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It’s the middle of the month, so Singapore Airlines has published its latest set of KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes deals and as this is January, this is the first set of Spontaneous Escapes of the year. Will this year’s deals be better than the disappointing deals we were served up in 2024?
As is usual with Spontaneous Escapes deals, the airline is offering KrisFlyer members 30% off award bookings on select routes (in its Economy, Premium Economy, and Business class cabins) and as usual, the value on offer will vary from route to route.
Headline terms & conditions
- Book by 31 January 2025 (23:59 hrs Local Time).
- Travel between 1 and 28 February 2024 (blackout dates may apply).
- Get a 30% discount on select award bookings.
- One-way and round-trip awards are permissible.
- Taxes and fees will be charged.
Full terms and conditions have been reproduced at the end of this post.
The deals
It starting to get hard to call these ‘sets of deals’ if you’re based outside of Asia as Singapore Airlines continues to show a great reluctance to reduce the cost of Business Class on most of its routes to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, or North America, but a small silver lining this month is the fact that there are a few useful Premium Economy deals on offer.
Note: The costs you’ll see indicated below are for one-way travel excluding taxes and fees.
Keep in mind
The Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program is a transfer partner for all four major transferable currencies (from Chase, Citi, Amex, and Capital One), so if any of the deals that you see below would work well for you but you don’t have a healthy KrisFlyer balance, you should be able to top up your KrisFlyer account from one or more sources.
Business Class deals
Southeast Asia Routes:
In this set of Spontaneous Escapes, there are six Business Class deals on offer for travel within Southeast Asia, but one is a one-way only deal and some of these routes seem to have a ridiculous number of blackout dates. The deals include:
Singapore to or from …
- Bali – (on select flights) – 14,700 miles*
- Jakarta – (on select flights) – 14,700 miles*
- Kuala Lumpur – (on select flights) – 14,700 miles*
- Manila (on select flights) – 16,800 miles*
- Ho Chi Minh City – (on select flights) – 16,800 miles*
Also, Singapore to Bangkok is available for 14,700 miles*
*Blackout dates apply
North Asia Routes:
In this set of Spontaneous Escapes, there are, essentially four Business Class deal on offer for travel within North Asia (one more than last month). Beijing appears as a destination twice because Singapore Airlines flies to both of the city’s major airports, but that’s still just one deal to our minds.
Singapore to or from …
- Beijing (PEK) (on select flights) – 30,100 miles*
- Beijing (PKX) (on select flights) – 30,100 miles*
- Guangzhou (on select flights) – 23,800 miles*
- Hong Kong (on select flights) – 23,800 miles*
- Shanghai (on select flights) – 30,100 miles*
*Blackout dates apply
West Asia & Africa Routes:
In this set of Spontaneous Escapes, there are seven Business Class deals on offer for travel to/from this region and while that may sound impressive, it’s important to note that four of the seven are just one-way deals and, once again, there are no deals to or from Africa.
Singapore to or from …
- Ahmedabad (on select flights) – 30,100 miles*
- Dhaka (on select flights) – 30,100 miles*
- Malé (on select flights) – 30,100 miles*
Also, Singapore to Bangalore, Singapore to Chennai, Singapore to Hyderabad, and Singapore to Mumbai are available for 30,100 miles*
*Blackout dates apply
Southwest Pacific Routes:
In this set of Spontaneous Escapes there are just three Business Class deals on offer for travel to or from the Southwest Pacific, and two are only valid for one-way travel.
Singapore to or from …
- Cairns (on select flights) – 47,950 miles*
Also available are Melbourne to Singapore for 47,950 miles* and Perth to Singapore for 28,350 miles*.
*Blackout dates apply
European Routes:
There are three Spontaneous Escapes deal that touch Europe this month and that’s better than normal. We even have two round trip deals and, for the first time in what feels like decades, we also have a deal valid for travel from Europe to Singapore.
Singapore to or from …
- Brussels (on select flights) – 72,450 miles*
Also, Frankfurt to/from New York (JFK) is available for 56,700 miles* and Singapore to Frankfurt is available for 72,450 miles*.
USA & Canada Routes:
The one Spontaneous Escape Business Class deal which involves travel to/ from the United States is one that’s already been covered in the Europe section:
Frankfurt to/from New York (JFK) is available for 56,700 miles*.
*Blackout dates apply
Premium Economy deals
North Asia Routes:
There are four Premium Economy Class deals for travel within this region and they are the deals that we seem to see in most sets of Spontaneous Escapes.
Singapore to or from…
- Beijing (PEK) (on select flights) – 24,150 miles*
- Chengdu (on select flights) – 18,550 miles*
- Hong Kong (on select flights) – 18,550 miles
- Shanghai (on select flights) – 24,150 miles
*Blackout dates apply
West Asia & Africa Routes:
There are three Premium Economy Class deal for travel within this region in this set of Spontaneous Escapes (although I’m not sure when Istanbul became an African city), but two are for one way travel only.
Singapore to/from …
- Istanbul – (on select flights) – 30,100 miles*
Also available are Singapore to Mumbai and Singapore to New Delhi for 24,150 miles*.
