Air France/KLM Flying Blue Promo: 50% off awards in October/November 2014
Note: These are bookable now. Don’t miss out on Flying Blue’s summer promo, which allows you to book Air France/KLM awards for 25-50% less than normal in October & November 2014:
The Deal
Award bookings on Air France/KLM routes have been reduced by 25-50% for travel between October 1 – November 30, 2014.
For those of us sitting in ‘Merica, we’ll be most interested in:
| REGION—- USA |
CITY————————– Chicago-ORD to Europe—– |
CABIN—– Economy— |
1-way— 12,500— |
Round-trip 25,000 |
|
| USA | Houston-IAH to Europe—— | Economy | 12,500 | 25,000 | |
| USA | Washington-IAD to Europe– | Economy | 12,500 | 25,000 |
All destinations below. Note: Everything is to/from Europe.
| Region | Europe to/from | Airport | Cabin | 1-way | Round-trip | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Cairo, Egypt | CAI | Business | 25000 | 50000 | 50% off |
| Africa | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | DAR | Economy | 12500 | 25000 | 50% off |
| Africa | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | DAR | Business | 31250 | 62500 | 50% off |
| Africa | Kilimanjaro, Tanzania | JRO | Economy | 12500 | 25000 | 50% off |
| Africa | Kilimanjaro, Tanzania | JRO | Business | 31250 | 62500 | 50% off |
| Africa | Nairobi, Kenya | NBO | Economy | 12500 | 25000 | 50% off |
| Asia-Pacific | Chengdu, China | CTU | Economy | 30000 | 60000 | 25% off |
| Asia-Pacific | Hangzhou, China | HGH | Business | 75000 | 150000 | 25% off |
| Asia-Pacific | Jakarta, Indonesia | CGK | Economy | 20000 | 40000 | 50% off |
| Asia-Pacific | Xiamen, China | XMN | Economy | 30000 | 60000 | 25% off |
| Asia-Pacific | Xiamen, China | XMN | Business | 75000 | 150000 | 25% off |
| Asia-Pacific | Wuhan, China | WUH | Economy | 30000 | 60000 | 25% off |
| Asia-Pacific | Singapore | SIN | Economy | 20000 | 40000 | 50% off |
| Caribbean | Cancun, Mexico | CUN | Prem Econ | 25000 | 50000 | 50% off |
| Caribbean | Fort de France, Martinique | FDF | Economy | 22500 | 45000 | 25% off |
| Caribbean | St. Maarten | SXM | Economy | 22500 | 45000 | 25% off |
| Europe | Billund, Denmark | BLL | Economy | 9375 | 18750 | 25% off |
| Europe | Istanbul, Turkey | IST | Economy | 11250 | 22500 | 25% off |
| Europe | Moscow, Russia | DME | Economy | 11250 | 22500 | 25% off |
| Europe | Sofia, Bulgaria | SOF | Economy | 11250 | 22500 | 25% off |
| Europe | Nice <--> Strasbourg | NCE | Economy | 5000 | 10000 | 50% off |
| Europe | Montpellier <--> Paris-Orly | ORY | Economy | 5000 | 10000 | 50% off |
| Europe | Toulouse <--> Lyon | TLS | Economy | 5000 | 10000 | 50% off |
| Europe | Madrid <--> Alicante | MAD | Economy | 7500 | 15000 | 50% off |
| Europe | Palma Mallorca <--> Alicante | PMI | Economy | 7500 | 15000 | 50% off |
| Middle East | Djibouti | JIB | Economy | 10000 | 20000 | 50% off |
| Middle East | Doha, Qatar | DOH | Economy | 10000 | 20000 | 50% off |
| Middle East | Muscat, Oman | MCT | Economy | 10000 | 20000 | 50% off |
| Middle East | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | RUH | Economy | 10000 | 20000 | 50% off |
| South America | São Paulo, Brazil | GRU | Economy | 30000 | 60000 | 25% off |
| South America | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | GIG | Economy | 30000 | 60000 | 25% off |
| South America | Brasilia, Brazil | BSB | Economy | 20000 | 40000 | 50% off |
| South America | Lima, Peru | LIM | Prem Econ | 35000 | 70000 | 50% off |
| South America | Madrid <--> Buenos Aires | EZE | Economy | 20000 | 40000 | 50% off |
| South America | Madrid <--> Buenos Aires | EZE | Business | 50000 | 100000 | 50% off |
| USA | Chicago, Illinois | ORD | Economy | 12500 | 25000 | 50% off |
| USA | Houston, Texas | IAH | Economy | 12500 | 25000 | 50% off |
| USA | Washington, D.C. | IAD | Economy | 12500 | 25000 | 50% off |
How to Get It
- Head to Flying Blue here to see full list of routes: Promo Awards
- Reference our How-to: Booking Air France/KLM flight post
- Book between August 1 – 31, 2014.
- Enjoy your savings!
Analysis
This list has 3 great options to take you from the U.S. to just about anywhere in Europe for 12,500 miles each way.
Here’s an example flight from Washington, D.C.-IAD to Athens, Greece-ATH:
Source: http://ds-lands.com/athens.html
Booking this 6-day visit to Athens, Greece in KLM/Air France economy class will only cost you 25,000 + $317 in taxes/fuel surcharge. Using the handy Weekend Blitz Award Calculator, we know that this yields a return of 1.71 cents/point on your FlyingBlue/AMEX points. This isn’t phenomenal but isn’t terrible either.
You could also stack 2 of the promo awards and book a flight from Washington, D.C., Houston, or Chicago to Singapore-SIN, with a few stops in Europe:
Oct 6: Fly Washington-IAD to Munich-MUC, stay for 2 nights
Oct 9: Fly Munich-MUC to Singapore-SIN, stay for 6 nights
Oct 16: Fly Singapore-SIN to Amsterdam-AMS, stay for 3 nights
Oct 20: Fly Amsterdam-AMS to Washington-IAD
This scenario stacks the 12,500 one-way from the U.S. to Europe and the 20,000 one-way from Europe to Singapore.
You could accomplish this by booking 4x one-way flights, which would allow you to have the multiple stopovers in Europe and a weekend in Singapore. With the promo awards, the total for this trip would be appx 65,000 miles + $600.48 in taxes/surcharges. The cheapest you could book this same itinerary in dollars is around $3,100:
Using the Weekend Blitz Award Calculator, this returns a value of around 2.57 cents/mile:
Don’t forget:
- Booking for this deal runs from August 1 to August 31, 2014.
- “Reservations must be made exclusively on www.airfrance.com or www.klm.com (except for bookings for children, infants and minors, who are not authorized to book an award on the website).”
- You’ll still get hit with fuel surcharges!
- We’ve got a How-to Guide for booking flights with Flying Blue points.
BOTTOM LINE: This round of Air France/KLM promos gives you 3 U.S. cities to choose from for booking 25,000 mile roundtrip flights to Europe–it’s really hard to beat this deal! Consider booking as multiple one-way flights to maximize stopover and open-jaws and consider stacking the promotions for better worldwide travel options outside of Europe.
