There will always be one accruing more than the other. Paying usd50 to get access to 50, miles that may otherwise have been wasted. All Topics. Credit Cards. Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help. Password recovery. Home Airlines. Airlines Singapore Airlines. Aaron Wong. Aug 16, KrisFlyer has added family pooling- in a way. Parents can now pay a fee to withdraw up to 50, miles from their child's account each year.
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For example, Points. Photo credit: TPG. I suppose the only use case for something like this would be when you really have 0 use for miles in a particular program, in which case taking inferior value would still be better than taking nothing at all. Another variant of this question is whether KrisFlyer members can transfer miles to other KrisFlyer accounts. Again, the answer is no. KrisFlyer does not have family pooling accounts although certain airlines like JAL do.
If you want to redeem an award for a family member , you need to have sufficient miles in your own account to do so. The upshot is you need to be very sure about which frequent flyer program you want to credit your flights or convert your credit card points to , because once made, that choice is irrevocable.
I always check whether a flight is available to book directly through VA, of whether a MR transfer to SQ is feasible, but for example last night I needed to guarantee a flight at a specific time which had SQ availability not showing on VA 28k SQ miles.
OK so not a huge saving … Read more ». All Topics. Credit Cards. Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help. Password recovery. Home Airlines. Airlines Singapore Airlines. To be eligible you need to have a residential address in one of their key markets — basically in Australia or New Zealand some Pacific Ocean islands are also included. Points can be used to redeem Virgin Australia flights and upgrades or Singapore Airlines tickets, plus flights with a number of other partner airlines click here for the current list.
Unlike the points you might hold in other Star Alliance airline frequent flyer schemes e. Lifemiles , Velocity points can be used to redeem long-haul Business Class and First Class seats on Singapore Airlines flights, though the required number of miles is quite a bit higher than using KrisFlyer.
The snag is your KrisFlyer miles convert at a 1. Velocity points can also be used against hotel bookings through their hotels portal , offsetting hotel costs by using as few as 2, points, however you will get much poorer value per point compared to a flight redemption or upgrade. Here the group gives you a bit less value per mile for some reason. One benefit of a Scoot redemption, despite the poorer value, is that they tend to load their flight schedules 15 months in advance giving you a longer window of opportunity to use your miles before they expire.
Here the same process is repeated as for Velocity, transferring your expiring KrisFlyer miles into Tap for More points, and then transferring them back into KrisFlyer.
A maximum of 80, KrisFlyer miles can be converted from KrisFlyer to Tap for More per calendar year, though very few people are likely to have an expiring balance that high. Note that whatever date you transfer your KrisFlyer miles into Tap for More points, they will expire on 30th June the following year if left in that scheme.
On the face of it this was just another poor value redemption, valuing your miles at 0. With closer examination though we found it was possible to get outsized value from your KrisFlyer miles on a vRooms redemption by using the minimum miles level to offset the cost of a hotel stay. Using your KrisFlyer miles to redeem a purchase in the KrisShop gets you a fixed but poor value of 0.
That means for that particular item your KrisFlyer miles are actually being valued at just 0. The value per mile is now down to 0. The second Velocity option might have crossed your mind while reading the first one!
This will reset their 3-year expiry clock. If that sounds too good to be true — it is. The 1. Considering a KrisFlyer mile is worth around 1. Remember although the minimum number of KrisFlyer miles you can transfer to Velocity is 5, as in option 3 above you will need to have a minimum of 5, Velocity points in order to transfer back to KrisFlyer, so to successfully complete this process you must transfer at least 7, KrisFlyer miles.
As we mentioned in option 7, provided you value KrisFlyer miles at 1. We covered the launch of KrisPay in detail when it launched in mid That same number of miles would get you a Business Class award ticket from Singapore to Tokyo. Note that options 4 and 10 are temporarily unavailable. Remember at the start of the article we mentioned that your total balance also comes into play. For example say you have , KrisFlyer miles in your account and 18, of them are expiring.
It does erode the value per mile slightly since those 2, should technically be worth 1. Banks in Singapore have different rules on how long your credit card loyalty points last before expiring.
Just as an example though if you have the Citi PremierMiles card the Citi Miles earned which transfer into KrisFlyer as well as a number of other frequent flyer programs never expire. Similarly rewards points earned on the Standard Chartered Visa Infinite card never expire either. There is therefore no rush to move miles across to KrisFlyer as soon as you earn them, as the 3-year validity clock then starts ticking straight away. Spontaneous Escapes.
Bear in mind that it can take anywhere from 24 hours to just over a week or three, BOC! Personally we try to keep enough miles in our KrisFlyer accounts for a Business Class saver return to Europe. It also gives us plenty of flexibility to redeem premium seats across the region and a number of Star Alliance redemptions as necessary.
Your personal level may of course be quite different and we are lucky to be able to do this, granted not all people can. If you find yourself in this situation — start at the top and work your way down through the options. You should then arrive at the best value method which works for you. Our full analysis explains why. Many banks have no expiry at all for certain credit card points, and transfers to KrisFlyer usually take just a few days.
Instead you can donate your miles to Make-A-Wish Singapore, a charity which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. The donated miles will be used to redeem flights for the beneficiaries of Make-A-Wish Singapore in the fulfilment of wishes that require travel.
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