We Can Absolutely Redeem US$100 KrisFlyer Business Class Flights

I have written on the guide on the stopover hack. It is located here. As one would expect, many people like it – but yes, they were skeptical. Also, since we’re here in Singapore, there are plenty of short-haul flights that make it really easy to use this ~~travel hack~~ open secret!

Scenario – Pool Villa Addict

The scenario. Let’s assume that you are a pool villa addict like me who frequently fly back-and-forth between Bangkok and Bali.

Flights : DPS (Bali) > SIN > BKK (Bangkok) > SIN > DPS > SIN > BKK > …

Presenting Exhibit A below. I have a portion of the updated SAVER redemption chart. Let’s take some Business Class flights.

A normal person would book a return flight when travelling from Singapore to Bali :

SIN > DPS (19,000 miles)
DPS > SIN (19,000 miles)

A normal person would book a return flight when travelling from Singapore to Bangkok:

SIN > BKK (19,000 miles)
BKK> SIN (19,000 miles)

Me i.e. Abnormal Miles-Collecting Person

Well, I’m not a normal person. This means that I book one-way flights with stopovers in Singapore. In case you’re wondering, a simple way to think of a stopover is a connection between flights that is more than 24 hours. We can even leave the airport!

Just a quick note – an KrisFlyer ADVANTAGE (as opposed to SAVER) redemption requires twice as many miles, but have certain perks to it, one of which 1 x free stopover. SAVER flights come with no stopovers, but we can pay US$100 to insert one. Yeahhh!

An abnormal person like me would therefore book flights in this manner :

DPS > SIN (21,500 miles) ; stopover (click for my previous flight)
SIN > BKK (US$100)

And like this too :

BKK > SIN (21,500 miles) ; stopover
SIN > DPS (US$100)

OK. The not-so-good things first. As you might have realized by now, it would require a little bit of flexibility in terms of travel planning. Oh, and US$100. I’m not going to write the same thing again, but if this is new to you then you can check out my older post.

The good thing is obvious – we use much less miles and if you’re lucky, snag some peak-period flights! Guess who is spending the New Year and Labour Day overseas?

In my flight details below, you can see the breakdown of charges – the price is per pax. Taxes are still required to be paid. The S$138 fare is the equivalent of US$100.

Proof Of Miles

I write about stuff I’m doing. I share when it works. I keep a monthly update here. I hope you will give it a try too.

Here’s what I have after using 43,000 KrisFlyer miles to redeem the total of 4 flights for my wife and I. If you’re crunching the numbers in your head, let me help!