Air France-KLM ‘s Flying Blue frequent flyer program offers travelers worldwide the opportunity to maximize their travel experience by using Miles. These can be used as currency to obtain various benefits, such as Reward tickets, upgrades, free Flying Blue Store merchandise or hotel stays.
Last update: June 20, 2024
Joining the Flying Blue program is free and easy. You can do this directly on this page by creating a Flying Blue account.
You can also enroll your children in Flying Blue with Flying Blue Family, Air France’s new program for sharing Miles between family members.
It offers access to a host of benefits, including the ability to earn Flying Blue Miles faster for award tickets, upgrades and more.
Referrers can invite up to seven family members to join their Flying Blue Family: 1 additional adult and 6 children.
It is also important to note that Flying Blue is the best frequent flyer program for family travel, as it offers its passengers a 25% discount on award tickets booked reserved for children aged 2 to 11 traveling with an adult, whether in Economy, Premium Economy or Business cabins.
Since October 2022, the Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard® has been available in Canada. It allows you to earn Flying Blue Miles directly.
The earning rates of the Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard® are as follows:
In addition to extending the validity of your Flying Blue Miles with each purchase, the Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard® offers you 30 XP per year, making it easier for you to obtain or renew Flying Blue status.
In the United States, in partnership with Bank of America, Air France has launched the Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard, which generally offers a welcome bonus of between 25,000 and 50,000 Flying Blue Miles.
With this card, you get :
In Canada, American Express Membership Rewards cards allow you to transfer your Membership Rewards points into Flying Blue Miles at a ratio of 1,000 Membership Rewards points = 750 Flying Blue Miles.
Here are the American Express Rewards Cards available in Canada:
The second method of earning Flying Blue miles in Canada is through Marriott Bonvoy Amex credit cards. You can transfer your Marriott Bonvoy points into Miles from frequent flyer programs, including Flying Blue, at a 3 Marriott Bonvoy points ratio = 1 Mile.
And if you transfer 60,000 Marriott Bonvoy points, you’ll earn 5,000 bonus Miles. Thus, 60,000 Marriott Bonvoy points = 25,000 Flying Blue Miles.
The two Marriott Bonvoy Credit Cards available in Canada are:
In the United States, you can transfer points to Flying Blue from these programs:
You can earn Flying Blue Miles by flying with Air France, KLM and any other partner airline or member of the SkyTeam alliance.
The number of Flying Blue Miles you can earn depends on two factors:
Purchases taken into account is the price of the ticket, excluding taxes and fuel surcharges. All related expenses also earn miles, such as :
This method of calculation tends to favor full-fare travelers, especially those in premium cabins such as Business and La Première.
For other Skyteam member airlines, the number of Miles earned in-flight depends on the booking class, the distance flown and the contract between Air France-KLM and its partners.
For other Skyteam member airlines, the number of Miles earned in-flight depends on the booking class, the distance flown and the contract between Air France-KLM and the partner. If you fly in the Economy cabin, you could receive up to 50% of your airfare in Flying Blue Miles, depending on the partner. If you travel in the upper cabins, on the other hand, you could receive up to 150% of your ticket price in Flying Blue Miles.
Here, for example, is the scale used for flights with Air Mauritius.
In North America, here is the scale used for international flights with Delta Airlines :
In addition to airlines, Flying Blue partners with hotels, car rental agencies and other companies.
One of Flying Blue’s preferred partners is Accor Live Limitless. Thanks to Miles+Points, customers can easily convert their Reward points into Flying Blue Miles, and vice versa.
In addition to Accor, Flying Blue partners with :
You can also earn Flying Blue Miles when you rent a car from one of these agencies:
Flying Blue offers a shopping portal that earns Flying Blue Miles with every purchase from partners such as Apple, Indigo, Nike, Sephora and more.
For your first purchase on the portal, you can earn 500 Flying Blue Miles.
It works in a similar way to other online shopping portals: you log in to the portal, choose the merchant you’re interested in and click on the corresponding link.
The best way to use Flying Blue Miles is by booking tickets withAir France and Transavia, or any other airline member of theSkyteam alliance:
Unlike other airline programs, Flying Blue has no fixed fare structure. Prices are therefore subject to change depending on dates, seasons and destinations. It’s important to note, however, that the more high-end cabins you travel in, the higher the airport taxes and additional fees you’ll have to pay in cash. These surcharges are unfortunately unavoidable.
It is possible to pay with Cash & Miles, a combined payment option that allows you to pay 25% of the ticket price in cash.
For a one-way ticket between Paris and Montreal in Economy cabin with Air France or KLM, for example, fares range from around 20,000 Miles to 113 euros.
For the same one-way trip between Paris and Montreal, but in the Premium Economy cabin, fares range from around 35,000 Miles to 175 euros.
