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Looking to redeem your Flying Blue miles for outsized value? Despite a price increase on flights from the U.S. to Europe at the start of 2025, the program still offers some hidden gems via its SkyTeam partners. One standout sweet spot is flying business class with China Airlines from North America to Taipei for just 66,000 Flying Blue miles (or less).
In this guide, we’ll show you how to find and book this incredible deal.
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Fly China Airlines Business Class to Taipei for 66k Flying Blue Miles (Or Less)
China Airlines operates nonstop flights from the following North American cities to Taipei (TPE):
- New York (JFK)
- Vancouver (YVR)
- Seattle (SEA)
- San Francisco (SFO)
- Los Angeles (LAX)
- Ontario, CA (ONT)
You can book a business class seat on one of these routes for just 66,000 Flying Blue miles — or sometimes even less. That’s a stellar deal, and pricing this good isn’t something you’ll find on many other airlines. It could even be worth booking a positioning flight to snag one of these awards.
Related: AwardWallet's Roundup of Best Award Travel Sweet Spots
How to find China Airlines business class award availability
You can always search for awards directly on the Air France or KLM website if you have specific travel dates in mind. But if your dates are flexible, be aware that the usual trick to view a full calendar month of pricing doesn’t work reliably for partners like China Airlines.
Fortunately, there’s a workaround using the Seats.aero award search tool. Here’s how to do it:
- Head to Seats.aero and click “Explore” at the top of the page.
- Choose the Qantas Frequent Flyer program.
- Search from North America to Asia
- Once results load, filter for “TPE” and sort by the Business column.
Wait… why choose Qantas when there’s a Flying Blue “Explore” option? Qantas is simply more reliable for showing China Airlines partner award space than Flying Blue.
Look for green rows showing nonstop flights priced at 104,500 Qantas points. These are good indicators that China Airlines flights are available to partners like Flying Blue. In our search, the best availability popped up out of Vancouver (YVR), but that could vary based on your travel dates.
Pro tip: You’ll need a paid Seats.aero subscription to see availability more than 60 days out.
What to do once you've found China Airlines award availability
Once you’ve found dates with nonstop availability, go back to the Air France or KLM website, log in, and search using your Flying Blue account. As an example, this August 27, 2025, business class flight prices out at just 66,000 miles plus $108 in taxes and fees:
It’s always a good idea to call Flying Blue to confirm availability before transferring any points from another program. Partner award space isn’t always reflected accurately online, and issues often don’t pop up until the final step of booking — which can be a headache if you’ve already made an irreversible transfer from your bank rewards account.
Related: How To Find Airline Partner Award Flight Availability
How to Get Flying Blue miles
If you're short the Flying Blue miles necessary to snag one of these awards, you have plenty of options for growing your account.
Flying Blue transfer partners
Flying Blue is one of the few loyalty programs that accepts 1:1 transfers from all major bank rewards programs. This accessibility makes it easy to top up your account — even at the last minute.
This long list of transfer partners means you can turn the rewards earned on sign-up bonuses and everyday spending from cards like the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card and Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card into Flying Blue miles.
This wide range of transfer partners means you can turn rewards earned from sign-up bonuses and everyday spending on cards like the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card or Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card into Flying Blue miles.
- 5X miles per dollar on purchases through Capital One Entertainment (through 12/31/2025)
- 5X miles per dollar on hotels, vacation rentals and rental cars booked through Capital One Travel
- 2X miles per dollar on all other purchases
- 5X points on Lyft rides through September 2027
- 5X points on travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3X points on dining at restaurants worldwide
- 3X points on eligible streaming services
- 3X points on online grocery purchases (excluding Target, Walmart, and wholesale clubs)
- 2X points on all other travel
- 1X point per dollar spent on all other purchases
Related: All Current Credit Card Transfer Bonuses
Buy Flying Blue miles
Another way to quickly stock up on Flying Blue miles is to buy them outright. While we don't typically recommend this unless there’s a discount or bonus, it can be a useful way to top off your account — or to snag a business class award for less than what the airline would charge if you paid the full cash price.
Bottom Line
Having another way to fly to Asia — especially in business class — is always valuable, and at just 66,000 Flying Blue miles, this China Airlines award is one of the best sweet spots to Asia out there if you can find space.
Since Flying Blue partners with all the major transferable points programs, it’s widely accessible — and timing your booking with a transfer bonus can make it an even better deal. If you’re sitting on flexible points, this is a redemption worth keeping on your radar.
H/T: Thrifty Traveler
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