Navigating our way through COVID-19 without a devaluation of the KrisFlyer programme was a nice relief for most of our readers, but unfortunately the happy concept of no increases to miles rates since January 2019 was inevitably never going to last.
Around three and a half years after the last devaluation, Singapore Airlines will increase its miles redemption rates across the board for those locking in awards from 5th July 2022.
There’s a general increase from around 8% to 15% across all four cabin classes, though as before you’re afforded some breathing room when booking over the next four weeks, with current rates still available until 4th July 2022.
This also allows you to lock in current award rates for travel over the next year, right through to late June 2023, provided you have reasonably firm travel plans in mind.
Key points
Here are the main devaluation headlines this time round.
- Economy Class Saver redemption rates have increased, despite remaining untouched in the last devaluation of January 2019.
- Premium Economy, Business and First Class Saver awards have also increased, like they did in the last devaluation round.
- Revised mileage rates come into effect for bookings made on or after 5th July 2022, so you still have four weeks to book at current rates.
- Waitlist awards that clear and are booked prior to 5th July 2022 will be charged at the current rates. Those that clear on or after that date will attract the higher rates.
- SIA partner airline award redemption rates are staying the same, for now at least.
- Advantage awards remain the same, except for Business and First Class redemptions on longer Zone 10-13 trips to and from Singapore (i.e. Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, Europe and the USA).
- Star Alliance awards will increase.
- Upgrade charts, both for SIA and Star Alliance partners, also see a rate increase.
- Only Advantage awards will be eligible for a complimentary stopover of up to 30 days from 1st August 2022. US$100 paid stopovers on other awards will be scrapped and longer stopovers on Advantage awards won’t be allowed.
Based on flights to and from Singapore:
- Economy Saver awards are increasing for the first time in years, by around 8% to 16%.
- Premium Economy Saver awards will also set you back around 8% to 16% more miles than before.
- Business Class Saver awards will cost roughly 10% to 15% more. This is the biggest hit in our opinion.
- First Class and Suites Saver awards suffer a 10% to 13% higher redemption rate.
- Star Alliance awards increase by around 8% to 16%.
- Pricing for Star Alliance round-the-world award tickets using KrisFlyer miles remains unchanged, for now.

Saver Award Rate Increases
All Saver award redemptions booked on or after 5th July 2022 will increase in cost. The following tables show the increases for one-way redemptions to and from Singapore.
Economy
Economy Class Saver awards were spared from the January 2019 KrisFlyer miles devaluation, but there’s no such luck this time round, with increases of 7.5% to 16.0% in place for redemptions made on or after 54th July, based on the redemption zone from Singapore.
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Economy Class Saver Awards |
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Current Rate | New Rate | Change | |
Zone 2 Malaysia, Indonesia & Brunei |
7.5 | 8.5 | +13.3% |
Zone 3 Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia & Laos |
12.5 | 13.5 | +8.0% |
Zone 4 South China, Hong Kong & Taiwan |
15.0 | 16.5 | +10.0% |
Zone 5 Beijing & Shanghai |
20.0 | 21.5 | +7.5% |
Zones 6 India, Sri Lanka, Maldives & Bangladesh |
18.5 | 20.0 | +8.1% |
Zone 7 Japan & South Korea |
25.0 | 27.0 | +8.0% |
Zone 8 Perth & Darwin |
20.0 | 21.5 | +7.5% |
Zone 9 Other Australia & New Zealand |
28.0 | 30.5 | +8.9% |
Zone 10 Africa, Middle East & Turkey |
25.0 | 29.0 | +16.0% |
Zones 11 & 12 Europe, Canada & USA West Coast |
38.0 | 42.0 | +10.5% |
Zone 13 USA East Coast & Houston |
40.0 | 44.0 | +10.0% |
Redemption rates are shown in thousands of KrisFlyer miles
Zone 10 is a big hit here, with the ability to effectively get to Europe (Istanbul) for 25,000 miles now costing 4,000 miles more per person in each direction for a saver award.

The same rate to and from South Africa, especially Cape Town which involves two SIA flights, suffers similarly.
Premium Economy
Premium Economy Saver award rates, already a poor value redemption anyway, are increasing from 7.8% to a whopping 16.2%, depending on the zone.
