All posts tagged: Singapore Airlines

Krisflyer Spontaneous Escapes: up to 50% off miles required for your March trips

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So after running it intermittently last year, Singapore Airlines have officially launched the Spontaneous Escapes as a regular feature. What is KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes? Singapore Airlines releases a list of discounted KrisFlyer redemption Saver awards, in both Economy and Business, to select destinations every month, at 30% off the usual redemption rates. The deals are usually available for a very short time, and travel is also limited to the following month, making this perfect if you have unused leave or you are in need of a spontaneous holiday. Offer destinations for February 2019 For the launch, they have offered a very generous 50% off the usual economy class redemption rates, and business cabins at economy rates. Some interesting destinations and redemption rates include: Shanghai, Beijing: 10,000 miles each way for Economy, 20,000 miles each way for Business Auckland: 28,000 miles each way for Business Rome, Zurich, London: 19,000 miles each way for Economy If you are looking at the non-stop flights to US, Los Angeles is also on offer – you can redeem for a Premium Economy seat at Economy rate …

Singapore Airlines is revising its redemption prices again, less than two years after the last time

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Singapore Airlines will be increasing the redemption rates for all award tickets, as well as upgrades, from 24 January 2019. This increase will see Krisflyer members forking out anything from 2,000 miles to 15,000 miles more for their premium economy, business or first class ticket. For those who have longer term memories, the last revision was in March 2017 (yes we are in 2019, guys), where SQ famously removed its 15% online redemption discount, in return for absorbing fuel surcharges on its tickets. This time round it’s mostly grim. Economy class rates remained unchanged, but everything else is going up – both saver and advantage rates. We will take a look at the increases at the saver level, because, frankly who redeems at an advantage level unless you really need to travel? One great news for those who usually upgrade with their miles: SQ will now allow a two-class upgrade from Economy to Business for aircraft with the premium economy product. Previously this will not be possible. Premium Economy Premium Economy saver rates have gone …

SilkAir moving 17 services to Scoot ahead of merger

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SilkAir has announced that it will transfer 17 destinations to the low-cost subsidiary Scoot progressively, starting from April 2019.  In the same announcement, Scoot will be stopping its Honolulu service, barely a year after the inaugural service. It will also be giving up four other destinations that is currently served by SilkAir and Singapore Airlines. SilkAir to Scoot transfers The destinations SilkAir will be giving up to Scoot, along with the dates that will happen, are below: Country City Date Laos Luang Prabang, Vientiane April 2019 China Changsha, Fuzhou, Kunming, Wuhan May, June 2019 India Coimbatore, Trivandrum, Visakhapatnam May – October 2019 Thailand Chiang Mai October 2019 Malaysia Kota Kinabalu December 2019 Indonesia Balikpapan, Lombok, Makassar, Manado, Semarang, Yogyakarta May – July 2020 SilkAir has earlier this year transferred 6 other services – Hangzhou, Kalibo, Kuching, Langkawi, Palembang and Pekanbaru – to Scoot as well. Observers who are following the merger keenly will know that 14 of SilkAir’s current fleet of Boeing 737-800s will be transferred to Scoot progressively as well, while Singapore Airlines will …

November 2018 KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes

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The November Spontaneous Escapes promotion list is now out! For the penultimate edition of the year, KrisFlyer is offering 30% off the usual mileage required for Economy & Business on SQ to destinations across Asia and Australia only, for travel in December 2018. For SilkAir, the destination list is slightly more generous, with 15 destinations as far as Hiroshima, Japan and Darwin, Australia. Also included in the promotion this month is January travel to USA. If you recall, Singapore Airlines came out to say earlier this month that the premium economy cabin is not selling like hot cakes on the non-stop services to USA, so I guess naturally these will come at a discount too. The price? 45,500 miles each way to Los Angeles and San Francisco, plus taxes, for travel between 1-13 January 2019. All redemptions must be made by 30 November 2018. You can find the full list on KrisFlyer’s website, but here’s what I think its most value for money: Denpasar-Bali: 12,250 miles each way in Business – good to try the new …