Good news: All PPS/Solitaire PPS Club members will receive 25,000/50,000 Reserve value

PPS members rejoice: Singapore Airlines reverses its unpopular "shortfall credit" policy in favor of a much more equitable system.

Back in April, Singapore Airlines announced that it would grant a 12 month extension to all KrisFlyer Elite and PPS/Solitaire PPS Club status expiring between March 2020 and February 2021. 

PPS Club welcome pack | Photo Credit: Febrita Suwardy

Where the latter are concerned, the original policy was to credit the shortfall in PPS Value. This wasn’t the fairest way of going about it, resulting in a lot of unhappiness among members. 

Well, Singapore Airlines has reversed course and now plans to credit 25,000/50,000 in Reserve Value instead, regardless of account activity. 

Original Policy: Credit shortfall in PPS Value

The original plan would have seen Singapore Airlines crediting the shortfall in PPS Value so that re-qualification could be achieved.

The problem with this was that it created winners and losers. Consider the following scenarios: 

 PPS Value AccruedPPS Value Awarded by Singapore Airlines
Jack025,000
Jill25,0000

Jack would be the biggest winner here, since he’s basically had no activity, yet re-qualifies. Jill is the biggest loser, since she’s already re-qualified and therefore gets nothing. I considered it a classic example of the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, but imagine few PPS members would have felt as philosophical about it. 

Long story short, Singapore Airlines was inadvertently penalizing its biggest spenders. That’s not something you want to do in the current situation (or in any situation, really), and it’s good that they’ve come to their senses.

New Policy: Award 25,000/50,000 PPS Value to all

Singapore Airlines has announced a new policy whereby all PPS/Solitaire PPS Club members will receive a fixed Reserve Value equivalent to another year of re-qualification.

TierReserve Value Credited
PPS Club25,000
Solitaire PPS Club 
(qualification before 1 June 2018)
25,000
Solitaire PPS Club
(qualification from 1 June 2018)
50,000

This is a lot more equitable. Jill will be able to store up the PPS Value she’s already accrued this year as Reserve Value, while Jack gets to re-qualify anyway. 

Here’s when PPS/Solitaire PPS Club members can expect to receive their additional value:

Re-qualification PeriodValue Credited 
March 2020 to June 202030 September 2020
July 202030 July 2020
August 2020 to February 202131 August 2020

Do note that if your re-qualification period was from March 2020 to June 2020, you will receive 25,000 (or 50,000, depending on tier) minus whatever shortfall value you were previously credited. 

Anyone who has already re-qualified for PPS/Solitaire PPS Club membership will be able to carry forward their PPS Value via the reserve system for subsequent years. 

Expect delays in receiving your new membership card

Singapore Airlines notes that COVID-19 has disrupted their supply chain for card production, and says that members should expect a 16-20 week delay before receiving their new membership kit. 

In the rare chance that you happen to be travelling during this period, you can use the digital card on the SingaporeAir mobile app instead. 

✈️ Singapore Airlines recently introduced new PPS Club card designs. Check them out here!

Extension of expiring PPS Rewards

As a reminder, any PPS Rewards that expire between July and December 2020 will be extended, with a revised validity until 31 March 2021. This covers:

  • Double KrisFlyer Miles Reward
  • 50,000 KrisFlyer Miles Redemption Discount
  • Advance Upgrade

Standby Upgrade Rewards will not be extended.

If you have already applied these rewards towards an existing booking that you now need to convert to a flight credit, KrisFlyer membership services will be able to assist.

Conclusion

All’s well that ends well, I suppose. I’ve listened to the rants of many a PPS Club member who felt disgruntled about the new scheme, but the new policy addresses these concerns amicably. 

Anyone who has gone above and beyond to clock PPS Value during a time like this will get to save that for the future; anyone whose travel plans have been cancelled on account of COVID-19 will still get to re-qualify. Everyone wins. 

On a separate note, since COVID-19 isn’t disappearing anytime soon, it’s more likely than not we’ll see additional measures to help loyal members retain elite status. I do suspect we may see reduced qualifying thresholds for the next year, as well as further extensions for KrisFlyer mile validity (not that this affects PPS Club members, whose miles never expired anyway). 

Aaron Wong
Aaron Wong
Aaron founded The Milelion to help people travel better for less and impress chiobu. He was 50% successful.

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Themin Suwardy

Yes, Aaron, “rejoice”… perhaps it is a very smart strategy after all, make you upset first, then make you happy later…. research has shown that we remember the last pleasant experience more than the earlier less pleasant ones…

Last edited 3 years ago by Themin Suwardy
J T

first world…. scratch that…. first class problems

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