Air France Business Class, Up To 8 Seats
Air France business class award space is available on a bunch of routes in late 2024 and even into the spring of 2025. With up to 8 seats available, this could be a great opportunity to book your whole family or a big group of friends!
Points Wire Highlights
Now, let's get into the details.
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Straight To The Points
Routes: BOS/DFW/EWR/IAD/IAH/JFK/ORD/RDU/YUL/YVR/YYZ-CDG
Operating airline: Air France
Class of service: Business class
Dates: November 2024 - April 2025
Seats available: 2 (up to 8)
Cabin layout: 1-2-1
Book with (per person, one-way):
- Air France-KLM Flying Blue: 50,000 miles
Some dates maybe be available to partner programs:
- Virgin Atlantic Flying Club:
- Off-peak: 48,500 points
- Peak: 58,500 points
- Delta SkyMiles: Why are you wasting your time?
Taxes/fees (per person, one-way):
- From U.S.: ~$205
- From Canada: ~$233
- From CDG: ~$340-390
Bank transfer partners:
- Air France-KLM: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Marriott
- Virgin Atlantic: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Marriott
- 30% Amex & Chase transfer bonuses
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Let me know if you book!
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BOS-CDG
December: 29-31
January: 2, 5-7, 9, 12-14, 19-22, 25-29
February: 3, 4, 8-11, 16, 18, 19, 23, 24
March: 22, 23
CDG-BOS
November: 6, 13-15, 20, 23, 27, 28
December: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19-21, 23-25
January: 7, 9, 15-18, 22-24, 28-30
February: 1, 4-6, 11-15, 18-20, 25, 28
March: 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 18, 25, 26, 30
April: 1-3, 9, 10, 15, 17
DFW-CDG
January: 23, 25, 27, 30
February: 1-4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14-17, 20, 22-24
CDG-DFW
January: 16, 23, 28
February: 8, 15, 17, 21, 22, 26, 27
March: 20, 27
April: 8, 9, 15
EWR-CDG
January: 9, 11-14, 20-22, 25, 27, 28
February: 3, 4, 8, 11, 18, 24-26
CDG-EWR
December: 4, 5, 12, 16, 17
January: 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 29, 31
February: 1, 4, 6, 11-13, 19, 20, 26, 27
March: 12, 13, 19, 25, 31
April: 1-3. 7. 16. 17
IAD-CDG
January: 5, 9, 12, 13, 20, 26
February: 9, 17-19, 25, 26
March: 3, 5, 12, 17, 19, 30, 31
CDG-IAD
January: 14, 17, 21, 29-31
February: 5-9, 14, 20, 23, 26, 28
March: 5, 7, 11-13, 25-27
April: 2, 3, 7-9, 11, 16, 17, 23-25
IAH-CDG
January: 6, 8, 9, 12-15, 20-22, 24, 26-29, 31
February: 2, 3-5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 19, 24
CDG-IAH
December: 13, 15, 16, 20, 23, 24
January: 15, 22, 23, 28-31
February: 5-7, 11-14, 18, 20, 22, 27
March: 11, 25, 26, 29
April: 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 16, 18, 22-24
JFK-CDG
January: 8, 10, 11, 18, 20-23, 26-28
February: 3-5, 9-12, 16-19, 22-26
March: 3-5, 10-12, 17, 19, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31
April: 1, 2, 4, 7
CDG-JFK
May: 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 25
November: 13, 15, 18-22, 28, 29
December: 5, 6, 10-17
January: 8-11, 14-18, 21-25, 27, 29-31
February: 1, 4, 7, 8, 10-15, 18-21, 26-28
March: 1, 4-6, 8, 10-14, 18-20, 25-28
April: 1-3, 8-10, 14-17
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ORD-CDG
January: 4, 6-8, 11-13, 15, 17-20, 25-27, 31
February: 1-5, 7, 9-12, 17, 19, 22-25
CDG-ORD
December: 6, 8, 12, 13, 15-17, 24, 26, 27
January: 10, 14, 15, 22-25, 28-31
February: 1, 3-8, 10-15, 17-19, 23, 25-28
March: 1, 4-7, 12-14, 19, 20, 25-27
April: 9, 10, 16, 22, 24, 25
RDU-CDG
January: 12, 22, 25-27
February: 2, 8, 15, 16, 22, 24
CDG-RDU
January: 15, 24
February: 1, 5, 7, 12, 19, 26
March: 5, 12, 26
YUL-CDG
