Singapore Airlines Business Class to Europe & Asia
There are two important reasons for this alert.
First, Aeroplan just gained access to Singapore Air business class award space (no, it's not a mistake). This is easily the best way to book when Singapore KrisFlyer isn't running a discount award promo.
Speaking of promos, that brings us to the second reason. Singapore KrisFlyer has included business class on the JFK-Frankfurt route in the latest round of Spontaneous Escapes. To book an award with the 30% discount, you need to book by December 31 and travel in January 2023.
Now, let's get into the award space!
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New Business Class Seat on Singapore Air's A380 - Image courtesy of OMAAT
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Straight To The Points:
Routes: JFK-FRA, EWR/JFK/LAX/SEA/SFO-SIN, LAX-NRT
Operating airline: Singapore Airlines
Class of service: Business class
Dates: January - November 2023 (depends on the route)
Seats available: 2; Up to 6 on the JFK-FRA route
Cabin layout: 1-2-1
Book with (per person, one-way):
- Air Canada Aeroplan:
- JFK-FRA: 60,000 points
- EWR/JFK/LAX/SEA/SFO-SIN: 87,500 points
- LAX-NRT: 75,000 points
- Alaska MileagePlan:
- EWR/JFK/LAX/SEA/SFO-SIN: 100,000 miles
- LAX-NRT: 80,000 miles
- Singapore KrisFlyer:
- JFK-FRA: 81,000 miles
- Spontaneous Escapes Rate: 56,700 miles
- EWR/JFK-SIN: 111,500 miles
- LAX/SEA/SFO-SIN: 107,000 miles
- LAX-NRT: 103,500 miles
Taxes/fees (per person):
- One-way: $5.60
- Round-trip: ~$126
Aeroplan has a partner booking fee of C$39 (~$29).
Bank transfer partners:
- Air Canada Aeroplan: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Marriott
- Alaska Mileage Plan: Marriott
- Singapore: Amex, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Marriott
Drop me an email if you book!
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Flight Experience
Singapore Airlines operates an Airbus A380 on the JFK route until March. At that point, it'll switch to a Boeing 777. On the routes to Asia, flights are operated by an A350. The business class cabin on al aircraft are arranged in a 1-2-1 layout so each seat has direct aisle access.
While the seats are lie-flat, you have to sleep diagonally in the bed position because of the way the foot wells are situated. If you're taller, you might find this a touch annoying. The bulkhead seats are a bit better though.
The crews are known for being proactive and friendly. Some would say they're among the best in the air. Similarly, the inflight catering gets high marks.
Use the online Book the Cook feature to ensure you get your preferred meal.
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Available Dates
JFK-FRA
January (PROMO): 9, 10, 12-31
February: 1-10, 12-14, 16-28
March: 1-11, 15-30
April: 1, 2, 4, 5
May: 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 14, 15
June: 13, 18
July: N/A
August: N/A
September: 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 24, 26, 28
October: 1, 3-5, 8-12, 30, 31
November: 1, 5-9, 12-16, 19-23, 25-30
FRA-JFK
January (PROMO): 7-12, 14, 15, 17-31
February: 1-6, 8-18, 20-28
March: 1, 2, 4-23
April: 17-12, 23, 26, 28-30
May: 1-12, 14-17, 19-22, 24-28, 31
June: 1, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21
July: N/A
August: N/A
September: 6-8, 11-16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25-30
October: 1, 3-5, 24-31
November: 1-30
LAX-SIN
August: 2, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27
September: 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27
October: 4, 11, 15, 18, 22, 29
November: 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26, 29
SIN-LAX
August: 15, 16, 21, 23, 28, 29, 30
September: 6, 7, 11-13, 20, 25-28
October: 3, 4, 10-12, 17-19, 23-26, 30, 31
November: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 14-16, 20-23, 28-30
SFO-SIN
August: 8, 15, 27, 28
September: 11, 13, 18, 21, 23-26
October: 3, 8, 10-12, 24
November: 3, 7, 11, 13, 14, 19-30
SIN-SFO
August: 21, 28, 30, 31
September: 4, 11-14, 19-21, 27-29
October: 3, 4, 9-12, 18, 23-25, 28, 30
November: 1, 2, 5-7, 9, 11, 13-23, 28-30
LAX-NRT
June: 5, 26, 28
July: 5, 9-12, 17, 18, 23-26, 30, 31
August: 1, 2, 6-9, 14-16, 21-23, 27, 29
