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- HawaiianMiles
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Airlines
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- Japan Airlines
Flying Blue
Program overview
Flying Blue is the frequent flyer program of Air France and KLM. Miles can be redeemed for all SkyTeam airlines and other non-SkyTeam partners. You can earn Flying Blue miles flying on SkyTeam partners and other partners. It is one of few programs that you can transfer points to from all 4 major mega programs: American Express Membership Rewards, Capital One, Chase Ultimate Rewards® and Citi ThankYou.
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Program website | |
Approximate miles value | 1.2 cents per mile |
Miles validity | Miles never expire as long as you have at least one accrual once every 2 years |
Program accrual | Based on fare |
Limit on amount of miles you can purchase | Explorer member - up to 75000 per year. Silver, gold, platinum - may purchase an unlimited number of miles in any calendar year |
Waitlist option | No |
Courtesy Hold for award reservation | Allowed |
Do you need to open an account to check availability? | Yes |
Stopover option | No, you need to pay per segment |
Family account | Yes |
Upgrade option | Yes |
Online booking | Yes for all flights |
Airline partners | Aeroflot, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aeromexico, Air Corsica, Air Europa, Air Mauritius, Alitalia, Bangkok Airways, China Airlines, China Eastern, China Southern, Copa Airlines, Czech Airlines, Delta, Garuda Indonesia, GOL, Japan Airlines, Kenya Airways, Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Saudi Arabian Airlines, TAROM, Transavia, Vietnam Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Xiamen Airlines |
Credit card partners | American Express (1:1, instant transfer), Chase (1:1, up to 1-hour transfer), Citi ThankYou (1:1, instant transfer), Capital One (1:1, instant transfer) |
Hotel partners | Marriott Bonvoy (3:1, 3 days transfer), Best Western Rewards (6:1, 4-6 weeks transfer), Accor Live Limitless (2:1, 4-6 weeks transfer), IHG Rewards (5:1, 6 weeks transfer), Hilton Honors (10:1, up to 30 days transfer), World of Hyatt (5:2, 6-8 weeks transfer), Radisson Rewards (10:1, 4-6 weeks transfer) |
Co-Branded credit card in the US | Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard from Bank of America |
Point/Miles Conversion Chart
Pros
- Promo awards offer excellent value for premium cabins but are very inflexible
- Good award availability on KLM and Air France, better than any other program
- Special additional award availability in premium classes reserved for elite members
- Good website and decent customer service
Cons
- Flying Blue doesn’t publish an award chart and uses dynamic pricing, but pricing is still much better than using Delta SkyMiles for Premium cabins
- Only Elite members of the Flying Blue program can redeem miles for Air France La Premiere (First Class)
- Fuel surcharges on many tickets, particularly high on Premium Class tickets
Excellent for
- Delta flights from the US to the Caribbean start from 72,000 miles in a Business Class round trip.
- KLM or Air France to Europe from the US for 21,000 miles in Economy one way and 53,000 miles in Business.
- From the US to Mexico on Delta or Aeromexico Airlines for 14,500 miles in Economy one way.
- Copa flight to Panama from the US starts from 17,500 miles in Economy one way.
Insider Tip
- Look for promo awards to get the best value.
- La Premiere - AF First Class cabin redemptions are only available through this program.
- Transatlantic promo awards from non-SkyTeam hub cities like Chicago, Washington and Denver are often the best chance to find promo award space in premium classes. You can always get inexpensive domestic tickets to connect separately.
- The Homebase Stopover Strategy yields significant savings for Paris based travelers and combines well with Flying Blue.
- Air France operates non-stop flights between Los Angeles and Tahiti several days a week and this program shows the best award availability for that route. You may need to buy a separate ticket to LAX, but the savings are worth it if you get a premium class award to Tahiti on Air France.
- You can earn Flying Blue miles when booking hotels and rental cars. Check all partners here.
Do you use this program? Share your experience and tips in the comments below. Your thoughts would be very valuable to us!
Choose where you are going from and to by selecting the respective zones. There are two ways to choose your origin and destination - you can either select the zones they fall into on the map or by clicking on the bars above the map and entering the city name or airport code into the search fields.
- Choose one of the three point combination options which is applicable to you. If you don't have any miles in any airline accounts you can leave those fields blank.
- Input all of the different points you have on the credit cards you are planning to use. You can enter as many as you like. If you have multiple cards on one name from the same bank you can combine and enter the total amount of points between all of your cards.
- Enter all the miles you have in airlines frequent flyer programs on the left hand side following the airlines name.
- Once you input the information, click on the analyze button at the bottom of the page.
- The analyzer will offer you the optimal transfer combinations to explore as well as pros and cons of each.
- Review analyzer recommendations. Total number of miles is not the only consideration you should take into account. Analyzer will give you additional information about each program to make the right decision. You can also download results to a pdf and even send them to others if you like.
- Proceed to check availability with respective airlines. Do not transfer any miles until you confirm the desired option is available on the airline’s website. Note the transfer time and hold the reservation if possible before transferring any miles.
- Remember all transfers are final as you would not be able to send the points back to your credit card. If your trip is cancelled your miles will go back to the respective airline account.
- Transferring points to airline's frequent flyer programs is not the only way to obtain the award ticket. You can also redeem the points through your credit card directly by using the Book Travel option. You can find out more by checking out our Credit card reward tab on Wikimiles home page.
- WikiMiles Crew is always here to answer any questions. For an additional fee we can also assist you with the bookings. Use the Contact us section to reach out to us.
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Thank you for your comment! If you want to claim your Flying Blue miles from past Delta flights, you will need to submit a claim through Flying Blue. You have up to 6 months from the date of your flight to do it.
However, please note that you cannot transfer miles to Flying Blue account, if they have already been credited to your Delta Skymiles account.