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

Updated: April 23, 2025, 1:03pm CDT

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Award Deal — Details
How To Book
Final Thoughts

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If Paris, France, is on your travel agenda, listen up. We just found plenty of business-class award space from several U.S. airports for early 2026.

Here’s your chance to use your points to fly comfortably in lie-flat seats and enjoy a glass of Champagne (or 2) for fewer than 50,000 points per person each way. In economy class, prices in points to Paris are also very attractive: as low as 12,000 one-way.

Let’s dive in!

Award Deal — Details

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is showing many dates with availability for business class seats on Air France for travel early next year. There are also lots of award seats in economy class at low prices.

Program: Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
Airline: Air France
Class: Economy and business
Route: Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Detroit (DTW), New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), Orlando (MCO), Raleigh-Durham (RDU), and Washington, D.C. (IAD) to Paris (CDG)
Cost: 48,500 points plus $293 in business class
Travel Dates: January and February 2026

By using Seats.aero, we can see seats available from major East Coast cities to Paris in January and February 2026.

Award alert CDG — Image Credit: seats.aero

Alternatively, economy seats are available for 12,000 points per person. Considering the relatively short duration of flights between the East Coast and Paris, booking economy seats to Europe may be a great way to conserve your points balance.

How To Book

There are dozens of dates available from each city listed above, so you’ll want to play around until you find one that works best for you and your party.

ORD CDG Virgin Atlantic — Image Credit: Virgin Atlantic

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 to Virgin Atlantic to book these awards.

While you do have to pay a few hundred dollars in taxes and fees on these flights, the cash copay nowhere near what you’d need to pay if you were booking award tickets in and out of London, for example. And the incredibly low redemption rates themselves make these tickets very attractive for booking.

Hot Tip:

Air France’s business class is one of our favorites across the Atlantic, especially on the new Airbus A350 with enclosed suites.

Final Thoughts

Air France often opens business-class award seats to partners like Virgin Atlantic. Right now, there are plenty of seats available for flights in January and February of next year. If you’re interested in flying to Europe in style at an attractive price, you’ll want to book these awards sooner rather than later.