Singapore has just rolled out an interesting new redemption option for KrisFlyer members whereby miles can be redeemed towards the cash cost of a ticket. Now, the value isn't very good in most cases, especially if wanting to redeem for premium itineraries, but new options (without taking anything away) are always a good thing, in…
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'each KrisFlyer mile can be redeemed for 1.02SGD (~0.81USD)'
Shouldn't it be in cents, rather than dollars?
0.81USD would be a great value for 1 Krisflyer mile 😉
Lucky, you blacked out the miles in the first screen shot, but it's there in the second on the sliding scale
Qantas model "points plus pay" except on QF you get the mileage and status for the entire trip.
Not sure why you consider new options like this a 'good thing'. Qantas did this some time ago, effectively valuing each point at some fractional cent amount. Over time, available awards at the 'normal' redemption rates dry up, and eventually they'll have done away with the thing airlines have hated since AA introduced the first FF program - rewards based on miles flown rather than $ spent.
If you have at least 50% of the miles you need for an award, won't they sell you the rest for 4cents/mile? Aeroplan does this, but its 3cents/mile
@ ChasingThePoints -- That's simply the miles needed for the award and not the number of miles in my account. Thanks, though!
@ Mike S. -- You can, though I'd say in most cases purchasing miles at four cents each is a horrible value, unless you're *really* close to the number of miles needed.