Singapore Airlines Spontaneous Escapes deals are live (for December)…and they’re worse than ever

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It’s the middle of the month and that means that Singapore Airlines has published its latest set of KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes deals and, frankly, the airline may as well not have bothered. I didn’t think that the airline could offer fewer deals than it did in its last two sets of Spontaneous Escapes but I’ve just been proven very, very wrong. Read on only if you’re ready for serious disappointment.

Headline terms & conditions

• Book by 30 November 2022
• Travel between 1 December and 31 December 2022 (blackout dates may apply)
• Get a 30% discount on select award bookings
• One-way and roundtrip awards are permissible
• Taxes and fees will be charged

Full terms and conditions are reproduced at the end of this post

The deals

Ordinarily and at this point, I remind readers that what they’ll see below are just examples of the deals that are being offered and that more deals may be available…but not this time.

There are so few deals being offered in this month’s KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes that I have published the full list.

Note: The costs you’ll see indicated below are for one-way travel excluding taxes and fees.

Business Class deals

Southeast Asia Routes:

In this set of Spontaneous Escapes, there are just three Business Class deals on offer for travel within Southeast Asia.

Singapore to or from…

• Bali (on select flights) – 14,700 miles*
• Ho Chi Minh City (on select flights) – 16,800 miles*

Also, Manila to Singapore is available for 16,800 miles*

*Blackout dates apply

North Asia Routes:

In this set of Spontaneous Escapes, there is just one Business Class deal on offer for travel to or from North Asia.

Singapore to or from Hong Kong for 23,800 miles.

West Asia & Africa Routes:

In this set of Spontaneous Escapes, there is just one Business Class deal on offer for travel to/from West Asia or Africa:

Colombo to Singapore for 30,100 miles.

Southwest Pacific Routes:

**No Business Class deals offered**

European Routes:

**No Business Class deals offered**

USA & Canada Routes:

**No Business Class deals offered**

Premium Economy deals

North Asia Routes:

There’s just one Premium Economy Class deal for travel within this region.

Singapore to or from…

• Hong Kong (on select flights) – 18,550 miles*

*Blackout dates apply

West Asia & Africa Routes:

**No Premium Economy deals offered**

Southwest Pacific Routes:

**No Premium Economy deals offered**

European Routes:

There are two Premium Economy deals on offer for this region.

• Frankfurt to New York (JFK) – 36,400 miles
• Singapore to Frankfurt – 49,700 miles*

*Blackout dates may apply

USA & Canada Routes:

**No Premium Economy deals offered**

Bottom line

If you happen to need to travel to or from one of the destinations that are listed in this month’s Spontaneous Escapes, a 30% discount on award travel is probably going to seem like a nice deal to be offered.

If, however, you’ve been waiting for KrisFlyer to offer up some decent December Business Class discounts for travel to/from Africa, the Middle East, North America, Europe, and/or Australia, you’re not going to be happy with what Singapore Airlines has published.

I never thought that we’d see the day when Singapore Airlines would offer Business Class Spontaneous Escapes deals on just five routes… and yet here we are.

Full Terms and Conditions as per Singapore Airlines:

1. 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.
2. Eligible bookings can only be made through singaporeair.com. This promotion is not available through KrisFlyer Membership Services, SIA Ticket Offices, travel agents, or any other channels.
3. To qualify for the Promotion, tickets must be issued between 15 November (0000 hrs, GMT+8) and 30 November 2022 (2359 hrs, GMT+8) (“Promotion Period”), both dates inclusive, for travel from 1 December 2022 (0000 hrs, GMT+8) to 31 December 2022 (2359 hrs, GMT+8) for all destinations.
4. 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.
5. Waitlist redemption is not available for all flights offered in this Promotion.
6. Any change is strictly not permitted for bookings made under this promotion. Cancellation is also not permitted for partially unused or totally unused tickets.
7. 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.
8. This promotion cannot be combined with any other discount or promotion.
9. This promotion is applicable to one-way and round-trip travel. No stopovers are allowed for this promotion.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. All redemptions are subject to seat availability at the time of booking.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.