[Expired] [Award Alert] Business Class Availability to Paris From 48,500 Points

Updated: July 4, 2025, 6:49am CDT

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Award Deal — Details
How To Book
Final Thoughts

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Those looking to jet off to Paris in comfort will love the abundant award availability we’re seeing with Air France in late 2025 and early 2026.

Air France has just unlocked a ton of award redemptions from cities across the U.S. to Paris from just 48,500 points one-way in business class. Here’s everything you need to know and how to book for yourself.

Award Deal — Details

While you’ll fly with Air France, you won’t book these awards through the Flying Blue program. Instead, the cheapest price comes from Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club program.

Unfortunately, you’ll pay more in taxes and fees than what you might be used to when redeeming a flight with a U.S. airline. You can expect to pay from $301 when headed to Europe and roughly $560 on flights back to the U.S. from Paris.

Class: Business
Route: Atlanta (ATL), Chicago (ORD), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), Detroit (DTW), New York City (JFK), Newark (EWR), Orlando (MCO), and Washington, D.C. (IAD) to Paris (CDG)
Cost: From 48,500 points plus $301 in business class
Travel dates: November 2025 through April 2026
Seats: Up to 7 in business class, up to 7 in economy

Flying from Newark to Paris in Air France business class for 48,500 points is a pretty good deal.

Virgin Atlantic award EWR CDG on Air France — Image Credit: Virgin Atlantic

For those flying from the West Coast to Paris, Virgin charges 77,500 points per person one-way in business class. Air France’s own program, Flying Blue, charges just 60,000 miles, so that’s a better deal.

Paris to San Francisco business class redemption — Image Credit: Air France

How To Book

The availability for this redemption deal is wide open. The best thing to do is head to Seats.aero and do some research before logging into your Flying Blue account to book. That way, you can see numerous dates and routes at once.

Seats.aero availability USA CDG June 2025 1 — Image Credit: Seats.aero

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points are very easy to earn, thanks to a robust list of transfer partners. You can transfer American Express Membership Rewards, Bilt Rewards, Capital One miles, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Citi ThankYou Rewards, Wells Fargo Rewards, and Marriott Bonvoy points to your Flying Club account to book these awards.

Hot Tip:

Air France’s business class is one of our favorite ways to cross the Atlantic, especially on the new Airbus A350 with enclosed suites.

Final Thoughts

One-way fares from just 48,500 points to Paris with Air France is an excellent value redemption in business class.

When you consider there’s wide-open availability from November through April, plus a handful of dates scattered across other months, flying in a lie-flat bed to soak up all France has to offer is now easier than ever.