Complete Guide: Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards

Back in January 2021, Singapore Airlines introduced KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards, an expansion of the former Elite Gold Rewards. Unlike the previous scheme, KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards are available to all tiers of KrisFlyer. 

KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards

These are the KrisFlyer equivalent of PPS Rewards, small tokens granted for achieving certain milestones on the road to requalification and beyond. Here’s a brief recap of the differences between KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards and PPS Rewards.

In this article, we’ll walk through each of the KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards, how to earn them, and what to know when redeeming them. 

How do I earn KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards?

KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards will be awarded based on Elite miles accrued in a calendar year (i.e. 1 January to 31 December). This may be different from your membership year, so take note of the difference!

While Elite miles can be accrued when flying on Star Alliance or other Singapore Airlines partners, only Elite miles accrued on Singapore Airlines and Scoot flights will count towards the attainment of KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards.

As a reminder, here’s the accrual table for Elite miles on Singapore Airlines flights: 

Scoot flights earn 2.5 Elite miles for every S$1 spent, excluding taxes, e-Visa, travel insurance/Scoot Protect, infant fares, credit card processing fees, and amounts offset using Scoot vouchers. 

If you’re on a mixed airline itinerary featuring Singapore Airlines and Scoot, you will earn Elite miles for the Singapore Airlines leg as per the table above. The Scoot leg will earn Elite miles as per the table below:

You can track your progress towards the various KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards by logging into your KrisFlyer account, clicking on Account Summary > KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards.

What are the KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards?

KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards are currently awarded for the first 100,000 Elite miles earned within a single calendar year, starting at 1,000 Elite miles.

Here is the current list of available KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards. 

All rewards are valid for 12 months from the date of issue, unless otherwise stated.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore Airlines has extended the following Milestone Rewards expiring in 2022 or 2023. Such rewards will be automatically extended to 31 December 2023.

• 1,500 KrisPay miles
• 25% bonus KrisFlyer miles
• 50% bonus KrisFlyer miles
• 5,000 KrisFlyer miles redemption discount
• Double KrisFlyer miles
• Short-haul advance upgrade
• Premium Economy advance upgrade

Remember: a Milestone reward can be used for a flight departing after 31 December 2023, so long as the reward is applied on or before 31 December 2023. 

1,000 Elite miles

Usable For	Principal member

KrisFlyer members who accrue 1,000 Elite Miles will receive 1,000 bonus KrisFlyer miles on their next Scoot flight. 

The bonus miles will be automatically credited within four weeks after completing the flight, and is applicable for itineraries involving Scoot-operated flights only as well as itineraries involving both Scoot and Singapore Airlines-operated flights.

2,500 Elite miles

Usable For	Principal member and anyone in same booking

KrisFlyer members who accrue 2,500 Elite Miles will receive a 20% discount off their next Scoot booking.

The discount applies to the base fare only, and the fare type must be tagged with “member rewards” to be eligible for voucher redemption. 

Blackout periods may apply during school holidays, sale and event periods, and the voucher can only be used when the principal member is included in the booking.

5,000 Elite Miles

Usable For	Principal member

KrisFlyer members who accrue 5,000 Elite Miles will receive 1,500 KrisPay miles.

This is equivalent to S$10 on the Kris+ app, and can be spent at more than 300+ dining, retail and wellness outlets in Singapore. Since these KrisPay miles cannot be transferred into your KrisFlyer account, the award is arguably less useful to KrisFlyer members based outside of Singapore- unless perhaps they can buy something via KrisShop on Kris+ and ship it to their country.

Members have 12 months to claim their reward by logging into the Kris+ app, but once claimed, KrisPay miles are valid for six months.

10,000 Elite Miles

Usable For	Principal member

KrisFlyer members who accrue 10,000 Elite Miles will receive a S$20 KrisShop promo code.

Unfortunately, this has a minimum spend of S$100 and a very, very long exclusion list. In fact, it’d probably be easier for KrisShop to provide a list of products for which the voucher is valid!

The promo code cannot be stacked with any existing KrisShop promotions, offers, privileges and PPS Club discounts, unless otherwise stated.

20,000 Elite miles

Usable For	Principal member

KrisFlyer members who accrue 20,000 Elite miles will receive a voucher for 25% more KrisFlyer miles on a single flight segment. 

This reward can be applied to an upcoming booking, or a past booking up to seven days ago. For retrospective application, the reward must have been awarded prior to the flight date. It is only usable by the principal member. 

If a booking has been paid for with a mix of KrisFlyer miles and cash, the 25% bonus will only be applied to the amount paid for by cash. This means that any tier bonus or any amount redeemed by KrisFlyer miles are excluded from the calculation.

