Extending the Validity of Flying Blue Miles
Jun 26, 2022, 2:56 pm
#1
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Extending the Validity of Flying Blue Miles
Please excuse this very dumb question. Do Flying Blue Miles expire? If they do, can you extend the validity by some means that does not involve flying on an FB carrier? For example, can you buy something from the online store? Or perhaps, charge to your Air France FB credit card?
Jun 26, 2022, 3:01 pm
#2
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As long as 1 of the following conditions is fulfilled, your Miles remain valid for life:
- You travel at least once every 2 years on an eligible flight with Air France, KLM or one of the partner airlines.
- You are a Silver, Gold or Platinum member.
- You make a purchase with an eligible partner bank card at least once every 2 years.
Jul 24, 2022, 10:34 am
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As long as 1 of the following conditions is fulfilled, your Miles remain valid for life:
- You travel at least once every 2 years on an eligible flight with Air France, KLM or one of the partner airlines.
- You are a Silver, Gold or Platinum member.
- You make a purchase with an eligible partner bank card at least once every 2 years.
Jul 24, 2022, 7:09 pm
#4
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It's possible that Flying Blue won't see the mile-extending purchase until the statement period closes and BofA issues the miles.
Aug 23, 2022, 5:31 am
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As long as 1 of the following conditions is fulfilled, your Miles remain valid for life:
- You travel at least once every 2 years on an eligible flight with Air France, KLM or one of the partner airlines.
- You are a Silver, Gold or Platinum member.
- You make a purchase with an eligible partner bank card at least once every 2 years.
Aug 23, 2022, 5:53 am
#6
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Bear in mind that you can extend your status by flying Qantas. Note, however, that domestic sectors - no matter the length - will only earn 2XP in Economy, 6XP in Business
Aug 23, 2022, 6:59 am
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That's why they included Australia in the Extended Covid Measures. Status members in AU and several other countries with a status expiry on or before 30 September 2022 will have their status extended by another year.
Aug 26, 2022, 1:00 am
#9
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Yes, both the flight miles and partner miles get extended once the Bank of America statement closes and miles post in the FB account, which can take a few days.
Oct 24, 2022, 5:59 am
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Apologies for bumping this - I am plat for life so never had to worry about miles expiration myself, but one of my family members have miles due to expire in December. They have asked me if spending some miles on the FB shop would extend the validity of their remaining miles and I have no idea what to answer? Many thanks in advance!
Oct 24, 2022, 7:41 am
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Apologies for bumping this - I am plat for life so never had to worry about miles expiration myself, but one of my family members have miles due to expire in December. They have asked me if spending some miles on the FB shop would extend the validity of their remaining miles and I have no idea what to answer? Many thanks in advance!
Oct 24, 2022, 8:43 am
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hopefully I’m just being unduly sceptical of Fb’s phrasings though!!
Oct 25, 2022, 6:52 pm
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So - my miles are due to expire at the end of Dec 2022. If I purchase some miles does that keep my account alive ? Or am I better to transfer the 10K miles i have to a program like Accor ?
Oct 26, 2022, 12:10 am
#14
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thanks! I saw this when I looked at it but whilst I may be over cautious I did find the phrasing a little ambiguous (as in I wasn’t sure if all those things including charity donations extend validity or if taking a flight was the way to extend validity and if you are not ready to do that here is how you can do something with the miles before they expire).
hopefully I’m just being unduly sceptical of Fb’s phrasings though!!
hopefully I’m just being unduly sceptical of Fb’s phrasings though!!
Last edited by CosmicGirl; Oct 26, 2022 at 12:22 am Reason: Typo
Oct 26, 2022, 12:18 am
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