10 Ways To Earn Flying Blue Miles

by Goffe de Boer0

Earn Flying Blue Miles – 10 Ways To Earn Your Flying Blue Miles

Flying Blue is the frequent flyer program of Air France-KLM and is among the most popular programs in the SkyTeam alliance, especially due to the monthly promo rewards. I often get the question how these miles can be earned. Fortunately, this is not limited to just air travel. There are way more ways to earn miles, for example by flying Air France-KLM’s partner airlines, on hotel stays, car rental, through credit cards and even by shopping online! That’s why in this article, I will mention 10 ways on how to earn Flying Blue miles.

1. Flying With Air France-KLM

Let’s start with the most common way to earn Flying Blue miles: by flying with Air France or KLM. Flying Blue made some major changes in the program back in 2018. A revenue-based earning model was introduced, meaning that members earn miles based on the ticket price rather than on the distance flown. The number of miles you earn depends on your level within the program. Learn more about earning miles on Air France-KLM flights on the Flying Blue website.

Flying Blue miles, Air France-KLM, Earn

2. Flying With Partner Airlines

Fortunately, earning Flying Blue miles is not limited to just flying with Air France-KLM. Both airlines are part of the SkyTeam alliance, a global network of 19 airlines. On all these airlines, you can earn Flying Blue miles. You can earn miles on the following SkyTeam airline partners. Click the link to see how many miles you can earn.

Aeroflot Aerolíneas Argentinas AeroMexico
Air Europa Alitalia China Airlines
China Eastern CSA Czech Airlines Delta Air Lines
Garuda Indonesia Kenya Airways Korean Air
Middle East Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines TAROM
Vietnam Airlines Xiamen Airlines  

Apart from the SkyTeam alliance partner airlines, Flying Blue also partners with a bunch of other airlines like China Southern and Virgin Atlantic. They even parter with some airlines that are part of another alliance like Copa Airlines, Japan Airlines and Qantas! You can earn miles on the following partners that are not part of SkyTeam. Click the link to see how many miles you can earn.

Air Corsica Air Mauritius Aircalin
Chalair Aviation China Southern Airlines Copa Airlines
GOL Japan Airlines Malaysia Airlines
Qantas TAAG Transavia
Twin Jet Virgin Atlantic WestJet

Unlike flying with Air France-KLM, you earn miles based on the distance flown on partner airlines. In most cases, you earn more miles this way. You can see a list of all 35 partners and how many miles you earn with partner airlines on the Flying Blue website.

luxurious travel, Japan airlines, sakura lounge, tokyo-narita
You can even earn and spend Flying Blue miles on Japan Airlines, a member of the oneworld alliance

3. Earn Flying Blue Miles In Hotel Programs

Earning Flying Blue miles is not limited to just air travel. The program partners with a bunch of hotel programs that allows you to earn miles when you sleep! In some of these programs like ALL – Accor Live Limitless, you have to give your preference for earning miles instead of hotel points. Sometimes, there are promotions where you can earn bonus miles when staying a certain amount of nights. You can earn Flying Blue miles in the following hotel programs. Click the link of the hotel program to see how many miles you can earn.

All – Accor Live Limitless Marriott Bonvoy Best Western
Hilton Honors Golden Tulip World Of Hyatt
InterContinental Hotels Group My Boutique Hotel Radisson Hotel Group
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts WorldHotels Yotel

Most of these hotel programs also allow you to transfer hotel points to the Flying Blue program. Although this isn’t the best value to spend your hotel points, it can be interesting if you need some more Flying Blue miles for booking your flight. Keep in mind that it can take between 4 and 6 weeks in most cases before the miles appear in your account. You can find more information about earning Flying Blue miles on hotel stays on the Flying Blue website.

Hilton Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, review, bedroom
Earn miles when you sleep in hotel programs

4. By Booking Hotel Stays Through Rocketmiles

In my opinion, earning miles in hotel programs isn’t that interesting as these hotel chains prefer members to redeem their points on hotel stays. Luckily, there are better options to earn miles when you sleep. I found a great way to earn extra miles with Rocketmiles. This booking portal allows you to earn frequent flyer miles on your hotel booking. The tool works the same as booking.com, since you are not limited to just one hotel chain. Rocketmiles allows you to earn thousands of miles wherever in the world you book a hotel through them.

You can create a free account using the button below and receive 1,000 bonus miles after completion of your first stay. Also read my detailed article about Rocketmiles for more information.

Sign up here and get 1,000 Flying Blue miles!

