Your Flying Blue status and benefits

Your status gives you access to exclusive travel benefits throughout your journey.

How your status works

As a member of the Flying Blue loyalty program, the main way to get Experience Points (XP) is by flying. The length of your flight and your cabin type define how many XP you earn.

Your status depends on your total XP: the more XP you earn, the faster you move up in status.

Discover what each status level offers

Flying Blue has five status levels. Each level gives you access to specific travel benefits.

Explorer

Your journey starts here

  • Up to 4 Miles per euro spent on plane tickets
  • Additional Miles with commercial partners
  • XP earned from your first flight
  • Miles to spend on flights and with Flying Blue partners

Silver

Starting from 100 XP

  • Up to 6 Miles per euro spent on plane tickets
  • Priority access for check-in and baggage drop-off
  • Free standard seat selection
  • Selection of free Seat Options 24 hours before your flight departs
  • 1 free additional checked baggage item on SkyTeam flights

Gold

Starting from 180 XP

  • Up to 7 Miles per euro spent on plane tickets
  • Priority access at the airport with SkyPriority
  • Free standard seat selection
  • Selection of free Seat Options 72 hours before your flight departs
  • 1 free additional checked baggage item on SkyTeam flights
  • Access to SkyTeam lounges worldwide with a guest (conditions apply)
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Keep track of your XP over time

You start earning XP with your first flight. From that point, you have 12 months to earn enough XP to move up or stay at your current status.

If you earn enough XP during that time, you are upgraded to the next status level. The XP required for that level are deducted, and any extra XP carry over. A new 12-month qualification period then begins.

If you do not earn enough XP by the end of your qualification period, you move down one level only. Your XP is then reset or adjusted depending on your status.

More ways to get XP

Collect XP in more ways than just flying to move up in status.

Get a partner credit card

Collect additional XP every year with an AIR FRANCE KLM – AMERICAN EXPRESS Card. The amount of XP depends on your card type.

Support Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Earn XP by supporting Air France-KLM in its efforts to lower our environmental impact by developing the use of SAF.

Use your Miles to support selected charities and receive XP in return. Choose from a wide range of causes.

Estimate how your next flight contributes to your status

Use the table below to estimate the XP you could earn based on flight distance and cabin type.

No rights can be derived from the estimated values presented in the XP table, as this data is indicative only.

Short-haul
Medium-haul*
Long-haul 1
Long-haul 2
Long-haul 3
Distance (Miles)
Domestic
under 2,000
2,000-3,500
3,500-5,000
over 5,000
Economy
2 XP
5 XP
8 XP
10 XP
12 XP
Premium
4 XP
10 XP
16 XP
20 XP
24 XP
Business
6 XP
15 XP
24 XP
30 XP
36 XP
La Première**
10 XP
25 XP
40 XP
50 XP
60 XP

*On medium-haul routes, 5 XP applies to Light and Standard Economy fares. Members earn 2 XP on Economy Basic Fare and 7 XP on Economy Flex fare.

**La Première is available on Air France flights only. For equivalent cabins on partner airlines, please refer to their websites.

How XP is calculated

Flights with a connection earn more XP, as each flight is counted separately.

Example: On a direct long-haul 3 flight from Paris to San Francisco, you get 12 XP in Economy.

With a connection in Madrid, you get 12 XP for the long-haul 3 flight plus 5 XP for the medium-haul flight in Economy, for a total of 17 XP.

SAF Contribution

Earn 1 XP for every €10 or 2,000 Miles you contribute to SAF.

Example: (Paris CDG → Toronto-Pearson)

Choose your level of support and earn XP (examples below are not contractual, prices shown are valid at the date of May 14, 2025):

  • Option 1: €76 or 15,200 Miles – Reduce CO₂ by 100 kg -> Earn 8 XP
  • Option 2: €188 or 37,600 Miles – Reduce CO₂ by 254 kg -> Earn 19 XP
  • Option 3: €533.60 or 106,800 Miles – Reduce CO₂ by 730 kg -> Earn 54 XP

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