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Flying Blue is one of Accor's airline partners that allows members to double-dip on rewards. With the Flying Blue and Accor Hotels' “Miles + Points” partnership, travelers can earn Accor Live Limitless (ALL) points for Air France–KLM flights and Flying Blue miles for Accor stays. Here's how it works.
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Overview of the Air France–KLM and Accor Hotels “Miles + Points” Partnership
In June 2019, Air France and KLM teamed up with Accor Hotels to allow members to earn points for both rewards programs when flying with either airline or staying at participating Accor Hotels.
Members can pair their Flying Blue (the Air France–KLM loyalty program) and Accor Live Limitless (ALL) accounts and automatically start earning points and miles.
You can link your accounts either here on Accor's page or here on Flying Blue's page. Simply log into your account, then use the module provided to log into the other account. Once you're logged into both accounts, you can link them. Both accounts must be registered with the same name (first and surname).
Earn Accor points for Air France–KLM flights
Flying Blue members earn ALL points on all Air France and KLM flights. For every 2 euros (~$2.25) you spend on Air France and KLM flights, you will earn 1 ALL Rewards point.
Earn Flying Blue miles for Accor stays
Conversely, ALL members earn Flying Blue miles on all Accor stays. For every 1 euro you spend at participating Accor Hotels, you will earn 1 Flying Blue mile.
This can be a great way to get activity in your Flying Blue account and push out the expiration of your Flying Blue miles.
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Convert points between programs
You can also transfer points between the rewards programs, although the conversion rates are poor. We wouldn't recommend doing so unless you need the points or miles in the other account for an upcoming stay or flight:
- Convert 2,000 ALL Rewards points into 2,000 Flying Blue miles (minimum 2,000 points)
- Convert 4,000 Flying Blue miles into 1,000 ALL Rewards points (minimum 4,000 points)
ALL Rewards points take 10 days to transfer to Flying Blue miles, while Flying Blue miles convert to ALL Rewards points instantly. Both transfers are non-reversible.
If you're interested in initiating a transfer from Flying Blue, click here. Or, if you'd rather transfer Accor Reward points to flying Blue, click here instead.
Bonus Rewards for Linking Accounts
Once you've linked your accounts, a.k.a. participated in the Miles + Points program, you will be eligible for additional bonuses. After you take your first flight with Air France or KLM and/or stay at your first Accor Hotel, you will earn:
- 5 XP credited to your Flying Blue account, and
- 1 Status Night credited to your ALL Rewards account
You'll get this “welcome gift” for each action. In other words, you receive both the XP and the status night twice — once for the flight and once for the hotel stay. This means a total of 10 XP and 2 Status Nights.
If you withdraw from the Miles + Points program and then resubscribe, you will not be eligible to receive these rewards again.
Related: Stack Your Travel Rewards: Double-Dip Opportunities with Airline and Hotel Loyalty Programs
Our Take
If you're a member of Flying Blue and ALL, you might want to link your accounts to double-dip on rewards. Members who link for the first time can claim bonus status nights and XP.
You could also consider linking to Qantas, Qatar, or Azul. Whichever you choose, it's savvy to double-dip on your stays and flights.
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I had forgotten about this. Thank you for the reminder. Then it would be a way to get ALL points if you don’t have a card that you can transfer points from. Not the best use but an option.
Excelentes noticias, sobre todo en los viajes a Europa, hay que sacar provecho de esta oferta
As I don’t accumulate a lot of Accor points, I prefer having the authomatic transfer with Iberia so to avoid the expiration of Accor points.
This is great for Europeans and those state side that go to Europe. These partnership have also been done here in the States like Hyatt and American Airlines.
This is great news, ’cause it has been always rather difficult to prevent our Flying Blue miles from expiring. I will be flying to France next week, and so…
Excelente oportunidade!
Converting points between programs is unfavorable. But it can be useful to complete a specific award ticket.
Have they ever run the double-dip promotion before?
until last year (pre covid) this had been one the best way to extend my FlyingBlue miles expiration since I used to have atleast one stay in a year at some Fairmont. I’m glad that this is still available after Accor “updated” their program to ALL. Hope the continue to keep it.
I read somewhere a while ago that there was going to be some sort of a partnership between Qantas and Accor due to launch later this year. I wonder will it be along similar lines to this Air France/KLM partnership.