116. Everything You Need to Know About Flying Blue

Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad

Alex, Pam and Jess

Places & Travel, Education, Society & Culture, How To

4.9 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve been looking for a go-to points and miles program for international travel, let us introduce you to Flying Blue, the joint loyalty program of Air France and KLM. In this episode, we’re diving into why this program has become one of our absolute favorites.

Why We Love Flying Blue

Pam kicks things off by breaking down the basics, including which airlines use Flying Blue and how you can easily transfer points to that program.

Sweet Spots & Family Perks

One of the biggest reasons we love Flying Blue? Their incredible award pricing. Even after their recent devaluation, it’s still one of the best options for booking flights to Europe. Megan highlights how Flying Blue offers discounted kids’ fares, and Alex shares how she used these discounted fares to book amazing flights for her whole family of six to Amsterdam.

Promo Awards & Transfer Bonuses = Big Savings

Another reason we keep coming back to Flying Blue is their monthly Promo Rewards. These discounted routes—often between major U.S. and European cities—can significantly lower the miles needed for economy flights. And stacking Promo Awards with transfer bonuses from credit card programs is where the real magic happens.

Best Ways to Book Flights

Megan shares her top strategies for getting the best deals with Flying Blue and Alex also highlights one of Flying Blue’s coolest perks: free stopovers in Amsterdam or Paris!

Flights We’ve Booked Using Flying Blue

The Travel Mom Squad has taken full advantage of this program. Here are just a few flights we’ve booked recently:

SLC to Amsterdam (nonstop!) for 105,000 miles total for a family of six
Boston to London on Virgin Atlantic Upper Class for 29,000 Flying Blue miles
JFK to Nairobi in Air France business class for 95,000 miles
LAX to Tahiti in Air France premium economy for 50,000 miles per ticket
Morocco trip: From the US to Morocco and back for 100,000 miles in business class

Final Thoughts: Is Flying Blue Right for You?

If you’re not already using Flying Blue, this is your sign to start exploring its potential! Tune in now to learn all the details, and let us know—where would you use Flying Blue miles to go next?

Links:

Links For All Things Travel Mom Squad: stan.store/travelmomsquad
Link to Transfer Bonus Post: Transfer Bonuses and Sales on Points & Miles February 2025 - Travel Mom Squad - https://travelmomsquad.com/transfer-bonuses-and-sales-on-points-miles-january-2025

Episode Minute By Minute:

00:30 – Intro: Why Flying Blue is one of our favorite loyalty programs
01:15 – What is Flying Blue? A quick breakdown of the program
03:00 – Transferable points: Why Flying Blue is easy to earn
06:15 – Why families love Flying Blue (discounted kids’ fares & family pooling)
10:20 – Monthly Promo Awards & stacking with transfer bonuses
15:45 – Best ways to book: Finding deals on the Flying Blue calendar
20:30 – Free stopovers in Amsterdam & Paris
25:00 – Flights we’ve booked using Flying Blue miles
35:00 – Final thoughts: Why Flying Blue is still a great program despite devaluation

Transcript

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0:00.0	You've probably heard about Air France and KLM, but did you know they're in this same
0:03.7	loyalty program called Flying Blue? Stay tuned and we'll give you seven reasons why it's one of our
0:08.4	very favorite airline loyalty programs. Welcome to Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad.
0:14.4	We are three moms who've discovered how to leverage credit card welcome offers to get hundreds
0:19.1	of thousands of dollars of travel expenses for nearly free.
0:22.8	We've used credit card points of miles to take vacations to places like Hawaii, Paris, Greece,
0:28.2	Maldives, Japan, and so much more. And the best part? We each still have 800 plus credit scores.
0:35.0	Imagine being able to take the vacation of your dreams for nearly free. It's totally
0:39.2	possible and we're here to show you how. Hey, I'm Alex. And I'm Cam, Alex's mom. Let's talk points.
0:48.3	So today we're talking all about one of our favorite international airlines for travel using
0:53.2	credit card points and miles.
0:55.0	We've used their miles over and over again, especially to travel to Europe.
1:00.2	So let's talk about the Flying Blue program.
1:03.5	My mom's going to get us started talking about quick points, just some quick points about Flying Blue.
1:08.0	And then we've got Megan here too.
1:09.9	She's like been flying,
1:11.7	been flying flying blue. That's a tongue twister. She's been flying flying blue quite a bit lately.
1:17.6	It kind of like seems like it's kind of your go-to with your family lately. It definitely is.
1:22.3	We kind of, it's just has been the best value and the best flight options for us. And you just can't beat it with all the, all the flexible points go to them. So it makes it easy. Yes, it sure does. So Jess gets the day off. She's being replaced by Megan today. And we're super glad Megan could join us. So K. Mom, why don't you kick us, kick it off and just tell us a little bit about Flying Blue?
1:44.8	So let's talk a little bit about Flying Blue.
1:47.6	It's the joint program of both Air France and KLM.
1:52.3	And I think this is what confused me a little bit at first is that it's one program,
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