Spend miles from one loyalty scheme, earn on another (within Skyteam)
Due to poor miles management, I end up owning ~4,000 miles on Flying Blue (Air France) and ~8,000 miles with SKYPASS (Korean Air), both of which belong to SkyTeam. I'd rather own Flying Blue miles as I actually travel from and to France more often but do not really wish losing the earned Korean miles either.
My question is: can I spend SKYPASS miles to book a discounted (or free) flight while earning miles (for this newly booked flight) on Flying Blue?
I know that I can't transfer miles from one airline to the other so I'm looking at the best strategy to make the most of my remaining SKYPASS miles while earning Flying Blue miles for all future journeys.
Many thanks,
Best Answer
No, you can't.
Any flight you book with miles does not give you miles, they are always excluded.
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