Note: Seat availability is on a first-come-first-served basis and there are limited availabilities for the summer months. It is best to book immediately if you have fixed travel plans.
Every month, Air France–KLM’s Flying Blue program publishes promotional rewards where you can book award seats at heavily discounted prices.
Wide Available Business Class Saver Awards
Air France–KLM Flying Blue has released a lot of saver award deals in Business Class between October through next year.
Destinations include New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Boston, LA and San Francisco from 55,000 miles one way in Business Class.
New York: From 55,000 miles
Tokyo: From 70,000 miles
Singapore: From 70,000 miles
Boston: From 80,000 miles
Los Angeles: From 80,000 miles
San Francisco: From 80,000 miles
Flying Blue Promo Rewards October 2023
Air France–KLM Flying Blue has published its Promo Rewards for October 2023 where you can redeem Flying Blue miles online through October 31, 2023, and enjoy between 25% to 50% redemption discount off Economy Class and Business Class on select routes.
The Flying Blue program uses dynamic award pricing which means, even with the discounts, the redemption rates may vary on certain flight schedules.
For this month’s promotions, you must book the flight by October 31, 2023, and travel by March 31, 2024. The promo rewards are especially great for transatlantic routes. Here are the discounts on long-haul routes:
Save 25% off Economy Class awards(one-way) between Europe
- Chicago(ORD): 11,250 miles
- Montreal(YUL): 11,250 miles
- Houston(IAH): 15,000 miles
- Beijing(PEK): 15,000 miles
- San Francisco(SFO): 15,000 miles
- Ottawa(YOW): 15,000 miles
- Paramaribo(PBM): 18,750 miles
- Curaçao(CUR): 24,375 miles
Save 25% off or more Premium Economy(one-way) awards between Europe
- Bogota(BOG): 30,000 miles
- Cancun(CUN): 30,000 miles
- Johannesburg(JNB): 30,000 miles
- Mexico City(MEX): 30,000 miles
- Shanghai(PVG): 30,000 miles
- Mauritius(MAU): 37,500 miles
Unfortunately, there is no Business Class award sale this time however, I have found some routes with saver fares in the world of Flying Blue’s dynamic award above.
Here are the discounts on short-haul intra-European and medium-haul routes:
Save 25% off Economy/Business Class awards(one-way) within Europe
- Paris – Geneva: 3,750 miles
- Paris – Barcelona: 4,500 miles
- Amsterdam – Venice: 5,625 miles
- Paris – Rome: 5,625 miles
- Amsterdam – Zurich: 6,750 miles
- Paris – Copenhagen: 7,125 miles
Here are some terms and conditions to take note of:
- Promo reward tickets are available for one-way and round-trip tickets paid with Miles
- Promo reward tickets issued can be changed or canceled for a fee of €50
- Promo reward tickets must be booked via www.airfrance.com or www.klm.com
Summary
Air France–KLM’s Flying Blue program published the promo awards for October 2023 offering discounted award tickets on select routes where you can save between 25% ~ 50% off awards. For this month’s promotion, there are no Business Class discounts but thankfully, I managed to find some saver awards on select destinations.
Although there are no Business Class promo deals this time, there is a wide availability of saver awards as well as interesting destinations such as Paramaribo and Mauritius that are on sale.
I’m just getting into Flying Blue after the Mileageplus devaluation. I’m running into some difficulties and I’m sure I must be doing something wrong so I figured I’d comment to see if the experts can weigh in. First, when I use the calendar search function by leaving the dates blank, I see plenty of availability one-way at the 15k economy and 55k rate (NYC-PAR or NYC-AMS for example). However, once I try to select one of those dates, the price drastically increases to 140-550k each way. This happens without fail on any day I select. After selecting a date, I then use the day to day slider at the top, and can sometimes actually find one of those 15/55k rates, but its rare. Is this a known issue we just have to deal with or am I doing something wrong? Is there a more reliable way to search the real rate of FB award availability?
I’m flexible on my dates as we usually determine where we’re going and trip duration based on availability of affordable awards rather than the other way around.
Hi Brandon, there are some glitches with Flying Blue webpage when it comes to finding availabilities and booking. The website was broken for years and its only this year, where the airline fixed the page but still it comes with multiple issues.
On top of that the FB awards are dynamic so one day the price skyrocket then next day it returns back to saver pricing. Unfortunately, there is no short cut to find the real rates due to dynamic pricing, it requires some time and research.
La Premiere is not available or upgrade using points. Please look up “Upgrade Conditions” in the fine print below (second bullet point): https://www.flyingblue.us/en/earn-spend/flights/upgrades#:~:text=Upgrades%20to%20La%20Premi%C3%A8re%20(First,made%20after%20the%20initial%20purchase.
Upgrade conditions
Reward tickets are only eligible for upgrades after check-in opens.
Upgrades to La Première (First class) are only possible for Platinum members with a commercial Business class ticket. Reward tickets are not eligible for upgrades to La Premiere.
XP are gained based on the original cabin booked and not on any cabin upgrades made after the initial purchase.
Upgrades are available on Air France and KLM flights and selected partner airlines. All upgrades are subject to availability.