The Air France-KLM Flying Blue program has just published a new Promo Rewards list for July 2022, offering discounts for 11 different award options. Unsurprisingly this list isn’t too exciting (given the demand for travel right now, and how booked flights are), but maybe some of these will come in handy.
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What are Flying Blue Promo Rewards?
I’m a big fan of the Air France-KLM Flying Blue program, especially for long haul premium cabin redemptions. Not only does Flying Blue largely have attractive award pricing for business class travel, but the program also has access to more Air France & KLM award space than other programs.
The Promo Rewards offer is published every month by the Flying Blue program, and offers 20-50% discounts off select awards for travel on Air France & KLM. The Flying Blue program has dynamic award pricing, and generally speaking the discounts apply on the lowest award costs, but those can still vary.
New Flying Blue Promo Rewards now live
Flying Blue has just published its July 2022 Promo Rewards, valid for bookings between July 1 and July 31, 2022. Most of these Promo Awards have long travel windows, and can be used for travel all the way through December 31, 2022 (historically Promo Rewards were only valid for travel over a two month period, but that’s no longer the case).
There are 11 Promo Rewards on the list, with nine being for short haul routes, and two being for long haul routes. The good news is that the two long haul routes are for travel to & from the United States. The bad news is that they’re only in economy. Specifically, you can score a deal in the following markets:
- Save 25% on Air France economy class awards between Europe & Atlanta (ATL)
- Save 25% on Air France economy class awards between Europe & Boston (BOS)
All of the lowest priced awards in the above markets through December 31, 2022, should be bookable with the Promo Rewards pricing. They’re valid in both directions of travel, whether you’re traveling to or from Europe.
Earning Flying Blue miles is easy
One of the things that’s awesome about the Flying Blue program is how easy it is to rack up miles:
- Flying Blue is transfer partners with Amex Membership Rewards, Capital One, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Citi ThankYou, meaning you can transfer points earned from a variety of cards
- Flying Blue sells miles directly, often at an attractive cost
- Flying Blue has a co-branded credit card in the United States
- Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
- Chase Sapphire Reserve®
- Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card
- American Express® Gold Card
- The Platinum Card® from American Express
- Citi Premier® Card
- Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card
- Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
- Capital One Spark Miles for Business
- Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card
- 5x total points on travel purchased through Chase Ultimate Rewards®
- 3x points on dining
- 2x points on travel purchases
- $95
- 3x points on Travel after the $300 Annual Travel Credit
- 3x points on Dining
- $300 Travel Credit
- $550
- Earn 3x points on travel
- Earn 3x points on shipping purchases
- Cell Phone Protection
- $95
- 4x points at restaurants
- 4x points at U.S. supermarkets, on up to $25,000 in purchases annually
- 3x points on flights booked directly with airlines or through amextravel.com
- $250
- Earn 5x points on flights purchased directly from airlines or through Amex Travel (up to $500k/year)
- $200 Annual Uber Credit
- Amex Centurion Lounge Access
- $695
- Earn 3x Points on Airfare
- Earn 3x Points on Hotels
- Earn 3x Points at Restaurants
- $95
- Earn 2x Venture miles on every purchase
- No Foreign Transaction Fees
- 10,000 bonus miles every account anniversary
- $395
- Earn 2x Venture miles on every purchase
- No Foreign Transaction Fees
- Global Entry/TSA Pre-Check Credit
- $95
- Unlimited 2x miles per dollar
- No Foreign Transaction Fees
- Primary Car Rental Coverage
- $0 intro for first year; $95 after that
- Earn 6x points at Marriott
- Free Night Award Annually
- 15 Elite Nights Towards Status Annually
- $95
Bottom line
The Air France-KLM Flying Blue program offers a Promo Rewards promotion, whereby you can book discounted award tickets in select markets. This can be a great deal, especially when you consider how easy Flying Blue miles are to come by, and also how much award space is available through Flying Blue.
With the latest Promo Rewards, you can save 25% on award tickets on select short and long haul routes. This time around the only North American destinations are Atlanta and Boston, where you can save 25% on economy awards.
Are there any Promo Rewards you’re considering booking?
To Christian:
Very hard to book awards this summer - they want to get your CASH (cash that they are bleeding after the pandemic, so maybe later in the fall/winter)!
To Antonio:
The bug is there alright, but not always - can't tell when is not, so have to keep trying!
It would appear that standard Flying Blue award tickets just increased as well. I’ve been checking two routes and sometime between this morning and just now the lowest quoted (and verified) costs for DEN-CPH went from 60k 65k, and SFO-JNB went from 85k to 95k. And not that anyone would pay these anyways, but the ceiling cost went from 500k or so to over 900k.
So yet again no 50% to the U.S. and no business class deals to the U.S.. Highly unimpressive.
LAX never gets any love for these deals. Very frustrating.
It seems the site can't handle the rush. I get a spinny wheel of eternity when looking for availability
That’s normal for this website, try using the French website. The wheely will still spin but somewhat less and the French site is more useful,
Its an IT bug, both on AF and KL only the first award search is managed properly. All the others dont. You can change browser or delete cookies