The bonus KrisFlyer miles will be credited up to four weeks after the completion of the flight.

30,000 Elite Miles

Usable For	Principal member

KrisFlyer members who accrue 30,000 Elite miles will receive a voucher for 50% more KrisFlyer miles on a single flight segment. 

This reward can be applied to an upcoming booking, or a past booking up to seven days ago. For retrospective application, the reward must have been awarded prior to the flight date. It is only usable by the principal member. 

If a booking has been paid for with a mix of KrisFlyer miles and cash, the 50% bonus will only be applied to the amount paid for by cash. This means that any tier bonus or any amount redeemed by KrisFlyer miles are excluded from the calculation.

The bonus KrisFlyer miles will be credited up to four weeks after the completion of the flight.

40,000 Elite Miles

Usable For	Principal member or redemption nominee

KrisFlyer members who accrue 40,000 Elite Miles will receive a discount of 5,000 miles off a redemption booking or upgrade. 

This is only applicable to flights operated by Singapore Airlines, and can be used by the principal member or for his/her redemption nominee.

If your booking is subsequently refunded, the discount voucher will be credited back to your KrisFlyer account, so long as it is still valid (i.e. within 12 months of issuance).

60,000 Elite Miles

Usable For	Principal member

KrisFlyer members who accrue 60,000 Elite Miles will receive a voucher for double the KrisFlyer miles on a single flight segment. 

This reward can be applied to an upcoming booking, or a past booking up to seven days ago. For retrospective application, the reward must have been awarded prior to the flight date. It is only usable by the principal member. 

If a booking has been paid for with a mix of KrisFlyer miles and cash, the double miles will only be applied to the amount paid for by cash. This means that any tier bonus or any amount redeemed by KrisFlyer miles are excluded from the calculation.

The bonus KrisFlyer miles will be credited up to four weeks after the completion of the flight.

75,000 Elite Miles

Usable For	Principal member or redemption nominee

KrisFlyer members who accrue 75,000 Elite Miles will receive a voucher for a one-cabin upgrade on a single short-haul flight segment. This upgrade can be:

• Economy ⮞ Premium Economy
• Economy ⮞ Business (where Premium Economy is not available)
• Premium Economy ⮞ Business
• Business ⮞ First

This is subject to availability at the point where the reward is applied, and valid for commercial bookings (i.e. not award tickets) on Singapore Airlines flights between Zone 1 & Zone 2, Zone 1 & Zone 3, or Zone 11 & Zone 11.

In case you’re scratching your head about Zone 11, that would be the fifth-freedom SQ378/377 service between Rome and Barcelona, operated by an Airbus A350-900 with Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class cabins. 

The commercial booking must be in one of the following fare classes:

This unfortunately excludes the discounted Lite buckets, and the Value bucket for Economy.

This reward can be used by the principal member or for his/her redemption nominee. 

As the reward is only valid for a single cabin upgrade, those travelling on an Economy Class ticket will ideally want to use it on a flight without a Premium Economy Class cabin so they can jump from Economy to Business Class. That would mean the following aircraft:

• A350-900 Regional
• B737-800 (that said, this aircraft has very sad recliner-style Business Class seats and probably isn’t a good use of the reward!)
• B737 Max 8
• B787-10

100,000 Elite Miles

Usable For	Principal member or redemption nominee

KrisFlyer members who accrue 100,000 Elite Miles will receive a voucher for a Premium Economy Advance Upgrade on a single flight segment. 

This is subject to availability at the point where the reward is applied, and valid for commercial bookings (i.e. not award tickets) on Singapore Airlines flights in the following fare classes: 

Once again, the discounted V & K “Lite” buckets and Q & N “Value” buckets are excluded.

This reward can be used by the principal member or for his/her redemption nominee. 

How to apply a KrisFlyer Milestone Reward

To apply a KrisFlyer Milestone Reward, login to your KrisFlyer account and click on Account Summary > KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards

You’ll see the full list of available rewards under “Manage Rewards”. Click “Use Reward”, then on the next screen, select the booking to which you want to apply the reward. 

Conclusion

While I understand that KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards are meant to:

1. give members a little something extra along the way to requalification
2. encourage them to continue choosing Singapore Airlines even after requalification has been achieved

I don’t feel they’re compelling enough to hold any real sway on decision making. S$10 worth of KrisPay miles, a highly-restricted KrisShop voucher, and a bunch of cabin upgrades may be nice surprises, but they’re unlikely to divert anyone’s business. 

Therefore, I’d encourage you to view KrisFlyer Milestone Rewards as “nice to have”, and not a major determining factor on how you book your tickets.