This is one of the cheapest award sales ever. Air France KLM’s Flying Blue, which is a transfer partner of all of the major bank currencies, is offering transatlantic business class awards starting at 13,500 points each way.
- To and from Canada: Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa
- Zagreb, Croatia appears to be the cheapest destination at 13,500 miles, but others have amazing pricing like Athens at 16,500 each way
- Expect to pay around $250 taxes and fees each way
- Generally available through May, but any dates you find saver award space should price this way – while it lasts.
Air France Business Class
Air France Business Class
Normally you might have to hunt and peck for availability day by day but there’s a trick to see Flying Blue’s hidden award calendar showing a month of availability at a time.
You can check other cities as well, but these are the ones with the best reported pricing. In theory you should be able to call and book a stopover by phone for no additional miles (partner airlines raise the price.)
Book quickly. And you may wish to wait a few days before making additional plans, in case Flying Blue gets “seller’s remorse” about these redemptions.
Award Wallet flagged the deal that was reported by premium Straight to the Points award availability alerts (I subscribe, you should consider it).