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Premium Economy Saver Awards |
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Current Rate | New Rate | Change | |
Zone 4 South China, Hong Kong & Taiwan |
24.5 | 26.5 | +8.2% |
Zones 5 & 6 Beijing & Shanghai India, Sri Lanka, Maldives & Bangladesh |
32.0 | 34.5 | +7.8% |
Zone 7 Japan & South Korea |
34.5 | 37.5 | +8.7% |
Zone 9 Australia & New Zealand |
47.0 | 51.0 | +8.5% |
Zone 10 Africa, Middle East & Turkey |
37.0 | 43.0 | +16.2% |
Zone 11 Europe |
64.5 | 71.0 | +10.1% |
Zone 12 Canada & USA West Coast |
68.0 | 75.0 | +10.3% |
Zone 13 USA East Coast & Houston |
73.0 | 80.5 | +10.3% |
Redemption rates are shown in thousands of KrisFlyer miles
As our regular readers will know, we already don’t recommend redemptions in Premium Economy due to the painful proximity these rates have to Business Class Saver awards, for a comfort factor that’s simply worlds apart.
Business Class
This is the biggest hit in our opinion – those valuable Business Saver award rates are suffering an increase ranging from 10.3% to 15.3%, depending on the zone.
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Business Class Saver Awards |
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Current Rate | New Rate | Change | |
Zone 2 Malaysia, Indonesia & Brunei |
19.0 | 21.0 | +10.5% |
Zone 3 Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia & Laos |
21.5 | 24.0 | +11.6% |
Zone 4 South China, Hong Kong & Taiwan |
30.5 | 34.0 | +11.5% |
Zones 5 & 6 Beijing & Shanghai India, Sri Lanka, Maldives & Bangladesh |
39.0 | 43.0 | +10.3% |
Zone 7 Japan & South Korea |
47.0 | 52.0 | +10.6% |
Zone 8 Perth & Darwin |
36.5 | 40.5 | +11.0% |
Zone 9 Other Australia & New Zealand |
62.0 | 68.5 | +10.5% |
Zone 10 Africa, Middle East & Turkey |
49.0 | 56.5 | +15.3% |
Zone 11 Europe |
92.0 | 103.5 | +12.5% |
Zone 12 Canada & USA West Coast |
95.0 | 107.0 | +12.6% |
Zone 13 USA East Coast & Houston |
99.0 | 111.5 | +12.6% |
Redemption rates are shown in thousands of KrisFlyer miles
For a Singapore – London Business Class redemption that means forking out 11,500 more miles from 5th July, the first time Europe has seen 100k+ Saver rates in this cabin using the KrisFlyer programme.
The fact that you can fly to Europe on Finnair for 70,000 Asia Miles with no fuel surcharges in their well-regarded brand new Business Class cabin certainly shines a light on increasing disparity here, especially if you are connecting to your final destination anyway.
Even for shorter routes like Singapore – Sydney, a Business Saver will set you back an additional 6,500 KrisFlyer miles each way.

The most significant hit is for Zone 10 redemptions, which will hike the cost of Business Class savers to the likes of Johannesburg, Cape Town and Istanbul from 49,000 miles (currently a relative ‘sweet spot’) to 56,500 miles.
Nonetheless, with a Europe Business Class Saver award increasing to 103,500 miles, this still looks like a decent rate in relative terms.
First Class & Suites
First and Suites Saver redemptions also suffer some sharp increases, rising by 10.0% to 12.8% depending on the zone.
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First Class & Suites Saver Awards |
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Current Rate | New Rate | Change | |
Zone 2 Malaysia, Indonesia & Brunei |
27.5 | 30.5 | +10.9% |
Zone 3 Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia & Laos |
32.5 | 36.0 | +10.8% |
Zone 4 South China, Hong Kong & Taiwan |
40.5 | 45.0 | +11.1% |
Zones 5 & 6 Beijing & Shanghai India, Sri Lanka, Maldives & Bangladesh |
53.0 | 58.5 | +10.4% |
Zone 7 Japan & South Korea |
70.0 | 77.0 | +10.0% |
Zone 8 Perth & Darwin |
52.0 | 57.5 | +10.6% |
Zone 9 Other Australia & New Zealand |
85.0 | 93.5 | +10.0% |
Zone 10 Africa, Middle East & Turkey |
75.0 | 86.5 | +15.3% |
Zone 11 Europe |
125.0 | 141.0 | +12.8% |
Zone 12 Canada & USA West Coast |
130.0 | 146.5 | +12.7% |
Zone 13 USA East Coast & Houston |
132.0 | 148.5 | +12.5% |
Redemption rates are shown in thousands of KrisFlyer miles
There’s certainly some pain to and from Europe here, with 141,000 KrisFlyer miles now required to secure a one-way Saver award, 16,000 miles more than before.
Advantage Award Rate Increases
Advantage award rates are also increasing for trips between Singapore and Zone 11 to Zone 13 locations in Business Class and First Class / Suites, and for Zone 10 in Economy, Business and First.
There are no changes to Advantage rates for shorter flights in any cabin, or in Economy Class across the network (except for Zone 10).
Here’s how the Advantage award rates will increase from 5th July 2022.
