Flying Blue’s buy miles bonus has
returned and it’s bigger and better than ever! The offer provides up to a
120% bonus when you buy Flying Blue miles which is 20% higher than we have ever seen. 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 definitely want to check out this
offer.
You
can earn up to a 120% bonus when you buy Flying Blue miles by June 30. The bonus is tiered and you’ll get the 120% when you buy 24,000
or more miles in one transaction.
Offer details:
Up to a 120% bonus when you buy Air France KLM Flying Blue Miles. Valid until Jun 30, 22 Click here to learn more and to buy miles.
– 50% bonus when you buy 4,000 to 10,000 miles
– 70% bonus when you buy 12,000 to 22,000 miles
– 120% when you buy 24,000 or more miles.
Now you may be asking why
this is an offer of note. It is 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 US$854. That’s above the 24,000 mile requirement to get
the 120% bonus which means you’d end up with 56,000 miles for that amount which works out to about C$1090. 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 $1,900 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 – something we aren’t fans of and you
have to remember Flying Blue miles are only valid for 2 years unless
you fly with Air France, KLM or a partner airline (not sure if WestJet
counts?)