KrisFlyer is Singapore Airlines Group’s frequent flyer programme that offers members exclusive partner offers, flying privileges, and special deals.
If you aren’t a member yet, sign up for your KrisFlyer membership first. It’s free and only takes a few minutes.
How do you earn KrisFlyer miles?
Whenever you fly on participating airlines, your booking class letter determines how many miles you will earn for that flight. You can see the booking class letter near the booking class on your ticket.
Check out this table that illustrates how many KrisFlyer miles you’ll earn when you fly with Singapore Airlines and partner airlines.
| Singapore Airlines | Mileage Accrual Eligibility |
| Suites / First Class | 200% – A, F |
| Business Class | 150% – C, J, Z
125% – D, U |
| Premium Economy | 125% – S, T
100% – R, I, P |
| Economy Class | 100% – B, E, Y
75% – H, M, W 50% – K, N, Q, V |
| SilkAir | Mileage Accrual Eligibility |
| Suites / First Class | NA |
| Business Class | 150% – C, J, Z
125% – D, U |
| Economy Class | 100% – B, F, Y
75% – H, M, W 50% – K, N, Q, V |
| Scoot | Mileage Accrual Eligibility |
| Suites / First Class | NA |
| Business Class | 25% – C, D, I, J, U, Z |
| Economy Class | 20% – A, F, P, R, S, Y
15% – B, H, M, W 10% – N, O, X |
For the complete table of KrisFlyer mileage accrual levels, including Star Alliance and Star Alliance Connecting Partner airlines, click here.
Why should you sign up for a KrisFlyer membership?
You can earn miles easier.
You can accelerate your miles earning when you fly via Singapore Airlines, Star Alliance, Scoot, and other partner airlines, such as Virgin America, Virgin Australia, Virgin Atlantic, JetBlue, Alaska Airline, and Vistara.
You can earn miles even without flying.
Even if you don’t fly, you can still earn miles when you shop, dine, stay at partner establishments, and use the services of over 200 non-airline partners.
In the Philippines, some of the financial service partners include American Express, BPI Credit Cards, Citibank, CTBC Bank, EastWest Bank, Gobear.com, HSBC, Maybank, Metrobank, and Security Bank. Reward or bonus points that you earn from any of these partners can be exchanged for KrisFlyer miles.
You can also earn KrisFlyer miles when you shop online at KrisFlyer Spree. Just log in to the site and click “Shop Now”.
Earn KrisFlyer miles for every 10 USD that you spend. Shop for clothes, toys and games, electronics, health and beauty items, home and garden accessories, luxury items, or sports accessories.
You can also spend on travel, entertainment, food and drink, banking and insurance products, as well as office and business products, or even utilities.
KrisFlyer miles that you earn will be displayed on your KrisFlyer Spree account after they are validated within 7 days.
But wait, there’s more! You can earn 1.5 KrisFlyer miles for every 1 USD you spend inflight or on KrisShop.com. The miles will be credited to your account within 30 days.
You can use your miles for a variety of purposes.
Redeem miles for award tickets.
You can redeem a Saver Award or an Advantage Award. The Saver is the more popular choice among flyers. But because it’s more popular, it also means limited availability.
The Advantage Award offers more seat options but requires more miles. And by more we mean double miles.
Mix KrisFlyer miles and cash.
Your KrisFlyer miles are also good as cash when it comes to flight bookings via singaporeair.com.
Simply log in to the website and book your flight as normal, and then select KrisFlyer miles when you get to the payment stage.
Pay for the whole fare if you have enough miles, or use them to reduce what you need to pay with your debit or credit card.
KrisFlyer miles can also be used to select seats or purchase additional baggage in advance.
Donate miles.
Your KrisFlyer miles can go to a good cause, too. Currently, KrisFlyer supports Make a Wish Singapore.
Even if you don’t reside in Singapore, you can still make your miles donation. A minimum of 1,000 KrisFlyer miles is required.
You can use your miles for your family or people you know.
You can assign up to five people to be your redemption nominees. These can be your family members, friends, or even colleagues.
As redemption nominees, they can enjoy award tickets and flight upgrades as well.
What are the types of KrisFlyer memberships?
Here are the different types of KrisFlyer memberships available and how you can qualify.
Do note that as a KrisFlyer member, you can earn KrisFlyer miles when flying Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, Star Alliance partner airlines, and non-partner airlines.
Elite miles can be earned when you fly Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, and Star Alliance partner airlines only.
| KrisFlyer | KrisFlyer Elite Silver | KrisFlyer Elite Gold |
| Free to join and comes with a lot of privileges | 25,000 Elite miles within 12 consecutive months to be eligible | 50,000 Elite miles within 12 consecutive months to be eligible |
| Access to exclusive deals, offers, and promotions | 25% tier bonus on actual miles flown (Singapore Airlines & SilkAir) | Worldwide lounge access |
| KrisFlyer miles + cash to book flights, select seats, or purchase additional baggage allowance | Complimentary Standard Seat selection on Singapore Airlines or SilkAir Economy Class | Complimentary Forward Zone and Standard Seat selection on Singapore Airlines and SilkAir Economy Class |
| Discount on flight add-ons | All other KrisFlyer member privileges | Both KrisFlyer and KrisFlyer Elite member privileges |
Star Alliance Silver status when you fly with Star Alliance partner airlines
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Star Alliance Gold status when you fly with Star Alliance partner airlines
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KrisFlyer Miles Calculator
Curious to know how many KrisFlyer miles you can earn when you travel to a certain destination via Singapore Airlines or SilkAir?
Check out the miles calculator. Miles shown below are indicative only and do not include other applicable fees, taxes, or discounts.
| From Manila | Booking Class | KrisFlyer Miles Earned |
| To Singapore |
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1,108 miles
1,477 miles 1,847 miles 2,954 miles |
| To London (Heathrow Airport) |
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5,018 miles
6,690 miles 8,363 miles 13,380 miles |
| New York (JFK Airport) |
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6,384 miles
8,511 miles 10,639 miles 17,022 miles |
| Dubai |
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3,219 miles
4,291 miles 5,364 miles 8,582 miles |
The miles calculator can also give you an idea how many miles you need to redeem or upgrade your flight.
| From Manila | Booking Class | Award Type / KrisFlyer Miles Required |
| To Singapore | Economy |
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| Business |
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| To London (Heathrow Airport) | Economy |
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| Business |
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| New York (JFK Airport) | Economy |
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| Business |
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| Dubai | Economy |
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This is a table illustrating how you can use your KrisFlyer miles to upgrade your flight. Let’s use Manila to Singapore again as an example.
| Upgrade from Booking Class | Redemption Type | KrisFlyer Miles Required |
| Economy Flexi
Y, B, E |
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| Economy Standard
M, H, W |
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How to sign up for KrisFlyer
You can fill out the online registration form with your personal details, contact information, mailing address, and KrisFlyer log-in details.
You can now spend on flight bookings or shop at partner merchant to start earning miles and enjoying the privileges of your KrisFlyer membership.
Conclusion:
To really earn KrisFlyer miles, you need to be a frequent flyer of Singapore Airlines and its partner airlines or a huge spender on credit cards from KrisFlyer’s financial service partners.
It’s important that you have a credit card that will maximise your miles-earning potential. This way, you will earn miles with your regular spending on top of your regular flight bookings.
The great thing about KrisFlyer miles is that you will not have a problem using or spending them because of the many choices you have.
There’s always something for your travel, shopping, entertainment, or relaxation needs.