Business cabin flights are sometimes available at fares similar to those in the Premium Economy cabin. For the same dates, we found a one-way ticket between Paris and Montreal in the Business cabin for 37,000 Miles and 307 euros.
For a one-way ticket between Montreal and Los Angeles with WestJet, for example, fares range from around 14,500 Miles to $99.
Want to escape to Hawaii? Thanks to WestJet and Flying Blue Miles, you could fly between Montreal and Honolulu for 17,500 Flying Blue Miles and $112.
The most cost-effective strategy for optimizing the use of your Miles when flying is to explore the opportunities offered by Flying Blue Promo Rewards. These tickets, offered in limited numbers at the beginning of each month, enable you to make substantial savings, ranging from 25% to 50% on the number of Miles normally required to purchase a reward ticket.
For a one-way ticket between Nice and Montreal in the Economy cabin, for example, fares for a Promo Award ticket, when available, can be as low as 7,500 Flying Blue Miles and 150 euros.
After check-in opens, upgrades are available online, at the airport and on board. Advance upgrades are payable in miles, cash or a combination of both.
To find out the number of Miles required for an upgrade, simply consult your online booking on the Air France website and click on the “Upgrade with Miles” option. Although the Flying Blue program has not published a scale for estimating the precise value of Miles when upgrading, the average value is between 0.4 and 0.9 cents, depending on the flights and offers available at the time of booking.
The number of Flying Blue Miles required to obtain an upgrade is determined by Air France on the basis of flight load, route and initial booking class. However, the lower the initial fare, the more Miles you will have to spend to compensate.
The La Première cabin is Air France‘s most exclusive cabin. To qualify for an upgrade, you must not only have the required number of Miles, but also be a Platinum member of theAir France frequent flyer program.
Gold status holders can also purchase an upgrade to the La Première cabin, but only with cash. The purchase of an upgrade in this premium cabin with Miles is reserved for Platinum and Ultimate status holders.
You can use your Flying Blue Miles for various in-flight options, such as adding extra baggage, when you fly with Air France:
Flying Blue Miles are valid for life, provided that one of the following conditions is met:
For eligible bank cards, only cards bearing the Flying Blue logo are eligible, such as Air France KLM American Express cards.
The Flying Blue program has five status levels:
To move up in the Flying Blue program, it is essential to accumulate Experience Points (XP), which are earned by flying on an eligible flight with Air France, KLM, Transavia, SkyTeam member airlines, as well as certain Air France-KLM partner airlines.
To achieve Ultimate status, on the other hand, the scale is somewhat different. Rather than accumulating XP, passengers must accumulate UXP. These can only be earned by flying on flights marketed by Air France and KLM, or by purchasing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Apart from the Platinum and Ultimate statuses, which are mainly aimed at very frequent business travellers, Gold status offers the most attractive benefits, such as :
Here is the annual number of XP required to obtain each Flying Blue status:
Explorer status is offered to anyone who registers with Flying Blue. After registration, you have 12 months to earn enough XP to move up to the next level. At the end of the 12 months, your XP counter returns to zero. This qualification period begins as soon as you earn your first Miles or your first XP, after you join the Flying Blue program.
The statuses are valid for 12 months. If you fail to accumulate the required number of XPs in the year following your award, you will lose your current status and be demoted.
To earn XP, you have to fly. However, the earning varies according to two factors:
These rates apply to all flights on Skyteam member airlines.
In France, every Air France KLM American Express cardholder receives Experience Points every year:
Signing up for a banking card is therefore one of the most beneficial ways of quickly replenishing the number of XP earned on an annual basis.
Flying Blue is the Air France–KLM frequent flyer program. It offers travelers around the world the opportunity to maximize their travel experience by using Miles. These can be used as currency to obtain various benefits, such as award tickets, upgrades, free Flying Blue Store merchandise or hotel stays.
Yes, membership of Flying Blue is completely free. Everyone who subscribes to the program receives Explorer status, the entry-level status that offers a range of exclusive benefits and promotional offers.
To access your Flying Blue account, simply visit the Flying Blue website and enter your membership number.
The Flying Blue membership number is indicated in all e-mails sent by Flying Blue. You’ll find it at the top right. You can also find it after logging into your Flying Blue account by clicking on your name at the top right of the screen.
You can contact Flying Blue via the Flying Blue website, on the page provided for this purpose. You can also contact customer service from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on +33 9 69 39 36 54.
In total, Flying Blue has some sixty partners with whom you can earn Flying Blue Miles, or use your Flying Blue Miles balance. These include airlines (especially SkyTeam alliance member airlines), credit cards, hotel chains, car rental companies and more.
Savings are here (if you don’t see the sign-up form, please click here):
