Singapore Krisflyer Spontaneous Escapes
Award travelers love cheap flights. Finding cheap flights is likely what lead most of us to finding award travel blogs, groups, and resources to learn more and up our game. The next step is the never-ending search for saver award flights and the desire to travel as you wish for the absolute lowest cost. But sometimes it gets BETTER than saver awards. One of those times is the Singapore Krisflyer monthly Spontaneous Escapes.
Update 5/15/23: Updated with May 2023 Spontaneous Escapes.
What are Singapore Krisflyer Spontaneous Escapes?
Each month, Singapore Krisflyer publishes a list of discounted award flights. Like other promotional awards, these discounted award flights vary by route and class of service, but must always be booked by the end of the current month for travel in the following month. Obviously, booking travel a maximum of 6 to 7 weeks in advance does not work for everyone, but for anyone with travel flexibility, these awards offer outsized value. Usually, these awards offer discounts of 30% off published “Saver” rewards. Singapore Airlines (SQ) lists award flights as “Saver” awards or “Advantage” awards. Saver awards are the cheapest award flights, absent a sale.
Spontaneous Escapes May 2023
Singapore Krisflyer Spontaneous Escapes for May 2023 include mostly travel in Asia and Pacific regions. Remember, for spontaneous escapes you must book by the end of the current month (by May 31) for travel the following month (June 1-June 30). You can find the entire list here, but here are some of the highlights for this month:
- Frankfurt to New York (JFK): 17,500 in economy class or 36,400 in premium economy class.
- Singapore to Sydney: 21,350 in economy class or 35,700 in premium economy class.
- Singapore to Mumbai (or vice versa): 24,150 in premium economy class or 30,100 in business class.
- Singapore to Chennai (or vice versa): 30,100 in business class.
- Singapore to Manila (or vice versa): 9,450 in economy class or 16,800 in business class.
- Singapore to Guangzhou or Chengdu (or vice versa): 11,550 in economy class or 23,800 in business class.
- Many more to/from Singapore and India and Southeast Asia.
Prior Spontaneous Escapes
April 2023
Singapore Krisflyer Spontaneous Escapes for April 2023 include travel all over the globe. You can find the entire list here, but we share some of the highlights for this month:
- Singapore to Hong Kong (or vice versa): 23,800 miles in business class.
- Singapore to Beijing or Shanghai (or vice versa): 15,050 miles in economy class.
- Singapore to Colombo or Bangalore (or vice versa): 30,100 in business class.
- Singapore to Chennai (or vice versa): 30,100 in business class.
- Singapore to New Delhi (or vice versa): 24,150 in premium economy class or 30,100 in business class.
- Singapore to Sydney: 21,350 in economy class, 35,700 in premium economy class, or 47,950 in business class.
- Singapore to Melbourne or Christchurch: 47,950 in business class.
- Frankfurt to New York (JFK): 17,500 in economy class, 36,400 in premium economy class, or 56,700 in business class.
- Copenhagen to Singapore: 29,400 in economy class or 72,450 in business class.
- Milan, London, or Paris to Singapore: 29,400 in economy class.
- Singapore to Los Angeles: 29,400 in economy class.
- Tokyo Narita (NRT) to Los Angeles: 51,100 in premium economy class.
- Singapore to San Francisco: 52,500 in premium economy class.
The great thing about the Spontaneous Escapes are they actually exist. This is not a PR stunt where only one or two unicorns exist. These seats are available and Singapore aggressively sells these seats to fill the cabin. A random search of Frankfurt to New York in May revealed promo awards available in business class for 4 of the 7 days!
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Best Ways to Earn Singapore Krisflyer Miles
One of the best parts of the Krisflyer program is how easy it is to earn Krisflyer Miles. Singapore Krisflyer is a transfer partner of:
- Chase Ultimate Rewards
- American Express Membership Rewards
- Capital One Miles
- Citi ThankYou Points
- Marriott Bonvoy
- Brex
Some of the best cards to earn Singapore Krisflyer Miles are:
- Chase Sapphire Preferred or Chase Sapphire Reserve
- Chase Ink Business Preferred, Chase Ink Cash, or Chase Ink Unlimited
- American Express Platinum or American Express Gold
- American Express Business Platinum or American Express Business Gold
- Capital One Venture or Capital One Venture X
- Citi Premier
ToP Thoughts: Spontaneous Escapes
While these awards are not for everyone, if you have flexibility or are a last-minute traveler, you find outsized value in these promotional awards. Thirty percent discounts off of Singapore Saver awards are truly fantastic rates. In the example above, 56,700 miles for Frankfurt to New York put that flight on par with several of the cheapest ways to fly business class between Europe and the USA. Flying Singapore Airlines business class, with its legendary service and soft product, is a slam-dunk winner at these rates. Even better, Singapore miles are extremely easy to earn, since it is a transfer partner of most transferrable currencies. If any of these awards work for you, book it and go have a blast!
