Singapore Airlines: The Complete Guide To KrisFlyer Miles

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.

American Express Membership Rewards, Capital One Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Citi ThankYou Rewards and Marriott Bonvoy are five of KrisFlyer's flexible point partners.

We've listed a few cards that you can use below:

The Platinum Card® from American Express offers 80,000 Membership Rewards points after you spend $6,000 on purchases on the Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership. You'll earn: • 5X Membership Rewards Points for flights booked directly with airlines or with American Express Travel up to $500,000 on these purchases per calendar year. • 5X Membership Rewards Points on prepaid hotels booked with American Express Travel. This card comes with an annual fee of $695 (See Rates & Fees), but you cardholders can enjoy Uber VIP status and up to $200 in Uber savings on rides in the US annually. Uber Cash and Uber VIP status is available to Basic Card Member and Additional Centurion Cards only. Terms Apply. Terms Apply. Learn More About This Card

The American Express® Gold Card offers 60,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $4,000 on eligible purchases with your new Card within the first 6 months. Terms apply. You'll earn: • 4X Membership Rewards Points at Restaurants, plus takeout and delivery in the U.S., • 4X Membership Rewards points at U.S. supermarkets (on up to $25,000 per calendar year in purchases, then 1X). • 3X Membership Rewards points on flights booked directly with airlines or on amextravel.com. $120 Dining Credit: Satisfy your cravings and earn up to $10 in statement credits monthly when you pay with the American Express Gold Card at Grubhub, The Cheesecake Factory, Goldbelly, Wine.com, Milk Bar and select Shake Shack locations. Enrollment required. This card has an annual fee of $250 with no foreign transaction fees (See Rates & Fees). Terms Apply. Learn More About This Card

The Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card offers a one-time bonus of 75,000 Miles once you spend $4,000 on purchases within 3 months from account opening. You're able to earn: • 5 Miles on hotels and rental cars booked through Capital One Travel • 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 40,000 miles once you spend $1000 on purchases within 3 months from account opening, equal to $400 in travel. Enjoy 0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers for 18 months; 19.24% - 29.24% variable APR after that; 3% fee on the amounts transferred within the first 18 months. You'll earn 1.25 Miles per dollar 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 when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards. You'll earn: • 5X points on travel purchased through Chase Ultimate Rewards • 3X points on dining • 3X points on select streaming services and online grocery purchases • 2X points on all other travel purchases • 1X point per $1 spent on all other purchases Enjoy new benefits such as a $50 annual Ultimate Rewards Hotel Credit and when you redeem your points for travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards, you'll get 25% more value! This card carries a $95 annual fee. Learn More About This Card

The Chase Sapphire Reserve offers 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $900 toward travel when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards. You'll earn • 10X total points on hotels and car rentals when you purchase travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards immediately after the first $300 is spent on travel purchases annually. • 5X total points on flights • 3X points on other travel and dining • 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 Boundless® Credit Card offers 100,000 Bonus Points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. You'll earn: • Up to 17X total points per $1 spent at over 7,000 hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy • 3X points per $1 on the first $6,000 spent in combined purchases each year on grocery stores, gas stations, and dining. • 2X points for every $1 spent on all other purchase • 1 Elite Night Credit towards Elite Status for every $5,000 you spend. 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: