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Flying Blue has released its Promo Awards for May which cover travel through 31 October 2024 and as usual, you can now book select Air France and KLM awards with a 25% discount.
This month, the choices are, frankly, pretty dismal with 24 of the 26 Promo Awards valid only on Economy Class bookings and just 2 valid for Premium Economy bookings. Once again, Business Class awards are noticeable by their absence.
The Promo awards
Short-haul and medium-haul
Amsterdam to:
- Bologna – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Manchester – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Milan – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Poznań – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Trondheim – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
Paris to:
- Birmingham – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Bastia – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Biarritz – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Calvi – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Geneva – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Nuremberg – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Tromso – from 5,625 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
Long-haul
Europe to:
- Abu Dhabi – from 15,000 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Austin – from 15,000 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Cairo – from 15,000 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Dammam/Dhahran – from 15,000 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Los Angeles – from 15,000 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Minneapolis – from 15,000 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Rihadh – from 15,000 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Quebec – from 15,000 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Curaçao – from 18,750 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Fort de France – from 18,750 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Beijing – from 18,750 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Pointe a Pitre – from 18,750 miles + surcharges (Economy Class)
- Cancun – from 26,250 miles + surcharges (Premium Economy)
- Mexico City – from 26,250 miles + surcharges (Premium Economy)
Promo Awards key terms
- Book by 31 May 2024
- Travel by 31 October 2024
- Promo reward tickets must be booked via airfrance.com or klm.com or on the respective airline apps (except for bookings for minors travelling alone or when travelling with an infant under the age of 2, in these cases bookings must be made by calling customer service).
- Changes (flight and/or date) are possible before flight departure (check-in closure) for a €70 fee plus possible fare difference. Miles and tax/surcharges paid for the changed segment(s) will be reaccredited to the account holder and a new booking for the adjusted flight/date will be made (including re-payment for the tax/surcharges).
- Refunds are possible before flight departure (check-in closure) for a €70 fee. Miles will be reaccredited to the account holder in case of a cancellation.
- Promo reward tickets are subject to the operating airline’s general conditions of carriage.
- Promo reward tickets are available for one-way, round-trip, multi-city, and open-jaw tickets but open-jaw and multicity Reward tickets must be booked via the Customer Service center.
Full terms and conditions can be found on the Promo Awards page
Bottom line
Flying Blue has now released details of its May Promo Awards which cover travel through 31 October 2024 and which must to be booked by 31 May 2024.
The month’s awards are, again, very disappointing with a absence of Business Class deals and just two Premium Economy deals. A slight positive may be found in that we have a number of Economy Class deals for travel to/from the United States, but with Flying Blue adding surcharges to award bookings, these will only be of any value at a time where cash fares are particularly high.
