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While Singapore Airlines has a popularity for offering an exceptional product, booking long-haul premium cabin awards is not easy. You will find some award availability using the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan and Air Canada Aeroplan, but you will normally find more availability through Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer.
KrisFlyer generally charges more miles than other loyalty programs, even on saver dates. Nonetheless, this system offers discounts on select award flights every month through its KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes promotion.
This month, you possibly can book select “promo” award flights with a 30% discount if you happen to reserve by April 30 and travel between May 1 and 31. Here’s how you possibly can maximize this iteration of Singapore KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes.
The deal
Airline: Singapore Airlines.
Route: Varies.
Cost: Varies.
Dates: May 1-31, 2023.
Book by: April 30, 2023.
Pay taxes/fees with: The Platinum Card® from American Express for five points per dollar spent on airfare booked directly with the airline (on as much as $500,000 spent per calendar yr), the Chase Sapphire Reserve for 3 points per dollar spent on travel or the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card for two points per dollar spent on travel.
Sample itineraries
Singapore KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes offers discounted award flights on select routes operated by Singapore Airlines. Nonetheless, only select flight numbers are discounted every month, so you will often only get the discount for travel in a single direction.
The next are among the discounted “promo” award flights with U.S. origins or destinations that you simply might give you the option to book with a 30% discount through April 30 for travel between May 1 and 31.
Origin | Destination | “Promo” awards |
---|---|---|
Frankfurt, Germany. | Recent York (John F. Kennedy International Airport). | 17,500 miles in economy on flight SQ26 (blackout dates of May 25 and 27-30).
36,400 miles in premium economy on flight SQ26 (blackout dates of May 17, 26 and 27). 56,700 miles in business class on flight SQ26 (blackout dates of May 6, 8, 11-14, 17, 18, 21, 26 and 28-30). |
Tokyo (Narita International Airport). | Los Angeles. | 51,100 miles in premium economy on flight SQ12 (blackout dates of May 1-3, 5, 24 and 28-31). |
Singapore. | San Francisco. | 52,500 miles in premium economy on flight SQ34 (blackout dates of May 1-15). |
Manchester, England. | Houston. | 17,500 miles in economy on flight SQ52. |
Singapore. | Los Angeles. | 29,400 miles in economy on flights SQ36 and SQ38 (blackout dates of May 1-11, 13, 16, 18, 20 and 25-31). |
Remember, you should still find award availability on the KrisFlyer website. “Promo” awards is probably not available on select dates, even ones that are not listed as blackout dates. You may see the discounted awards listed as “promo” if there’s availability while you search.
Check the Spontaneous Escapes homepage for more details and to see the “promo” awards that do not arrive or depart from U.S. cities.
Earning miles to book this award
It’s relatively easy to earn Singapore KrisFlyer miles. This system is a 1:1 transfer partner with American Express Membership Rewards, Capital One, Citi ThankYou Rewards and Chase Ultimate Rewards. KrisFlyer can be a 3:1 transfer partner with Marriott Bonvoy.
If you happen to transfer points and so they don’t immediately appear in your KrisFlyer account, consider calling KrisFlyer to carry award seats until the points post. Doing so will lock in your award seats so you will not must worry in regards to the availability disappearing. KrisFlyer generally charges 25 Singapore dollars (about $20) or 2,500 miles to carry award seats.
Bottom line
With one-way economy-class award flights from Asia to the U.S. starting at lower than 30,000 KrisFlyer miles, it’s no doubt that Singapore Airlines’ Spontaneous Escapes sale can offer great value. These “promo” awards could help make a last-minute trip this May possible.
Economy award flights start at 17,500 miles on the fifth-freedom flight from Frankfurt to Recent York. Meanwhile, premium economy costs 36,400 miles and business class costs 56,700 miles.
Additional reporting by JT Genter, Katie Genter, Ehsan Haque, Benji Stawski and Victoria Walker.