Paris is served by many airlines, including a diverse set of options from every major airline alliance<\/a>. This means you can use essentially any miles to book flights to Paris. However, there are a handful of stand-out award programs we want to highlight as the best points booking flight awards to Paris.<\/p>\n Keep in mind that Paris has two major airports: Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY). Charles de Gaulle receives the overwhelming majority of long-haul flights, to the point that you could essentially only search for flights to CDG. Just note that there are some options into ORY, including some nonstop options from the U.S. on boutique airlines, such as La Compagnie.<\/p>\n Now let's jump into an obvious choice of program for booking free flights to Paris.<\/p>\n Not surprisingly, one of the best miles for booking flights to Paris comes from Air France's own loyalty program — Flying Blue. Not only are the award prices attractive, at least at the saver level, but Air France offers an excellent number of U.S. gateways for nonstop flights to the French capital — the most of any carrier.<\/p>\n Air France is part of the SkyTeam alliance. That means Flying Blue miles can also be used to book Delta Air Lines flights. However, space can be limited at times, and nearly nonexistent in Delta One business class. The majority of options you'll see will be for Air France's own flights.<\/p>\n Air France-KLM Flying Blue offers the following prices as the lowest fare you can book in economy, premium economy, and business class between the U.S. and Europe:<\/p>\n However, since Flying Blue now uses dynamic award pricing, seats often cost far<\/em> more on many dates — especially in business class. On some routes, it can be extremely difficult to find saver business class seats. That being said, there are some routes where low-cost business awards are somewhat easier to come by (e.g., Vancouver-Paris, in my experience).<\/p>\n The other downside is the surcharges that Flying Blue levies on tickets for most carriers. For a business award, you'll be paying over $300 one-way.<\/p>\n Air France also offers their exquisite La Premi\u00e8re first-class product on some routes. However, tickets cost at least 200,000 Flying Blue miles one-way, and you must have at least Flying Blue Platinum elite status<\/a>. So, even though Flying Blue miles are among the easiest to collect, the status requirement weeds out a lot of people who would burn their miles to fly the product. Still, I mention it since it is essentially the only first-class option directly to Paris.<\/p>\n Air France operates the following nonstop routes between the U.S. and the French capital:<\/p>\n Here's the great news: Flying Blue is a transfer partner of all major bank programs, plus a handful of hotel loyalty programs. This makes it easy to amass the Flying Blue miles you need for booking free flights to Paris.<\/p>\n Finally, you could consider opening an Air France KLM Visa Signature\u00ae<\/sup> credit card<\/a> issued by Bank of America. The card earns 3 miles per dollar spent on Air France or KLM flight and on dining. It earns 1.5 miles per dollar on all other purchases, plus a couple other perks, such as bonus points and bonus XP (which can help you earn Flying Blue elite status)<\/a> on your account anniversary.<\/p>\nAir France-KLM Flying Blue<\/span><\/h3>\n
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