Singapore Airlines Award Chart Devaluation – Awards in Suites increasing by at least 25%

Singapore Airlines just announced a few changes to its Krisflyer
program, with its first updated award chart since 2012. At first glance mileage increases for award travel seems quite mild, with prices for most non-premium
travel staying the same.

However, Singapore Airlines is also discontinuing its online
booking discount, which means you’ll have to pay 15% more, whether you’re
booking online or via the phone.

Assuming you are looking to an award ticket in Singapore Suites, a one way saver redemption from New York to Frankfurt is going from 57,375
miles to 76,000 miles, around a 32% increase.

If you’re planning on flying to Sydney, an award redemption in
first class now starts at 152,000 Krisflyer miles, an increase of over 30,000
miles!

A post shared by Sam Huang (@intotheplane) on Jan 4, 2017 at 6:46am PST

Getting to Sydney will
cost you a bit extra

The updated award chart can be found here.

On the flip side, Singapore Airlines has eliminated all fuel
surcharges for award flights on Singapore Airlines.

This represents a savings of around $100-400 each way,
depending on the exact route and which cabin class you’re flying in.

These changes apply for travel solely on Singapore
Airlines, partner award redemptions are unaffected.

Overall, while an increased amount of miles for award
redemption is never pleasant, the elimination of fuel surcharges makes the
sting a little better.

For those booking tickets in premium economy or lower, these
changes will actually be a net positive as fuel charges have made redeeming
Krisflyer miles for awards in economy a poor value, especially when Singapore
Airlines runs its occasional 50% off sale.

These changes go into effect March 23^rd and I’d
highly recommending booking any award travel you may have planned before then. 

Awards redemptions must be ticketed before March 23^rd,
waitlisted awards will reprice if ticketed after the deadline. 

If you must wait, don’t despair. 76,000 miles for first class from the US to Europe is still a relatively reasonable amount of miles, and compares favorably to other frequent flyer programs.

Drinking a glass of #johnnyblue in the world famous double bed suite on #singaporeairlines #singaporesuites #firstclass #travel #topmiles #picoftheday #traveltuesday

A post shared by Sam Huang (@intotheplane) on Nov 22, 2016 at 8:44am PST

Well worth the miles

For a full rundown of
the Krisflyer program on how to redeem your miles for Singapore Suites, click
here.