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Home  >  Alaska Airlines • Award Bookings • Singapore Airlines  >  Singapore Award Space Blocking On Alaska Airlines
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Singapore Award Space Blocking On Alaska Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 10, 2019October 10, 2019 3 Comments

You can now redeem Alaska MileagePlan miles for worldwide travel on Singapore Airlines. How does award space access compare to Singapore’s other partners and Singapore’s own KrisFlyer program?

After announcing a partnership in 2017, Alaska MileagePlan members can finally redeem miles for travel on Singapore Airlines.

Which Regions Can You Use Your Alaska Miles For Travel On Singapore Airlines?

Put simply, flights between the USA and Europe are off-limits as stand-alone Fifth Freedom flights, but everything else is theoretically bookable. Singapore offers two Fifth Freedom flights between the USA and Europe including Houston (IAH) to Manchester (MAN) and New York (JFK) to Frankfurt (FRA).

Meanwhile, prices to other regions to/from the USA are on the high side for Singapore Airlines. This is especially true when you compare the cost of other Alaska partners like Cathay Pacific, which require far fewer miles and consider that Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles are quite easy to come by compared to Alaska miles. That said, there are some sweet spots on the award chart.

Alaska Airlines Award Charts For Travel On Singapore Airlines

USA ⇄ Asia

US ⇄ Africa

US ⇄ South Pacific

US ⇄ India

US ⇄ Middle East

Asia ⇄ Asia

Asia ⇄ Middle East

Asia ⇄ South Pacific

Europee ⇄ Asia

Europe ⇄  South Pacific

Is Singapore Airlines Blocking Award Space To Alaska MileagePlan Members?

I still have not flown Singapore’s new A380 first class product and was interested to see if Alaska had access to the same premium cabin space as Singapore’s own KrisFlyer members did.

In my research, the answer is no. While award space is more generous than what Singapore releases to StarNet (its Star Alliance partners), it is still more limited than what it offers to its own members.

Let’s take Shanghai to Singapore as an example, one of the easiest routes for scoring award space on the new A380 in first class.

On October 22nd, Singapore Airlines has released saver space on SQ833 to its own members. It also has saver business and first class space on every single flight from Shanghai to Singapore.

Meanwhile, Alaska Airlines has access to most flights, even in first class, but not SQ833.

Still, Alaska’s access is far better than United’s (or other Star Alliance partners) which have no access to first class and access to business class on only one of the five flights.

Thus, Singapore miles continue to give the best access to seats on Singapore. But in terms of partner access, Alaska has better access than United.

CONCLUSION

While not as lucrative as other partners, the ability to use Alaska miles for travel on Singapore Airlines further strengthens the value of MileagePlan. Award redemptions within Asia are a particularly good deal, considering Alaska allows stopovers on one-way awards. Overall, though, I’ll still be using Singapore miles for award travel on Singapore Airlines.

Will you be using your Alaska miles for travel on Singapore Airlines?

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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3 Comments

  1. AH Reply
    October 10, 2019 at 12:11 pm

    Great article and I wanted to point out Alaska website is not calculating some of the mileage correctly. For example Houston to India for example it shows 130K in business versus the 100K. Temp glitch or is it charging extra 30K for flights out of Houston lord alone knows.

  2. Marshall Reply
    October 10, 2019 at 2:08 pm

    SQ flies SFO-HKG as 5th freedom also.

    • Matthew Reply
      October 10, 2019 at 2:33 pm

      Correct, and LAX-NRT?

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