Air France Business Class from 43K Points

If you’re looking for business class award space to Europe into next summer, Air France has up to 9 seats available on a ton of routes… if you book with Etihad Guest or Japan Airlines Mileage Bank.

Etihad is your best bet for availability, but it’s worth checking JAL or Flying Blue as well.

Why doesn’t Flying Blue have access to most of this space? No idea, but at least we have an avenue to book!

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Straight To The Points

Routes from Paris (CDG): Atlanta (ATL), Boston (BOS), Cancun (CUN), Chicago (ORD), Dallas (DFW), Houston (IAH), Las Vegas (LAS), Los Angeles (LAX), Mexico City (MEX), Miami (MIA), Minneapolis (MSP), New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), Quebec City (YQB), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle (SEA), Toronto (YYZ), Vancouver (YVR), Washington (IAD)
Operating airline: Air France
Class of service: Business class
Dates: January - August 2027
Seats available: 2 (Up to 9)
Cabin layout: 1-2-1
Best ways to book (per person, one-way):

Etihad Guest:
- BOS, EWR, IAD, JFK, YQB, YYZ: 80,000 miles
- ATL, DFW, MIA, MSP, ORD, YVR: 99,999 miles
- CUN, IAH, LAS, LAX, MEX, SEA, SFO: 119,999 miles
*Japan Airlines Mileage Bank:
- BOS, EWR, IAD, JFK, YQB, YYZ
  - One-way: 42,000 miles - 43,100 Capital One Miles
  - Round-trip: 80,000 miles - 82,100 Capital One Miles
- ATL, CUN, DFW, IAH, LAS, LAX, MEX, MIA, MSP, ORD, SEA, SFO, YVR
  - One-way: 60,000 miles - 61,600 Capital One Miles
  - Round-trip: 85,000 miles - 87,200 Capital One Miles

Limited dates are available with Flying Blue for 60,000 miles one-way.

*If you’re transferring points to JAL Mileage Bank, your JAL account needs to be open at least 7 days before you can redeem miles.

Taxes/fees (per person):

From US:
- JAL: $5.60
- Etihad: $237
From Canada:
- JAL: ~$57
- Etihad: ~$261
From Mexico:
- JAL: $79
- Etihad: $325
From CDG
- To USA:
  - JAL: ~$298
  - Etihad: ~$449
- To Canada:
  - JAL: ~$256
  - Etihad: ~$409
- To Mexico
  - JAL: ~$313
  - Etihad: ~$466

Bank transfer partners:

Air France-KLM: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Citi
Etihad: Bilt, Citi, Capital One
JAL Mileage Bank: Bilt, Capital One (1:0.75)
- 30% Capital One transfer bonus (1:0.975)

Current Airline Transfer Bonuses

Available Dates

We’ve shared the dates available when searching on Etihad’s site. Most of these dates were available with JAL Mileage Bank as well.

ATL-CDG
January: 10
February: 27
March: 6, 22
Apr-May: N/A
June: 27, 28
July: 2
CDG-ATL
January: 8, 16, 21
February: 10, 16, 24
March: 10
April: 1, 7-9, 14, 16, 21-23, 27-30
May: 2, 4-7, 11-15, 18-21, 26, 28
June: 3, 17, 24, 25, 30
July: 1, 2

BOS-CDG
January: 27, 31
February: 3, 24
Mar-Jun: N/A
July: 19, 26
August: 2, 9, 16
CDG-BOS
January: 20, 26, 27
February: 2, 11, 16-18, 23-25
March: 2-4, 18, 31
April: 1, 6, 7, 13, 15, 16, 20-22, 27-29
May: 4, 7, 11, 13, 18, 26
June: 8, 15, 16, 29, 30
July: 1, 6, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 23, 26-31
August: 2-7, 9-13, 16-20

CUN-CDG
January: 14, 15, 19, 20, 22
CDG-CUN
January: 6-13, 15, 17-19, 21, 22, 24-27, 29-31
February: 1-5, 7-11, 13-16, 18-20, 22-28
March: 1-18, 20-25, 29, 31
April: 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30
May: 3, 5, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31
June: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29
July: 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30
August: 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27

