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Air France KLM Flying Blue is one of my favourite award programs out there and it has just improved its miles expiration policy. As of May 4, 2026, any eligible activity will extend the validity of all your Flying Blue miles, regardless of when you earned them.
This significantly improves the old policy, where only select activities qualified and Flying Blue treated miles differently depending on how members earned them, creating a confusing system where credit card transfer miles followed different rules than miles earned from flying.
Flying Blue has significantly improved its mileage expiration policy
Updated 24-Month Expiration Policy
Today, Flying Blue applies the same expiration policy to all miles regardless of how members earn them, and miles now expire after 24 months of inactivity. However, the key improvement is that any qualifying activity now resets the clock for all your miles.
Now, Flying Blue treats all miles the same regardless of how you earned them. It also doesn’t matter if you earned miles before May 4, as the new policy applies uniformly to your entire balance.
Any qualifying activity resets the expiration clock for all your miles, whether that’s a flight, a car rental, spending on a co-branded card, or transferring points from a credit card.
Select Members’ Miles Never Expire
If you have Flying Blue elite status (Silver, Gold, Platinum, Ultimate), your miles will never expire.
Your miles will also never expire if you subscribe to Flying Blue Extra, hold a co-branded credit card, or are under 18 years old.
While it’s nice to know that your miles will never expire, this is much more of a “nice to have” than a “must have” perk given how easy it is now to prevent your miles from ever expiring.
Your miles should literally never expire again
Implications for Canadians
In Canada, there are two easy ways to keep your miles alive:
- Transferring from Amex Membership Rewards (MR)
- Holding and/or spending on your Brim Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard
As of this January, Amex MR transfers to Air France KLM Flying Blue at a 1:1 ratio, and we even saw a 25% transfer bonus in March/April.
Takeaway
Flying Blue’s updated expiration policy is a meaningful improvement and makes the program much easier to engage with long-term. Instead of juggling different expiration rules depending on how members earned their miles, Flying Blue now applies the same simple 24-month inactivity policy to all miles. Any eligible activity resets the clock for your entire balance.
For Canadians, this is especially useful given how accessible Flying Blue has become through Amex MR transfers and the Brim Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard. With transfers now counting as qualifying activity, keeping your Flying Blue miles alive is easier than ever.
Featured Image Credit: Air France KLM BRIX
