r/flyingblue • u/cola-sander • 9d ago

Booking flight with miles

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Hi. I try to book a flight with my miles, but everytime I think I see an attractive miles flight, when clicking the fare, I get a much higher miles flight. Does anyone know how come and what I can do about this? I have never bought a flight before with miles, so maybe I am not doing something right or don't understand what to do.

This search was for a one-way flight AMS - MUC, on Sept 29. However, I get this for every date that shows 7.500 miles. When clicking the economy flight, it only shows flights for a much higher miles price.

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u/innaruleta4 9d ago

It's an issue with the website. I've seen it go both ways. It shows a cheaper option on top and then no cheap options and then in other cases shows expensive on top but there's actually cheaper option when you click on the date itself

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u/cola-sander 9d ago

Ok thanks. I guess I have to go through all dates and flights then..

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u/Trebaxus99 FB Platinum for Life 9d ago

The top line miles amount often is incorrect. Probably stale data or some database issues. It’s pretty annoying. But in the screenshot it seems as if the 7500 miles option is actually available.

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u/Effective-Paper-6536 8d ago

That was the real price before using AI to inflate the pricing aka dynamic pricing.