KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes for November 2019 announced

Oct 15, 2019

KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes for November 2019 have been announced, with 30% off selected Singapore Airlines and SilkAir flights.

View this month’s Spontaneous Escapes here

All Spontaneous Escape awards must be booked and ticketed by 31 October 2019 and are for travel between 1-30 November 2019 (both dates inclusive, blackout dates apply). This gives you 16 days to book, slightly longer than usual.

Ground Rules of Spontaneous Escapes

Tickets cannot be changed or cancelled. Be sure about your travel plans or buy a travel insurance policy that covers miles bookings
Tickets must be booked online; no phone bookings are permitted
Cannot be used in conjunction with the $100 stopover trick
Discounts may apply in one direction only e.g. SIN-BKK may be on discount but BKK-SIN may not. Be sure to read the offers carefully
You must ticket your award during the promotion period. If your waitlist clears after the promotion period ends, you’ll pay the regular price
Blackout dates apply. If you’re not seeing discounts, this may be why
Your travel must be completed within the Spontaneous Escapes promotion period to qualify. For example, if you fly on the last day of the month but land on the first day of the following month, no discount applies
Remember that the discount will only appear once you’ve clicked on the selected award

54 destinations on offer for November 2019

November 2019 features 54 destinations in total (I count Tokyo Haneda and Tokyo Narita as two separate destinations), which is more than average compared to previous months.

Data nerd? Check out 24 months of historical Spontaneous Escapes pricing here!

Here’s the summary of what’s available for SIA and SilkAir in November 2019:

What’s good this month?

After a brief absence last month, this month sees Spontaneous Escapes stalwarts Bangkok, Mumbai, Hanoi and Hong Kong return to the fold. There’s still plenty of options to Japan and Australia, with deals to be had in Business Class to cities like Tokyo, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

SilkAir is only offering Economy awards once more, but I wouldn’t really consider redeeming my miles for their current Business Class products anyway.

Here’s what caught my eye:

Europe bonanza

I noted in my meta-analysis of Spontaneous Escapes that we don’t really see Europe feature all that often. So imagine my surprise to see nine European destinations this month, including never seen before cities like Milan.

Unfortunately, the bulk of these destinations are only available in Economy or Premium Economy. Even with a discount, I’d find it hard to recommend burning your hard-earned miles on these cabins. I suppose, however, that if you were just trying to get as many people as possible to Europe for a vacation, then this might be a deal for you.

Singapore Airlines’ Premium Economy on the A350 | Photo Credit: TPG

The only European cities with discounted Business Class awards are Dusseldorf and Frankfurt. On the bright side, these are great places to use as springboards to the rest of Europe via Lufthansa. Moreover, Dusseldorf is available in both directions this time round, versus the usual one-way offer we see in previous months.

San Francisco and New York on sale

It’s rare to see Business Class awards to the USA get discounted, so it’s good to see San Francisco available to and from Singapore for 66,500 miles each. This is a great price, although it’s available on the one-stop SQ1/2 via HKG only (i.e. not the non-stop options). This route is served by a B77W with the 2013 Business Class seat.

This month also sees a Spontaneous Escapes debut for New York JFK as the elusive SQ25/26 finally goes on offer, albeit in Economy Class only.

The sharp-eyed among you may be wondering if it makes sense to get to JFK by combining these two awards:

SIN-FRA in Business Class (64,400 miles)
FRA-JFK in Economy Class (15,750 miles)

This costs a total of 80,150 miles, for which you’ll enjoy 13h 10 mins in Business Class (60%), and 8h 55 mins in Economy (40%). Given the regular price to fly this entire route in Business Class is 99,000 miles, I’d have to say the math doesn’t make sense.

Singapore Airlines has historically released Spontaneous Escapes to the USA two months in advance of travel, but this month’s deals are meant for travel in November, just like all other destinations.

Plane to Busan

Singapore Airlines will be taking over SilkAir’s Busan routes from 28 October, and it’s not because of capacity shortages arising from the 737 MAX 8 groundings. Rather, it’s because demand to Busan is strong enough to warrant an upgauge from a B737-800 to an A330-300 (an additional 123 seats)

Singapore Airlines A330-300 Business Class Seats

Unfortunately, the A330 isn’t a plane I’d advise you to redeem miles on, even with Spontaneous Escapes. Save your miles for a better Business Class experience.

Conclusion

Spontaneous Escapes are a great way of stretching your miles, especially if you’re traveling with your family. Remember to ticket your awards before 31 October!