5. By Booking Hotel Stays Through Pointshound

There is another similar portal that allows you to earn miles on your hotel booking: Pointshound. Pointshound works just like Rocketmiles, you earn frequent flyer miles on hotel stays. Pointshound also offers three levels. If you sign up you automatically get level 1. This means that you can earn 3-8 times the miles from the amount spent. If you have reached more than 5 nights, you will be in level 2. You will get between 5-10 times the number of miles. After 20 nights, you will reach level 3. You will than get 7-20 times the miles of the amount spent.

Since 2016, KLM has a partnership with Pointshound. You can now both earn miles for hotel stays and spend miles to get a discount. You need to login in with your Flying Blue number and password here. As you will make reservations from a separate account, you will not be able to quality for the levels that I mentioned above. However, KLM & Pointshound have had several promotions over the last few years where you could earn bonus points. You can create a free account using the button below. Also read my detailed article about Pointshound for more information.

Sign up for Pointshound here!

6. By Booking Hotel Stays Through Kaligo

There is yet a third portal that allows you to earn frequent flyer miles on hotel stays: Kaligo. You earn miles on hotel stays but Kaligo is a better option for the hotels that are less expensive. You can create a free account using the button below and receive 1,000 Flying Blue miles upon completion of your first stay. Also read my detailed article about Kaligo for more information.

Sign up here and get 1,000 bonus miles!

7. Through Car Rental

Besides earning miles on air travel and hotel stays, you can also earn Flying Blue miles through car rental. Flying Blue partners with a bunch of car rental companies like Hertz and AVIS. You will have to create an account and connect your Flying Blue number to earn miles. You can earn Flying Blue miles with the following companies. Click the link to see how many miles you can earn.

AVIS Budget DRIVING BLUE Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Europcar Hertz Sixt Thrifty

How many miles you will earn depends on what your Flying Blue leve is and what type of car you rent. Especially Hertz is an interesting option here as you earn 5 Flying Blue miles per euro you spend.

Hertz

8. Flying Blue Shop For Miles

Earning miles isn’t limited to just purchasing travel related products. Flying Blue partners with a bunch of companies like Apple and H&M. This allows customers to earn Flying Blue miles on their purchase. Also booking.com is among these partners. You can see all the partners and the number of miles you can earn on the Flying Blue Shop for Miles Portal.

Flying Blue, Shop Online

9. By Signing Up For Credit Cards

Flying Blue partners with a bunch of credit card companies like American Express. Flying Blue is also a transfer partner in the Membership Rewards program. This means that you can convert your American Express membership rewards into Flying Blue miles. Paying your daily expenses by credit card means earning Flying Blue miles every day! Most of these credit cards are also offering a sign up bonus.

American Express, Creditcard, Flying Blue, KLM, Miles Sparen

10. Through Credit Card Referrals

Another way to earn miles on credit cards is by referring credit cards to friends, family and colleagues who are also traveling a lot. Both of you will earn an extra amount of miles. These referral bonuses can be quite high sometimes. 20,000 more miles can be enough for a Promo Reward ticket in business class!

KLM, World Business Class, Dreamliner, Review, WBC
KLM World Business Class on the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

Bottom Line

In this article, I have mentioned 10 ways on how to earn Flying Blue miles. Earning miles isn’t limited to just flying with Air France-KLM only. Besides 17 airline partners in the SkyTeam alliance, Flying Blue also partners with 13 other airlines. Apart from earning miles on Air Travel, you also can earn miles on hotel stays and car rental. Flying Blue even partners with a bunch of companies like Apple and H&M. This allows members to earn miles while they shop online for non-travel related products. By paying all these expenses by an American Express credit card (which also offers referral bonuses), you earn even more miles!

Apart from these 10 ways to earn miles, Flying Blue also regularly offers bonuses on purchased miles. While the value of Flying Blue miles is less than, for example KrisFlyer miles or Asia miles, I still see some great redemption options. Especially with the Promo Rewards and the Flying Blue – Intra-Asia sweet spots. Plus, Flying Blue also partners with Virgin Atlantic and Qantas now. The upcoming weeks, I will write more in-depth articles on how to spend Flying Blue miles on partner airlines so stay tuned!

What is your experience with earning Flying Blue miles? Did you know about all these ways on how to earn extra miles apart from actual flying wit Air France-KLM? Or do you maybe know even more ways to earn miles? Let me know your thoughts and questions in the comments below!

Goffe de Boer

Goffe is the founder and owner of uponboarding.com. He found his passion for travel at a young age and can proudly say that he has explored 85 countries so far. He now shares his knowledge and stories here at uponboarding.com!

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