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Flying Blue’s up to 100% buy miles bonus has returned. If you are short some miles for a redemption or want to speculatively buy for if and when we see a 50% off business class promo reward you’ll want to check out this offer.
The up to 100% bonus offer:
Up to a 100% bonus when you buy Air France KLM Flying Blue Miles. Valid until Dec 21, 23 Click here to learn more and to buy miles.
- 50% bonus when you buy 4,000 to 10,000 miles
- 70% bonus when you buy 12,000 to 22,000 miles
- 100% when you buy 24,000 or more miles.
When it makes sense to buy miles
Now you may be asking why this is an offer of note. It is for several reasons, the first of course is to top off your account for an award if you happen to be shy a few thousand miles however the second is the big one.
That second reason is when Air France KLM offers those 25 to 50% off business class Promo Rewards. In the past they have had 50% off business class out of North America and if they bring those back you could fly for only 50,000 miles round trip to Europe, Turkey and North Africa. We do know that the December promo rewards will feature Montreal and Ottawa with 25% off business class and we are awaiting to see what the U.S. has in store.
If you do not have any Flying Blue Miles at all you could purchase miles at the 26,000 level (they only sell them in 2,000 miles increments) for US$793 and you would end up with 54,000 miles.
You could then redeem 50,000 of those 52,000 miles for the business class reward flight when a 50% off sale is in place and on top of that you would need to pay close to $600 in fees and taxes. Add the two together and you would be looking at paying around $1,400 for a round trip business class ticket that would cost you in the neighborhood of $2,000 to $3,500 or more.
Heck even with 25% off rewards you’ll need 75,000 miles to which you can buy 76,000 miles for $1159 and add in the reward flight fees and taxes and you’re still under $2,000.
And that’s why this buy miles promotion can be an offer of note.
Click here for more details and to buy miles.
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