Flying Blue’s buy miles bonus has
returned not too long after we last saw it. The offer provides up to a
100% bonus when you buy Flying Blue miles and this time that 100% level
starts at 24,000 miles. If you are short some
miles for a redemption or want to speculatively buy for if and when we
see a 50% off business class promo reward you’ll want to check out this
offer.
Offer details:
Up to a 100% bonus when you buy Air France KLM Flying Blue Miles. Click here to learn more and to buy miles. Until Dec 23, 21
– 50% bonus when you buy 4,000 to 10,000 miles
– 70% bonus when you buy 12,000 to 22,000 miles
– 100% when you buy 24,000 or more miles.
Now you may be asking why
this is an offer of note. It can be for several reasons, the first of course
is to top off your account for an award if you happen to be shy a few
thousand miles however the second is the big one. That second reason is
when Air France KLM offer those 25 to 50% off business class Promo
Rewards. For example the last time they had 50% off (pre-pandemic) you
could fly round trip in business class between Montreal and Paris for
53,000 miles. If you have no Flying Blue Miles at all you need to
purchase miles at the 28,000 level (they only sell them in 2,000 miles
increments) for 770EUR. That’s above the 24,000 mile requirement to get
the 100% bonus which means you’d end up with 56,000 miles for 770EUR.
That works out to about C$1,153. You would then redeem 53,000 of those
56,000 miles for the business class reward flight and on top of that you
would need to pay close to $800 in fees and taxes. Add the two together
and you would be looking at paying around $1,950 for a round trip
business class ticket that would cost you in the neighbourhood of $3,000
to $4,000 or more. And that’s why this can be an offer of note.
If
you are in a position where you are willing to pay just under $2,000
for flights that costs 50 to 100%+ more than that, it is something to
consider. You also have to consider the fact that we don’t know when we
will see 50% off business class reward flights from Canada so you’d be
purchasing the miles speculatively at least for only the next day or so. The December batch of promo rewards should be going live in the next 36 to 48 hours and then we’ll see what is on offer. Canadian cities have been included for the past couple of months but only at a 25% discount level. Keep an eye out right here on the Rewards Canada blog as we will bring you the details of those offers by Wednesday at the latest.