Here’s the full list of destinations available (best viewed on desktop):

Singapore Airlines

South East Asia

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD	MILES REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to Kuala Lumpur	5,250	SQ112, SQ116, SQ118	–	13,300	SQ112, SQ116, SQ118	–
Kuala Lumpur to Singapore	5,250	SQ107	–	13,300	SQ107	–
Singapore to Bali	5,250	SQ946, SQ948	–	13,300	SQ938, SQ942, SQ946, SQ948	–
Bali to Singapore	5,250	SQ939, SQ949	–	13,300	SQ939, SQ943, SQ947, SQ949	–
Singapore to Jakarta	5,250	SQ950, SQ958, SQ960, SQ962, SQ964, SQ968	–	13,300	SQ950, SQ958, SQ960, SQ962, SQ964, SQ968	–
Jakarta to Singapore	5,250	SQ951, SQ953, SQ955, SQ957	–	13,300	SQ951, SQ953, SQ955, SQ957	–
Singapore to Surabaya	5,250	SQ930, SQ932	–	13,300	SQ930, SQ932	–
Surabaya to Singapore	5,250	SQ931, SQ933	–	13,300	SQ931, SQ933	–
Singapore to Bangkok	8,750	SQ970, SQ976, SQ982, SQ978	21 – 30 November 2019	15,050	SQ970, SQ976, SQ982, SQ978	–
Bangkok to Singapore	8,750	SQ983, SQ981	–	15,050	SQ973, SQ983, SQ981	–
Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City	8,750	SQ184, SQ186	–	–	–	–
Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore	8,750	SQ183	–	–	–	–
Hanoi to Singapore	8,750	SQ187	–	–	–	–
Singapore to Yangon	8,750	SQ998	–	15,050	SQ998	–
Yangon to Singapore	8,750	SQ997	–	15,050	SQ997	–

North Asia

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD	MILES REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to Beijing	14,000	SQ802	–	27,300	SQ800, SQ802, SQ806	–
Beijing to Singapore	14,000	SQ805, SQ807	–	27,300	SQ801, SQ805, SQ807	–
Singapore to Shanghai	14,000	SQ826, SQ828	–	27,300	SQ826, SQ828, SQ830, SQ836	–
Shanghai to Singapore	14,000	SQ825, SQ827, SQ833	–	27,300	SQ825, SQ827, SQ831, SQ833	–
Singapore to Busan	17,500	SQ616	–	32,900	SQ616	–
Busan to Singapore	17,500	SQ615	–	32,900	SQ615	–
Singapore to Seoul	–	–	–	32,900	SQ600, SQ602, SQ608, SQ612	–
Seoul to Singapore	–	–	–	32,900	SQ603, SQ607, SQ609, SQ611	–
Singapore to Fukuoka	–	–	–	32,900	SQ656	–
Fukuoka to Singapore	–	–	–	32,900	SQ655	–
Nagoya to Singapore	17,500	SQ671	–	32,900	SQ671	–
Singapore to Tokyo	17,500	SQ630	28 – 30 November 2019	32,900	SQ630	–
Tokyo to Singapore	17,500	SQ639	1– 4 November 2019	32,900	SQ639, SQ11	–
Singapore to Hong Kong	10,500	SQ890, SQ860, SQ856, SQ866, SQ872, SQ868, SQ2	–	21,350	SQ890, SQ860, SQ856, SQ866, SQ872, SQ868, SQ2	–
Hong Kong to Singapore	10,500	SQ857, SQ891, SQ863, SQ861, SQ865, SQ871, SQ1, SQ3	–	21,350	SQ857, SQ891, SQ863, SQ861, SQ865, SQ871, SQ1, SQ3	–
Hong Kong to San Francisco	23,100	SQ2	28 – 30 November 2019	62,300	SQ2	–
San Francisco to Hong Kong	–	–	–	62,300	SQ1, SQ3	–

South Asia

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD	MILES REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to Ahmedabad	–	–	–	27,300	SQ530	1 – 12 November 2019
Ahmedabad to Singapore	12,950	SQ531	1 – 10 November 2019	27,300	SQ531	1 – 12 November 2019
Singapore to Bangalore	12,950	SQ504	–	27,300	SQ504	–
Bangalore to Singapore	12,950	SQ505	–	27,300	SQ505	–
Singapore to Chennai	–	–	–	27,300	SQ528	–
Chennai to Singapore	–	–	–	27,300	SQ529	–
Singapore to Dhaka	12,950	SQ448	–	27,300	SQ448	–
Dhaka to Singapore	12,950	SQ449	–	27,300	SQ449	–
Singapore to Kolkata	12,950	SQ516	14 – 30 November 2019	27,300	SQ516	–
Kolkata to Singapore	–	–	–	27,300	SQ517	–
Mumbai to Singapore	12,950	SQ425	1 – 10 November 2019	–	–	–
Singapore to Malé	12,950	SQ452	–	27,300	SQ452	–

