The up to 60,000 Flying Blue Miles offer on the Air France KLM World Elite MasterCard has been extended once again and is now available until December 18!
This card was unique in that when it first launched it did not feature bonus miles but rather bonus points towards elite status. This was done to attract the customers the airline first wanted have the card – Air France KLM frequent flyers. Now that the card is nearly a year old and should be in the wallets of a fair share of those frequent flyers its time to expand the user base and attract flyers from other airlines/programs and Canadians in general. That’s where this mileage bonus fits in!
The up to 60,000 Flying Blue Miles Bonus
New applicants who are approved for the Air France KLM World Elite MasterCard® powered by Brim Financial will be able earn to up to 60,000 bonus Flying Blue miles + 60XP! The bonus is awarded as follows:
- 10,000 miles after first purchase
- 10,000 miles when spend $5,000 on the card within the first year of having it
- 10,000 miles on the next $10,000 in spending on the card within the first year of having it
($15,000 in spending in the first year will net you 30,000 miles in total) - 30,000 miles anniversary bonus when your card renews
Unlike some of other card bonus offers that have spending spread out over a year and only award the spend bonus on the card anniversary, the bonuses with the card for $5,000 and $10,000 in spending will be awarded when you hit the spend. For example, if you complete the $15,000 in spend in the first four months you would receive the final spend bonus on the next statement date after that.
What can you get with 60,000 Flying Blue Miles? A lot!
60,000 Flying Blue miles can go a long way. If you aren’t very familiar with the Flying Blue program, it is considered by Rewards Canada as the best program for Canadians for Transatlantic reward flights in economy class. Not only that, the program has also become one of the best for business class as well.
The minimum redemption level for flights between Canada and Europe (as well as Turkey and North Africa) is only 20,000 miles one way. In our research there tends to be a good amount of availability at those lowest levels. Overall. this means you only need 40,000 Flying Blue miles for a round trip Transatlantic economy class flight. The same thing with competing airlines? You are looking at 50,000 to 70,000 miles/points round trip – and in most cases with those programs you have to pay for your first checked bag while Flying Blue reward tickets includes your first checked bag.
You can redeem Flying Blue miles for reward tickets on Air France and KLM flights out of Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City or anywhere the two airlines and their partners fly in the world. Those 30+ partners include WestJet, Delta Airlines, Korean Air and all the SkyTeam Alliance airlines.
What else does the Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard provide?
In addition to receiving the Flying Blue miles as your welcome bonus the Air France KLM Flying Blue World Elite Mastercard provides the following:
- Earn an additional 5 Miles per Euro when booking flights with Air France or KLM
- Earn 1 Mile per C$ spent on all purchases;
- Earn 2 Miles per C$ spent on food and beverages;
- Earn up to 30 Miles per $C spent with selected retail partners;
- Purchases with your Air France KLM World Elite MasterCard® extend the validity of your Miles by 2 years.
- An additional 30XP at card renewal (anniversary bonus)
- Mastercard Travel Pass provided by DragonPass lounge access membership
- Free global Boingo Wi-Fi
- Strong travel insurance including out of province emergency medical insurance, flight delay, trip cancellation/interruption and more
The 5 miles per Euro spent on tickets with Air France or KLM from the card earned on top of the 4 miles you’ll earn as a base member meaning you’ll earn a total of 9 Flying Miles per Euro (If you have FB elite status you’ll earn more). Plus you’ll still earn the 1 mile per C$ spent on those flights.
The card has an $132 annual fee and requires $80,000 personal or $150,000 household income to be considered.
Wrapping it up
Air France KLM and Brim have finally released a welcome bonus that offers Flying Blue miles.. When you apply for the card this month and are approved for it you can earn up to 60,000 miles +60 Elite Status qualifying XP! With 60,000 miles you can easily redeem for economy class or business tickets between Canada and Europe, North Africa and Turkey.
Click here to learn more and to apply for the Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard.
Note: Applications must be submitted by 23:59 ET on Dec 18, 23 to receive this offer