The Complete Guide To Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

For you to climb up to another status level, you’ll need to earn Elite Miles. These are awarded for eligible flights on Singapore Airlines and partner carriers.

Calculate how many Elite Miles you earned for a flight by using the KrisFlyer Mileage Calculator.

In addition to KrisFlyer miles, which are earned and accumulated for redemption, you also earn Elite miles when you fly with Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, Star Alliance airlines and other selected partner airlines. Elite miles count towards qualifying you for Elite Silver and Elite Gold membership

Your KrisFlyer membership starts counting Elite Miles from the date you joined and will stop at the end of your 12th month. And once you reach a status tier, you’ll have that status from that day and for the next 12 months. Make sure that you check Singapore Airline’s website for any changes to the requirements!

You will get different benefits for different statuses:

KrisFlyer Gold members unlock additional benefits when they reach certain Elite Miles thresholds:

You earn when you fly with Singapore Airlines and their partner airlines. Please note that the amount of miles you earn are based on the flight distance and fare class, it also varies from airline to airline.

More importantly, if you want to see how many miles you could earn with Singapore Airlines or a SilkAir flight, you can use KrisFlyer Mileage Calculator. While you can use this chart for partner flights.

Airline partners include:

While there isn't a specific credit card that directly earns KrisFlyer Miles, there are plenty of cards with rewards that can be exchanged for frequent flyer miles with Singapore Airlines. We've listed a few cards that you can use below:

The The Platinum Card® from American Express offers 75,000 Membership Rewards(R) Points after you spend $5,000 on purchases on your new Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership. You'll earn: • 10X points on eligible purchases on your new Card at U.S. Gas Stations and U.S. Supermarkets, on up to $15,000 in combined purchases, during your first 6 months of Card Membership. That's an additional 9 points on top of the 1 point you earn for these purchases. • 5X Membership Rewards(R) Points for flights booked directly with airlines or with American Express Travel. Starting January 1, 2021, earn 5X points on up to $500,000 on these purchases per calendar year. • 5X Membership Rewards(R) Points on prepaid hotels booked on amextravel.com. This card comes with an annual fee of $550 (See Rates & Fees), but you cardholders can enjoy Uber VIP status and up to $200 in Uber savings on rides or eats orders in the US annually. Uber Cash and Uber VIP status is available to Basic Card Member and Additional Centurion Cards only. Plus, up to $100 in statement credits annually for purchases at Saks Fifth Avenue on your Platinum Card® & receive complimentary benefits with an average total value of $550 with Fine Hotels & Resorts. Learn More About This Card

The American Express® Gold Card offers 35,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $4,000 on eligible purchases with your new Card within the first 3 months. You'll have the opportunity to earn 4X Membership Rewards® points when you dine at restaurants worldwide & at U.S. supermarkets (on up to $25,000 per year in purchases, then 1X); 3X Membership Rewards® points on flights booked directly with airlines or on amextravel.com. This card has an annual fee of $250 with no foreign transaction fees (See Rates & Fees). Some benefits including earning up to a total of $10 in statement credits monthly when you pay with the Gold Card at Grubhub, Seamless, The Cheesecake Factory, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Boxed, and participating Shake Shack locations. This can be an annual savings of up to $120. In addition, a $100 Airline Fee Credit: up to $100 in statement credits per calendar year for incidental fees at one selected qualifying airline. Learn More About This Card

The Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card offers 100,000 bonus miles when you spend $20,000 on purchases in the first 12 months from account opening, or still earn 50,000 miles if you spend $3000 on purchases in the first 3 months. You're able to earn 2X miles on every purchase, every day. This card does come with a $95 annual fee. Enjoy no foreign transaction fees and receive up to $100 application fee credit for Global Entry or TSA Pre?®. Learn More About This Card

The Capital One VentureOne Rewards Card offers a one-time bonus of 20,000 miles once you spend $500 on purchases within 3 months from account opening, equal to $200 in travel. You'll earn 1.25X miles on every purchase, every day and pay no annual fee. This card comes with no annual fees and no foreign transaction fees which is a great choice as your go-to travel card! Learn More About This Card

The Chase Sapphire Preferred Card offers 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $750 toward travel when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards®! You'll earn 2X points on travel and dining at restaurants worldwide, eligible delivery services, takeout and dining out & 1 point per dollar spent on all other purchases. And when you redeem your points for travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards, you'll get 25% more value! Furthermore, you'll earn 2X total points on up to $1,000 in grocery store purchases per month from November 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021. Includes eligible pick-up and delivery services. You get unlimited deliveries with a $0 delivery fee & reduced service fees on orders over $12 for a minimum of one year on qualifying food purchases with DashPass, DoorDash's subscription service. Activate by 12/31/21. This card carries a $95 annual fee. Learn More About This Card

