The SIA “lifestyle app” Kris+ has a new bonus miles offer this month, with up to 500 KrisFlyer miles on offer in addition to regular earning and credit card points when you spend at least S$5 per transaction at multiple partner outlets over the next two weeks.

At least 100 bonus miles are relatively easily available for spending at just two unique brands across the city, something you might well regularly be doing anyway, with the maximum bonus of 500 miles if you notch up spend at six or more brands during this period.

Kris+ MILEstone Quest

From 1st September to 15th September 2024, Kris+ is offering between 100 and 500 bonus miles when you spend a minimum of S$5 at two or more unique brands accepting Kris+ payment across the city.

While the brands you visit need to be unique (rather than just additional outlets under the same brand), they do not have to be ones you have never used Kris+ at before.

For example if you use the app to grab a coffee at Paris Baguette each morning on your way to work, you can register for the promotion and your first purchase there ticks off the first unique merchant on your list, even though you’re a regular Kris+ user there.

Here’s how the bonus miles are awarded, depending on the number of unique brands you spend at between 1st September 2024 and 15th September 2024.

Unique brands visited	Bonus miles
1	–
2	100
3	200
4	300
5	400
6+	500

For the avoidance of doubt, these bonus miles aren’t cumulative. Only the total number of unique brands you have ticked off during the promotion will determine the number of bonus miles you will be awarded (e.g. 5 unique brands = 400 bonus miles).

Bonus miles can be transferred into KrisFlyer miles, within 21 days of crediting as KrisPay miles to your Kris+ account.

Registration is necessary

You’ll have to register for this challenge at the Kris+ app, by clicking on MILEstone Quest under the ‘Ongoing Promotions’ section of the homepage.

Click the START CHALLENGE button and you’ll then be able to register for the promotion.

There is no upper cap for this deal, but unique brands you then visit and spend at least S$5 at via the Kris+ app will only start being counted after you enrol.

Here’s how it works:

• Enrol for the offer via the Kris+ app
• Spend at least S$5 at any partner outlet to complete your enrolment (no bonus miles for the first partner payment)
• Spend at least S$5 at up to five additional unique partner outlets between now and 15th September 2024
• Bonus miles based on the number of unique outlets you visited will be credited to your Kris+ account as KrisPay miles on 20th September 2024
• Bonus miles can be transferred to KrisFlyer miles, within 21 days of being credited

You’ll still get the partner’s regular miles earn rate credited instantly to you for your purchase, before the bonus comes in later.

Note that you won’t be able to track the number of qualifying unique brand payments you have made under the MILEstone Challenge page on the Kris+ app, but you can check your progress via the Wallet > Transaction History page.

Full terms and conditions for the MILEstone Quest promotion can be found here.

Which partners?

All Kris+ partners that accept payments through the Kris+ app via Apple Pay (for iOS devices) or Google Pay (for Android devices) in Singapore are eligible during this promotion, except for Pelago and D’cuisines.

Here’s our latest list of all Kris+ merchants and their respective regular earn rates, before credit card points and miles are accounted for, as of 24th August 2024.

As you can see there are currently 435 unique brands allowing Kris+ miles earning in the programme, with over 1,600 outlets between them, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to find 6 unique brands to spend at during this promotion.

Which card to use for Kris+ purchases

Many bonus credit cards in Singapore earn at their top rate for Kris+ transactions, either for all spend or for purchases in selected Merchant Category Codes (MCCs).

That includes when making purchases (of at least S$5) during this MILEstone Quest promotion.

For some cards it’s a little complicated, because the payment you make in-app will tag under the merchant’s MCC, so you’ll need to be confident it qualifies prior to your purchase, but there are some cards that earn at their top rate for all Kris+ spend too.

Here’s how some of these cards earn for Kris+ payments, within their monthly spend caps. You can check the MCC with the merchant in advance of your payment if necessary, though some are obvious (like restaurants – 5812).

Bonus cards Kris+ earning

Card	Earn Rate	Notes / MCCs
UOB Lady’s UOB Lady’s Solitaire	4 mpd	Capped at S$1,000 per month (Lady’s) or S$2,000 per month (Lady’s Solitaire). Subject to your specified quarterly bonus category, including:
		Dining:	MCC 5499 MCC 5812 MCC 5814
		Beauty:	MCC 5977 MCC 7230 MCC 7297 MCC 7298
		Fashion:	MCC 5621 MCC 5651 MCC 5661 MCC 5691 MCC 5699 MCC 5948
HSBC Revolution (see our review)	4 mpd	On mobile wallet payments at specific outlets by MCC, capped at S$1,000 per calendar month.
		MCC 3501 MCC 5045 MCC 5462 MCC 5621 MCC 5651 MCC 5661 MCC 5691 MCC 5699 MCC 5732	MCC 5734 MCC 5812 MCC 5944 MCC 5945 MCC 5947 MCC 5948 MCC 5992 MCC 5999 MCC 7011 MCC 7997
DBS WWMC (see our review)	4 mpd	On on up to S$1,500 of online spend per calendar month, including when paying at a merchant using Apple Pay or Google Pay via the Kris+ app (all MCCs).
OCBC Rewards (see our review)	4 mpd	On shopping transactions in specific MCCs, capped at S$1,110 per calendar month.
		MCC 5309 MCC 5621 MCC 5651 MCC 5655 MCC 5661	MCC 5691 MCC 5699 MCC 5941 MCC 5948
KrisFlyer UOB (see our review)	3 mpd	On all Kris+ spend, with no minimum and no upper cap.

Amex KrisFlyer cardholders who have successfully registered for this promotion can also earn up to 3.5 mpd for any Kris+ spend of up to S$500 (aggregate spend during the promo period), between now at 15th September 2024.

Don’t use your Citi Rewards card to make payment with Apple Pay or Google Pay on Kris+, since online transactions these cards specifically exclude mobile wallet payments, and will therefore earn at the basic rate of 0.4 mpd.

Kris+ is offering up to 500 bonus KrisPay miles, fully transferable to KrisFlyer miles, when you visit and spend at unique brands across the island between now and 15th September 2024.

To be eligible you must first enrol for the promotion via the Kris+ app, then make your first spend transaction at any merchant. After that, bonus miles will start to be awarded for each unique branded merchant you visit, with 500 bonus miles for spending at least S$5 at 6 unique brands in total.

Bonus miles will be awarded on 20th September 2024 and can then be transferred to KrisFlyer miles, which is exactly what you should be doing with them for best value.

(Cover Photo: Accor Hotels)