Peak summer: 4+ business class seats on Air France (including to Brussels)

A few weeks ago, we posted about an incredible deal to fly business class from Brussels to New York for just 25.3% of the cost. It was only showing up in that direction. In my post about it, I mentioned that I had booked a separate way to Europe and I thought it was worth a shout out. I was able to book my family of four for an average price of less than 100,000 miles per passenger one way.

Since I am seeing so many itineraries with multiple seats at this rate, the above price is about right for what Air France charges to Europe at the saver level.

Children 2-11 years old get a 25% discount on long-haul redemptions if they are entered as "child 2-11" when searching.

The total price for my four passengers was about $780. On average, that works out to less than 50K miles for an adult and less than 40K for a child.

This availability wasn't isolated. I was able to find flights at this rate when searching for four passengers. Each day has at least one flight with four seats.

There is a screen shot above that shows the trip will be plane and train, and it's interesting. The itinerary includes a flight on Air France from New York to Paris and then a train from the Paris airport to the Belgian capital.

The train journey will only take 1.5 hours. It saved me some money over an itinerary that only included flights, but keep in mind that some train routes are longer than others.

Virgin Atlantic may be able to book some of these flights. Virgin Atlantic charges marginally more miles for this redemption at 58,500 miles one way in business class, but you may use less net points due to current point transfer bonuses. If you are transferring points to book, Virgin Atlantic may be the better option. You can find more availability on Air France's own flights via Flying Blue.

I think it is worth a look at the Air France website, especially if you booked some of that 25.5K business class space from New York to Brussels. Between the two deals, I paid a total of 81K miles and $300 for a round trip in business class, with Air France and Avianca paying the rest. Air France has taxes and fees that are a bit higher than I would like, but I was happy with the timing of my trip and the taxes and fees were less than I would have liked.

When you spend $1,000 or more on flights via Air France that originate in the US and are paid in US Dollars, you can get 20,000 Membership Reward points for free.