Flying Blue Promo Rewards: The Cheap Seats for October 2026

Last updated: October 7, 2026

Flying Blue is taking 25% off select Air France and KLM award flights in October 2026. Book by October 31, 2026 for travel through March 31, 2027. The prices below are the ones Flying Blue prints on its promo page. They are starting prices, they need a seat, and some of them are open only to Flying Blue Extra subscribers.

The seats people actually open the page for, between North America and Europe:

• Economy, 18,750 miles one way: Boston, Houston, Raleigh/Durham, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Toronto. Vancouver is the same price and is Extra Exclusive.
• Premium economy, 30,000 miles: Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas, Austin. New York (JFK) is the same price and is Extra Exclusive.
• Business, 45,000 miles: Mexico City and Seattle. Orlando and Cancun are the same price and are Extra Exclusive.

Caribbean economy is a different number: 22,500 miles to St. Martin for every member, and 22,500 miles to Fort-de-France for Extra subscribers. Intra-Europe starts at 6,000 miles in economy and 15,000 miles in business. Five Air France routes that leave the United States and do not end in Europe are new to this month’s list.

A 45,000-mile business seat costs 36,000 Amex Membership Rewards while Amex’s 25% transfer bonus is on, because 45,000 ÷ 1.25 = 36,000. Find that seat, and read the cash line, before any points move.

Before you move points: Run your spending through the credit card rewards calculator. A promo award does not fix a wallet that should be earning a different currency. Transfer only after Air France or KLM shows the seat, the miles, and the taxes.

North America to Europe, by the seat

Flying Blue’s promo page prices long-haul awards to and from Europe, on Air France and KLM, at the lowest displayed price, when space exists. A connection inside Europe through Paris or Amsterdam is included. Prince of Travel puts the usual North America–Europe starting prices at 25,000 economy, 40,000 premium economy, and 60,000 business. Twenty-five percent off those floors is 18,750, 30,000, and 45,000.

Checked October 7, 2026, against flyingblue.us, which matches LoyaltyLobby, Prince of Travel, and Frequent Miler on these cities.

Search the city you will actually fly from. Boston at 18,750 does not make New York economy 18,750. JFK’s premium-economy promo is Extra Exclusive. Seattle and Mexico City are the business awards every member can see.

Extra Exclusive is a paid gate

Flying Blue Extra is a paid subscription. The promo page marks some routes Extra Exclusive and says those options are for subscribers. If the account that will issue the ticket cannot see the fare, there is nothing to transfer toward.

On the North America list, that gate is Vancouver economy, New York JFK premium economy, and Orlando and Cancun business. The open seats next to them are the same mileage: Toronto economy is 18,750 for everyone, Miami premium economy is 30,000 for everyone, and Seattle business is 45,000 for everyone.

Caribbean prices are not the 18,750 economy fare

22,500 is still 25% off, and it is 3,750 miles above the Boston and Montreal economy promo. Price St. Martin on its own row.

US routes that do not end in Europe

Frequent Miler, LoyaltyLobby, and Prince of Travel all flag five Air France awards that start in the United States and finish in Asia or Africa. Flying Blue files them in the short- and medium-haul block of the promo page, even though the flights are long, and prints a direction. None of them is Extra Exclusive. Search the return before you treat it as the same price. LoyaltyLobby says a Europe stopover on these awards is a phone booking, and a poor one. Book the nonstop-in-spirit itinerary the website will actually sell.

Chicago–Shanghai business at 86,250 miles is a real seat to go look for. It is a different product from Seattle–Europe business at 45,000.

Intra-Europe starts at 6,000 and 15,000

Short- and medium-haul Promo Rewards are Air France from Paris and KLM from Amsterdam. Flying Blue prints 6,000 miles in economy and 15,000 miles in business, each marked −25%. Prince of Travel describes the 6,000-mile economy price as down from September’s 7,500-mile promo.

These are useful when you are already in Europe, or when a long-haul promo includes the connection and you want the short hop priced on its own. They are not a substitute for the transatlantic seat.

