Lots of Air France and KLM award tickets to fly to the U.S. from 15,000 points + tax
The Flying Blue program is one of our special observers, and the reason is simple: the dynamic price chart of the [...]
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The Flying Blue program is one of our special watchers, and the reason is simple: the dynamic award ticket pricing table makes it possible to find deals for all budgets. While the promo is still valid and there are still plenty of seats to fly to the Caribbean in business class for only 34k points each way, today we want to talk about a veritable flood of award tickets to fly from all over Italy to the East Coast of the United States at bargain prices, and we're not talking about the monthly FB offers.
The standard price
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Normally the average price of a round-trip economy award ticket from Italy to the U.S., with a stopover in Paris or Amsterdam, is 50k FB points plus tax. Now, without any particular announcement by the Franco-Dutch company, there is a huge amount of tickets at almost half the points. Sure, you have to pay taxes, but given the way ticket prices are sputtering right now investing a handful of points to fly across the pond is definitely a rate to consider.
At this figure there are places practically on multiple days from September until the whole spring/summer 2023.
In New York starting at 15,000 points a way
There are plenty of seats available starting at 15k points each way. The cheapest routes are from Milan, but the difference with Rome, Venice, Naples or Florence is at most a few thousand FB points.
Washington, Boston and Chicago at little more
There are not only places to the Big Apple, but also to the entire northern part of the American East Coast.
All routes start from 17,500 FB points up to a maximum of 21,500, plus tax
How to accumulate FB points in Italy
There are many ways to accumulate Flying Blue points in Italy:
- Flying with Air France, KLM and other Skyteam companies, but not with ITA Airways.
- It is possible to transfer accumulated points With everyday spending with American Express cards. in points from the loyalty program of Air France and KLM at a 3:2 conversion rate
- If you are a VAT number holder, you can transform Each euro spent in the company in 1.5 FB points with the Mooncard credit card
- It is possible to take advantage of promos that give away points, also the 100% bonus, when buying Flying Blue points.
Sleep soundly and accumulate more points
The best way to ensure a worry-free vacation is to pay the award ticket fees using your American Express, best If the Platinum to be eligible for all travel and contingency insurance, as well as insurance coverage while on vacation/work in the U.S. and the rest of the world.
In conclusion
Thirty thousand points for a round-trip ticket to the U.S. is definitely an attractive fare even if it is only in economy, considering that there are plenty of seats even during peak seasons such as Christmas, spring bridges, and early summer 2023.