September: 3-5, 18, 19, 27
October: 2, 8, 9, 18, 23, 24
November: 1, 5-7, 13-15, 19-22, 26-28
NRT-LAX
June: 21, 27
July: 26
August: 22, 23, 30
September: 5, 6, 19, 20, 26, 27
October: 10, 11, 18, 25
November: 1, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
JFK-SIN
November: 1, 6, 7, 13-15, 21, 22, 27-29
SIN-JFK
November: 1, 2, 7-9, 13-15, 20-23, 27-30
EWR-SIN
November: 1, 7-9, 14-16, 21-23, 28-30
SIN-EWR
November: 6-8, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29
SEA-SIN
November: 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30
SIN-SEA
November: 2, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30
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Tanjong Beach Club in Singapore
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Best Ways To Book
Aeroplan: Best Option In Almost All Cases
Regardless of which route you're flying, Aeroplan has the best award rates. The only exception is if you're booking travel for January 2023.
The other benefit of booking with Aeroplan is that you can include connections on other partners if you want to connect to other destinations in Asia and Europe or if you need a domestic connection.
You can include a stopover for 5,000 additional miles on a one-way award.
Note: Aeroplan's award chart includes a distance-based component. Connections could cause the rate to increase. You can use GCmap to calculate your total flight distance and double-check Aeroplan's zone-based chart.
Singapore KrisFlyer: Best Option During Promo Dates
If you're traveling in January, KrisFlyer has the advantage over Aeroplan at 56,700 miles one-way. If you want to include connections on partners, the award rate could increase.
Note: Transfers from banks and Marriott to Singapore aren't instant. Newer accounts have seen slower transfer times in the past. Plan on transfers taking up to 48 hours. Maybe, you'll get lucky and it'll take less than 12 hours!
Alaska Mileage Plain: Decent Rate to Japan
If you simply have a lot of Alaska miles, 80,000 miles for a one-way between LAX and Tokyo is a decent rate. Not quite as good as Aeroplan's 75,000 miles but if you have them and want to save your transferable points, Alaska could be a good option.
You can include connections on Alaska and a stopover for no additional miles on a one-way award.
Note: Alaska can only book 330 days from departure.
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How To Book
If you know the dates you want to travel, I would use Air Canada to search.
If you want to get a snapshot of dates available, I would use Alaska Airlines' calendar search. Using this link, follow these steps:
- Select round-trip or one-way
- Select use miles
- Select flexible dates
- Enter the origin & destination
- Enter a date in the month you want to search
- Select the number of people
- Run the search
- Filter by business class
- Select a date and click continue
If you're concerned about delays when transferring points to Singapore, you can call and see if they'll hold the award space.
- US Line: 833-727-0118
- Singapore Line: +65 6223 8888
Whether you can get them to hold award space really depends on the phone agent so be ready to hang up, call again (HUCA). If they refuse, stay friendly and don't argue.
Final Thoughts
It's great to see a better option for booking Singapore business class and another month with a Spontaneous Escapes promo that includes business class to/from the US.
Happy booking!
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Bonus: A Simple Stack To Get a $75 Dining Credit For $0
Not my usual content, but it's fun and figured many of you could use it. Besides, we might as well utilize the perks our credit cards offer!
- Step 1: Sign up for inKind via referral to get a $25 bonus credit when you spend $50.
- Step 2: Add the inKind Amex Offer to a card. The offer is for $50 back when you spend $50+. Make sure you add the offer before the purchase.
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So, spend $50 on an Amex to get $50 back from Amex and trigger the $25 inKind referral bonus. That's $75 to spend at select restaurants.
If you like bonus tips like this, let me know. If you don't, let me know that too.
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