion of the flight first then found a date with save award redemption rate availiable as LIS-CDG segment but perhaps there is another method?
Looks like the website for both France/KLM updated today and there is no longer a second "book with points" but a button slider. The key is it no longer allows you to leave the calendar date open! Ahhh