New AF Week-End Card
 

Received yesterday an email from AF announcing the introduction of a Week-End card that offers 25% on eligible AF and HOP! flights, similar to the already existent Carte Jeune. More info here:

https://www.airfrance.fr/FR/fr/local...1814-9573-36ab

Seems interesting especially to those of us who travel AF on short weekend trips. Wondering if I would have to credit my flights to FB instead of my Delta account :confused:

Even on weekdays it can also be an interesting alternative to the quite expensive Abonnement, if buying nested tickets...

Only domestic :(

And no domestic flights from/to CDG :mad:

Agreed, it's mostly disappointing as there is no real food in the lounge in ORY :D .

But the prices are interesting. And right when my "youth card" expired ^

AFAIread, it is available to CDG but not from:

I have seen stupid rules but this one is in the top :confused:
And when you see the list of eligible routes, there is not a single one with CDG. Paris is all ORY.

25% off is not bad, especially when the prices hike during the peak summer season or long weekends next month.

yes, not bad at all. But the fact that CDG is not eligible is no go for me.

I just bought the card. I went into the reservation interface and tried to book a return BOD-PAR(All airports) with the carte, and BOD-CDG is showing up as an option for the flight (with a discount, on random dates I can get the CDG-BOD leg for 38 euros). So I guess some CDG flights are included after all ?


Edit : Never mind, just understood why. Flights to CDG count but not from. Sorry for the useless post.

With the AF Abonnement Card even domestic flights count as qualifying flights for French residents, does anyone know if it's also the case with this week-end card? Thank you!

No, qualifying flights for "in France residents" are just for "abonnés".

The "Carte Jeune" (Youth card) is better that this card, right?

Are you sure? I followed the link posted by SDQBound in the OP and the listed eligible routes include routes from CDG under "lignes au départ de Paris" and the FAQ also states the following:It looks like the list linked from the FAQ was updated on 10/4/17 so could there have been a mistake in not listing CDG routes originally?

I'm sure of nothing, because of this poor communication. Maybe I'm gonna ask my Ultimate PA to investigate that. ;)

Probably because of the added flexibility, but the target audiences of each one are fairly different and people above 24 don't really have a choice :p

The list now says
The following destinations from/to CDG are listed :

Brest
Biarritz
Bordeaux
Clermont-Ferrand
Lyon
Montpellier
Marseille
Nice
Nantes
Pau
Rennes
Toulouse

Can somebody explain a bit more about the Carte Jeune? Would it be useful to me departing from DUS and traveling around Europe?

I would also want to credit to SkyMiles and take advantage of my DL PM status if possible.

The card is valid only for domestic flights. With regards to your DL status, I was told that you can order the card by phone and don't attach any FB number, so when you make a reservation, you can put your Skymiles number.

Thanks!

Still for 50 euro might be worth it if I end up traveling a lot in France.

OK, so there's hope !!
thank you for sharing.

Now that this stupid issue of eligibility of CDG domestic flights has been solved, I have purchased this WE card (69 Euros).
The purchase process is simple but the booking of a ticket is not.
From AF apps (phone, tablet) and desktop webite, the discounted fare corresponding to the card was not proposed. The card appears nowhere in your profile in the phone and tablet apps (even after disconnecting/re-connecting).

Then I saw in the e-mail received after the card suscription that there was a link for purchasing a ticket. It goes obviously to desktop AF website where you have to login on your FB profile. The correct fare was proposed but I had an error message just after selecting the flights. :mad: and before receiving a booking ref. I had to call the Ultimate travel assistant (who was in fact the Platinum line at the time I called...) and they booked for me waiving the booking fees.

I saved 50 Euros on a MiNi domestic ticket (or whatever they call this fare now). A 50 Euros saving on one ticket for a 69 Euros card is not bad at all.

You can only use the "Réserver avec une carte" section on the AF website homepage (next to "Acheter un billet" and "Utiliser vos miles") and then login. Works pretty well from there (sometimes it throws the error you probably received - thanks AF IT). But it's very disappointing that nothing can be used outside of the website to book the tickets :(

Thank you. A pity that we can't book on the apps and benefit from the free 24hrs option.

FYI, this so-called weekend card is very interesting because you benefit also of the reduced fare when you book an itinerary for let's say a week or 2. What's important is to have a saturday night on-site. So the reduced fare is not necessarily just for a one weekend trip.

And if you are interested, if you purchase the card between June 1st to June 30th, you will earn a 2000 FB miles bonus.

And thus leveraging the nested tickets for the summer week ends ;)

Too bad it does not work for Europe.

Great deal : if you subscribe for this card between July 10 and 17, the price is only €34. A bargain !

Only from the Air France website, the Hop! website doesn't display it.
http://www.airfrance.fr/FR/fr/local/...end-hop-af.htm

Really tempting...

Clearly. Even at the regular price, it is already reimbursed at the 2nd trip booked.

If you have an AF Abonnement card, and you buy a flight ticket without using your Abonnement card, your domestic flight count as a qualifying flight.
Today, if you have an AF Abonnement card + AF week-end card and you buy your flight using your AF week-end card, does your domestic flight count as a qualifying flight?

I'm afraid not (if you are a French resident). Only tickets booked at the Abonnés fare counts AFAIK.

No.

No, I can confirm if you have AF Abonnement card, and you buy a mini fare domestic ticket as French Resident, the flight count as qualifying flight.
It's why I was asking if it's the same rule for flight bought using AF week-end card.

You are correct. Sorry for my mistake : FB website clearly says it :

So, to come back to your question with the Weekend card ? Sincerely, I don't know. FB site doesn't say anything about it.

I would not see why these segments would not be qualifying, as the discount is applied to whatever fare is open for reservation.

I am trying to book a trip for my family for christmas time.
2 adults with "La Carte weekend" --> can get flights NTE-LYS for 125€ on dates I want
2 young with "La carte jeune" --> can get flights for 150€ each on same flights ?!?!
1 kid (11) --> can not make it on website as flights are not bookable. And on the phone, it quotes the infant at 250€ !!!... ??

Of course, it is not same booking class but it is really a pitty that i bought discount card for everybody and i can not get everybody on the same pnr and that kids end up by paying more than the two adults... Of course, it is not possible to get a "weekend card" for young or kids and a "carte jeune" for kid.

Only way would be to bookfor everybody but without the card discounts but it ends up to be 250€ more for the whole trip (850 instead of 600)

Any ideas ?

Why do you want everyone on the same PNR?

if you are worried about getting split up, surely the 11-year old (who I presume is the one you most worry about sitting alone) can swap seats with one of the other groups-of-two, and one of the two adults, or one of the two older kids, can sit alone on what is only a short domestic sector anyway....

Actually, I am more worried about having to buy a ticket at 250€ for a kid because I want to get discount for adults with the card.
If I book one adult+1kid, the ticket for the kid is 180€ but I do not get the discount I am entitled for the adult.
I have the feeling about having a discount card that you can not use when travelling with family. Therefore this card is only made for singles, couples or friends.

I think there is an issue with the booking system of AF, not being able to select best fare for each passenger.

Have you considered booking the child (not an infant!) on a Flying Blue redemption?

I did... 40000 miles and 70€.....