Singapore Airlines has introduced dynamic pricing to their loyalty program. Ayyyyy long gone are the days where you can use miles for a whole family on Singapore Suites. On my spare time, I like to look at availability patterns (I know, I’m weird 🤓) for fun on aspirational products. Here’s what I found when I studied Singapore Suites and oh boy spoilers alert it does not look pretty for miles.
Access Awards
Access Awards is the name of the dynamic pricing model for Singapore Airlines. It’s added on top of the “Saver” and “Advantage” rates which follows the traditional award pricing. Since its introduction, it seems like “Saver” inventory has been eliminated for multiple passengers on the A380 Suites. The lowest price now for majority of Krisflyer members are at “Advantage” rates.
Singapore A380 to Australia
178,500 miles/passenger
Singapore A380 to Germany
259,500 miles/passenger
178,500 miles or 259,500 miles per passenger to fly Singapore Suites?! Psychologically that’s a hard cost to swallow especially when just a year ago you’re able to book “Saver” rates at a fraction of the cost. Not to mention for multiple passengers we are passing into the half a million points territory for family travel.
Strategy
Unless you have a magic miles lamp at your disposal, your best bet is to strategically choose a splurge that you can comfortably spend if this has been your travel wish to experience.
You can also gamble and waitlist for a “Saver” flight. If the stars align and the waitlist clears, I highly highly recommend to jump on it as this is arguably the World’s Best First Class.
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