The Air France-KLM Flying Blue program has its monthly Promo Rewards promotion, whereby members can save 25% on select award tickets over a limited travel period. The program has just published its new Promo Rewards list for September 2026, offering discounted short haul and long haul awards for travel over the coming months.
There are quite a few destinations bookable with this promotion, including several in the Americas, with several available in premium economy and business class. This has the potential to be a great deal. Let me emphasize that the below pricing reflects the current state of things, though for bookings as of September 8, 2026, we’re seeing a devaluation to the program.
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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 and KLM award space than other programs.
The Promo Rewards offer is published every month by the Flying Blue program, and offers 25% discounts off select awards for travel on Air France and KLM. The Flying Blue program has dynamic award pricing, and this promotion specifically applies for the lowest, saver level award costs.
New Flying Blue Promo Rewards now live
Flying Blue has published its September 2026 Promo Rewards, valid for bookings between September 1 and September 30, 2026. Most of these Promo Rewards have long travel windows, and can be used for flights all the way through February 28, 2027.
As a reminder, Flying Blue has standardized saver award pricing, so ordinarily you’ll pay the following amounts for one-way transatlantic awards between Europe and most of North America:
- One-way economy awards cost 25,000 miles
- One-way premium economy awards cost 40,000 miles
- One-way business class awards cost 60,000 miles
Here are the awards that are available with the Promo Rewards list this month for travel between Europe and North America, along with the pricing:
- Save 25% on Air France economy awards between Europe and Chicago (ORD), Detroit (DTW), New York (JFK), and Washington (IAD) — starting at 18,750 miles
- Save 25% on KLM economy awards between Europe and Los Angeles (LAX) and Montreal (YUL) — starting at 18,750 miles
- Save 25% on Air France premium economy awards between Europe and Boston (BOS), New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO), and Vancouver (YVR) — starting at 30,000 miles
- Save 25% on KLM premium economy awards between Europe and San Diego (SAN) and San Francisco (SFO) — starting at 30,000 miles
- Save 25% on Air France business class awards between Europe and Mexico City (MEX) — starting at 45,000 miles
- Save 25% on KLM business class awards between Europe and Mexico City (MEX) and Minneapolis (MSP) — starting at 45,000 miles
On top of that, the Flying Blue Extra program was recently launched (the cost starts at €379 per year), which is essentially a paid membership program that offers extra perks. One of the perks of Flying Blue Extra is access to additional Promo Rewards, so eligible members receive access to the following extra Promo Rewards availability to North America this time around:
- Save 25% on Air France economy awards between Europe and Miami (MIA) — starting at 18,750 miles
- Save 25% on Air France premium economy awards between Europe and Toronto (YYZ) — starting at 30,000 miles
There are of course also Promo Rewards opportunities outside of North America, including some business class options to South America, so check out the full list.
All of the lowest priced awards in the above markets through February 28, 2027, should be bookable with the Promo Rewards pricing (though not necessarily the extra award availability that Flying Blue Platinum members receive). You can use all of these awards for travel to and from destinations across Europe, so you can travel beyond Amsterdam and Paris.
If you’re having trouble finding availability, remember to use Flying Blue’s secret award calendar. Also keep in mind that children ages two to 12 receive 25% off Flying Blue award tickets, including Promo Rewards.
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, Bilt 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, and also has a Subscribe to Miles scheme
- Flying Blue has a co-branded credit card in the United States
Bottom line
The Air France-KLM Flying Blue program offers a Promo Rewards promotion, whereby members 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 sometimes available through Flying Blue.
With the latest Promo Rewards, you can save 25% to several destinations in the Americas, with options in economy, premium economy, and business class. This has the potential to be quite a good deal, so if you have any travel you’re interested in booking, this would be a great time to do so.
Are there any Promo Rewards you’re considering booking?
There are deals if you do a lot of data scraping. I found Canada to Paris to Rome for under 45K on AF J. Not bad, it was like 34K with an Amex 30% bonus. Tough to beat... After Sept 8 it won't be nearly as much fun...A big question is will a AF light J award allow access to the Delta On lounge in JFK?
Flying Blue promo awards are much less attractive for the following two reasons:
1. Starting 9/8, promo awards will be mapped to the "Light" category, meaning that your award tickets will be subject to all sorts of restrictions, including no lounge access, no seat selection, absolutely no cancellation, etc. unless you're Flying Blue Platinum elite or above.
2. Flying Blue have significantly increased carrier-imposed surcharges recently.
Airlines have a new deal : spend money for something "free" , and then spend money for something not-free . This way you are privileged to spend money twice , and thereby get something for not-free .
Ben, you are starting to look like Gary a bit with the cut and paste! Might want to remove the mention of JFK given it’s not in the O&D list
@ Tom -- Sorry, I might be missing something, but where did I incorrectly mention JFK? I added it as an economy option on Air France, and that is on the August list, unless I'm missing something?
Just used 37k miles for CDG - ICN in Premium, absolutely not complaining!
There's some pretty good deals from Syd-Sin in QF premium economy into early next year. 33k airmiles for an 8 hour flight is pretty good going.
There's also Bangkok and India available in business this month, I think that's a much better deal than the ones listed in the article. Also, some domestic longhauls are available in premium economy (FDF, PTP), as well as SXM.
45K for JFK-CDG in J with AF is a steal, if you can actually find availability… easy 1:1 transfers from most bank programs, too; no excise fees with Amex, thankfully, too. I really like FB, when it works out!
It would be a steal indeed but TATL business class is not included in this promo (?)
They were in previous monthly promo - check date on the comment from 1990. Apparently Ben kept the comments from last month's promos on here.
The only really worthwhile offer is the ex-GRU one; it's 64k but they're not allowed to charge YQs from Brazil.
Twisted cramped uncomfortable seats = ludicrous .