Compare 11 loyalty programs for Detroit to Amsterdam award flights, with economy seats from 12,000 points.
Detroit to Amsterdam is a long-haul transatlantic corridor, and nonstop award space shows up on Delta. It's priced by 11 programs, and economy starts at 12,000 points on a routing that includes Air France. The lowest price comes through Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, not Air France's own program, so it pays to look past the obvious choice before transferring anything. Below, every program pricing DTW–AMS is compared side by side.
Best one-way award prices per airline over the next 12 months.
| Airline | Economy | Premium economy | Business | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Air FranceAF | 12,000Lowest | 40,000pts | 60,000pts | Not available |
 KLMKL | 16,000pts | 55,000pts | 82,000pts | Not available |
 DeltaDL | 16,500pts | 55,000pts | 90,000pts | 125,000pts |
 American AirlinesAA | 21,000pts | 35,000Lowest | 57,500Lowest | 55,000Lowest |
 British AirwaysBA | 22,500pts | 40,000pts | 57,500Lowest | Not available |
 Aer LingusEI | 22,500pts | 133,500pts | 57,500Lowest | Not available |
 IberiaIB | 22,500pts | Not available | Not available | Not available |
 United AirlinesUA | 30,000pts | 50,000pts | 80,000pts | 75,000pts |
 JetBlueB6 | 32,100pts | Not available | 197,300pts | Not available |
 LufthansaLH | 35,000pts | 55,000pts | 75,000pts | Not available |
When award seats between Detroit and Amsterdam price cheapest over the next year.
| Month | Cheapest award (points) |
|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 22,500 |
| Dec 2026 | 22,500 |
| Jan 2027 | 16,500 |
| Feb 2027 | 12,000 |
| Mar 2027 | 21,000 |
| Apr 2027 | 21,000 |
| May 2027 | 30,500 |
| Jun 2027 | 21,000 |
| Jul 2027 | 21,000 |
| Aug 2027 | No award data |
| Sep 2027 | 21,000 |
| Oct 2027 | No award data |
12 airlines with award seats between Detroit and Amsterdam, nonstop or connecting.
American AirlinesAA
Air CanadaAC
FinnairAYJetBlueB6British AirwaysBADeltaDLIberiaIBLufthansaLH
Singapore AirlinesSQ
Turkish AirlinesTK
TAP Air PortugalTPUnited AirlinesUAWhat to know before booking Detroit to Amsterdam with points.
~3,930 miles; ~8h25 nonstop (approximate). Local time in Amsterdam is 6 hours ahead of Detroit (briefly 5 around the spring and autumn clock changes). Award data window: November 2026–October 2027, with calendar prices for ten months. Counting well-covered months only, February 2027 is the cheapest (12,000 points); pricier months include November and December 2026 (22,500).
Detroit to Amsterdam is served by American Airlines, Air Canada, Air France and 19 more, offering multiple options for award travelers. Compare 11 loyalty programs to find the best value for your points. Award prices start from 12,000 points in economy. Use our search tool to check real-time award availability on this route.
At about 3,930 miles from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), a nonstop runs roughly 8h25, give or take with the winds. Nonstop award space in the data comes from a single airline: Delta. Expect mostly connecting results: only about 1% of the award options in the data are nonstop.
On a long-haul trip like Detroit–Amsterdam, pick the cabin before the program. Saving points means connecting: the economy floor connects once, and an economy nonstop on Delta costs more. Watch the cash on the cheapest economy seat: about $183 in taxes and fees, well above the route's typical economy taxes, so more points and less cash can win. The middle step, premium economy, costs about 2.9 times economy; business costs about 5 times.
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is cheapest in economy at 12,000 points. Alaska Atmos Rewards wins premium economy at 35,000 points. American AAdvantage takes business class at 57,500 points. Alaska Atmos Rewards lists first class from 55,000 points, but the fare connects, which usually means first on one leg only; read every segment. Of the other eight, United MileagePlus, Air Canada Aeroplan, and Air France-KLM Flying Blue are worth a look too.
Delta is the only airline with nonstop award space on Detroit–Amsterdam in the data, and its SkyTeam membership opens that nonstop to partner programs beyond Delta SkyMiles. If you're open to a stop, the better-priced connecting awards in the data run through Frankfurt, Paris, and Chicago. Virgin Atlantic Flying Club sets the economy floor as a SkyTeam partner, selling Air France seats at its own rates.
Detroit–Amsterdam has no same-metro alternates in the data on either end, so shifting dates does the work a second airport would. For another way into Amsterdam, Atlanta to Amsterdam prices from 9,500 points at last check. For a lower-cost long-haul trip from Detroit, Paris starts from 9,500 points.
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Common questions travelers ask about the Detroit to Amsterdam route.