The rest of the long-haul page

The North America grid is the one to memorize. The same promo page also discounts these long-haul cities, still at 25%, still to and from Europe, still subject to space:

Europe–Beijing business at 63,750 is the KLM long-haul promo. It is separate from Atlanta–Beijing economy at 30,000 and Houston–Beijing premium economy at 48,750.

The published price is a Light fare

Flying Blue says that from September 2026 the promo price is the Light fare. Light does not include a checked bag in economy or premium economy, and it cannot be changed or refunded. Platinum and Ultimate members can change and refund Light free of charge. Prince of Travel adds that Light also skips advance seat selection, and that business Light skips lounge access. Standard and Flex cost more miles. The booking screen is where those higher prices appear. Read them before you decide the 45,000-mile number is the ticket you want.

How to find the seat

1. Open the Flying Blue promo page and check the city, the cabin, and the Extra Exclusive label.
2. Search on Air France (the “Use your Miles” tab) or on KLM, signed into the Flying Blue account that will issue the ticket. Partner sites are the wrong door for a promo award.
3. Leave the date blank. Frequent Miler’s tip for this month is that an empty date field shows month-by-month pricing through the March 31, 2027 travel window.
4. Read the miles and the cash together. Flying Blue’s reward-ticket conditions say airport taxes, security taxes, and carrier surcharges are not covered by miles.
5. Transfer only the miles that award still needs, into that same account.

A city on the promo page is a place to search. It is not a held seat. The discount applies when the saver-level space is there. Dynamic prices above the promo number are a different award.

What those seats cost in points you already hold

Flying Blue is a 1:1 transfer partner of Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, Capital One miles, Citi ThankYou on annual-fee cards, Bilt Points, and Wells Fargo Rewards on the Autograph cards. That is how this site’s transfer partner pages list them, and it matches Chase, Amex, Capital One, Citi, and Bilt as Prince of Travel lists the US programs, plus Wells Fargo’s 1:1 to Flying Blue on The Points Guy’s partner list. No-fee Citi cards transfer at a reduced ratio, about 1,000 to 700, unless the points are pooled with an annual-fee ThankYou card. Chase Freedom points transfer once they are pooled with a Sapphire or Ink Preferred.

Two bonuses sit on top of that 1:1 right now, both through October 31:

• Amex Membership Rewards, 25%. 1,000 points become 1,250 Flying Blue miles. The transfer details are in the Amex to Flying Blue 25% transfer bonus.
• Rove Miles, 40%. 1,000 Rove miles become 1,400 Flying Blue miles, in 100-mile steps after a 2,000-mile minimum, through October 31 at 6:59 p.m. EDT. The transfer details are in the Rove to Flying Blue 40% transfer bonus.

The bonuses do not stack on the same mile. A 45,000-mile business seat is the clean example.

The same division on the other headline prices:

Rove’s rows are the next 100-mile step that produces at least that many Flying Blue miles. 13,400 Rove miles become 18,760. 21,500 become 30,100. Send the step the ticket needs, then stop.

If you hold both Amex and Rove, the 40% buys this seat with fewer miles sent. Amex transfers are usually instant and Rove’s are not, which is the case for moving Membership Rewards when the seat may disappear overnight. That timing is covered in the Rove article. Chase, Capital One, Citi, Bilt, and Wells Fargo do not inherit either bonus. A 1:1 transfer is still the right one when that balance is the one you can spare and the seat is already on the screen.

What the points are worth, on this site’s valuations

MaxPoints values transferable points at The Points Guy’s October 2026 numbers: Amex Membership Rewards 2.0¢, Chase Ultimate Rewards 2.05¢, Citi ThankYou 1.9¢, Capital One 1.85¢, Bilt 2.2¢, Wells Fargo Rewards 1.75¢. Those are the value of the points you give up. They are not the cash fare, and they do not include the taxes and carrier surcharge on the award.

The same Amex bonus prices an 18,750-mile economy seat at 15,000 Membership Rewards, or $300 at 2.0¢, and a 30,000-mile premium-economy seat at 24,000 Membership Rewards, or $480. Add the cash the airline still charges. If that total is close to a changeable revenue fare, pay cash. The Points Guy does not publish a Flying Blue mile value this site uses, so the comparison that matters is the one on your screen: miles plus surcharge, against the fare you would actually buy.