Australia and New Zealand

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD	MILES REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to Adelaide	–	–	–	43,400	SQ279	–
Adelaide to Singapore	–	–	–	43,400	SQ278	–
Singapore to Brisbane	19,600	SQ235, SQ255	–	43,400	SQ245, SQ255, SQ265	–
Brisbane to Singapore	19,600	SQ246, SQ256	15 – 30 November 2019	43,400	SQ246, SQ266	–
Canberra to Singapore	19,600	SQ288	15 – 30 November 2019	43,400	SQ288	–
Melbourne to Singapore	19,600	SQ218	15 – 30 November 2019	43,400	SQ208	–
Singapore to Sydney	–	–	–	43,400	SQ231	–
Sydney to Singapore	–	–	–	43,400	SQ222	–

Middle East and Turkey

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD	MILES REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to Istanbul	17,500	SQ392	20 – 30 November 2019	–	–	–
Istanbul to Singapore	17,500	SQ391	–	–	–	–

Europe

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD	MILES REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to Barcelona	26,600	SQ378	2, 9, 16, 23, 30 November 2019	–	–	–
Singapore to Düsseldorf	26,600	SQ338	–	64,400	SQ338	–
Düsseldorf to Singapore	26,600	SQ337	–	64,400	SQ337	–
Singapore to Frankfurt	26,600	SQ326	–	64,400	SQ326	–
Frankfurt to Singapore	26,600	SQ325	–	–	–	–
Frankfurt to New York	15,750	SQ26	–	–	–	–
New York to Frankfurt	15,750	SQ25	–	–	–	–
Singapore to Munich	26,600	SQ328	–	–	–	–
Munich to Singapore	26,600	SQ327	–	–	–	–
Singapore to London	26,600	SQ306, SQ308, SQ318, SQ322	1 – 3 November 2019	–	–	–
London to Singapore	26,600	SQ305, SQ317, SQ319, SQ321	1 – 8 November 2019	–	–	–
Singapore to Zurich	26,600	SQ346	–	–	–	–
Zurich to Singapore	26,600	SQ345	–	–	–	–

USA

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD	MILES REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to San Francisco	26,600	SQ2	–	66,500	SQ2	–
San Francisco to Singapore	–	–	–	66,500	SQ1, SQ3	–
Singapore to New York	28,000	SQ26	–	–	–	–
New York to Singapore	28,000	SQ25	–	–	–	–

SilkAir

South East Asia

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to Kuala Lumpur	5,250	MI320, MI326, MI328, MI330, MI340, MI342	–
Kuala Lumpur to Singapore	5,250	MI319, MI321, MI323, MI325, MI341	–
Singapore to Penang	5,250	MI348, MI350, MI352, MI354, MI356	–
Penang to Singapore	5,250	MI345, MI347, MI349, MI351, MI353, MI355	–
Singapore to Balikpapan	5,250	MI134, MI138	–
Balikpapan to Singapore	5,250	MI133, MI137	–
Singapore to Bandung	5,250	MI192, MI196	–
Bandung to Singapore	5,250	MI191, MI195	–
Singapore to Lombok	5,250	MI124, MI128	–
Lombok to Singapore	5,250	MI123, MI127	–
Singapore to Makassar	5,250	MI142, MI144	–
Makassar to Singapore	5,250	MI141, MI143	–
Singapore to Medan	5,250	MI238, MI234	–
Medan to Singapore	5,250	MI237, MI233	–
Singapore to Semarang	5,250	MI102, MI104	–
Semarang to Singapore	5,250	MI101, MI103	–
Singapore to Surabaya	5,250	MI224, MI226	–
Surabaya to Singapore	5,250	MI223, MI225	–
Singapore to Yogyakarta	5,250	MI152, MI154	–
Yogyakarta to Singapore	5,250	MI151, MI153	–
Singapore to Phnom Penh	8,750	MI602, MI606	13 – 17 November 2019
Phnom Penh to Singapore	8,750	MI601, MI605	7 – 11 November 2019
Singapore to Yangon	8,750	MI518, MI520	–
Yangon to Singapore	8,750	MI519, MI521	–

North Asia

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Hiroshima to Singapore	17,500	MI867	1 – 7 November 2019

South Asia

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to Kochi	12,950	MI462, MI468	20 – 30 November 2019
Kochi to Singapore	12,950	MI461, MI467	–