DFW-CDG
January: 8, 10, 30
February: 6, 13, 24
March: 1, 10
Apr-Jun: N/A
July: 11-13, 18-20, 25-27
August: 1-3, 8-10, 15-17, 23
CDG-DFW
January: 7, 10, 21, 26, 28, 30
February: 1, 3, 6, 8, 15, 22
March: 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 22
April: 9, 16
May: N/A
June: 11, 25
July: 1, 2, 9, 15, 16, 22, 29
August: 4, 5, 10, 12, 17, 18, 21

EWR-CDG
January: 4-13, 15-31
February: 1-10, 12-28
March: 1-10, 13, 15-18, 20-24, 27-31
April: 2-10, 12, 13, 18, 19, 24, 26-28
May: 3, 7, 18, 23, 28
June: 1, 3, 9, 12-15, 17, 18, 21-30
July: 1-7, 9-18, 20-31
August: 1-27
CDG-EWR
January: 5-17, 19-31
February: 1-20, 23-28
March: 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 23-27, 29-31
April: 1-10, 13, 15, 17, 19-24, 27-29
May: 1, 4-15, 18, 19, 21-23, 26-29
June: 1-4, 8-12, 15-19, 21-24, 26-30
July: 1-31
August: 1-27

IAD-CDG
January: 19
February: 15, 22, 28
March: 1, 28, 29
April: 4, 12, 19
May: 23
June: 6, 15, 22, 28, 29
July: 4-6, 8, 10-13, 15-31
August: 1-16, 18-23, 25, 27
CDG-IAD
January: 13, 28
February: 3, 4, 9-12, 16, 19, 25, 26
March: 3-5, 10, 11, 17, 19, 24
April: 2, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 23, 27-30
May: 4-7, 11-13, 16, 19-21, 23, 26, 27
June: 2, 4, 6, 9-11, 13, 15-18, 22-25, 28-30
July: 1-10, 12-31
August: 1-27

IAH-CDG
January: 5-31
February: 1-28
March: 1-25, 27-31
April: 2-13, 15, 17-29
May: 1-5, 8-12, 14-19, 22-25, 29-31
June: 2, 4-9, 13, 15, 16, 19-30
July: 1-15, 17-31
August: 1-5, 7-26
CDG-IAH
January: 5-31
February: 1-28
March: 1-20, 22-31
April: 1-10, 12-17, 19-30
May: 1, 3-31
June: 1-5, 7-13, 15-19, 21-25, 27-30
July: 1-4, 6-31
August: 1-27

JFK-CDG
January: 4-31
February: 1-9, 11-28
March: 1-18, 20-24, 27-31
April: 1-16, 18-22, 24-30
May: 1-12, 17-19, 22-26, 29, 31
June: 1-3, 5-9, 13-16, 21-30
July: 1-31
August: 1-25
CDG-JFK
January: 5-17, 19-31
February: 1-28
March: 1-26, 28-31
April: 1-17, 19-30
May: 1-31
June: 1-24, 26-30
July: 1-31
August: 1-23

LAX-CDG
January: 6
February: N/A
March: 3, 14, 28, 29
April: 5, 19, 26
May: 10, 30
June: 21, 23, 24, 28, 29
July: 1, 3-31
August: 1-19, 21, 22, 24-26
CDG-LAX
January: 11-31
February: 2-27
March: 1-5, 8, 9, 11-19, 22-27, 30
April: 1, 5-8, 10, 12, 14-16, 19, 20, 22, 25-30
May: 3, 5-9, 11-31
June: 1-6, 8-10, 12, 14-25, 27-29
July: 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10, 11, 13-15, 17-29, 31
August: 1-7, 9-27

LAS-CDG
April: 5, 21
May-Jun: N/A
July: 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28
August: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23 CDG-LAS
August: 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25

MIA-CDG
January: 7, 8, 10-19, 21-26, 28-31
February: 1, 2, 4-8, 12, 16, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 28
March: 1-11, 13-18, 21, 22, 24-26, 28, 30, 31
April: 1-9, 11-14, 17, 22-28
May: 9-12, 17, 22-25
June: 7, 8, 11-14, 17, 19-23, 25-30
July: 1-10, 12-20, 22-31
August: 1-23, 26
CDG-MIA
January: 6-31
February: 1-10, 12-17, 19-21, 24, 26-28
March: 1-19, 21-26, 29-31
April: 1-10, 12, 13, 15-27, 29, 30
May: 1-29
June: 1-8, 10-20, 22, 24-27, 29
July: 1-3, 5-29, 31
August: 2-7, 9-26