Economy
Economy Class Advantage awards are only increasing in cost between Singapore and Zone 10 (Africa, the Middle East and Turkey), though the rise is a substantial 15.5%.
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Economy Class Advantage Awards |
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Current Rate | New Rate | Change | |
Zone 10 Africa, Middle East & Turkey |
55.0 | 63.5 | +15.5% |
Redemption rates are shown in thousands of KrisFlyer miles
Business Class
Business Class Advantage awards are rising to and from Europe and the USA by around 2-3%, but again the big hit here is for Zone 10 redemptions, which see a 15% hike.
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Business Class Advantage Awards |
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Current Rate | New Rate | Change | |
Zone 10 Africa, Middle East & Turkey |
90.0 | 103.5 | +15.0% |
Zone 11 Europe |
120.0 | 123.0 | +2.5% |
Zone 12 Canada & USA West Coast |
125.0 | 128.5 | +2.8% |
Zone 13 USA East Coast & Houston |
140.0 | 143.5 | +2.5% |
Redemption rates are shown in thousands of KrisFlyer miles
First Class & Suites
In First Class and Suites it’s the same story as we see in Business Class when it comes to Advantage awards, which increase by 2-3%, with the exception of Zone 10 at 10%, though there is no such cabin currently offered on the airline’s Zone 10 routes, so this is a rather moot point.
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First Class & Suites Advantage Awards |
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Current Rate | New Rate | Change | |
Zone 10 Africa, Middle East & Turkey |
135.0 | 148.5 | +10.0% |
Zone 11 Europe |
220.0 | 225.5 | +1.6% |
Zone 12 Canada & USA West Coast |
222.0 | 228.0 | +2.7% |
Zone 13 USA East Coast & Houston |
237.0 | 243.0 | +2.5% |
Redemption rates are shown in thousands of KrisFlyer miles
Upgrade awards devalued
It will also cost you around 10% more on average to use your KrisFlyer miles to upgrade to a higher cabin class on Singapore Airlines or on Star Alliance partners from 5th July 2022.
This is generally a poor use of your miles, which we don’t recommend anyway.
New award charts
You can compare the award rates on Singapore Airlines, including for zone combinations we haven’t mentioned here, by downloading SIA’s current and future award charts via the following links.
- SIA KrisFlyer redemptions (until 4th July 2022)
- SIA KrisFlyer redemptions (from 5th July 2022)
Here’s the ‘before and after’ for upgrade awards on SIA:
- SIA KrisFlyer upgrade awards (until 4th July 2022)
- SIA KrisFlyer upgrade awards (from 5th July 2022)
The Star Alliance redemption charts are:
- SIA KrisFlyer Star Alliance awards (until 4th July 2022)
- SIA KrisFlyer Star Alliance awards (from 5th July 2022)
You can also view (unchanged) partner award charts via this page.
The ‘stopover trick’ will be removed
Only recently we were writing in detail about the value you can achieve from utilising SIA’s ‘stopover trick’ on award bookings, typically by combining two separate trips at different times of year together in a single booking by paying an additional US$100 fee.
Unfortunately this benefit will be removed for bookings made on or after 1st August 2022.
“Complimentary stopovers up to 30 days may be added on singaporeair.com on eligible award redemption ticket types. For bookings issued on or after 1 August 2022, complimentary stopovers exceeding 30 days and paid stopover of any duration will no longer be offered.”
Singapore Airlines
That’s a big shame for this excellent way to minimise miles costs on more inventive routings or over two separate holidays.
The good news is you’ll still be able to lock these in until 31st July 2022 (though at higher miles rates from 5th July 2022), so do check out our comprehensive guide to see how it can work for you and try to come up with some plans to capitalise on this over the next few weeks is you can.

Only Advantage awards will be eligible for a complimentary stopover within 30 days for bookings made from August 2022, which is unlikely to yield any great options.
Partner award rates will be increased
Singapore Airlines has not increased the number of miles you’ll need to redeem for partner award flights (e.g. on Alaska Airlines, Virgin Australia) at this stage, but has said that “upward revisions will be made to Award Levels for flights on partner airlines and will be implemented progressively”.
Expect some (negative) changes here in the coming weeks!
Avoiding (or postponing) the increases
Effectively your only solution to avoid these KrisFlyer rate increases (for the time being) is to lock in your redemptions now – or at least before 5th July. That way you’ll still obtain the existing rates.
If you have to make changes later to your redemption ticket, with the exception of date changes, you will unfortunately have to pay the additional miles in this case. That’s a shame, and means you’ll want to have relatively certain travel plans, which can be difficult a year in advance.
It also means if you hold an award redemption ticket now (even one issued in 2020) and make changes on or after 5th July 2022, you’ll also be asked to stump up any applicable miles difference, which seems a little unfair.
