51% off awards in KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes for February 2020

Singapore Airlines made its Spontaneous Escapes deal a regular monthly offer last year, with the official launch in February 2019 offering Business Class saver awards for Economy rates. That meant generous discounts of 45% to 61%, undoubtedly one of the best offers we’d seen. Economy awards meanwhile were discounted by 50%.

Since then the offer has settled at its ‘default’ 30% discount each month, which can still be a good deal on many routes especially in Business Class.

This month though the airline has a really fantastic offer – 51% off the usual saver award rates if you can book by the end of January and travel in February.

That’s to celebrate KrisFlyer’s 21st birthday in February 2020, so an extra 21% off the normal discount was called for!

We’re seeing Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class included on a wide variety of routes, plus selected SilkAir flights in Economy and Business Class too.

Destinations include Europe in Business Class, like Barcelona, Rome and Frankfurt, plus Australia, the USA and an extensive Asia-Pacific selection with over 40 cities included this month.

The rules remain unchanged – you’ll have to book by 31st January 2020, and fly in February 2020. Offers are subject to saver award availability.

Spontaneous Escapes

Our regular readers know the Spontaneous Escapes deal only too well, but for newcomers or those who need a refresher, here’s a summary of how the deal works.

Best in Business

The most important aspect of this monthly deal is where its best value usually lies – the latest long-haul and flat-bed regional Business Class seats in the airline’s fleet for less than half the usual miles rate in February 2020.

Before we get into the full route list, here’s a summary of these ‘Best in Business’ deals.

Spontaneous Escapes – February 2020 SIA’s latest Business Class products
	2017 J (full seat details)
47,000 23,030 Miles: Singapore – Tokyo Narita (SQ638) Tokyo Narita – Singapore (SQ637) 39,000 19,110 Miles: Singapore – Shanghai (SQ830)* Shanghai – Singapore (SQ833)* * Operated by 777-300ER (2013 J seats) on 19/2 and 26/2
	2013 J (full seat details)
95,000 46,550 Miles: Singapore – San Francisco (SQ2) San Francisco – Singapore (SQ1) 89,000 43,610 Miles: Hong Kong – San Francisco (SQ2) San Francisco – Hong Kong (SQ1) 92,000 45,080 Miles: Singapore – Barcelona (SQ378) Barcelona – Singapore (SQ377) Singapore – Dusseldorf (SQ338) Dusseldorf – Singapore (SQ337) Singapore – Frankfurt (SQ326) Singapore – Milan (SQ356) Singapore – Paris (SQ334) Singapore – Rome (SQ366) Rome – Singapore (SQ365) 62,000 30,380 Miles: Singapore – Brisbane (SQ245) 49,000 24,010 Miles: Singapore – Dubai (SQ494) Dubai – Singapore (SQ494) Singapore – Johannesburg (SQ482) Johannesburg – Singapore (SQ481) 47,000 23,030 Miles: Tokyo Narita – Singapore (SQ11) 39,000 19,110 Miles: Singapore – Beijing (SQ806) Singapore – Shanghai (SQ828) Shanghai – Singapore (SQ825, SQ831) 30,500 14,945 Miles: Singapore – Hong Kong (SQ856, SQ860, SQ866) Hong Kong – Singapore (SQ861, SQ863, SQ865) 19,000 9,310 Miles: Singapore – Kuala Lumpur (SQ118)
	2018 RJ (full seat details)
62,900 30,380 Miles: Singapore – Adelaide (SQ279) Adelaide – Singapore (SQ278) Singapore – Brisbane (SQ255, SQ265) Brisbane – Singapore (SQ236, SQ256, SQ266) 47,000 23,030 Miles: Singapore – Fukuoka (SQ656) Fukuoka – Singapore (SQ655) Singapore – Nagoya (SQ672) Nagoya – Singapore (SQ671) Singapore – Osaka (SQ620, SQ622) Osaka – Singapore (SQ619, SQ621, SQ623) Singapore – Seoul (SQ602, SQ608, SQ612) Seoul – Singapore (SQ603, SQ607, SQ611) 39,000 19,110 Miles: Singapore –  Ahmedabad (SQ530) Singapore – Beijing (SQ800) Beijing – Singapore (SQ805) Singapore – Dhaka (SQ446) Dhaka – Singapore (SQ447) Singapore –  Kolkata (SQ516) Singapore – Malé (SQ452) Singapore – Shanghai (SQ826) Shanghai – Singapore (SQ827) 21,500 10,535 Miles: Singapore – Bangkok (SQ978, SQ982) Bangkok – Singapore (SQ973, SQ981) Singapore – Manila (SQ916, SQ918) Manila – Singapore (SQ915, SQ921) 19,000 9,310 Miles: Singapore – Bali (SQ942, SQ946) Bali – Singapore (SQ943, SQ947) Singapore – Kuala Lumpur (SQ116)

The selection is really extensive this month, especially in the 2013 Business Class cabin to and from Europe, assuming you can brave the winter weather or fancy a bit of skiing!

