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Earn 5,000 bonus miles on your next staycation with Rocketmiles

New to Rocketmiles? Pick up 5,000 bonus Asia Miles, Alaska Miles, Avios or Lifemiles on your next staycation booking.

Don't fancy any of those? There's a 'hack' to transfer into KrisFlyer instead.

If you’re looking to make a staycation booking, or any hotel booking worldwide for that matter, between now and 31st December 2020, there’s an option to keep in your back pocket which can net you 5,000 bonus frequent flyer miles.

That’s roughly equivalent to almost S$100 in value, so even though the option isn’t catch-free, it’s well worth considering.

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What is Rocketmiles?

Rocketmiles is an Online Travel Agency (OTA), similar to Agoda and Kaligo, sharing some of the commission it receives for a hotel booking in the form of miles credited to your frequent flyer account after your stay.

The catch? As with most OTA bookings your booking will not be treated as a qualifying stay by the hotel for status purposes if you’re clocking up nights or points in their own loyalty scheme. If you’re already a status holder, your benefits may or may not be applied, depending on the hotel chain and sometimes even the hotel itself.

Like with Kaligo, we therefore only tend to recommend sites like Rocketmiles if you’re staying:

  • at an independent property;
  • at a chain you already have sufficient status with / in a room type that gets you the perks anyway; or
  • at a chain you