HeyMax offering 25% transfer bonus to Flying Blue

HeyMax has launched a new transfer bonus for Flying Blue, which offers 25% more miles for conversions made by 29 September 2026.

Flying Blue may not be as well-known in Singapore as KrisFlyer or Asia Miles, but it has some useful sweet spots. With this bonus, you can redeem Business Class awards between Singapore and Europe for the equivalent of 68,000 Max Miles, or Economy Class awards between Singapore and Taipei for the equivalent of 8,400 Max Miles.

Unfortunately, the programme recently devalued Air France and KLM award tickets on 8 September 2026 by introducing Light fare redemptions with no lounge access or refunds.  Partner redemptions are unaffected by this change, but it’s still worth knowing about.

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HeyMax offering 25% transfer bonus to Flying Blue

From 15-29 September 2026, HeyMax is offering an uncapped 25% bonus on transfers from Max Miles to Flying Blue.

Users will receive 1.25 Flying Blue miles for every 1 Max Mile transferred, instead of the usual 1 mile. A minimum transfer of 1,000 Max Miles is required, with blocks of 1 Max Mile beyond this.

Max Miles	Flying Blue Miles
1 mile	1 mile 1.25 miles

No registration is required, and base and bonus points should be credited instantly.

If you’re short of Max Miles, one option is to take a drawdown of your HeyMax First balance. All HeyMax users automatically receive a complimentary Silver membership, which allows them to take a “loan” of up to 30,000 Max Miles for an access fee of 3 cents per mile, which will be refunded once the miles are earned back. Alternatively, they can upgrade to higher tiers to get access to a larger miles pool at a lower access fee, with the first year’s membership fee waived.

For a full guide to HeyMax First, refer to the article below.

HeyMax First membership guide: Fly now, earn later

Terms & Conditions

The terms and conditions of this promotion can be found here.

What can you do with Flying Blue miles?

The most important thing to know about Flying Blue is it does not have a published award chart. This means you need to be careful about buying or transferring miles speculatively, because there’s no guarantee that the prices you see today will be the same a few months down the road.

It’s possible to search for awards even with a zero miles balance, so you can verify the space exists before transferring miles over.

Here are some redemption ideas.

Singapore to Europe in Business for 85,000 miles

Air France Business Class awards between Singapore and Europe cost just 85,000 miles each way, which is significantly less than the 108,500 miles that KrisFlyer would charge.

My recommendation is to use Seats.Aero for faster searching. I was able to pull up an entire year’s worth of award space in just seconds, which saves you the pain of doing guess and check. Unfortunately, over the whole of next year, I could only find four dates with 85,000-mile award space to Paris.

However, there is a decent amount of 1-stop Business Class award options on Garuda and Vietnam Airlines to Europe in the 84,000 to 92,000 miles range.

Singapore to Bali in Business for 21,500 miles

Another option from Singapore would be Bali, where a one-way Business Class award starts from 21,500 miles with Garuda Indonesia.

Singapore to Taipei in Economy/Business for 10,500/21,000 miles

China Airlines from Singapore to Taipei costs 10,500 miles and 21,000 miles in Economy and Business Class respectively.

Singapore to Seoul in Economy/Business for 17,000/43,000 miles

Korean Air from Singapore to Seoul costs 17,000 miles and 43,000 miles in Economy and Business Class respectively.

What else should you know about Flying Blue?

Here are a few more important things to know about the Flying Blue programme:

• Flying Blue awards can be changed or cancelled for a EUR 70 fee
• Fuel surcharges are not absorbed by the programme
• Flying Blue miles expire after 24 months of inactivity. Any earning (not redemption) activity will extend the validity of all miles by a further 24 months

Flying Blue recently carried out a  de facto devaluation of Air France and KLM awards by introducing new Light fare redemptions with fewer benefits. In other words, the previous redemption levels have become Light tickets with fewer benefits than today. You pay the same, but you get less.

Here’s what it looks like in Business Class, for example.

The biggest losses here are lounge access and the lack of flexibility. Light redemptions are strictly non-changeable and non-refundable. That’s really bad, if you ask me.

For what it’s worth, the new system does not apply to other partner airlines, where award redemptions enjoy the same benefits as before.

Conclusion

HeyMax users can now transfer Max Miles to Flying Blue with an uncapped 25% bonus, bringing sweet spots to Europe, South Korea and Taiwan even closer within reach.

You have until 29 September to make the transfer, so now would be a good time to see if any destination within the FlyingBlue network fits into your travel plans. However, do note that the cheapest award redemptions for Air France and KLM are now non-refundable, so you’ll need to be sure of your plans before booking.