Rove miles are not in that valuation table. Price them by the seat they buy while the 40% is on, using the Rove article’s ratio, and keep the bank points that still have a better partner.

When to book

Book when all of these are true:

1. The seat is on the calendar in the account that will ticket it, at the promo mileage, for a date through March 31, 2027.
2. You can see it. An Extra Exclusive city is bookable in your account, or you are booking an open city instead.
3. Light is acceptable, or you have priced Standard or Flex and you are transferring enough for that fare.
4. The cash line is fine. Taxes and the carrier-imposed surcharge are part of the price.
5. The transfer matches the wallet. Amex if you are using the 25%. Rove if you are using the 40%. A 1:1 partner if that is the spare balance. Move only the miles the ticket needs.

The clock is the booking date. Flying Blue says book in October and pick a travel date until March 31, 2027. A seat you find on November 1 is the next month’s promo, or the ordinary price.

When to leave the points where they are

Skip the transfer when any of these are true:

• The calendar is empty. A city on a blog table is a search, and the search came up short. Miles moved today do not create a seat in March.
• The only space is Extra Exclusive and your account cannot see it.
• The dates might move. Light is the published promo fare. Platinum and Ultimate can change it free of charge. Everyone else should want a date that will stick, or a Standard fare they have already priced.
• The surcharge eats the discount. Miles do not pay it. A cheap cash fare wins.
• You would be transferring because the bonus ends. October 31 is a deadline for a seat you have found. It is a bad reason to pre-fund a Flying Blue account.
• The wrong currency is about to move. This 25% is Amex. This 40% is Rove. Chase, Capital One, Citi, Bilt, and Wells Fargo stay at 1:1.

The verdict

Search the seat first. In October 2026 the open North America awards are economy at 18,750 miles from Boston, Houston, Raleigh/Durham, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, and Toronto; premium economy at 30,000 from Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas, and Austin; and business at 45,000 from Mexico City and Seattle. Vancouver, New York JFK premium economy, and Orlando and Cancun business are the same mileages behind Flying Blue Extra. St. Martin economy is 22,500. Intra-Europe is 6,000 economy and 15,000 business on the published city pairs. The new US departures are New York–Mauritius economy and Atlanta–Beijing economy at 30,000, Houston–Beijing and New York–Nairobi premium economy at 48,750, and Chicago–Shanghai business at 86,250.

Book by October 31, 2026, for travel through March 31, 2027. The published number is a Light fare. Taxes and carrier surcharges are extra.

While the bonuses last, a 45,000-mile business seat is 36,000 Amex Membership Rewards or 32,200 Rove miles. At 1:1 it is 45,000 Chase, Capital One, Citi (annual-fee cards), Bilt, or Wells Fargo points. On The Points Guy’s October 2026 valuations, those 36,000 Membership Rewards are $720 of points, before the cash the airline still charges.

Find the seat. Read Light. Read the surcharge. Then transfer exactly what that ticket requires.

Run the next year of spending through the credit card rewards calculator before you earn the points this seat would use.

See all active transfer bonuses →.

Disclaimer / sources

This article reflects Flying Blue Promo Rewards as published for October 2026. Checked October 7, 2026.

