HeyMax offering up to 35% transfer bonus to Flying Blue

HeyMax has launched a transfer bonus of up to 35% on conversions to Flying Blue, valid for transfers made by 13 November 2026. This is the largest bonus that HeyMax has offered for Flying Blue so far, beating the previous high of 25%. 

Flying Blue may not be as well known in Singapore as KrisFlyer or Asia Miles, but this promotion throws up some lucrative opportunities. With the bonus, a Business Class award between Singapore and Europe costs the equivalent of 62,962 Max Miles, while an Economy Class award between Singapore and Taipei costs the equivalent of 7,777 Max Miles.

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HeyMax offering up to 35% transfer bonus to Flying Blue

From 4-13 November 2026, HeyMax is offering an uncapped bonus of up to 35% on transfers from Max Miles to Flying Blue.

The bonus is tiered based on how many Max Miles are converted:

• 10,000 Max Miles or less: 25% bonus
• 10,001 to 50,000 Max Miles: 30% bonus
• 50,001 Max Miles or more: 35% bonus

Do note that the bonus is based on the number of miles converted in a single transfer. If you make two separate transfers of 10,000 Max Miles each, you will receive a 25% bonus on each transfer (rather than the 30% you’d get with a single transfer of 20,000 Max Miles).

With the bonus, users will receive 1.25-1.35 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 increments of 1 Max Mile beyond this.

Max Miles	Flying Blue Miles
1 mile	1 mile 1.25 – 1.35 miles

No registration is required, and base and bonus miles 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.

How does this compare to previous bonuses?

This marks the third transfer bonus that HeyMax has offered for Flying Blue, since it added transfers in March 2026. It’s also the most generous offer, with previous bonuses maxing out at 25%. 

This time, the minimum bonus starts from 25%, with bigger bonuses of 30% or 35% available for larger transfers.

What can you do with Flying Blue miles?

The most important thing to know about Flying Blue is that 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 eight dates with 85,000-mile award space to Paris.

However, there are a decent number 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 €70 fee (except for Light awards on Air France/KLM; see below)
• 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 before. 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.

What else can you do with Max Miles?

Max Miles can be converted to more than 20 airline and hotel partners, without any fees.

Alternatively, you can also cash out Max Miles via FlyAnywhere at 1.8 cents per mile, simply by submitting any air ticket booked in the past 30 days.

1. Book your air tickets whatever way you like: through the airline’s official website, an OTA, or even a traditional brick-and-mortar travel agency
2. Submit a FlyAnywhere redemption request via the HeyMax app
3. Get reimbursed for your flight in cash, via PayNow, at a rate of 1.8 cents per Max Mile

Both commercial and award flights are eligible — in the case of the latter, HeyMax will reimburse you for the cash component of the ticket, i.e. taxes and surcharges.

Conclusion

HeyMax users can now transfer Max Miles to Flying Blue with an uncapped bonus of up to 35%, bringing sweet spots to Europe, Bali, South Korea and Taiwan within closer reach.

You have until 13 November to make transfers, so now would be a good time to see if any destination within the Flying Blue 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.