KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes deals for September 2023 announced

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Singapore Airlines has released its regular Spontaneous Escapes offer for travel in September 2023, with 30% off the usual Saver miles redemption rates when you lock in Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class awards to and from selected cities on the network over the next two weeks.

If there’s a destination on the list you’re looking for, and you can make firm travel plans, it’s always worth considering snapping up one of these seats while this discount is available.

Deals this month include Singapore to or from Bali for 5,950 miles in Economy Class, or Los Angeles non-stop to Singapore for 29,400 miles in Economy Class.

On the Business Class side, Hong Kong is back for 23,800 miles each way, though do note this is only valid on the A350 Medium Haul timing with 2018 Regional J seats.

With China reopening visa-free for Singapore citizens last month, it’s no surprise to see no mainland China cities at all on the discounted list this month, unlike the August offer.

If you do find a route of interest, you’ll need to book these ‘Promo’ awards over the next three weeks – between 8th August 2023 and 31st August 2023 – for travel in September 2023, but remember there’s no flexibility and in most cases no refunds are allowed.

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.

5% miles discount for KrisFlyer UOB cardholders (capped)

This month Singapore Airlines is offering an additional 5% discount on Spontaneous Escapes rates, but only for the first 158 KrisFlyer co-brand cardholders to redeem.

The 5% discount is taken from the already discounted Spontaneous Escapes rate, so instead of a 30% discount you’ll actually be getting 33.5% discount (not 35%, like KrisFlyer is advertising on its socials)!

Receive an additional 5% miles back on eligible Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class Saver award tickets on selected Singapore Airlines operated flights. Each eligible participant is only entitled to receive the 5% miles back on 1 booking, capped at a maximum of 2 segment redemptions in that same booking. This is applicable to one-way (equivalent to 1 segment) and round trip (equivalent to 2 segments) travel. All relevant taxes and fees must be charged to your KrisFlyer UOB Credit or Debit cards.

UOB

The discount is not automatic – you must successfully register to participate.

That requires principal cardholders to send an SMS to 77862 using their mobile number registered with UOB, in the following format:

KFSPE [space] Last 4 alphanumeric digits of your NRIC or Passport Number [space] SIA Booking Reference Example: If your NRIC is S1234567A and your booking reference is ABC123, you will need to send “KFSPE 567A ABC123” to 77862

If you are eligible (it’s a bit of a gamble with UOB, like most of the bank’s “first xxx” promotions), the miles rebate will be automatically credited to your KrisFlyer membership account linked to your card by 31st December 2023.

Full terms and conditions for this offer are available here.

Business Class Deals

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

Here are the five different SIA 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 carrier’s newer products for the first time!

Here are the discounts on offer for travel in Business Class this month.

Singapore to Kuala Lumpur
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
21,000 14,700	SQ116 SQ118	737-800 737-800	738 RJ 738 RJ
Blackout:	3 September 24 September
Kuala Lumpur to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
21,000 14,700	SQ105 SQ107	A350 LH 737-800	2013 J 738 RJ
Singapore to Jakarta
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
21,000 14,700	SQ950	777-300ER	2013 J
Blackout:	11 September 18 September
Jakarta to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
21,000 14,700	SQ951	777-300ER	2013 J
Blackout:	19 – 20 September 27 – 28 September
Singapore to Surabaya
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
21,000 14,700	SQ922	A350 MH	2018 RJ
Surabaya to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
21,000 14,700	SQ923	A350 MH	2018 RJ
Blackout:	1 September 8 September 15 September
Singapore to Penang
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
21,000 14,700	SQ138	737-8 MAX	MAX RJ
Blackout:	2 – 4 September 7 September 2023 12 September 18 September
Penang to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
21,000 14,700	SQ131	737-8 MAX	MAX RJ
Blackout:	4 September 13 – 16 September 20 September 23 September 26 Septmeber
Singapore to Manila
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
24,000 16,800	SQ912 SQ916	787-10 A350 MH	2018 RJ 2018 RJ
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
Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
24,000 16,800	SQ184 SQ186	A350 MH A350 MH	2018 RJ 2018 RJ
Blackout:	1 – 3 September 22 – 23 September
Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
24,000 16,800	SQ177 SQ183	A350 MH A350 MH	2018 RJ 2018 RJ

