The Citi ThankYou program, which is one of the major transferable points currencies, has just introduced its latest transfer bonus, a 20% boost when you move points to Air France-KLM Flying Blue. 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.
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Citi ThankYou Flying Blue transfer bonus: get 20% more points
Between July 19 and August 22, 2026, the Citi ThankYou program in the United States is offering a 20% bonus on points transfers to Air France-KLM Flying Blue.
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 (learn more) and Citi Strata Elite℠ Card (learn more), and it’s easy to combine points between the cards.
Should you transfer Citi ThankYou 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. Admittedly saver award availability can be tough to come by, though if you have Flying Blue Platinum status, you get access to more award space, which is an awesome perk.
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.
Bottom line
Through August 22, 2026, 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?
With the taxes and fees 20% is just not enough.
The taxes are too damn high. The 60k redemptions barely exist. So overpay for the privilege of being treated poorly by the inflight crew. Hard pass!
This program is essentially toast I stoppped using the program as I can book for 50 to 75% lower in other programs.THeir premium business cabin space runs between 125k to 800k one way.They are rip off alley in the league of their partner delta than add 800 dollar surcharges each way!
I happily booked ba on an a350 for 57k and Polaris for 80k.Who are these folks who are clueless about value booking a...
This program is essentially toast I stoppped using the program as I can book for 50 to 75% lower in other programs.THeir premium business cabin space runs between 125k to 800k one way.They are rip off alley in the league of their partner delta than add 800 dollar surcharges each way!
I happily booked ba on an a350 for 57k and Polaris for 80k.Who are these folks who are clueless about value booking a round trip for a million plus miles?
Did I mention their extortion change and cancelation fees?
Hard pass
Nope, lack of decent award space and 0 customer service
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.
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!" :-)
The devaluation hits late July.