yes, you are correct, rules regarding award flights are not the same as
promo award flights.
Not exact matches
Air France / KLM's Flying Blue program can be a great way to book
award flights to Europe, especially when they run
Promo Awards.
Promo awards, offering 25 - 50 percent off the standard
award chart, are available each month for select
flights, but most passengers will spend the bulk of their miles on classic
awards, which can be used on any partner airline but not on first class cabins.
At the beginning of each month, FlyingBlue releases
Promo Awards that discount economy and business class tickets 25 % to 50 % for
flights between Europe and North America.
Award flight tip *: Flying Blue releases «
Promo Awards» from different cities each month that are discounted up to 50 percent.
Throughout the year, Flying Blue has
Promo Awards that offer special pricing on
flights for economy and business class tickets.
Air France / KLM's Flying Blue program can be a great way to book
award flights to Europe, especially when they run
Promo Awards.
If there is a
promo for an airline partner that you are planning to use to book an
award flight, take advantage of 10 %, 15 %, 20 %, or even 40 % transfer bonuses.
Then after you
flight, remember you can top off Flying Blue accounts via American Express Membership reward transfers and take advantage of Air France monthly
Promo Awards that provides up to 1/2 off business class
award flights!
The program offers quarterly
Promo Awards on select routes that can save you up to 50 percent on
award flights.
The promotion is fairly restrictive and the routes are limited but if you have some extra KrisFlyer... [Read more...] about Singapore Air Fall
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First class
awards on Garuda Indonesia usually cost 180,000 Garuda Miles (or Citi ThankYou Points) for a
flight between London (LHR) and Jakarta (CGK), but the
promo rate is 95,000 miles.
Amex transfer bonus
promos are a great time to transfer Membership Rewards if you need an
award flight.
So for example, if you jumped on a
Promo Award for April 2017, you'd have to book the award by April 30, 2017, and the flight would have to occur within the month of June and / or July
Award for April 2017, you'd have to book the
award by April 30, 2017, and the flight would have to occur within the month of June and / or July
award by April 30, 2017, and the
flight would have to occur within the month of June and / or July 2017.
For short - haul
flights in Europe, though, the fees for these
promo awards remain pretty low.
Note that
promo awards are always for
flights operated by KLM and Air France.
Right now their newest
promo is out for 25 % off
award flights for certain regions.
I already booked
flights to Xiamen and back from Chengdu in January during the Flying Blue
Promo Awards.
Though they are not as regular an occurrence as Flying Blues
promo awards, SAS also releases periodic point bargains that always entitle you to 50 percent off the usual price for an
award flight.
If you don't know about Flying Blue and its monthly
Promo Awards, which offer up to 50 percent off
award flights, you need to read this article.
Moreover, they offer
Promo Awards to certain destinations every month at 25 % or 50 % off the regular number of miles, so you can occasionally get a transatlantic
flight in business class for only 31,250 miles or economy class for only 12,500 miles.
We know that November 2 is offering a
flight by Air France because it's a
Promo Award, so the higher fees are what Air France charges for this itinerary.
See related: Keeping up with ever - shorter rewards
promos, Professional
award bookers promise «free»
flights for fewer miles, Avoiding your reward card's annual fee
Promo awards offer some of the best value among any frequent flyer programs, so it can be worth your effort to check their list every month, and even to find a positioning flight to one of the promo award gate
Promo awards offer some of the best value among any frequent flyer programs, so it can be worth your effort to check their list every month, and even to find a positioning
flight to one of the
promo award gate
promo award gateways.
This new transfer partner is great for taking advantage of Flying Blue's rotating reduced priced
promo awards, and for redeeming for one - way Delta saver
award flights.
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award bookers promise «free»
flights for fewer miles, Keeping up with ever - shorter rewards
promos