If you do want to lock in some advance awards however, remember from our KrisFlyer College Part 1 guide that award tickets are loaded 355 days before departure date just after midnight Singapore time (SGT).
That means you can be locking in redemptions right up to late June 2023 at current rates, provided you have sufficient miles (transfer them in now to take advantage!), and of course assuming you’re able to make travel plans so far in advance.
For our readers from around the globe wanting to jump on award seats as they are released, SGT is GMT+8 and you can check the current SGT date and time here.
Summary
Singapore Airlines hasn’t increased mileage redemption rates since January 2019, though in fairness that would have been a very unpopular move over the last two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nonetheless it’s a disappointing trend to see yet another programme devaluation so soon after travel began to rebound for most of our readers.
We’re less concerned by increases in Economy and Premium Economy cabins, which are rarely a good redemption option with the programme, but Business and First Class awards are the heart of KrisFlyer’s value and these are sadly going to set you back 8% to 15% more miles, with relatively little notice given.
At least we will still have the monthly ‘Spontaneous Escapes’ discounts to take the edge off, for those last-minute travel plans.
Another significant downside to this news is the removal of the ‘stopover trick’ for award bookings from 1st August 2022, which was a great way to combine two (or more) different trips and save thousands of KrisFlyer miles in the process, but was almost inevitably on the radar to be culled eventually. It was good while it lasted.
There is a silver lining of course – you can lock in as many redemptions as you like (or are able to) up to a year in advance at the current rates, provided you book by 4th July at the latest, giving you four weeks to act. We will certainly be doing this – and you should too!
(Cover Photo: Plane’s Portrait Aviation Media / Malcolm Lu)
It was a matter of time with KF members having billions of miles to redeem.
Is the stopover trick affected?
Yes, it’s in the article. No more from 1st August 2022 sadly.
Can I still shift the second leg past 30 days after 1st Aug?
It’s time for SIA to recoup losses…Hope the monthly promo of 30% saving in redemption which has been offering last few months would continue…
Spontaneous Escapes, thankfully, is a regular monthly promotion with 30-61% off awards based on past offers, so that will still come in very handy!
Unless they stop that too 🙂
Don’t jinx it! 😆
And how likely are you to actually get a ticket? Flights from Australia have shown no availability to Singapore and beyond for many months (at least in Saver across all classes) and many months into the future…..
QANTAS has done the same, make it incredibly easy to acquire points and makes it impossible to redeem..
Do you think after August, it is still possible to reschedule the award ticket with paid stopovers after flying the first segment of the trip? I don’t mind paying additional miles and fees, just worried about the possibility…
The last time I checked with SIA the RTW award was suspended indefinitely
It certainly wasn’t feasible during the last couple of years, but I see no reason why it can’t work again now.
Not really about the feasibility but that the advertised price might be for something that is no longer offered and when it comes back it might just be 20% higher or something
Shall stop focusing only on Krisflyer miles…. Will pay some attention to earn Miles, say to convert to Asia Miles.
Are you aware that since March 2022 (or earlier), Singapore Airlines will NOT let you redeem Krisflyer Miles to book a flight online?
Tried numerous times, with different browsers, cleared cookies, etc., etc., to no avail.
They tell you to call them to redeem, then after waiting an hour on the phone, they tell you the redeem team will call you back to redeem – guess what? they NEVER called back yet, since March, and I called them many a times.
We’ve sent over a dozen emails since March, and one month ago, we received a reply, with the answer “sorry, but send us detailed info” (as if we didn’t originally write 2 pages of info to them already, to begin with)!
BUT if you want to use cash & miles (at a miserable rate, to book), or just cash, then yes, you can do it online instantly.
They just want your cash, and make it impossible to redeem!
Has anyone looked at the zillion complaints against them on their Facebook page???
This airline is a joke.
Why are they still flying it’s beyond me (supposedly great service in the sky, but horrible to non-existent on the ground)!!!
Avoid at all costs!!!
George M.
Checked with SQ, i had ticketed my stopover. before 31st July, unlimited date change but from 1st Aug, only 1 date change. since its ticketed, it will not be subjected to the latest rates. but i can only do 1 change. anything more, the stopover will not be valid and i will have to pay miles re-deposit fees.
Looks like Krisflyer has removed all saver business class award seats on every single flights to and from Melbourne and Sydney, no waitlist either on saver level. Any words why this is the case?
Hi,
I have a question. I booked a Saver award ticket in May 2022 under the old rate (62K miles) and now I want to change my date to Jun 2023. However, SQ insisted that I have to pay with the new rate of 68.5K miles. Is that right? I thought I should be able to change date using the old rate. Would really appreciate your advice. Thanks.