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Old Feb 27, 2015, 12:42 am
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Promo awards march

That begins for flights in May to June

http://www.flyingblue.com/promo-awards.html?
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Old Feb 27, 2015, 2:36 am
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Wow, there's virtually no destination in Europe not on offer!
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Old Feb 27, 2015, 3:25 am
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Look in Europe

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Old Feb 27, 2015, 3:32 am
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Originally Posted by delanotre
Look in Europe
He was saying virtually no European destination NOT on offer, in other words, the all of Europe is offered for a discount -- which says something about AF-KL being seemingly desperate to fill their European planes in Y.
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Old Feb 27, 2015, 3:49 am
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Originally Posted by mfkne
Wow, there's virtually no destination in Europe not on offer!
Now extended: ‘Europe Specials’ Promo Awards
Thanks to the big response we had in February, you will be able to enjoy this offer a little longer. Also in March, we have a broad range of Economy Class tickets to European destinations on offer. Save 25% on Award Miles with the extended 'Europe Specials' Promo Awards@ and fly away between 1 April and 30 June 2015!

I hope they extend it for the rest of the year and then they will get an even bigger response
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Old Feb 27, 2015, 4:18 am
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Originally Posted by orbitmic
which says something about AF-KL being seemingly desperate to fill their European planes in Y.
Yet I cannot seem to find any availability. It must depend on the route because from ATH I cannot find *any* available flight at *any* day during the promotion period. Which is the same result as I got last month.

I also noticed that some destinations (eg Aberdeen) are listed at 7500 miles. And there is availability for 7500 miles..but not from everywhere. Eg from IST Aberdeen is available as Promo award..but for 11K miles on KLM.

Which seems to imply that there is some form of flexible pricing going on on the Promo awards. Does "Europe" not equal "Europe 123" any more?
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Old Feb 27, 2015, 5:21 am
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I also noticed that some destinations (eg Aberdeen) are listed at 7500 miles. And there is availability for 7500 miles..but not from everywhere. Eg from IST Aberdeen is available as Promo award..but for 11K miles on KLM.
Well that's because Europe - IST (and vv) is priced at 11.250 miles. In that case your award doesn't fall into Europe - Aberdeen but Europe - IST.
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Old Feb 27, 2015, 7:01 am
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Originally Posted by Xandrios
Yet I cannot seem to find any availability.
but the March promo-awards are only available to book from Sunday. If you are looking at May, you are just too early!
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Old Feb 27, 2015, 8:15 am
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Well that's because Europe - IST (and vv) is priced at 11.250 miles. In that case your award doesn't fall into Europe - Aberdeen but Europe - IST.
That does explain, but I would consider that the wrong way around? If there are two possible pricing schemes for a city pair, shouldn't the cheapest one apply?

Otherwise "Europe - Aberdeen" should be read as "Europe except cities mentioned elsewhere - Aberdeen".

Originally Posted by orbitmic
but the March promo-awards are only available to book from Sunday. If you are looking at May, you are just too early!
The FB page mentions that they are bookable from Feb. 27, which is today. These should be for flights through June:

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Old Feb 27, 2015, 8:41 am
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Originally Posted by Xandrios
The FB page mentions that they are bookable from Feb. 27, which is today. These should be for flights through June:

Sorry I had not seen that. I would guess that it might be a typo as all other promoawards (including the KL "Europe specials") are only bookable from 1/3?
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Old Feb 27, 2015, 10:29 am
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Originally Posted by orbitmic
He was saying virtually no European destination NOT on offer...
Thanks to clarify my misunderstanding.
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Old Feb 27, 2015, 12:13 pm
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Thanks to clarify my misunderstanding.
Good old double-negatives, often result in confusion indeed!
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I must say I am a bit miffed that there don't seem to be any flights offered for July yet. I am waiting for flights in premium cabins Europe - North America. Does anybody have any idea when / if that might happen?
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Old Feb 28, 2015, 3:29 am
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Originally Posted by NetJets Germany
I must say I am a bit miffed that there don't seem to be any flights offered for July yet. I am waiting for flights in premium cabins Europe - North America. Does anybody have any idea when / if that might happen?
too early for july, they should post promo awards for july in 1 or 2 months. But do not have any hope IMHO for a promo award in J to N.A in summer. Those have became pretty rare and often limited to secondary Chinese cities (Wuhan, Xiamen), or for N.A. in winter only. But who knows...you might be lucky.
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Old Feb 28, 2015, 4:11 am
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Originally Posted by Goldorak
too early for july, they should post promo awards for july in 1 or 2 months.
Indeed, the system is very straightforward and well explained on the website:

- book 1-31 January for flights 1/2 - 31/3,
- book 1-28 February for flights 1/3 - 30/4
- book 1-31 March for flights 1/4 - 31/5
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