Air France KLM Flying Blue‘s Promo Rewards are out now for the month of July. This month they include a single Canadian city, Toronto, with savings on Air France economy class reward flights to Europe, North Africa and Turkey
The 25% off Promo Rewards
July Promo Rewards – Save 25% on the Flying Blue Miles usually required for a reward ticket to various destinations Worldwide. Book by July 31, 25 for travel until Dec 31, 25 Click here for more details or book direct at on the Air France or KLM websites.
This month’s Canadian cities:
Toronto
25% off Air France Economy Class to Europe, Turkey or North Africa.
These should be the minimum redemption amounts available:
- Economy Class from 18,750 miles one way
Availability
When you do search flights the mileage amounts will vary depending on which destinations you choose in Europe, North Africa or Turkey. The dates of travel also play a big part in finding those lowest amounts.
Here are just several flights I found at the discounted rate of 18,750 out of Toronto. My preparatory screenshots are from KLM’s Netherlands website so the taxes/fees are in Euros, but if you book on the Canadian site they will be charged in C$.
Toronto to Paris in Economy Class
Toronto to Athens in Economy Class
Toronto to Casablanca in Economy Class
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 50,000 points for a round trip economy class flight or 120,000 points for round trip business class. To put this in perspective, Amex’s own Fixed Points for travel requires 60,000 points for economy class or 140,000 for business class and a bigger cash outlay for the taxes and fees. And compare this to Aeroplan where you are looking at 60,000 to 70,000 points for economy class (60,000 to 70,000 Membership Rewards points) or 120,000 – 140,000 or many more points than that for business class. As well with Aeroplan the fees for economy class will be comparable as Aeroplan does not include your first checked bag.
Even with the 1 to 0.75 ratio this represents an absolutely amazing redemption option for your Membership Rewards points. This is 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 economy class flight for 50,000 Membership Rewards points it represents a very low $10,000 in 5x points spending. For business class you are looking at 120,000 Membership Rewards points for a round trip or as little as $24,000 in spending. There is no way you can even come close to getting redemptions like this for that little amount spending with any other credit card in Canada.
Click here for more details on this month’s promo rewards or book direct at on the Air France or KLM websites.
Images via Air France
