Earlier this week, Singapore Airlines Krisflyer launched an award sale whereby most economy class awards can be booked at a promotional price of 20% off of the usual award cost. Premium Economy is also on sale for flights between the US and Singapore. The travel window for this promotion extends from November 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026, but, unfortunately, these awards can not be changed or cancelled. I’m not sure that restriction is worth the 20% discount for me, but if you are reasonably sure of your travel plans, you could save some miles.
The Deal
- Singapore Krisflyer is offering an award sale that provides 20% off most economy class awards and 20% off some premium economy awards between the United States and Singapore when you book by 9/21 and travel from November 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026.
- Direct link to this deal
Key Terms
- Book from 9/9 to 9/21/25
- Travel from 11/1/25 to 5/31/26
- Promo awards can not be changed or cancelled
- Blackout dates apply for many routes (see the promo page for full details)
- The following routes are blacked out entirely:
- Cape Town to Singapore
- Cebu to Singapore
- Chong Qing to Singapore
- Danang to Singapore
- Melbourne to Singapore
- New Zealand to Singapore
- Penang to Singapore
- Sapporo to Singapore
- Singapore to Cape Town
- Singapore to Chong Qing
- Singapore to Melbourne
- Singapore to New Zealand
- Singapore to Penang
Quick Thoughts
With this sale, Singapore is your best option in some cases, albeit not always by a big margin. That said, if you really want to travel to Singapore nonstop / fly on Singapore Airlines, this could certainly come in handy since Singapore releases far more award space to its own members than to partners.
Given that these awards can not be changed or cancelled, you’ll want to be very sure of plans before you book. I have in the past argued that paying more miles for a flexible award (like the way that Air Canada charges more for a “Flex” award) is like pre-paying the cancellation penalty and betting against your own travel planning, suggesting that I am happy to trade away a flexible award in exchange for mileage savings.
However, the nonrefundable nature of these bookings is a different situation. Personally, while I might be happy enough to save some miles in exchange for a slightly higher cancellation penalty, I’m very hesitant to risk losing all of my miles if one of the kids gets sick / a family emergency happens / we just need to switch gears for some reason. While 33,600 miles from San Francisco to Singapore is certainly a decent award price, it isn’t much less than what you might pay through another program (American has availability on Cathay Pacific or Japan Airlines for 37,500 miles for instance). Still, if my travel plans were relatively ironclad, and I wanted to get to Singapore on Singapore Airlines, I could see the usefulness of this promo.
H/T: One Mile at a Time
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