Singapore to Hong Kong
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
34,000 23,800	SQ898	A350 MH	2018 RJ
Blackout:	1 – 9 September
Hong Kong to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
34,000 23,800	SQ899	A350 MH	2018 RJ
Blackout:	2 – 10 September 29 – 30 September
Singapore to Beijing
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ802 SQ806	A350 MH A350 MH	2018 RJ 2018 RJ
Beijing to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ801 SQ807	A350 MH A350 MH	2018 RJ 2018 RJ
Singapore to Shanghai
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ826 SQ830 SQ836	A350 MH A380 A350 MH	2018 RJ 2017 J 2018 RJ
Shanghai to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ825 SQ827	A350 MH A350 MH	2018 RJ 2018 RJ

Singapore to Ahmedabad
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ504	A350 MH	2018 RJ
Blackout:	10 September 28 September
Ahmedabad to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ505	A350 MH	2018 RJ
Blackout:	5 Sep
Singapore to Bangalore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ510 SQ512	A350 MH A350 MH	2018 RJ 2018 RJ
Blackout:	4 September 11 September
Bangalore to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ511 SQ513	A350 MH A350 MH	2018 RJ 2018 RJ
Blackout:	15 September 29 September
Singapore to Chennai
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ526 SQ528	A350 MH 787-10	2018 RJ 2018 RJ
Chennai to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ527	A350 MH	2018 RJ
Singapore to Dhaka
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ494	A350 MH	2018 RJ
Dhaka to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ495	A350 MH	2018 RJ
Singapore to Mumbai
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ422 SQ426	A350 MH A350 LH	2018 RJ 2013 J
Mumbai to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft	Seats
43,000 30,100	SQ425	A350 LH	2013 J

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	SQ874 SQ892 SQ894 SQ898	A350 LH A380 777-300ER A350 MH
Blackout:	1 – 9 September 2023
Hong Kong to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
26,500 18,550	SQ875 SQ893 SQ895 SQ899	A350 LH A380 777-300ER A350 MH
Blackout:	2 ‐ 10 September 2023 29 – 30 September 2023
Singapore to Chengdu
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
26,500 18,550	SQ842	A350 LH
Chengdu to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
26,500 18,550	SQ843	A350 LH
Singapore to Shanghai
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
34,500 24,150	SQ830	A380
Shanghai to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
34,500 24,150	SQ833	A380

Singapore to Mumbai
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
34,500 24,150	SQ424 SQ426	777-300ER A350 LH

Singapore to Sydney
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
51,000 35,700	SQ231	A380
Blackout:	1 – 3 September 2023 8 – 10 September 2023 16 – 24 September 2023 27 – 30 September 2023
Melbourne to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
51,000 35,700	SQ208 SQ218	777-300ER A350 LH
Blackout:	SQ208 only: 1 – 4 September 2023 7 – 10 September 2023 12 – 17 September 2023 30 September 2023

Frankfurt to New York (JFK)
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
52,000 36,400	SQ26	777-300ER
Blackout:	23 – 24 September 2023 29 – 30 September 2023
New York (JFK) to Frankfurt
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
52,000 36,400	SQ25	777-300ER

Narita to Los Angeles
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
73,000 51,100	SQ12	777-300ER
Los Angeles to Narita
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
73,000 51,100	SQ11	777-300ER
Singapore to San Francisco
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
75,000 52,500	SQ34	A350 ULR
Blackout:	1 – 9 September 2023
San Francisco to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
75,000 52,500	SQ31 SQ33	A350 LH A350 ULR

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	SQ114 SQ116 SQ118	737-800 737-800 737-800
Blackout:	1 – 3 September
Kuala Lumpur to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ103 SQ105 SQ107	737-800 A350 LH 737-800
Blackout:	9 – 10 September
Singapore to Jakarta
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ950	777-300ER
Blackout:	1 September 4 September 11 September 18 – 19 September 25 – 26 September
Singapore to Surabaya
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ922	A350 MH
Surabaya to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ923	A350 MH
Blackout:	1 – 2 September 9 September 13 September 15 September 20 September 22 – 23 September 27 – 28 September
Singapore to Medan
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ990 SQ994	737-8 MAX 737-8 MAX
Medan to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ991 SQ995	737-8 MAX 737-8 MAX
Blackout:	22 September 26 September
Singapore to Bali
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ946 SQ948	787-10 737-8 MAX
Blackout:	1 – 9 September 15 September 18 September
Bali to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ935 SQ937 SQ939	737-8 MAX 787-10 787-10
Blackout:	1 – 12 September 16 – 17 September 23 – 24 September 28 – 30 September
Singapore to Penang
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ138	737-8 MAX
Blackout:	1 – 8 September 14 – 16 September 21 – 22 September 28 – 29 September
Penang to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ131	737-8 MAX
Blackout:	3 – 4 September 9 – 10 September 13 – 17 September 22 September 26 September
Singapore to Brunei
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ148	737-8 MAX
Blackout:	1 – 13 September
Brunei to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
8,500 5,950	SQ147	737-8 MAX
Singapore to Bangkok
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ706 SQ712 SQ714	A350 MH A350 MH 787-10
Blackout:	1 – 3 September 8 September
Bangkok to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ705 SQ707 SQ713	A350 MH 787-10 787-10
Blackout:	3 – 10 September
Singapore to Manila
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ912 SQ916	787-10 A350 MH
Manila to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ915 SQ917 SQ919 SQ921	787-10 A350 MH 787-10 A350 MH
Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ184 SQ186	A350 MH A350 MH
Blackout:	1 – 3 September 22 – 23 September
Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ177 SQ183	A350 MH A350 MH
Singapore to Phuket
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ740	737-800
Blackout:	1 – 3 September 22 – 23 September
Phuket to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ725	737-800
Blackout:	3 – 5 September 9 – 11 September
Singapore to Siem Reap
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ164 SQ166	737-8 MAX 737-8 MAX
Blackout:	1 – 4 September 22 – 23 September
Siem Reap to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
13,500 9,450	SQ163	737-8 MAX
Blackout:	3 – 5 September 9 September

