Singapore Airlines and its KrisFlyer frequent flyer program are popular topics at Australian Frequent Flyer. Singapore Airlines is a highly regarded airline known for its excellent service and efficient operations. It also has convenient connections from all major Australian cities to Asia, Europe and the United States via Singapore.
Browse below to learn more about flying with Singapore Airlines and unlocking the benefits of KrisFlyer.
Singapore Airlines is now deliberately blocking KrisFlyer members with low mileage balances from searching for award flights. This will achieve little and makes it harder to engage with the program.
You can get around KrisFlyer's 3-year expiration policy by transferring your credit card points to Velocity instead. If you transfer during a bonus, you'll even end up with more KrisFlyer miles overall!
Singapore Airlines is making changes to its KrisFlyer program, including increasing the miles needed for award flights and upgrades from 1 November 2025.
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer has introduced a new award chart for redemptions on budget airline Scoot. You can book Scoot awards for a very low number of KrisFlyer miles, but beware the lack of inclusions.
You can currently get a 20% bonus when converting KrisFlyer miles into Velocity points. There aren't many situations where this would make sense, but there are four exceptions.
You can now earn and redeem Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles on selected Garuda Indonesia flights. However, KrisFlyer is ending its relationship with Virgin Atlantic.