Flying Blue: all the partners you can earn and use Miles with

Air France and KLM‘s Flying Blue frequent flyer program offers travelers worldwide the opportunity to maximize their travel experience by using Miles. But to use them properly, you first have to earn them. How? By increasing purchases from Flying Blue and Air France partner airlines. Here’s a list of all the program partners with whom you can earn (and use!) Miles.

In all, Flying Blue has some sixty partners with whom you can earn a maximum number of Flying Blue Miles, or use your Miles balance.

Flying Blue is a partner of 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 and without transfer.

Many Flying Blue partner airlines allow program members to earn Miles. Flying Blue partner airlines that are not members of SkyTeam allow you to earn Miles with the Elite bonus, 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.

* Depending on travel cabin

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.

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.

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 on their premises.

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, to rent a car, to stay in a hotel or to get your hands on a new banking card to maximize the earning of Flying Blue Miles, we recommend you take a look at the loyalty program partners of Air France and KLM to earn miles for every euro spent with these long-established airlines, maximizing your return on investment.