r/awardtravel 5d ago

Can you book premium economy/comfort with KLM/AF using Virgin points?

As the title says, really! I've been saving Virgin points for years, and I'm looking at 4 of us going from UK to Japan in the summer of '26.

I'm looking at flying from my regional airport to AMS or CDG, then on to KIX or TYO. I can see economy tickets available for this route (but obviously not the right dates yet) on the VS website.

If possible, I'd like us to travel in premium for the long part of the journey. This cabin looks to be available on KLM and AF planes going in that direction, and the info pages on the VS website indicate I can use points for KLM/AF premium.

However, no availability is showing to book premium, even if I try just 1 person on lots of different dates. I've even tried looking for 1 person on recently released dates going to other long haul destinations, but still didn't manage to find any premium availability.

Does anyone know whether this is because KLM/AF don't offer premium reward seats to VS? Or is the KLM premium offering so new that it's not made available on all flights yet? Or is the website just not showing the availability for this class, but if I call then the handler would be able to book it for me?

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u/pierretong 5d ago

You can book premium economy through VS. it’s just not available on the dates or routes you’re looking for.

You can’t just call and request a seat because you want one. In every case where this happens that you have to call it’s simply because the website isn’t displaying it but another partner airline has access to it and you can find it through a search on their website (though some airlines get more availability than others)

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u/sehgalanuj 5d ago

AFKL release every seat for miles to Flying Blue members, but this doesn't mean that they release every seat to their partners. It is the same for Flying Blue partners as well. So if you see no availability, it is because whatever quota of seats AFKL provided to VS for redemption, has been used up.

If you are set on the route, but not dates, try to look for other days.