Australia

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to Darwin	14,000	MI801, MI803	–
Darwin to Singapore	14,000	MI802, MI804	23 – 30 November 2019
Singapore to Cairns	19,600	MI812, MI814	1 – 10 November 2019
Cairns to Singapore	19,600	MI811, MI813	20 – 30 November 2019

Singapore Airlines Premium Economy awards

North Asia

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR PREMIUM ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to Beijing	22,400	SQ800, SQ802, SQ806	–
Beijing to Singapore	22,400	SQ801, SQ805, SQ807	–
Singapore to Shanghai	22,400	SQ828, SQ830, SQ836	–
Shanghai to Singapore	22,400	SQ825, SQ831, SQ833	–
Singapore to Tokyo	24,150	SQ634	–
Tokyo to Singapore	24,150	SQ11	–
Singapore to Hong Kong	17,150	SQ860, SQ856, SQ866, SQ2	–
Hong Kong to Singapore	17,150	SQ863, SQ861, SQ865, SQ1, SQ3	–

Australia

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR PREMIUM ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Brisbane to Singapore	32,900	SQ246	23 – 30 November 2019
Canberra to Singapore	32,900	SQ288	–
Melbourne to Singapore	32,900	SQ228	–
Singapore to Sydney	32,900	SQ231	–

Europe

FROM	MILES REQUIRED FOR PREMIUM ECONOMY CLASS	FLIGHT NO.	BLACKOUT PERIOD
Singapore to Düsseldorf	45,150	SQ338	–
Düsseldorf to Singapore	45,150	SQ337	–
Singapore to Frankfurt	45,150	SQ326	–
Frankfurt to New York	32,900	SQ26	–
New York to Frankfurt	32,900	SQ25	–
Singapore to London	45,150	SQ306, SQ308, SQ318, SQ322	1 – 3 November 2019
London to Singapore	45,150	SQ305, SQ317, SQ319, SQ321	1 – 8 November 2019
Singapore to Paris	45,150	SQ334, SQ336	–
Paris to Singapore	45,150	SQ333,SQ335	1, 4, 5, 9 November 2019
Singapore to Milan	45,150	SQ356	–
Singapore to Rome	45,150	SQ366	–

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gni

5 years ago

“This route is served by a B77W with the 2013 Business Class seat.”

Is that supposed to be a good or bad thing…? O_O

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Barry Allen

Reply to gni

5 years ago

It can be a good or bad thing.

It depends on whether you like the 2013 business class seat on the B77W.

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Aaron Wong

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Reply to gni

5 years ago

it’s still pretty good! have a read of this guide for more details

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SG GOOD LIFE

5 years ago

Nice work as usual Aaron. You’re still the num 1 miles guy in SG!

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Torn

5 years ago

I have a Business Saver redemption ticket booked for SIN-PEK in November. Question is whether it’s worth it to cancel that ticket to redeem a spontaneous escape? I can’t seem to find the answer to this in your other articles. It saves me 11,700 miles for a US$75 cancellation charge, so on the face of it I would think yes. And in terms of process, don’t think I can change route etc, so it would be cancel (pay US$75), ask SQ to expedite re-crediting of miles (any charge for calling them to do this?), and book the spontaneous escape. Anything… Read more »

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freedom

Reply to Torn

5 years ago

Don’t ever try to redeposit your miles unless necessary. You can make changes to your redemption such as “change of route, cabin class, award type or add a stopover on Singapore Airlines / SilkAir” for US$25. You can change to another route with same or more miles for US$25. Is 11,700 miles worth US$25? This should be the question.

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Torn

Reply to freedom

5 years ago

I don’t want to change any of that. Plus there’s no miles savings with your suggestion so don’t see how you arrived at “is 11,700 miles worth US$25″… In any case, even if I did such a change, I think it would be similar to changing from Biz Advantage to Biz Saver – I could ‘change’ the award type but I wouldn’t get the balance miles back.

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freedom

Reply to Torn

5 years ago

if you have enough miles to book a new trip, just book a new one(the spontaneous rate) and change the current one to another route you like. That’s why the difference is only US$ 25 vs 11,700 miles.

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Torn

Reply to freedom

5 years ago

I see. Unfortunately no other travel plans yet so this wouldn’t work. And I (ideally) don’t want to transfer additional CC miles to book a Spontaneous Escapes flight. So am hoping cancelling and recycling the miles for a new booking is viable (given it’s 2 weeks till end of month).

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Aaron Wong

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Reply to Torn

5 years ago

11,700 miles >US$75

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Torn

5 years ago

edit – sorry internet lagged and i posted twice by accident!

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KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes for November 2019 announced

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