Earn up to 9 mpd on Pelago bookings for July 2025

Back in October 2024, Pelago made its Kris+ debut, enabling users of Singapore Airlines’ lifestyle app to earn bonus miles when booking attractions, activities, tours and transportation worldwide.

S$5 for new Kris+ Users

Get S$5 (in the form of 750 KrisPay miles) when you sign-up with code W644363 and make your first transaction

To mark the launch, the earn rate for Pelago bookings via Kris+ was boosted to 10 mpd, an excellent deal by any means. Since then, we’ve seen other promotional rates on offer:

• November & December 2024: 9 mpd
• January 2025 (no promo): 3 mpd
• February 2025: 6 mpd
• March 2025: 5 mpd
• April 2025: 8 mpd
• May 2025: 8 mpd
• June 2025: 5 mpd

Kris+ has now unveiled its deal for July 2025, which features a repeat of last month’s 5 mpd earn rate for Pelago bookings. This is further stackable with up to 4 mpd with the right credit cards, for an overall earn rate of up to 9 mpd.

Kris+ offering extra 5 mpd on Pelago bookings

From 1-31 July 2025, all Pelago bookings made via the Kris+ app will earn an extra 5 mpd, on top of credit card miles. While the booking must be made during this period, the experience can be for any future date.

To make Pelago bookings via Kris+, update your app to the latest version, then look for the Pelago icon at the top of the screen. This will send you to the Pelago website (now with shopping cart functionality!), where you’ll select your activity and make payment via the Kris+ app.

The 5 mpd rate is applicable to anything you can find on Pelago, whether it’s tours, attraction tickets, eSIMs, spa treatments, airport transfers, bus tickets, train tickets and more. 

Here’s a summary of the differences between booking Pelago activities via Kris+, versus the mobile app or website.

The key advantage of booking via Kris+, apart from the upsized earn rate, is the fact that miles are credited instantly. If you were to book via the website or mobile app, miles are only credited after activity completion (don’t get any bright ideas; if you cancel an activity booked via Kris+, miles will be clawed back from your account).

However, Pelago bookings made via Kris+ do not allow the use of promo codes. For example, if you have a Singapore Airlines PNR, you won’t be able to enjoy the 10% discount offered to passengers. In that situation, you’re trading extra miles for a 10% discount, which may or may not make sense depending on how much you value a mile (keep in mind the 10% discount is capped at S$50).

Remember to transfer your miles!

Don’t forget to transfer any KrisPay miles earned to KrisFlyer within 21 days of the transaction, in their entirety.

If you wait longer than 21 days, or spend any of the accrued miles, the balance will be stuck in Kris+. Miles in Kris+ expire after six months, and can only be spent at a relatively poor rate of 100 miles = S$1.

A big “Transfer to KrisFlyer” button appears after every transaction, so there’s no excuse!

Alternatively, you can activate the new Kris+ auto-transfer feature, which ensures that any miles earned are automatically transferred to your KrisFlyer account. 

HeyMax alternative

👍 250 Max Miles joining bonus

Sign up for a HeyMax account and get up to 250 Max Miles as a welcome bonus

250 bonus Max Miles

If you’re not insistent on earning purely KrisFlyer miles, then it’s worth exploring the HeyMax alternative.

HeyMax is currently offering 2-10 Max Miles per S$1 for Pelago website bookings, which can be stacked with the regular 3 KrisFlyer miles per S$1 and up to 4 mpd from the right credit card. Most activities fall into the 8 Max Miles per S$1 bracket, so you should be earning more miles (in absolute terms) than Kris+.

The catch, if you want to call it that, is that Max Miles cannot be converted into KrisFlyer miles. Indirect conversions via yuu Rewards Club are possible, but the rate is not very attractive outside of the 20% milesback offered during Max Miles day. 

But I really see this as a feature, not a bug, since you can convert Max Miles to 28 airline and hotel loyalty programmes at a 1:1 ratio. Why settle for KrisFlyer?

What card to use with Pelago?

Pelago transactions made on Kris+ will code as MCC 4722 Travel Agencies and Tour Operators, so you can pay with the following cards to earn up to an additional 4 mpd.

Card	Earn Rate	Remarks
UOB Lady’s Solitaire Apply	4 mpd	Max S$2K per calendar month. Must choose Travel as bonus category Review
UOB Lady’s Card Apply	4 mpd	Max S$1K per calendar month. Must choose Travel as bonus category Review
DBS Woman’s World Card Apply	4 mpd	Max S$1.5K per calendar month Review
KrisFlyer UOB Card Apply	3 mpd	No cap Review

Avoid using the Citi Rewards Card, as MCC 4722 is classified as a travel transaction and explicitly excluded from earning the bonus 4 mpd rate for online transactions.

Also, the HSBC Revolution is no longer an option, following the January 2024 removal of MCC 4722 from its bonus whitelist.

Conclusion

From 1-31 July 2025, all Pelago bookings made through Kris+ will be rewarded with an extra 5 mpd, on top of the usual credit card rewards of up to 4 mpd.

This means an overall earn rate of up to 9 mpd, which though lower than past promotions, is still a generous return in the grand scheme of things. Moreover, miles from Pelago bookings made through Kris+ are credited instantly, instead of upon activity completion.

If you see something you’re interested in booking, consider doing so during this promotional period to maximise your rewards.m