• Flying Blue, flyingblue.us/en/spend/flights/rewards, checked October 7, 2026: up to 25% off; book in October and pick a travel date until March 31, 2027; Extra Exclusive routes for Flying Blue Extra subscribers; long-haul promo awards to and from Europe on Air France and KLM, including a connection in Europe through Paris or Amsterdam; from September 2026 the promo price is the Light fare, which does not include checked baggage in economy and premium and cannot be changed or refunded, except Platinum and Ultimate members, who can change and refund Light free of charge. The route tables above are the prices and labels on that page, including the five US-origin awards filed in the short- and medium-haul block (New York–Mauritius economy 30,000, Atlanta–Beijing economy 30,000, Houston–Beijing premium 48,750, New York–Nairobi premium 48,750, Chicago–Shanghai business 86,250, all Air France). Reward-ticket condition 3 says airport and security taxes and carrier surcharges are not covered by miles. Condition 7 says promo awards are released on the first day of each month, with up to a 25% discount, subject to availability. Condition 8 says displayed long-haul prices are to and from Europe, at the lowest possible price, subject to availability.
• Frequent Miler, October 6, 2026: 25% off the North America–Europe cities listed above, with Vancouver, New York, Orlando, and Cancun marked Extra Exclusive; the five non-Europe US routes; book by October 31, 2026 for travel through March 31, 2027. The empty-date-field search tip is theirs. A comment on that post points at the live Amex 25% transfer bonus.
• LoyaltyLobby, October 1, 2026: the same mileages, airlines, and extraExclusive flags, including intra-Europe at 6,000 economy and 15,000 business, St. Martin at 22,500, and Fort-de-France at 22,500 extraExclusive. It describes the five US-origin awards as the first promo awards from the US that do not end in Europe, and says a Europe stopover on those tickets is a phone booking. It quotes Flying Blue’s reward-ticket conditions, including the tax and surcharge line.
• Prince of Travel, October 1, 2026: the same route table; usual North America–Europe floors of 25,000 / 40,000 / 60,000, which the 25% promo prices at 18,750 / 30,000 / 45,000; intra-Europe from 6,000 economy and 15,000 business; book by October 31, 2026, travel through March 31, 2027; the promo price is Light; Light skips changes, refunds, advance seat selection, and a checked bag in economy and premium economy; business Light skips lounge access. It lists US transfers to Flying Blue at 1:1 from Amex Membership Rewards, Bilt, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Citi ThankYou, and Capital One miles.
• AwardWallet, awardwallet.com/airlines/flying-blue/promo-rewards: the October North America table at 18,750 / 30,000 / 45,000, St. Martin economy at 22,500, book by October 31, 2026, travel through March 31, 2027, all advertised discounts 25%, book on Air France or KLM.
• Transfer ratios are this site’s transfer-partner pages as of October 2026: Flying Blue at 1:1 from Chase, Amex, Capital One, Bilt, Citi (1:1 on annual-fee cards; no-fee cards about 1,000 to 700 unless pooled), and Wells Fargo (Autograph cards). The Points Guy’s Wells Fargo transfer-partner guide lists Air France-KLM Flying Blue at 1:1 alongside the other airline partners, with Choice and Wyndham at 1:2. The Amex 25% (1,000 → 1,250 through October 31) and the Rove 40% (1,000 → 1,400, 100-mile steps, minimum 2,000, through October 31 at 6:59 p.m. EDT) are the linked articles and the transfer bonuses data. 36,000 is 45,000 ÷ 1.25. 15,000 is 18,750 ÷ 1.25. 24,000 is 30,000 ÷ 1.25. 18,000 is 22,500 ÷ 1.25. 39,000 is 48,750 ÷ 1.25. 69,000 is 86,250 ÷ 1.25. 4,800 is 6,000 ÷ 1.25. 12,000 is 15,000 ÷ 1.25. Rove steps are the next 100 miles whose 1.4 multiple covers the award: 13,400 × 1.4 = 18,760; 16,100 × 1.4 = 22,540; 21,500 × 1.4 = 30,100; 32,200 × 1.4 = 45,080; 34,900 × 1.4 = 48,860; 61,700 × 1.4 = 86,380; 4,300 × 1.4 = 6,020; 10,800 × 1.4 = 15,120.
• Point values are The Points Guy’s October 2026 valuations as stored in this repo: Amex 2.0¢, Chase 2.05¢, Citi 1.9¢, Capital One 1.85¢, Wells Fargo 1.75¢, Bilt 2.2¢. $720 is 36,000 × 2.0¢. $922.50 is 45,000 × 2.05¢. $855 is 45,000 × 1.9¢. $832.50 is 45,000 × 1.85¢. $787.50 is 45,000 × 1.75¢. $990 is 45,000 × 2.2¢. $300 is 15,000 × 2.0¢. $480 is 24,000 × 2.0¢. Flying Blue itself is not in that valuation table.
• Related MaxPoints pieces: Amex to Flying Blue 25% transfer bonus, Rove to Flying Blue 40% transfer bonus, transfer partners, transfer bonuses.

Offers and award space change. Confirm the city, the Extra Exclusive label, the fare rules, and the cash due on Air France or KLM before you transfer. Transfers are one-way.