Singapore to Hong Kong
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
16,500 11,550	SQ898	A350 MH
Blackout:	1 – 9 September
Hong Kong to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
16,500 11,550	SQ899	A350 MH
Blackout:	2 – 10 September 29 – 30 September
Singapore to Seoul (Incheon)
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
27,000 18,900	SQ606	A350 MH
Blackout:	1 – 3 September 8 – 10 September 16 September 24 September 30 September
Seoul (Incheon) to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
27,000 18,900	SQ607	787-10
Blackout:	3 September 8 – 10 September 14 September 17 September 21 September 23 September 27 – 30 September
Singapore to Guangzhou
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
16,500 11,550	SQ850	A350 MH
Guangzhou to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
16,500 11,550	SQ851	A350 MH
Singapore to Beijing
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
21,500 15,050	SQ802 SQ806	A350 MH A350 MH
Beijing to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
21,500 15,050	SQ801 SQ807	A350 MH A350 MH
Singapore to Shanghai
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
21,500 15,050	SQ826 SQ830 SQ836	A350 MH A380 A350 MH
Shanghai to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
21,500 15,050	SQ825 SQ827 SQ833	A350 MH A350 MH A380

Singapore to Bangalore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ510 SQ512	A350 MH A350 MH
Bangalore to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ511 SQ513	A350 MH A350 MH
Singapore to Chennai
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ526 SQ528	A350 MH 787-10
Chennai to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ527	A350 MH
Singapore to Colombo
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ468	787-10
Blackout:	1 Sep
Singapore to Dhaka
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ494	A350 MH
Dhaka to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ495	A350 MH
Singapore to Hyderabad
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ522	737-8 MAX (Mon – Wed) A350MH (Thu-Sun)
Blackout:	18 September 25 September
Hyderabad to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ523	737-8 MAX (Mon – Wed) A350MH (Thu-Sun)
Blackout:	1 – 13 September
Singapore to Kolkata
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ516	A350 MH (Mon, Sat, Sun) 737-8 MAX (Tue-Fri)
Blackout:	8 September 12 – 15 September
Kolkata to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ517	A350 MH (Mon, Sat, Sun) 737-8 MAX (Tue-Fri)
Blackout:	1 – 2 September 5 – 8 September
Singapore to Mumbai
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
20,000 14,000	SQ422 SQ424	A350 MH 777-300ER
Blackout:	17 – 30 September

Los Angeles to Singapore
Miles	Flights	Aircraft
42,000 29,400	SQ35 SQ37	A350 LH A350 LH

Book the ‘Promo’ award category

Singapore Airlines offers the Spontaneous Escapes deals under its “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 and Advantage award space – it can come and go).

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

The “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 under the pre-pandemic system.

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 to immediately lock in the Spontaneous Escapes rate.

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.

The regular monthly Spontaneous Escapes deal is back for travel in September 2023 for those who can make short-term trip plans.

Check out the full deal here, and do refer to our seat types summary for Business Class in the tables above to pick the aircraft with the best cabin product for your routing.

KrisFlyer UOB co-brand cardholders can get 33.5% off instead of 30% by booking using their card then registering for the additional discount by SMS, but only the first 158 to do so will be eligible.

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 September 2023? Let us know in the comments section below.

(Cover Photo: Planes Portrait Aviation Media)