As part of SIA’s KrisFlyer September “Miles Paradise” deal, there is a 50% transfer bonus on offer with the Accor programme, which for some time has been a two-way transfer option allowing miles to hotel point conversions as well as the opposite conversion from Accor to KrisFlyer.
While this gives you what would normally be considered “ok” value for expiring KrisFlyer miles, a wide range of other promotions during the “Miles Paradise” deal mean it’s really not worth considering for most of our Singapore-based members.
Transfer KrisFlyer miles to ALL points with a 50% bonus
Normally you’ll receive 2 ALL points for every 9 Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles you convert, but between 8th September and 30th September 2026 there’s a 50% bonus deal on offer, giving you 3 ALL points for every 9 KrisFlyer miles.
| Transfer Ratio
KrisFlyer miles ALL points 9 : 3 |
Since ALL points have a fixed value of 3 Singapore cents each at current exchange rates, based on redemption as a hotel credit at 2,000 points = €40 (S$59), the year-round transfer ratio means cashing out your KrisFlyer miles at 0.66 Singapore cents each, which is among the worst value you can get from them.
Is it worth it?
During this promotion, the boosted 9:3 transfer ratio means cashing out your KrisFlyer miles at 0.98 Singapore cent each, which is certainly better, but still probably not worth it for most of our readers.
Here’s how it looks against the other options at the moment.
Redemption value for KrisFlyer miles
| Option | Min. Transfer | Value per mile |
| Redeem an SIA, Scoot or partner award flight | 1,500 | 1.90¢+ |
| Extend your miles for a fee | 1* | 1.74¢ |
| Offset a KrisShop purchase (8 – 30 Sep ’26) |
1,000 | 1.25¢ |
| Redeem a Pelago experience (8 – 30 Sep ’26) |
1,000 | 1.25¢ |
| Transfer to Kris+ |
10 | 1.00¢ |
| Transfer to Velocity points |
5,000 | 1.00¢ |
| Offset an SIA or Scoot cash fare | 1,000 | 1.00¢ |
| Transfer to Accor Live Limitless (8 – 30 Sep ’26) |
4,500 | 0.98¢ |
| Transfer to Shangri-La points (4 Sep – 31 Oct ’26) |
20,000 | 0.92¢ |
| Transfer to CapitaStar (8 – 30 Sep ’26) |
3,000 | 0.85¢ |
| Transfer to yuu Points (1 – 30 Sep ’26) |
1,600 | 0.83¢ |
| Transfer to Marriott Bonvoy (8 – 30 Sep ’26) |
3,000 | 0.83¢ |
| Redeem a vRooms hotel stay | 1,200 | 0.80¢ |
| Transfer to LinkPoints | 3,000 | 0.60¢ |
| Transfer to Esso Smiles |
3,000 | 0.47¢ to 0.67¢ |
* Or the miles quantity you have expiring in a single calendar month, if greater
Where necessary in this table, a miles redemption value for a Singapore Airlines flight is assumed at 1.9 cents.
Transfers from KrisFlyer miles to ALL points are free of charge, subject to a minimum of 4,500 miles per transfer, and capped at a maximum of 180,000 miles transferred per calendar year.
As you can see from the table above, a KrisFlyer miles to ALL points transfer during this promotion will achieve just under 1 cent per mile, and only if you have an upcoming hotel stay to redeem the points against.
However, there are also offers this month to cash out your KrisFlyer miles at 1.25 cents each at both KrisShop and Pelago, the former allowing flexible part cash / part miles payment, and the latter covering over 200,000 activities worldwide. Both comfortably beat what Accor is paying here, and neither asks you to commit 4,500 miles in a single go.
Accor isn’t even the pick of the transfer bonuses. Shangri-La is offering 30% until the end of October, while Marriott Bonvoy and yuu Points each have a 10% bonus running on rates both hiked earlier this year – and none of them get anywhere near the 1.25 cents on offer elsewhere.
All of these valuations are still well short of the typical value you’ll get with a First Class or Business Class award redemption on Singapore Airlines, and even some award tickets on Scoot, but if your miles are expiring and you have no travel plans coming up, it still doesn’t make sense to cash out to Accor points during this promotion with these far superior options in play.
If you’re sitting on miles you’re worried about losing, there’s a far better option live right now – Singapore Airlines has a redemption sale running over the next few days, taking 10-15% off Economy and Premium Economy Saver awards on Scoot and SIA, though neither tends to beat a Saver Business Class or Saver First Class award ticket.
Transfer ALL points to KrisFlyer miles with a 50% bonus
The year-round transfer ratio from ALL points to KrisFlyer miles is at a 2:1 ratio.
During this promotion that gets hiked by 50%, to a 2:1.5 (or 4:3) ratio.
Transfers in this direction are also free of charge, and must be made in blocks of 2,000 ALL points. Unlike the opposite direction, there’s no annual cap on how much you can convert.
| Transfer Ratio
ALL points KrisFlyer miles 2 : 1.5 |
You’re usually sacrificing around S$59 in hotel credits (2,000 ALL points) to achieve 1,000 KrisFlyer miles for each block converted, so you’d have to value KrisFlyer miles at an insanely high 5.9 cents each to consider this transfer year-round.
During this promotion, you’ll get 1,500 KrisFlyer miles for the same S$59 sacrifice in cash value, meaning you would still have to value KrisFlyer miles at a hugely unrealistic 3.9 cents each to consider this.
Avoid!
When will the bonus arrive?
In the KrisFlyer to Accor direction, transfers are quick – the converted points credit instantly, with the bonus points following as a separate transaction within a maximum of seven business days.
Going the other way it’s a lot slower.
From Accor to KrisFlyer, the base miles credit first, but the bonus miles only arrive after the promotion has closed – the terms commit to no later than 30th October 2026. Convert 2,000 Accor points and you’ll see 1,000 KrisFlyer miles reasonably promptly, with the 500 bonus miles following separately up to a month after the offer ends.
Don’t convert on the assumption you’ll have the full balance available for a booking in the coming weeks.
Note also that the bonus miles don’t count towards Elite miles accrual or PPS Value, and in the opposite direction the bonus Accor points don’t count towards earning or retaining Accor status.
Terms and conditions
You can read the full terms and conditions for this 50% transfer bonus here.
Summary
Singapore Airlines is offering a 50% bonus on transfers to or from Accor Live Limitless points between now and 30th September 2026.
While it sounds generous, a 50% bonus on a poor rate is usually still a poor rate, and that’s certainly the case with this deal.
Cashing out KrisFlyer miles into the fixed-value Accor programme only yields just under 1 cent of value per mile with the bonus in play – but this month you can get 1.25 cents per mile via other, more flexible “cash-out” options at KrisShop and Pelago, neither of which ties you to an Accor hotel stay.
In the opposite direction you’d have to consider KrisFlyer miles worth nearly 4 cents each to even consider a transfer from ALL to KrisFlyer – which is borderline insanity.
Avoid this one!
(Cover Photo: Accor)