MSP-CDG
May: 17, 23
June: 1, 7, 15, 21, 22, 26-30
July: 1
CDG-MSP
April: 26-30
May: 1-8, 10, 12-27, 30, 31
June: 2, 4, 7, 10, 12, 14-17, 19, 20, 22-30
July: 1

ORD-CDG
January: 9, 12, 19, 31
February: 7, 14
Mar-Jun: N/A
July: 19, 25, 26
August: 1-3, 7-9, 14-17, 21, 22
CDG-ORD
February: 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 23
March: 3, 10, 17, 19, 24, 25
April: N/A
May: 3, 8, 10, 14, 20, 27, 28
June: 10, 11, 18, 30
July: 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29-31
August: 5-7, 10-14, 17-21

SEA-CDG
January: 19, 26
February: 2, 16, 23
March: 2, 28, 30
April: 4, 6, 11, 13, 15, 22, 25, 27
May: 8
June: 8, 10, 30
July: 1, 2
CDG-SEA
January: 7, 9, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30
February: 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27
March: 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 28-31
April: 1-15, 20, 22-24, 26-29
May: 1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 13, 16, 17, 20, 26, 27, 30
June: 2, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 20, 22, 30
July: 1

SFO-CDG
January: 4, 8, 9, 11, 18-20, 26, 27, 30
February: 1-3, 10, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 28
March: 1-3, 9, 15, 29
April: 5, 19, 28
May: 10
June: 26, 28, 30
July: 1, 3-31
August: 1-20, 23
CDG-SFO
January: 15, 24, 27, 29, 31
February: 3, 5, 7, 12, 14, 17, 19, 28
March: 1-7, 9-13, 15-17, 19, 20, 23, 27-29, 31
April: 1-3, 5-8, 15-17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28-30
May: 1, 3, 5, 6, 14, 15, 22, 29
June: 2-5, 8, 11, 14-18, 22, 24, 28
July: 6, 7, 11, 13-15, 18, 21-24, 28-30
August: 2-27

YQB-CDG
June: 8, 12-15, 19-22, 26-29
July: 3-6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27, 31
August: 1-3, 7-10, 14-17, 21-24
CDG-YQB
June: 7, 11-14, 18-21, 25-28
July: 2-5, 9-12, 16-19, 23-26, 30, 31
August: 1, 2, 6-9, 13-16, 20-23, 27

YVR-CDG
January: 4
CDG-YVR
January: 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28, 29
February: 4, 5, 9, 11, 16, 18, 19, 23, 26
March: 9, 11, 18, 19

YYZ-CDG
January: 5, 6, 9, 13, 17, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30, 31
February: 2, 6-9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21-23, 28
March: 1, 2, 7, 8, 22, 23
April: N/A
May: 25
June: 1, 22, 29
July: 3, 6, 8, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27
August: 1, 2, 22
CDG-YYZ
January: 6-9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20-23, 27-30
February: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9-11, 16-18, 23-27
March: 2-5, 9-12, 16-19, 24, 25, 31
April: 1, 2, 6-9, 13, 14, 21, 23, 29
May: 13, 14, 16, 20, 22, 29
June: 12, 19, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30
July: 1, 2, 6-9, 13-17, 20-23, 27, 29, 30
August: 2-6, 9-13, 17-20, 23

MEX-CDG
January: 5, 10-31
February: 1-10, 14-28
March: 1, 3-11, 13-18, 21-24, 28-31
April: 1-7, 9-21, 23-30
May: 1-23, 25-27, 29-31
June: 1-30
July: 1-31
August: 1-21, 23-26
CDG-MEX
January: 11-31
February: 1-27
March: 1-31
April: 1-10, 13-17, 19-30
May: 1-22, 24, 26-29, 31
June: 1-5, 7-26, 28-30
July: 1-16, 18, 20-31
August: 2-7, 9-27

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Air France

Most Air France aircraft have a 1-2-1 reverse herringbone layout in business class. Some Airbus A350s, have a staggered 1-2-1 layout similar to United Polaris.

If you fly an Airbus A350 with a reverse herringbone layout or one of the refurbished Boeing 777-300s with their new reverse herringbone seats, the bulkhead is one of the best business class seats in the sky.

You can typically expect quality inflight catering with a solid crew. However, service quality can vary from flight to flight.

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