Singapore Airlines Business Class deals

There’s nothing worse than getting on board to find that your great deal was in an average seat, so we show all the aircraft types and seat types in the Business Class list, to help you choose better on your preferred routes.

The full list of SIA Business Class routes on offer this month is shown below. Here are the seat type abbreviations for reference:

Singapore Airlines Business Class seat types
Long-haul
2006 J	2013 J	2017 J
Regional
2009 RJ	2018 RJ

Some of our readers even choose their preferred route based on the aircraft or seat type, especially those looking to try one of the newer products for the first time.

You’ll pay 51% fewer miles than usual for a saver redemption if you can book by the end of January and travel during February.

Business Class

South East Asia

North Asia

South Asia

Australia

Middle East

Europe

USA

Singapore Airlines Premium Economy Class deals

Singapore Airlines is offering 51% off several routes in Premium Economy Class for February 2020.

Required miles are shown for a one-way redemption, with aircraft types on the flights also indicated.

Premium Economy Class

North Asia

South Asia

Australia

Middle East

Europe

USA

Singapore Airlines Economy Class deals

Here are the Singapore Airlines Economy Class routes with 51% off in February 2020.

Required miles are shown for a one-way redemption, with aircraft types operating the flights also indicated.

Economy Class

South East Asia

North Asia

South Asia

Australia

Middle East

Europe

USA

SilkAir Business Class deals

Here are the Business Class offers for SilkAir flights this month, with a 51% discount in February 2020.

We don’t include aircraft type details for SilkAir flights, as these can vary day to day.

Business Class

South East Asia

North Asia

South Asia

Australia

SilkAir Economy Class deals

Here are the Economy Class offers for SilkAir flights this month, with a 51% discount in February 2020.

We don’t include aircraft type details for SilkAir flights, as these can vary day to day.

Economy Class

South East Asia

North Asia

South Asia

Australia

Premium Economy USA offers are worth looking at

When Singapore Airlines discounts its Premium Economy seats on non-stop A350 ULR flights to and from the USA, they usually remain poor value due to the heavily discounted cash fares available in this cabin on those routes.

This month both Newark and Los Angeles are on offer for travel in February 2020, and the value equation is a bit different with 51% off, versus a revenue ticket.

Roundtrip cash fares on the Newark route are widely available for S$1,500 in February 2020, giving you a value of 2.1 cents per mile for the 71,540 miles it’ll cost you under Spontaneous Escapes.

That’s nothing to really shout about, especially as it doesn’t account for the miles you would earn when flying on a cash ticket, however cash fares on the Los Angeles route are a bit higher starting at S$1,777, for a value of 2.7 cents per mile (Spontaneous Escapes roundtrip cost 66,640 miles).

That’s not bad at all for Premium Economy.

Important booking tip

The Singapore Airlines website and app don’t make it obvious that the discounted miles rate is being applied. Don’t despair, just click the ‘Saver’ rate and then check the drop-down box, where the discounted rate will then be shown, provided your flight is applicable for the discount.

Here’s how it looks:

In the event the miles rate doesn’t show a discount, check that you are searching a valid route, outside a blackout date, and that the flight lands before the promo is finished.

Summary

Happy Birthday KrisFlyer and happy redemptions for us!

An absolutely fantastic deal this month for those of you who can make or even potentially change your travel plans in February 2020. Two of you can effectively travel for less than the normal price of a single redemption on a wide range of routes.

At better than half price, there is serious value on offer here particularly for Business Class redemptions, which in some cases are now coming in at less than the usual Economy rate.

Even in both Economy and Premium Economy, where it’s often hard to achieve solid value from your miles, this 51% discount is worth considering on a range of routes.

Even Europe is included, with cities like Barcelona, Rome, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt superb value at just 45,080 miles each way in the excellent 2013 Business Class seat.

Tokyo Narita is included on the A380 Version 3, a great value way to experience the new and still relatively rare 2017 Business Class seat for an outstanding 23,030 miles.

There’s also an extensive list of cities with the new 2018 Regional Business Class seat, with this product now rolled out to many cities on the network within 8 hours of Singapore. Standouts for us are Brisbane for 30,380 miles, Shanghai for 19,110 miles and Bali for 9,310 miles.

Even if your award ticket is only available in one direction, book two one-ways and still save with this offer on at least one leg of your journey. Better still, consider returning from a different airport (e.g. fly to Frankfurt, but back from Rome).

Get booking your February 2020 Spontaneous Escapes deals now as this offer is so fantastic it’s bound to be extremely popular! Let us know where you’re heading in the comments section below.

(Cover Photo: Nicolas Lannuzel)