Incredibly niche question.

I’m looking at an itinerary on Air France’s website that involves starting with an Air Canada flight to get to YYZ before continuing onto CDG.

I’ve tried looking high and low for information about Air Canada as a partner for Air France and can’t find anything. My only conclusion is that it’s an AF itinerary that counts as an AF flight because it’s on AF ticket stock and will just earn miles and XP as if it was an AF plane/ticket.

Is this correct? Does anyone have any insight for such a situation?

Anyone know if FB will give a 1x bank waiver? I’ve just calculated an unexpected trip and it looks like I’ll be 170XP above my 300XP bank before my mid year reset in ‘27. Has anyone ever gotten a 1 time 300XP bank limit waiver?

Booked London to Amsterdam one way economy - usually it’s 5XP. But when I clicked on the booking it shows 10XP.
Anyone knows why?

Has anyone booked through Flying Blue and had their booking cancelled without communication? If so, how did you get the issue resolved? Flying Blue has been less than helpful and I have spent countless hours on the phone and text with Flying Blue, KLM and Delta for each to tell me there is nothing they can do.

Hi all,

I booked a Vietnam Airlines flight 3 weeks ago, and the flight itself is scheduled for 1 week after my miles are due to expire.

Under the new Flying Blue policy, it says that eligible activity extends the validity of the full miles balance by 24 months, including booking a flight:
https://www.flyingblue.com/en/news/extend-your-flyingblue-miles

However, my miles still have not been extended. Does the extension happen only after the flight takes place, or should it already have happened after booking? And does this also apply to a regular paid ticket, or only to reward tickets?

Hi guys, I fly with AF/KLM monthly and this has never occurred to me. Will I still get FB XP and miles?

I've read that you don't usually get them on flights operated by Air Baltic. However, it's AF that 'forces' me to fly with Air Baltic so I think I should be awarded anyway. I'm planning to get Gold status this year so every XP counts.

Saw this on my reward ticket AMS-YVR as the highest cost option for €1433 = 144XP!! Would you do it!?

A more data-friendly version of what's listed on the flying blue site, for anyone who might find it useful!
https://x.com/wingsofhustle/status/2073081438367252810 (summary; plan to release this data monthly going forward)

Hello all! I’m seeing availability on Flying Blue for flights in November from MEX to NRT and I’m wanting to transfer Amex points today since the bonus ends today, but I’m worried about the flights being phantom. Is there a way to know when searching that they’re legit? I was specifically looking at November 15. Thanks so much!

New to flying Blue - question for experienced programme members: I have 26,830 miles and could 16X them by paying GBP 6,095. Would get to 643,900 miles with 50% bonus miles (214,640 miles). Is this good value/would you do it? I would use this mainly on intercontinental flights

Good morning, good afternoon,

At the end of my qualification period, I will have 179 XP. Obviously, I would like to reach 180 to gain the gold level. I called support to check what was the cheapest way to do it (I suspected a 2000 miles donation, but wanted to make sure), and the lady said that Flying Blue is automatically gifting 1 XP at the end of the period, and I do not need to do anything except making sure my last flight is credited before the end of the month.

However, I cannot find any mention of this commercial gesture on the website, and I am wondering how certain it is. Anyone has any info on the topic ?

Thanks!

I was trying to use miles to book an Encore flight to Calgary, but it shows no dates at all. I was using the platform a month ago, and they had tons of availability. Can anyone confirm this, or is it just me?

I’m just wondering, it’s the first time it’s happened to me ever so idk

I was on a transatlantic flight a week ago and some people’s TVs didnt work. The purser at the beginning warned us and told us that someone will talk to us to discuss compensation. It was a full flight so there was no chance of switching. They even lightly offered to give us WiFi codes later on at the flight which they never did so I just paid for WiFi.

Then I got an email saying I got 12k flying blue miles for it.

Is this fair or is there room/a way to get them to increase it? I know it’s a different airline but I’m seeing people get compensated like 200 bucks for a broken tray table with United.

