Redeem: Singapore Airlines Spontaneous Escapes – 30% points saving

Why I haven’t posted these type of specials

Let’s not beat about the bush. I usually don’t post specials like this – thinking that you, dear readers, would already subscribe to every specials newsletter from every airline frequent flyer program of which you are a member.

Then, I thought, I do this research anyway for myself, so I might as well share, just in case you missed it, or you need the endorsement that it is actually a giant saving, from a trusted website, such as 2PAXfly.

So here goes.

Introduction

Singapore Airlines Spontaneous Escapes are SIA’s ‘discounted redemptions for quick getaways’ promotions, as their tagline explains. They come out fairly regularly and are organised by geographic area. If you are interested in those that originate in other areas, then head over here to the full list of promotion redemptions.

You need to redeem your flights on singaporeair.com up until 29 February 2020, for travel from 1 to 31 March 2020 inclusive.

Slightly different dates apply for 30% off Premium Economy Class Saver rates on non-stop flights between Singapore and Los Angeles, for travel from 1 to 30 April 2020 inclusive.

These are first-come, first-served redemptions, so don’t delay if you’re interested.

Between Singapore and Australia/New Zealand

These are pretty good redemptions – and for business, there are no blackout dates. Normally a Sydney to Singapore redemption in business would deduct 62,000 points from you KrisFlyer account – in this promotion, only 43,000:

FROM	ECONOMY	FLIGHT	BLACKOUT	BUSINESS	FLIGHT	BLACKOUT
Singapore to Adelaide	19600	SQ279	1-10 March 2020	43400	SQ279	–
Adelaide to Singapore	19600	SQ278	26-31 March 2020	43400	SQ278	–
Singapore to Brisbane	19600	SQ255	–	43400	SQ255, SQ265	–
Brisbane to Singapore	19600	SQ236	–	43400	SQ236, SQ266	–
Singapore to Canberra	19600	SQ288	–	43400	SQ288	–
Canberra to Singapore	–	–	–	43400	SQ288	–
Singapore to Melbourne	19600	SQ207, SQ227, SQ237	–	–	–	–
Singapore to Sydney	19600	SQ211, SQ221, SQ231	–	43400	SQ231, SQ241	–
Sydney to Singapore	19600	SQ222, SQ232, SQ288	–	43400	SQ288	–
Singapore to Wellington	19600	SQ247	–	–	–	–
Wellington to Singapore	19600	SQ248	–	–	–	–

Between Singapore and Europe

If you wanted to get to Europe out of Singapore – you could use these specials:

FROM	ECONOMY	FLIGHT	BLACKOUT	BUSINESS	FLIGHT	BLACKOUT
Paris to Singapore	26600	SQ333	–	–	–	–
Singapore to Barcelona	26600	SQ388	–	64400	SQ388	–
Barcelona to Singapore	26600	SQ387	–	64400	SQ387	–
Düsseldorf to Singapore	–	–	–	64400	SQ337	–
Singapore to London	26600	SQ308	–	–	–	–
London to Singapore	26600	SQ305, SQ317	20-31 March 2020	–	–	–
Milan to Singapore	26600	SQ355	20-31 March 2020	–	–	–
Rome to Singapore	26600	SQ365	21-28 March 2020	64400	SQ365	–
Singapore to Zürich	26600	SQ346	–	–	–	–
Zürich to Singapore	26600	SQ345	–	64400	SQ345	–

Again, no blackout dates for Business

The fine print

• The discount only applies to the flights and class named
• The offer has a closing date – Saturday 29 February – Spontaneous Escapes specials change monthly.
• Travel must be between 1 March to 31 March, although there are some exceptions which run 1 to 30 April 2020.
• Your whole itinerary must be eligible – for point to point one way – no biggie, but if you are booking a return or multi-city-ing – then all travel must be part of the promotion including fights, dates and destinations, otherwise, you’re stuffed. You might want to make a return two independent bookings to get around that one.
• You have to book online, otherwise, you attract a US$25 fee. Although if it’s impossible to do it online, they will usually (in my experience) waive this.
• Can’t change or cancel
• Get in fast if you need to transfer points, say from AMEX – use their maximum transfer times as a guide – not your experience of minimums!

2PAXfly Takeout

If your plans will bend to fit within these Spontaneous Escapes – then you would be a fool not to. However, they are inflexible, so if you can’t fit your current travel and redemption plans into the specials – wait for next months offer.