Singapore Krisflyer now offering award chart for Scoot

Award Wallet recently reported that Singapore Airlines is now publishing an award chart for Scoot, a low-cost carrier that is a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. While many Scoot routes can be purchased at relatively low prices, some of the mileage values can be very good if you don’t mind the drawbacks of low-cost-carrier travel, including the fact that awards are nonrefundable.

The Deal

• Singapore Krisflyer has published an updated award chart for travel on subsidiary / low-cost-carrier Scoot
• Direct link to this deal

Key Terms

• Award flights are non-cancellable and non-refundable
• Route changes are not permitted. Date changes are permitted, subject to additional service fees and award availability. Award level difference may be payable. If the new journey requires fewer KrisFlyer miles, the excess cannot be refunded
• Award flights are not eligible for upgrades to ScootPlus
• See award chart for full terms

Quick Thoughts

Singapore Krisflyer has been offering redemptions on Scoot for a while, but the news here is that they now offer those redemptions based on an award chart rather than at fixed value.

The award chart is pretty extensive. Pictured above are prices between 12 of the 17 zones (see the full award chart in PDF form here). The white line represents “Scoot Saver” while the yellow line represents “Scoot Advantage” redemptions (as is the case with Singapore Airlines, Saver awards are more limited and Advantage awards are more plentiful, generally speaking). Note that these awards are nonrefundable.

Keep in mind that you will still need to pay taxes on top of the mileage. Given the relatively low cost of many Scoot flights, an award may not present a great deal.

For instance, I looked at flights from Singapore to Perth, Australia. Based on the award chart, that sounded like a stellar deal since the 5.5hr flight starts at 6,500 miles one-way for a saver fare. However, there were ~$68 in taxes. Since the cash price of that ticket was only $128, that meant that 6,500 miles was only saving $60. That would be yielding fewer than 1c per point!

However, there are some situations where you can get a standout value.

For example, during a previous Frequent Miler team challenge, I considered visiting Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia. Flights from Singapore (Zone 1) to Kota Kinabalu (Zone 3) cost 2,000 miles at the saver level.

Sure enough, I found availability on that route in December for 2,000 miles. You can choose whether to use 2,000 miles plus taxes (which are revealed on the next page) for a “Basic” ticket that does not include a seat and only includes 10kg of cabin baggage or you can pay more for “Value” or “Flex” and their inclusions.

I chose “Basic” and on the next page I could see that the taxes would add 65.20 SGD.

At the current exchange rate, that’s about $51 in taxes on top of the 2,000 miles.

The current cash price of the same flight is $171 directly through Scoot or it starts at $159 through some online travel agencies.

Even at the eDreams price, after subtracting the $51 you’ll pay in taxes on the award, the 2,000 miles are saving you $108. That is a value of 5.4c per point!

It is worth noting that there are times when you can book this route for under $100 with Scoot (and even less with Air Asia), so you won’t always get that kind of value. However, in the right circumstance, you could score a great deal if you’re happy to fly Scoot.

Keep in mind that Scoot serves many Asian destinations from Singapore, but they also fly to some destinations in Australia, Central Asia, and Europe.

While the nonrefundable nature of these awards would make me hesitant to book them, note that you can make a date change if need be, though the award chart notes that will be subject to fees (and potentially an increase in mileage price).

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