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Matthew
July 07, 2018
I’m looking at transferring Citi ThankYou points to Air France/KLM with a 30% bonus. Are there any ways to extend the life of Air France/KLM miles other than taking a flight? Will miles earned from the Opinion Rewards Club extend the 20-month requirement?
Alex Miller
July 08, 2018
Yes, to extend the expiration date of your miles you just need to top up the balance by at least 1 mile. You could do this by transferring the minimum number of points from Citi, or by using their airline credit or as you mentioned in your comment!
dc
July 16, 2018
@Matthew, be careful. Maybe the terms have changed but I’m at the FB website right now and it appears there are DEFINITE limitations on extending flight miles. It’s unclear if a points transfer or survey credit would be the partial or overall type of activity. Alex, do you know?
‘All your Miles are valid for life as long as you take an eligible flight on Air France, KLM, Joon, HOP!, Aircalin, Kenya Airways, TAROM or other SkyTeam partners at least once every 2 years, or if you’re an Elite or Elite Plus member, or if you make a purchase with an eligible co-branded credit card at least once every 2 years. These “Overall extending activities” extend the validity of all Miles 2 years from the date of the activity.
‘You can also extend the validity of Miles earned with all other partners (airline partners not mentioned above, car rental partners, hotel partners, and experience partners) for 2 years by earning Miles with any of these other partners. These “Partial extending activities” with other partners will extend the validity of Miles earned with any of these other partners by 2 years from the date of the activity. Please note, “Partial extending activities” do not extend the validity of Miles earned from “Overall extending activities”.’
NURAINI SARUMI
July 22, 2019
Can I transfer my Flying Blue Miles to a friend?
Stephen Au
July 22, 2019
Hey Nuraini,
Flying Blue members may transfer Flying Blue miles to others as long as the transferee is a Flying Blue member. Transfers are allowed in increments of 250 Miles with a €3 fee for each 250 mile increment transferred and are capped at 50,000 Miles. Thanks for reading.
Kris
November 07, 2020
Do you know a way of signing-up to an e-Rewards website that offers Flying Blue miles? I was only able to find their pages offering BA/United/AA/Virgin, but I have never seen one related to KLM/Air France.
Jarrod West
November 19, 2020
Hi Kris,
The Flying Blue Shopping for Miles portal should help you out here!
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