The Chase Sapphire Reserve® offers 50,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $750 toward travel when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards®. You'll earn 3X points on travel immediately after earning your $300 travel credit. 3X points on dining at restaurants & 1 point per $1 spent on all other purchases. When redeeming your points for travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards, you'll get 50% more value. This card does carry a $550 annual fee and there are no foreign transaction fees. However, you're able to earn a $300 Annual Travel Credit as reimbursement for travel purchases charged to your card each account anniversary year & up to $100 application fee credit for Global Entry or TSA Pre?®. Learn More About This Card

The Marriott Bonvoy BoundlessTM Credit Card offers 75,000 Bonus Points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. You'll earn 6X Bonvoy points per $1 spent at over 7,000 hotels participating in Marriott BonvoyTM & 2X Bonvoy points for every $1 spent on all other purchases. You'll earn 6X Bonvoy points per $1 spent at over 6,900 participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels & 2X Bonvoy points for every $1 spent on all other purchases. You gain an automatic Silver Elite Status each account anniversary year. Path to Gold Status when you spend $35,000 on purchases each account year. You'll receive 15 Elite Night Credits each calendar year & an additional Free Night Award (valued up to 35,000 points) every year after account anniversary. This card does carry a $95 fee; there are no foreign transaction fees. Learn More About This Card

You can also earn KrisFlyer miles in the following forms:

• Car rentals
• Hotel stays
• Hosting events
• Dining
• Shopping
• and more!

See the full list of partners here.

The easiest way to buy Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles is direct from Singapore Airlines! If you need a few more KrisFlyer miles for an award, you can purchase 1,000 for $40. However, it's also the most expensive and restrictive way of going about it.

You can redeem you miles for award tickets and upgrades on Singapore Airlines and its partner airlines!

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines offers KrisFlyer members two award types – Saver and Advantage. A Saver award requires fewer KrisFlyer miles. However, it’s very popular and availability may be limited, so you may have to plan extra early or be flexible with your travel dates and times.

While Advantage awards on the other hand will set you back more miles, but have greater availability. Advantage require more miles, but it offers a choice of more seats on all flights and two complimentary stopovers* per round-trip ticket.

Partner Airlines

You can also use KrisFlyer miles to enjoy flight upgrades to more destinations with Star Alliance airlines.

• View the Star Alliance Upgrade Award Chart 
• Learn about award tickets on Star Alliance airlines
• Learn about award tickets on partner airlines

Scoot

When you book on Flyscoot.com, you can use your KrisFlyer miles to pay for airfares, taxes and selected ancillaries for Scoot operated itineraries, starting from as little as 1,050 KrisFlyer miles.

Flight Upgrades

You can also use KrisFlyer miles to enjoy flight upgrades to more destinations with Star Alliance airlines.

• Singapore Airlines: Saver or Advantage upgrade awards
• SilkAir: Saver upgrade awards

Calculate how many miles you earned for a flight by using the KrisFlyer Mileage Calculator.

Redemption Nominees

You can book award tickets and flight upgrades for your redemption nominees. You can pick up to five people but once you decide, they’re locked in for six months. Removing a nominees will cost you miles or money, so be certain about who you choose.

You can always use your KrisMiles in other ways. Some other options consist of hotel stays and car rentals booked through KrisFlyer Vrooms, shopping via KrisShop, converting your miles to Virgin Australia Velocity, instant purchases with KrisPay, and donating your miles.

To view the full list of redemption partners, click here.

KrisFlyer is always offering some sort of promotion. You can check the promotions page to find the deal that best suits your needs.

To make the most out of your award flights, keep in mind the following routing rules:

• Most partner flights can be combined. Only non-alliance partners must be ticketed separately.
• One-way awards are allowed on all carriers, even though some award charts are priced as roundtrip.
• One free stopover and one free open jaw is allowed on a roundtrip Saver award.
• One free stopover is allowed on a one-way Advantage award.
• Add additional stopovers to any award booking for $100, for up to 3 stopovers, to any Singapore Airlines/SilkAir or Singapore Airlines/Star Alliance partner award.
• Stopovers are not allowed within Europe or for travel within/between the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• You cannot backtrack on awards. Your routing must be the most direct route, even if you are adding stopovers.
• There’s a 6-segment maximum, but you can book 2 separate one-way itineraries if you want more permitted segments.

Singapore Airlines and SilkAir flights do not have fuel surcharges. However, KrisFlyer does impose fuel surcharges on most partner award tickets.

Some exceptions include Air Canada (within North America), Air New Zealand, Avianca, Alaska Airlines, Copa Airlines, United Airlines (within the Americas) and Virgin Australia (domestic flights).

Here are some of KrisFlyer sweet spots: