KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes deals for December 2022 announced

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The final Spontaneous Escapes offer for travel in 2022 has been released by Singapore Airlines, and with the year-end holiday season approaching, not to mention supply still outstripping demand on many popular routes, it’s once again slim pickings for those looking to secure awards at 30% off regular saver rates next month.

Nonetheless, it’s still great to even be reporting on the deal again, given that the regular monthly offer was completely pulled between March 2020 and March 2022, due to the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

If there’s a destination on the list you’re looking for, and you can make firm travel plans and book over the next two weeks, it’s still worth considering snapping up one of these seats.

As usual, there’s 30% off the usual Saver miles redemption rates on offer when you lock in Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class awards to and from these cities on the network next month.

Some awards worth considering include Business Class to or from Bali at 14,700 miles one-way, Frankfurt to New York in Economy Class for 17,500 miles one-way and Singapore to Hong Kong in long-haul 2013 Business Class for 23,800 miles.

Singapore to or from Bali at 5,950 miles in Economy is also worth considering on dates when cash fares are still high.

If you do find a route of interest, you’ll need to book these ‘Promo’ awards over the next two weeks – between 15th November 2022 and 30th November 2022 – for travel in December, but remember there’s no flexibility and in most cases no refunds are allowed.

Redemption continues to only be available online at singaporeair.com, not via the mobile app, according to Singapore Airlines, though I am having no problems accessing the deal via the iOS app, so this issue may have been resolved, or perhaps only affects Android users.

Terms and conditions

Here are the terms and conditions for the Spontaneous Escapes promotion.

In a nutshell – be sure to have firm travel plans if you’re locking in a Spontaneous Escapes deal.

Business Class Deals

As always, we show the aircraft type and the Business Class seat product planned for these routes by flight number, to help you choose better and travel smarter on your discounted Spontaneous Escapes getaway.

Here are the five different Business Class seat type abbreviations for reference:

Singapore Airlines Business Class seat types
Regional
738 RJ	MAX RJ	2018 RJ
Long-Haul
2013 J	2017 J

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!

Here are the discounts on offer for travel in Business Class this month, with the aircraft types and seat types used for each eligible route and flight number shown alongside.

Singapore to Bali
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
21,000 14,700	SQ946	787-10	2018 RJ
Blackout:	1 – 2 December 2022 15 – 26 December 2022
Bali to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
21,000 14,700	SQ947	787-10	2018 RJ
Blackout:	25 – 31 December 2022
Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
24,000 16,800	SQ184 SQ186	A350 LH 787-10	2013 J 2018 RJ
Blackout:	20 – 26 December 2022
Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
24,000 16,800	SQ177 SQ183 SQ185	A350 MH A350 LH 787-10	2018 RJ 2013 J 2018 RJ
Blackout:	28 – 31 December 2022
Manila to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
24,000 16,800	SQ915 SQ917 SQ919 SQ921	787-10 A350 MH 787-10 A350 MH	2018 RJ 2018 RJ 2018 RJ 2018 RJ
Blackout:	25 – 31 December 2022

Singapore to Hong Kong
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
34,000 23,800	SQ882	A350 LH	2013 J
Hong Kong to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
34,000 23,800	SQ883	A350 LH	2013 J

Colombo to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ469	A350 MH	2018 RJ
Blackout:	7 December 2022 28 December 2022

Sadly there are no long-haul flights included in the offer in Business Class this month.

Premium Economy Class Deals

Here are the discounts on offer for travel in Premium Economy, including the aircraft types used for each eligible route and flight number.

Singapore to Hong Kong
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
26,500 18,550	SQ882 SQ894	A350 LH A380
Blackout:	1 – 5 December 2022
Hong Kong to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
26,500 18,550	SQ883 SQ895	A350 LH A380

Frankfurt to New York (JFK)
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
52,000 36,400	SQ26	A380
Singapore to Frankfurt
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
71,000 49,700	SQ326	A350 LH
Blackout:	1 – 23 December 2022

Economy Class Deals

Here are the discounts on offer for travel in Economy Class.

We have also included the aircraft types used for each eligible route and flight number, so you can choose based on your preference where multiple flights are available.

Singapore to Kuala Lumpur
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ116 SQ122	737-8 MAX A350 MH
Blackout:	16 – 26 December 2022
Kuala Lumpur to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ105 SQ103	A350 LH 737-8 MAX
Blackout:	26 – 27 December 2022
Singapore to Bali
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ946	787-10
Blackout:	21 – 26 December 2022
Bali to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ947	787-10
Blackout:	23 – 31 December 2022
Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ184 SQ186	A350 LH 787-10
Blackout:	22 – 25 December 2022
Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ177 SQ183 SQ185	A350 MH A350 LH 787-10
Blackout:	25 – 31 December 2022
Manila to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ915 SQ917 SQ919 SQ921	787-10 A350 MH 787-10 A350 MH
Blackout:	23 – 31 December 2022

Singapore to Hong Kong
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
16,500 11,550	SQ882	A350 LH

Hong Kong to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
16,500 11,550	SQ883	A350 LH

Frankfurt to New York (JFK)
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
25,000 17,500	SQ26	A380
Blackout:	22 – 31 December 2022
Singapore to Frankfurt
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
42,000 29,400	SQ326	A350 LH
Blackout:	1 – 23 December 2022

Book the ‘Promo’ award category

Singapore Airlines offers its Spontaneous Escapes deals via a new “Promo” award category, which you’ll see alongside the usual Saver and Advantage award rates on applicable flights.

If the Promo award rate is not shown for your preferred flight, even though it is listed as part of the offer, that unfortunately means there is no availability remaining at the Spontaneous Escapes rate (but do check back later, like Saver award space it can come and go).

Remember, you cannot waitlist for Promo awards – it’s either available, or it’s not.

The new “Promo” award category also means Spontaneous Escapes award capacity can be loaded as a subset of the Saver award space. This allows you to continue to book at Saver rates (if you prefer the flexibility, for example), or allows the airline to stop offering Spontaneous Escapes rates on a particular flight, while not necessarily having to remove the Saver rate at the same time, like they did before.

It also allows you to book at a discount for larger groups, for example if there are three of you travelling but only two Promo (Spontaneous Escapes) award seats are loaded for the flight you want to travel on, you can potentially redeem the two remaining Promo seats and one Saver seat on a separate booking, and still effectively achieve a 20% overall miles discount between you.

What if you already booked?

If you have already redeemed your miles on a flight that has now become eligible for the Spontaneous Escapes offer, unfortunately there’s no simple way to change it and pay the reduced miles rate.

You will have to book again at the Spontaneous Escapes rate, then cancel the existing booking and pay the miles redeposit fee (don’t do it the other way round, in case the Spontaneous Escapes Promo space disappears in the meantime!).

This will require you to have sufficient miles in your account.

If you need the miles from the original booking in order to make the Spontaneous Escapes one due to an insufficient balance, be very careful!

Since you will first have to cancel the original booking, you are now at the mercy of the Spontaneous Escapes space remaining available on the flight, and it can sometimes take a few days for the miles from your original cancelled booking to be re-credited to your account.

Full details

For full details of this month’s Spontaneous Escapes offer, including terms and conditions (but sadly not including the aircraft type and seat type details we have provided above!), head over to the KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes promo page.

Spontaneous Escapes continues to be a relatively limited selection, unsurprising since it fundamentally comprises empty seats next month SIA thinks it won’t now fill, even at Saver award rates. With demand still exceeding supply on the most popular routes during this peak year-end travel period, that means it’s slim pickings.

That said, there’s no harm in checking out the current deal for travel for December 2022, with some Business Class and Economy Class discounts to and from Bali in the mix, plus long-haul Business Class seats to and from Hong Kong.

Remember if you’re unable to secure a return flight at the discounted rates, book two one-way tickets instead. You’ll pay the ‘Promo’ rate one-way and the usual ‘Saver’ rate for the non-discounted sector, but at least the whole itinerary will not be at the usual rate (and a 15% saving is still welcome).

Will you be locking in any of the Spontaneous Escapes offers for December 2022? Let us know in the comments section below.

(Cover Photo: Plane’s Portrait Aviation Media / Malcolm Lu)