Flying Blue has a new buy miles discount available for the rest of this month! 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.
The up to 50% discount offer:
Receive up to a 50% discount when you buy 4,000 or more Air France KLM Flying Blue Miles. Valid until Feb 29, 24 Click here to learn more and to buy miles.
- 35% discount when you buy 4,000 to 10,000 miles
- 40% discount when you buy 12,000 to 22,000 miles
- 50% discount when you buy 24,000 or more miles.
When it makes sense to buy 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 offers their 25 to 50% off business class Promo Rewards. Over the past year they have had 50% off business class on several occasions where you could fly for 55,000 miles round trip to Europe but with the new mileage rates that will be as low as 50,000 miles round trip! Combining a 50% buy miles discount with a 50% off for business class can represent significant savings over paying cash for the same flight.
However, lately we have only seen 25% off business class flights when Canadian cities have been featured. The 25% discount with this 50% discount that can still provide significant savings.
In terms of a 25% off business class reward, if you do not have any Flying Blue Miles at all you could purchase miles at the 76,000 level (they only sell them in 2,000 miles increments) for US$1,159 and you would end up with 76,000 miles. . Depending which province you live in that works out to about C$1,650 to $1,800.
You would then redeem 75,000 of those 76,000 miles for a round trip 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 $2,450 to $2,600 for a round trip business class ticket that would cost you in the neighbourhood of $3,000 to $5,000 or more. And that’s why this can be an offer of note.
Wrapping it up
If you are in a position where you are willing to pay just under $2,700 for flights that can cost quite a bit more than that, it is something to consider. If you are looking to buy and wait, you also have to consider the fact that we don’t know when the next 50% off business class reward flights will be so you’d be purchasing the miles speculatively – something we aren’t fans of.
You also have to take into account that Flying Blue miles are only valid for 2 years unless you fly with Air France, KLM, have other partner activity or get their new Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard from Brim.
Ideally we love it when they have the buy miles bonus at the same time as the 50% off Promo Rewards and that has happened on numerous occasions in the past just not for this month however.
Click here for more details and to buy miles.
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