Air France KLM Flying Blue‘s Promo Rewards are out now for the month of August! This month they include 25% off economy class from Montreal and Quebec City to Europe, North Africa and Turkey. They have also extended the travel period by two more months than usual!
The Promo Rewards
August Promo Rewards – Save 20% to 50% on the Award Miles usually required for a reward ticket to/from various destinations worldwide. Book by Aug 31 for travel until Mar 31, 24. Click here for more details
This month’s Canadian cities:
Montreal & Quebec City: 25% off Air France economy class to Europe, North Africa, Turkey
25% off Economy Class from Montreal and Quebec City
Economy class flights on Air France without the discount start at 15,000 miles one way out of these two cities. Round trip will start at exactly double that at 30,000 miles. Thus with a 25% discount one way flights can be redeemed for as little as 11,250 miles one way and round trip for 22,500 miles. You will not find Transatlantic economy class tickets this low with any other frequent flyer program.
Availability
When you do search flights the mileage amounts will vary depending on which destinations you choose in Europe, North Africa or Turkey. As well the dates play a big part in finding those lowest amounts.
For Montreal to Paris there was availability at the lowest 11,250 miles on many dates from October through to February.
I could not find any availability at 11,250 miles for Quebec City to Paris, only the standard minimum of 15,000 miles. I figure the reason is that the route only operates several days per week and is only offered until October – but why offer it in the sale then?
Here’s an example of Montreal-Paris availability in October:
Here’s a quick example of what I found this morning for availability
And those same flights cash price:
Redemption value
If you are someone who likes to check the value they are receiving for their points redemptions, these work out to be pretty good to amazing value!
In the above example you would be redeeming 22,500 miles for $1,148.24 in ticket value ($1,442.15 – $293.91) which provides an amazing 5.1 cents per mile in value! That’s normally a number we see for business class not economy class!!!
Booking and travel dates:
You can book these rewards right through to August 31st on the Air France or KLM websites. You can travel on these offers anytime between now and March 31, 2024
Depending on where and when you are travelling you may have to get creative with your routing due to the limited availability of the offers. You can look at flying one way into one city and then returning from another and try to be flexible with your travel dates.
Transfer from American Express Membership Rewards
If you don’t have the Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard your best option is to convert American Express Membership Rewards points to Flying Blue Miles. The transfers are typically near-instant but American Express does state they can take up to 3 days.
Membership Rewards points transfer at a 1 to 0.75 ratio to Flying Blue. Which means you’ll need to transfer as little as 15,000 points for a one way economy class flight or 30,000 points for round trip. To put this in perspective, Amex’s own Fixed Points for travel requires 60,000 points and a lot more cash for the taxes and fees. And with Aeroplan you are looking at 60,000 to 70,000 points (60,000 to 70,000 Membership Rewards points) and comparable fees as Aeroplan does not include you first checked bag.
Even with the 1 to 0.75 ratio this represent an absolutely amazing redemption option for your Membership Rewards points. This especially true for the American Express Cobalt Card if you earned most or all of your points at the 5x level. If you are able to redeem for a round trip business class flight for 30,000 Membership Rewards points (22,500 miles) it represents a very low $6,000 in 5x points spending. And value wise? You are looking at 3.8 cents per point or a 19.1% return on 5x points spending!! There is no way you can even come close to getting a redemption like this for that little amount spending with any other credit card in Canada.
Wrapping it up
This now the fifth month in a row that we have had Air France KLM Flying Blue’s Promo Rewards for Canada! This month they feature 25% off economy class flights out of Montreal and Quebec City although we couldn’t find any availability for the latter (granted AF KLM updates inventory frequently so they may show up!) . With those flights starting as low as 11,250 miles each way this is an amazing promotion to try to score some Transatlantic flights for the fall and winter!
Click here to learn more about Air France KLM Flying Blue Promo Rewards
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