Flying Blue FAQ
Apr 11, 2022, 4:12 am
#1321
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: VIE
Programs: SAS EBS / *A Silver, Hilton Diamond, Radisson VIP, IHG Platinum Ambassador
Posts: 3,791
And I've meant SkyTeam, sorry about that, I was thinking about multiple things at once
What happens when I reach gold? Do I need 100+180 XP to renew it for another year again, or is 180 enough?
Apr 11, 2022, 4:50 am
#1322
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Norway & Brazil
Programs: Flying Blue Ultimate, LATAM Black, ALL Platinum, Hertz Platinum
Posts: 610
Once Gold is reached, you will only need 180 to renew it. If you don’t renew it, you would soft land down to Silver.
Apr 11, 2022, 5:24 am
#1323
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: VIE
Programs: SAS EBS / *A Silver, Hilton Diamond, Radisson VIP, IHG Platinum Ambassador
Posts: 3,791
Apr 11, 2022, 5:37 am
#1324
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Norway & Brazil
Programs: Flying Blue Ultimate, LATAM Black, ALL Platinum, Hertz Platinum
Posts: 610
Keep in mind that when you reach silver your qualifying year will reset, and you will have another 12 months to reach gold. Meaning you won't have to reach gold within only one year, assuming your are starting from scratch.
Apr 11, 2022, 6:02 am
#1325
Join Date: Oct 2019
Programs: FB Gold, IHG Diamond, Hilton Gold
Posts: 78
Apr 16, 2022, 9:29 pm
#1326
Join Date: May 2021
Programs: Flying Blue Gold, BA Bronze, Ex-skywards Platnium
Posts: 646
I bought a KE business class ticket on the American Airlines website as it was the only website that would allow me to book the itinerary where the code is a KE code and the flight is on KE metal. Would it be possible to claim Flying Blue XP for the KE portion after I fly the segment?
Apr 17, 2022, 1:47 am
#1327
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Paris, France
Programs: AF/KL Flying Blue Platinum for life/Club2000 Ultimate, Accor ALL Diamond
Posts: 21,940
I bought a KE business class ticket on the American Airlines website as it was the only website that would allow me to book the itinerary where the code is a KE code and the flight is on KE metal. Would it be possible to claim Flying Blue XP for the KE portion after I fly the segment?
Apr 17, 2022, 3:27 am
#1328
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Somewhere between BHX and HUY
Programs: Flying Blue Plat, Eurobonus Silver, ALL Gold
Posts: 1,679
Yes it's easier to get status with FB than other alliances. (If you are based in the UK at least)
Smart business move imo. I used to split my travels between AF/KL and LH/LX about 50-50, taking the cheapest of both always.
FB started rewarding me with silver and it escalated from there.
M&M never gave me anything. Even 2 long hauls and 1 short haul in J in same year and not even enough for their lowest tier.
And my miles expire after 3 years... terrible.
Now I do 90-10 AF/KL and only use LX when they have hard discounts or something.
Smart business move imo. I used to split my travels between AF/KL and LH/LX about 50-50, taking the cheapest of both always.
FB started rewarding me with silver and it escalated from there.
M&M never gave me anything. Even 2 long hauls and 1 short haul in J in same year and not even enough for their lowest tier.
And my miles expire after 3 years... terrible.
Now I do 90-10 AF/KL and only use LX when they have hard discounts or something.
Apr 27, 2022, 9:54 am
#1329
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Paris
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 32
Please accept my apologies if this has been already answered elsewhere on here, but I have got a question about claiming original routing credit (ORC) following an involuntary rerouting. I have been looking high and low all across the AF website but have so far been unable to find the specific place where to put in an ORC request on the website. Could someone kindly point me in the right direction. Cheers, ringway
Apr 27, 2022, 11:55 am
#1330
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Paris, France
Programs: AF/KL Flying Blue Platinum for life/Club2000 Ultimate, Accor ALL Diamond
Posts: 21,940
Please accept my apologies if this has been already answered elsewhere on here, but I have got a question about claiming original routing credit (ORC) following an involuntary rerouting. I have been looking high and low all across the AF website but have so far been unable to find the specific place where to put in an ORC request on the website. Could someone kindly point me in the right direction. Cheers, ringway
https://www.flyingblue.fr/en/mileshub/claim/flights
Apr 28, 2022, 4:24 am
#1331
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Paris
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 32
May 26, 2022, 11:42 am
#1332
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
Posts: 8,606
Not sure if this is the right thread, but I made a round-trip award booking with FB miles as an Explorer (no status/revenue flights at all) and I was told by FB that I cannot change any segments whatsoever - one has to completely cancel the booking and rebook another.
However, I should have done that earlier if I knew...!
Anyway, new flights are ridiculously expensive, so not possible to cancel and rebook. If anything, I'm waiting for LH to open up inventory.
However, a friend who flies AF/KL a lot said that if one flew the 1st segment, one can change the return for a small fee - is this correct?
Thanks!
However, I should have done that earlier if I knew...!
Anyway, new flights are ridiculously expensive, so not possible to cancel and rebook. If anything, I'm waiting for LH to open up inventory.
However, a friend who flies AF/KL a lot said that if one flew the 1st segment, one can change the return for a small fee - is this correct?
Thanks!
May 26, 2022, 11:45 am
#1333
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Denver • DEN-APA
Programs: AF Platinum, EK Gold, AA EXP, UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 21,603
Not sure if this is the right thread, but I made a round-trip award booking with FB miles as an Explorer (no status/revenue flights at all) and I was told by FB that I cannot change any segments whatsoever - one has to completely cancel the booking and rebook another.
Jun 2, 2022, 4:24 pm
#1335
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: PNW
Programs: AS 100K
Posts: 1,552
Not sure if this is the correct thread to ask but does the FB program allow awards to be booked for unaccompanied minors on a partner airline? In my case, I'd like to book my niece on a AM nonstop (LAX-GDL). I see award space on the FB app but it doesn't let me book since my niece is not old enough (she's 14yo).