Air France and KLM‘s Flying Blue frequent flyer program offers travellers worldwide the opportunity to maximize their travel experience by using Miles. But to use them properly, you first have to earn them. How? By purchasing more from companies partnered with Flying Blue and Air France partner airlines. Here’s a list of all the program partners where you can earn (and use!) Miles.
Last update: June 20, 2024
In all, Flying Blue sixty something partners where you can earn a maximum number of Flying Blue Miles, or use your Miles balance.
Flying Blue is partnered with American Express. All American Express cardholders can earn Flying Blue Miles with their everyday purchases.
American Express cardholders – whether Green American Express, Gold American Express or Platinum American Express – can earn Membership Rewards points. These can be transferred into Flying Blue Miles, and Flying Blue Miles can be transferred into points. 4 Flying Blue Miles equal 5 Membership Rewards points.
The quickest way to earn Flying Blue Miles is with an Air France KLM American Express card. Unlike American Express cards, which earn Membership Rewards points, Air France KLM American Express Silver, Gold and Platinum cards earn Flying Blue Miles directly, without transferring.
Many Flying Blue partner airlines allow program members to earn Miles. Flying Blue partner airlines that are not SkyTeam members allow you to earn Miles, earn XP on eligible flights and extend the validity of your Miles so that you don’t lose them after two years of inactivity. SkyTeam member airlines also offer all the SkyTeam advantages, such as access to SkyPriority.
Several partner airlines also allow you to use Flying Blue Miles as currency to pay for award tickets or in-flight options.
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Several hotels and agencies are also Flying Blue partners. Most partners allow you to earn Miles when you stay at a hotel, while others allow you to convert points from their loyalty program into Flying Blue Miles, and vice versa.
So you can maximize the value of your Miles by transferring points from loyalty programs you don’t use, or get free hotel nights by transferring Flying Blue Miles to the loyalty programs of hotels where you’d like to stay for free.
Some partners even offer exclusive benefits to Flying Blue members, such as special rates.
2,000 Reward points = 2,000 Miles / 4,000 Miles = 1,000 Reward points
Flying Blue partner car rental companies, such as Sixt and Europcar, unfortunately do not allow program members to use their Miles to rent a car for free, but they do allow you to maximize your Flying Blue Miles earning and obtain exclusive benefits, such as additional discounts.
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Shopping partner companies allow you to earn Miles and obtain certain additional benefits. Only a few companies allow you to use Flying Blue Miles to make purchases.
Finally, Flying Blue also partners with companies specializing in experiences. By booking through them, you can earn Flying Blue Miles.
The list of Flying Blue partners is exhaustive. Whether you’re looking to purchase airline tickets, rent a car, stay in a hotel or get your hands on a new bank card to maximize the earning of Flying Blue Miles, we recommend you take a look at Air France and KLM ‘s frequent flyer program partners to receive Miles for every euro spent with these long-established airlines, and thus maximize your return on investment.
The Skyteam alliance airline members are :
You can use your Flying Blue Miles with a wide range of hotel, airline and financial partners. The best way to use your Flying Blue Miles, however, is to purchase award tickets with Air France, Transavia or KLM, or any other SkyTeam member airline.
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