Air France and KLM on the hunt for Italian passengers: triple miles on (almost) all ITA Airways' long-haul destinations

The "war" to conquer Italian passengers pending the Sale of ITA Airways to Lufthansa has officially begun and Breaking ground is Air France KLM, which has just launched an exclusive offer for Italian members to the Flying Blue loyalty program that allows you to earn triple points on all intercontinental destinations served by ITA Airways.

Promotion

The offer is valid for all flights purchased by December 31 and flown by March 31, and allows you to accumulate triple flying blue points on all routes flown, among those on the promotion, with no accumulation limit. The promotion is triggered in all cabins, so from economy to La Premiere. In order to accumulate the bonus, it is necessary that the residence address of the FB account holder is in Italy and that you The newsletter launching the initiative is received.. The email was sent to all program members Who have given consent to the sending of the promotions/offers.

Air France and KLM frequent flyer members accumulate XP points for obtaining/renewing status and Flying Blue points To be used to redeem prize tickets.

This promotion is really a boon Since it raises the point accumulation From a minimum of 12 miles up to 24 for every euro spent, to have a small example a loyal traveler with platinum status with a 1000€ expenditure on a flight from Italy to New York can put no less than 24 thousand points in his pocket, enough to redeem a free round-trip economy ticket to the United States.

If you are not yet enrolled in the program it is possible to make filotto e Take advantage of the welcome bonus of 10 thousand FB points for all new members Italians to the FB program. Again, the promo is valid for everyone and until the end of the current year.

Even a new member, with 1,000 euros of spending will accumulate a whopping 12 thousand FB points, enough for an economy ticket to the U.S. thanks to monthly offers that discount award tickets.

Which routes are valid for getting triple miles:

Paris/Amsterdam - Boston (BOS)
Paris/Amsterdam - New York (JFK / EWR)
Paris/Amsterdam- Los Angeles (LAX)
Paris/Amsterdam - Washington (IAD)
Paris/Amsterdam- Miami (MIA)
Paris/Amsterdam - San Francisco (SFO)
Paris/Amsterdam - Toronto (YYZ)
Paris/Amsterdam - Tokyo (NRT / HND)
Paris/Amsterdam- Delhi (DEL)

It is evident, from the analysis of the routes involved and the target audience for only those enrolled in Italy, that this activity is designed to entice Italian passengers to choose to fly via layover to Paris or Amsterdam instead of via Fiumicino to reach destinations in North America, India and Japan. Comparing these destinations with the current network served by ITA from Rome Fiumicino only routes to South America are excluded from the promos with the addition of one route that ITA does not serve which is Toronto, the Italian national airline in fact has not yet returned to Canada since its inception, contrary to what Alitalia did pre covid.

How to accumulate FB points in Italy

There are many ways to accumulate Flying Blue points in Italy:

• Flying with Air France, KLM and the 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.

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