*Blackout dates apply
Southwest Pacific Routes:
There are two Premium Economy Class deals for travel within this region and, surprisingly, both are for round trip travel and they cover Australia’s most popular cities.
Singapore to or from…
- Melbourne (on select flights) – 35,700 miles
- Sydney (on select flights) – 35,700 miles
*Blackout dates apply
European Routes:
There are four Premium Economy Class deals for travel to or from Europe this month and three are for round trip travel.
Singapore to or from…
- Brussels (on select flights) – 49,700 miles
- Rome (on select flights) – 49,700 miles
Also, Frankfurt to/from New York (JFK) is available for 36,400 miles* and Singapore to Frankfurt is available for 49,700 miles (select flights)*
*Blackout dates may apply
USA & Canada Routes:
There are three US routes on which a Premium Economy deals is currently bookable (one is also a European route) and given that all three are deals that are available in either direction, that’s good going (by Spontaneous Escapes standards).
Singapore to or from…
- New York (on select flights) – 56,350 miles*
- San Francisco (on select flights) – 52,500 miles*
Also, Frankfurt to/from New York (JFK) is available for 36,400 miles*.
*Blackout dates may apply
Bottom line
As usual, how these deals are viewed will vary from person to person (depending on people’s travel plans) and while there really isn’t all that much to get excited about here, there are a few deals available that should be of interest to TFM readers and that’s not something we were able to say very often in 2024.
Sure, the number of deals for travel outside of Asia is still disappointing, but if you’re happy to travel in Premium Economy this is a better set of deals for you than we have seen for a while.
Full Terms and Conditions per Singapore Airlines:
- The KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes promotion (“Promotion”) is organized by Singapore Airlines Limited (“SIA”). The promotion is open to KrisFlyer members (“Participants”) for the online redemption of Promo Awards in Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class on selected Singapore Airlines operated flights. Please refer to the list of eligible flights above. The promotion is not valid for codeshare flights.
- Eligible bookings can only be made through singaporeair.com or the SingaporeAir mobile app. This promotion is not available through KrisFlyer Membership Services, SIA Ticket Offices, travel agents, or any other channels.
- To qualify for the Promotion, tickets must be issued between 15 January 2025 (0900 hrs, Local Time) and 31 January 2025 (2359 hrs, Local Time) (“Promotion Period”), both dates inclusive, for travel from 1 February 2025 (0000 hrs, Local Time) to 28 February 2025 (2359 hrs, Local Time) for all destinations.
- This Promo awards must be ticketed immediately within the same booking session. Fare and seat availability will not be guaranteed otherwise.
- If (i) any part of the itinerary is confirmed after the Promotion Period; (ii) or falls outside the applicable Travel Period; and/or (iii) contains an ineligible flight, the entire itinerary will not be eligible for the promotion. Please split your bookings for travel within and outside the promotional travel period.
- Waitlist redemption is not available for all flights offered in this Promotion.
- Any change is strictly not permitted for bookings made under this promotion. Cancellation is also not permitted for partially unused or totally unused tickets.
- For (i) any flights cancelled by SIA, or (ii) if a SQ-operated flight was removed from a Participant’s booking due to Covid-19 and governmental regulatory changes, the miles redeemed in the unused portion of the ticket will be refunded into the relevant Participant’s KrisFlyer account with no additional fees charged. However, requests to change any booking details, or to retain the ticket for future use will not be granted. Participants may submit their request via the Assistance Request form.
- This promotion cannot be combined with any other discount or promotion.
- This promotion is applicable to one-way and round-trip travel. No stopovers are allowed for this promotion.
- Taxes and fees are applicable in addition to the required redemption mileage and paid for separately by the passenger in the applicable currency. Taxes and fees are separately charged and payable and are not subject to any discount.
- The Promotion will only apply to tickets purchased entirely with KrisFlyer miles. It does not apply to commercial tickets purchased with part miles, part cash.
- The 30% discount level is only applied on the number of KrisFlyer miles required for an Economy Class Saver, Premium Economy Class Saver and/or Business Class Saver award ticket. The 30% discount will be displayed upon selection of eligible flight(s) under the Promo Awards category during booking on singaporeair.com.
- All redemptions are subject to seat availability at the time of booking.
- By participating in the Promotion, each Participant agrees to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions, SIA’s conditions of use of website, SIA’s Privacy Policy, and the KrisFlyer Terms and Conditions (collectively, “SIA Terms & Conditions”). Non-compliance with or breach of any of these SIA Terms and Conditions may result in the Participant being disqualified at any stage of the Promotion, and any discounts on KrisFlyer miles redemptions awarded may be forfeited, withheld, withdrawn or reclaimed.
- All decisions made by SIA, in respect to any matter relating to this Promotion shall be final. SIA reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions, terminate or otherwise amend this Promotion, including any amendments to the eligible destinations, eligible flights, promotional dates and travel dates in this Promotion, without prior notice at its sole and absolute discretion.
- To the extent permitted under applicable law, SIA will not be responsible or liable for any consequences that any Participant may suffer (including without limitation any damage, loss, injury or disappointment) by participating in the Promotion.
- These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore courts.