Originally Posted by cfischer
your miles will not expire, the new expiry range (3 yr) starts with the beginning of FB (June 05). 560 miles could come from a hotel stay @ one of the 2x or 3x specials, same thing for car rentals (look at the current FB offers); easy thing is transferring Amex MR points to FB (if you have Amex MR). Some hotel programs also let you transfer points into miles and depending on where you live, there might be other options. Do you already have the online statement, that gives 1000 bonus miles (but they will only credit after your next transaction). And welcome to the FB board
I just looked in the "Terms and Conditions" for Flying Blue. It contains the following sentence:
1.2.9 After a period of 36 months of no accrual of Level Miles by a Member, the Company reserves the right to cancel the Award Miles. After a period of 36 months of no accrual of Award Miles by a Member, the Company reserves the right to unilaterally terminate the membership
I also found the following entry in the KLM online FAQ:
"Do Award Miles expire?
If you do not fly with a SkyTeam partner for a period of 3 consecutive years then your Award Miles will expire."
That would seem to imply that you have to make a flight once every 36 months, and that mileage accrual from hotels, AmEx, etc. is not good enough. That is actually worse than most FF programs, which allow you to keep the miles active by having any transaction once every 36 months...