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To ensure that Milez.biz users are always well-informed with the latest industry intelligence and our site boasts the most up-to-date data possible, we collect anecdotal material about award flights, organized by destination pairings and frequent flyer program. We’re always looking for the following type of information:
  • What are the fees and surcharges that travelers needed to pay in order to book their award flight?
  • How was the availability of a given route(s) when it came to booking the award flight?
  • Are there tricks that program members used in order to optimize their redemption?
  • Which specific flights were used for the award ticket? Are some flights better than others?
  • How does this award ticket compare to other programs and how does it compare to a ticket bought with cash?
  • Are there specific sweet spots in the award tables that one should try to take advantage of?
  • Are there exceptions to the award tables where our calculations are not accurate?
  • What was your overall experience with a particular award ticket?
  • Was it worth cashing your miles in for a given flight?
Let us know if you have intel you would like to share. We’d also be more than happy to link to your trip reports and sources, too! Click on the "comment" button for any of the miles calculations or email us through the contact page.

London (LHR) to Moscow (DME) with Miles from topbonus (airberlin, NIKI) [Partners]

Europe is a pretty large zone in the topbonus universe. You can book the London to Moscow flight on British Airways for approximately EUR 74, one way.
 
Source: http://meilenoptimieren.com/beste-airberlin-topbonus-praemienfluege/ [in German]

4 July, 2016

Rio De Janeiro (GIG) to London (LHR) with Miles from topbonus (airberlin, NIKI) [Partners]

Low fees for the one-way flight from Rio to London on British Airways, due to the Brazilian law prohibiting fuel surcharges. The fees on the one-way connection to London are EUR 33.
 
Source: http://meilenoptimieren.com/beste-airberlin-topbonus-praemienfluege/ [in German]

4 July, 2016

Hong Kong (HKG) to Singapore (SIN) with Miles from topbonus (airberlin, NIKI) [Partners]

Topbonus partner Cathay Pacific has a direct connection between Hong Kong and Singapore. The round trip ticket in economy can be rdeemed for EUR 44 in fees.
 
Source: http://meilenoptimieren.com/beste-airberlin-topbonus-praemienfluege/ [in German]

4 July, 2016

Mexico City (MEX) to Honolulu (HNL) with Miles from Flying Blue (Air France, KLM) / SkyTeam

With a routing through Boston (BOS) and Seattle (SEA), the total one-way itinerary from Mexico City to Honolulu is a distance of almost 7,500 miles, which can be redeemed for 15,000 Flying Blue miles.

https://insideflyer.nl/award-tickets-flying-blue/ [in Dutch]

25 June, 2016

Melbourne (MEL) to Agana (GUM) with Miles from Flying Blue (Air France, KLM) / SkyTeam

With a routing through Taipei (TPE), this redemption had surcharges of EUR 89 for the round trip.

https://insideflyer.nl/award-tickets-flying-blue/ [in Dutch]

25 June, 2016

Seoul (ICN) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) with Miles from Flying Blue (Air France, KLM) / SkyTeam

Intra-Asian flights can be a good way to redeem flights on Flying Blue -- there are two Asia zones:

  • Asia 1 (which includes eastern Russia)
  • Asia 2 (mainly South east Asia)
The fees from Seoul (ICN) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) are approximately USD 24.
See a pointsguy.com article on this redemption
.

17 June, 2016

Tokyo (NRT) to Delhi (DEL) with Miles from Flying Blue (Air France, KLM) / SkyTeam

Intra-Asian flights can be a good way to redeem flights on Flying Blue -- there are two Asia zones and an India zone:

See a pointsguy.com article on this redemption.

17 June, 2016

Paris (CDG) to Rome (FCO) with Miles from Flying Blue (Air France, KLM) / SkyTeam

Intra-European flights can be a good way to redeem flights on Flying Blue -- Europe is divided into three zones:

The fees for the Paris to Rome flight are about USD 70, round-trip.
See a pointsguy.com article on this redemption.

17 June, 2016

Paris (CDG) to Berlin (TXL) with Miles from Flying Blue (Air France, KLM) / SkyTeam

Intra-European flights can be a good way to redeem flights on Flying Blue -- Europe is divided into three zones:

  • Europe 1 includes both Paris AND Berlin so that the miles needed is pretty low.
See a pointsguy.com article on this redemption.

17 June, 2016

Paris (ORY) to St.-Denis (RUN) with Miles from Flying Blue (Air France, KLM) / SkyTeam

A round trip to Réunion from France can be booked for 60,000 miles in economy class. The fees for redemption are about USD 180.

The Top Uses of Flying Blue Miles

17 June, 2016