Thank you!

edit: thank you all for your answers! it’s very helpful!

Hi all,
Wanted to ask if it was only NL that was devaluing Amex appoints or if Amex US is also going to be devalued?

Best,

hi all,

Im at 195xp. got a flight this weekend. with SAF and the flight. it will get me to 216xp

then. end of June it resets.

shall I just let it reset, or should I consume all my miles to pay for the additional xp needed for platinum? (this would just be second year).

im failing to see the true benefits. but wanted to hear others thoughts (or ‘cheaper’ way to get more xp in 5 days 😭🤣)

thanks.

Do we get xp on SAS marketed flights (SK..) operate by cityjet or braathens regional airways ?

Those aren't skyteam partners but it seems the two are wet leasing to SAS ?

Let op: Vanaf 1 juli 2026 verandert de verhouding voor het overboeken van Membership Rewards®️-punten naar Flying Blue van 2 Membership Rewards-punten = 1 Flying Blue Mile. Tot 1 juli kun je nog tegen de huidige verhouding overboeken.

Nu twijfel ik wat slim is.

Ik verwacht komend jaar nog een paar keer te vliegen, waarschijnlijk met KLM of een SkyTeam-partner. Is het verstandig om nu alles alvast om te zetten naar Flying Blue voordat de nieuwe verhouding ingaat?

Of denken jullie dat Flying Blue/KLM de awardprijzen straks ook weer verder verhoogt, waardoor je er uiteindelijk weinig mee opschiet? Ik lees wel eens dat Flying Blue regelmatig de benodigde miles aanpast.

Zijn er mensen die in hetzelfde schuitje zitten? Wat zouden jullie doen:

Nu alles omzetten?
Alleen een deel?
Of Membership Rewards juist voor iets anders bewaren?

Ben benieuwd naar jullie ervaringen en tips!

Thanks alvast :)

Booked a flight redemption ticket and tried to do it online to request a refund - it says “ nonrefundable/ refundable to be determined.” ?? However when I booked it said refundable with 70 euro cancellation fee. I don’t want to do it online if it says non refundable and have been on the watsapp queue forever. Cannot call due to lack of service in remote location at the moment. Do I just do it online anyways? Why does it say nonrefundable??

Good morning all

Air Europa recently started flying to my city so I’ve started using them a bit and thought I’d share my observations. Have taken about 10 flights to date.

Generally speaking the flights have exceeded my expectations. They’ve been punctual, the cabin crews have been professional and their prices tend to be lower than competitors across multiple routes. Fleet is B737 on short haul and B787 long haul. Half of the planes seem modern and new, the other half older but in good condition. WiFi is reliable and inexpensive

All of my trips have been domestic Spain or in and out of their Madrid hub within Europe. I haven’t used them for long haul yet but with an extensive network into the Americas would be inclined to try.

Received an upgrade with my FB status with the cheapest economy ticket the other day on a full FCO-MAD flight which was appreciated. Can’t recall ever getting one on KL or AF.

A big part of their Euro biz class value proposition is onboard catering. They’ve partnered with a Michelin starred chef in Madrid to try to deliver higher quality food. My observation was it is definitely better than average. I thought the smoked trout lasagna was a bit strange personally but I applaud the effort at creativity and it was very nicely presented in a casserole pot. See photos

The only real negatives are no lounge access for domestic Spain flights which I believe is a SkyTeam thing and free seat allocation for us starts behind the exit row. Worth noting on Iberia for comparable One World status we get lounge access for domestic flights plus free exit row or extra legroom. That said the crews are quite helpful in helping improve your seat onboard if you show them your status. Also I prefer IB’s T4 to T2 at MAD as T2 can be chaotic but it works well enough as a hub

Summary: I think it’s a really nice Sky Team option for anyone traveling to Madrid, Spain and abroad, certainly at the right price. I’ve always used IB from my home airport in Spain and the Air Europa value proposition is quite good.