First things first: I know Tigerair is a budget carrier, and as such they will engage in certain practices that full service carriers won't. I know they earn their margin on add-ons. I know they are dependent on cross selling you car rentals and hotels in addition to just flights. I...
Not too long ago SQ announced that it was going to seek closer integration with Tiger and Scoot. Avoiding the obvious "why would you want to do that" question, it seems that this has now become reality.
In April it was announced that you could redeem your Krisflyer miles at...
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The Idea
SQ has started offering the option to redeem Krisflyer miles for Tigerair and Scoot vouchers. 3,200, 5,300 and 10,500 miles are needed for S$30, S$50 and S$100 respectively
These redemptions value a Krisflyer mile at ~0.95 cents, which is extremely poor value
You should...
