At the moment you can purchase Air France-KLM Flying Blue frequent flyer miles, but you also get a hefty discount for doing so. You can save up to 45% by purchasing Flying Blue Miles right now; however, there is a side story.
In this post:
- Offer details
- The suspicious timing of this offer
- How much do the miles really cost?
- Why buy miles?
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Air France-KLM’s Flying Blue Miles Purchase Offer
Until May 31st, 2026, it’ll be possible to purchase Flying Blue, Air France and KLM’s frequent flyer program currency, miles at a discounted rate. The two airlines are offering quite interesting discount to anyone who decides to purchase upwards of 2,000 miles.
Depending on the amount of miles purchased you will receive a discount between 35% and 45% of your purchased amount.
- Buying from 4,000 to 20,000 miles you’ll get a 35% discount.
- If you decide to purchase between 22,000 and 48,000 miles the discount jumps up to 40%.
- Finally, purchasing more than 50,000 miles the discount is a mouth watering 45%.
There are however some status related limitations. For instance if you are an entry level Flying Blue member you can only get a maximum of 100,000 miles through your purchase. Higher status holders can buy up to 300,000 miles.
If you are interested in buying miles, click on this link: https://www.flyingblue.com/en/mileshub/buy
Fuel Surcharges Affecting Air Fares
Although Air France-KLM Group engages in heavy hedging activity, it has increased on March 27 its fuel surcharges on all tickets.
On business class tickets, we are talking about a €90 increase or a $100 increase per sector, which translates to a $200 increase for a return ticket. In economy, the increase is about €30 per sector, which translates to about €60 per return ticket.
In a way, you could say that the money that you are saving with your discounted miles you are giving back to the airline in the form of a fuel surcharge increase.
How Much Do Flying Blue Miles Cost With This Offer?
That all depends on how many miles you buy. The larger the amount bought, the bigger the amount saved, with a smaller price per miles. The smallest miles packages for sale that offer a 35% discount are the worst deals.
Simply put, these smaller packages of miles will get you buying miles at a price between 1.7 and 1.6 Euro cents per miles. With the 40% discount packages that goes down to 1.5 Euro cents per mile while with the 45% discount it goes all the way down to 1.4 cents per mile.
You can purchase miles and get the discount by logging into your Flying Blue profile from the Air France or KLM websites.
Why Should I Buy Airline Miles?
In some circumstances it might be a good option to buy airline miles as it might be the cheapest option to reach the threshold needed to redeem a reward ticket. This is particularly true if you are just missing not a large amount and just want to get there quickly. Also tacking advantage of the discount offered you can jumpstart your miles accrual and plan ahead for a trip.
Also, in many instances, buying miles might actually allow you to purchase a ticket at a lower price than using cash. This is particularly true for one way ticket that tend to have a very high cost.