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Follow-up to Singapore KrisFlyer Awards – Examples

August 7, 2014 By Trevor 6 Comments





Introduction

Yesterday, I posted about using Singapore’s KrisFlyer miles from Singapore, and how many great options there are. Reader @Sanaial posed a great question:

@tmount the most confusing part is the variability of out-pocket costs with a lot of foreign programs

— Saianel (@saianel) August 6, 2014

A few examples

So I thought I’d put together some examples. The first option I looked at was Singapore to Phuket, Thailand in economy and business class. Its a short 1 hour, 45 minute non-stop flight operated by Singapore’s Silkair.

Singapore to Phuket Award Flights

As you can see – Airport / Government taxes are constant at SGD 34.00 ($27.29 USD). You essentially pay a premium of 6,375 KrisFlyer miles and SGD 20.30 ($16.29 USD) to fly up front.

The second I chose to look at was Singapore to Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia in economy and business class. This is actually a longer flight at 2 and a half hours, and on Singapore’s regionally configured 777-200 (I think an angled layflat in business). The fares are consistent for economy and business, but you get an upgraded product and experience.

Singapore to Denpasar-Bali Award Flights

For example, just looking at a revenue ticket, ITA shows the same flight in business at SGD 1,096.50, so you’re looking at a roughly 90% discount for using miles, or 6.7 cents of “value” per mile.

Starting to see a trend here, I decided to look a little harder at the award chart, and found an interesting route that could be considered a sweet-spot on the award chart. First, here’s the map:

Hong Kong to Darwin, Australia via Singapore, courtesy of www.gcmap.com

Hong Kong to Darwin, Australia via Singapore, courtesy of www.gcmap.com

The flights are pretty reasonable with respect to miles, but its much more expensive with respect to out of pocket costs, but really the difference between Business and Economy is 10,625 more miles, but not even 10% more in cost.

HKG-SIN-DRW Awards

Ok, so in hindsight, maybe this isn’t the sweetest of spots, but I’ll keep looking.

Conclusion

So, while Singapore does charge fuel surcharges, you can still do reasonably well flying shorter distances on Singapore and Silkair metal. Given that, Singapore’s Changi Airport is both served by a bunch of airlines, and perhaps my favorite airport for a long layover.

 

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Filed Under: Airline Programs, Travel, Travel Programs Tagged With: Award Travel, KrisFlyer, Singapore Airlines, Southeast Asia, Travel

Comments

  1. ozaer says

    August 7, 2014 at 11:07 am

    Once you start in SIN, your options get even better….check out SIN-Penang & even Vientiane Laos

    Reply
    • Trevor says

      August 7, 2014 at 3:50 pm

      Ozaer – Awesome! I’m going to check them out. Hadn’t really thought much about Laos, but there have been a few discussions about it on the blogosphere of late.

      Reply
  2. purcitron says

    August 10, 2014 at 3:51 am

    @Trevor
    what about short SQ 5th freedom/tag flights please? (do these even exist?)

    Reply
    • Trevor says

      August 10, 2014 at 12:57 pm

      @Purcitron – I’m not sure I understand your question. Most of Singapore’s 5th freedom flights are longhaul. E.g. NRT-LAX or FRA-JFK on the A380, or IAH-Moscow (I think DME). Also BCN-GRU. I’ll have to do some research to see if there are any shorter flights. Does that partly answer your question?

      Reply
      • purcitron says

        August 11, 2014 at 4:30 am

        yes. thanks

        Reply

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