July: 29, 30
August: 5-8, 11, 12
November: 5, 6, 11-13, 17, 19
December: 2, 3
January: 7, 11, 13, 20, 21, 27
February: 4, 5, 10, 17, 19, 24
March: 3, 10, 12, 19, 24, 29, 31
April: 1, 2, 7, 14, 21, 23
CDG-YUL
January: 15, 16, 22, 29, 31
February: 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28
April: 2, 3, 8, 10. 11, 17
YVR-CDG
January: 15, 16, 22, 24, 30
February: 8, 10, 11
March: 25
April: 8, 10, 22
CDG-YVR
January: 14-16, 18, 20, 23-25, 30
February: 1, 3-5, 8, 19
March: N/A
April: 4, 10, 11, 19
YYZ-CDG
November: 10, 13, 17, 18, 24-26, 30
December: 2, 7, 8, 25
January: 6-14, 16, 18-21, 23, 25-28, 30, 31
February: 1-4, 6-11, 13, 15-18, 20-26, 28
March: 1-4, 9-12, 16, 18, 22-26, 28-31
April: 1, 3-5, 7-9, 13-15, 21
CDG-YYZ
November: 7, 9, 14, 16, 19-22, 26, 29
December: 4, 6-8, 10, 11, 13, 25
January: 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21-31
February: 1-3, 5-8, 11-16, 18-22, 25-27
March: 2, 5-8, 19, 31
April: 1-5, 7-18, 22-25, 27
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Flight Experience
Air France operates several aircraft on these routes that have a 1-2-1 business class cabin layout. Often this is a reverse herringbone layout. Seats on select A350s and 777s also have doors. Some A350s have a staggered 1-2-1 layout similar to United Polaris.
Air France often gets high marks for the food, wine, and crew. However, my flight was underwhelming on all fronts and have heard similar from others. Still, most people seem to have nice flights. Just something to keep in mind.
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100,000 Flying Blue miles for 2 seats from JFK.
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Best Ways To Book
Flying Blue: Great Rates, Free Stopover, More Award Space
Flying Blue's saver level award rate between the US and Europe is quite good at 50,000 miles one-way. The fact that you can transfer points from Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, and Citi make it easy to earn the miles necessary.
You can include a stopover on a one-way but you'll need to call to book.
Connections on partners will generally increase the award rate.
Virgin Atlantic: Amazing Rate With Amex & Chase Transfer Bonuses
With the 30% transfer bonuses from Amex and Chase, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club jumps Flying Blue as the best way to book. However, you won't find nearly as much award space with Virgin. Still, it's worth a look if once you settle on travel dates.
If you have Amex or Chase points, the 30% transfer bonus means you'll only need to transfer the following:
- Off-peak: 38,000 points
- Peak: 45,000 points
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How To Book
You can pick either Air France or KLM's site and run your search. I use Air France and the process works like this:
- Select "Book with miles"
- Select "Log in"
- Sign into your account
- Enter your origin/destination
- Enter your travel date(s)
- Enter the number of passengers
- Enter the class of service
- Run the search
- Select your flights
- Click through to book
Transfers to Flying Blue are generally instant so you don't usually need to worry about award space vanishing. You can call to hold award space or book a stopover. The US number is 800-375-8723.
To put a ticket on hold with Virgin Atlantic, call 800-862-8621.
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Final Thoughts
Using 50,000 miles for a one-way business class ticket to Europe is a great way to book. While Virgin Atlantic doesn't have access to most dates, it's a great way to book with a transfer bonus if you can find a date with space!
Happy booking!
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