[Expired] [Award Alert] Wide-Open Business Class Availability to Paris From 48.5K Miles

Updated: February 12, 2025, 10:57am CST

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Award Deal — Details
How To Book
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The offer mentioned below has expired and is no longer available.

You can now bring the whole crew to Paris because we just found tons of business class award space from several U.S. airports.

Here’s your chance to burn your points to fly comfortably in lie-flat seats and enjoy a glass of Champagne (or 2) for less than 50,000 miles per person. Let’s dive in!

Award Deal — Details

When it comes to business class seats, planning early can help you book enough seats for the entire family. That said, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is showing tons of dates for business class seats with Air France — both to and from Paris — through the end of 2025.

Class: Business
Route: Atlanta (ATL), Boston (BOS), Miami (MIA), New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), and Washington, D.C. (IAD) to Paris (CDG)
Cost: As low as 48,500 Virgin Flying Club points plus $275 in taxes & fees
Travel Dates: February to December 2025
Award Seats: Up to 9 passengers per route

By using Seats.aero‘s calendar function, we’re able to see seats available from major East Coast cities to Paris through December 2025. Depending on the route and date you select, you’ll find up to 9 available seats in business class.

We found the lowest pricing of 48,500 Flying Club points for a one-way business class ticket with Air France from New York (JFK) and Washington, D.C. (IAD) to Paris, with fares slightly higher from other cities.

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.

Virgin Atlantic Air France J award — Image Credit: Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points are incredibly easy to earn thanks to its 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.

Hot Tip:

Until 11:59 p.m. ET on February 17, 2025, you can earn 30% more Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Virgin Points by transferring your Chase Ultimate Rewards points to your Virgin account. Therefore, you can book these business class awards for as low as 38,000 points.

Final Thoughts

Air France often opens business class award seats to partners like Virgin Atlantic. As many as 9 award seats are available on numerous dates from several East Coast cities to Paris through 2025. 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.