{"id":531,"date":"2013-08-04T14:29:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T21:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevaluetraveler.com\/?p=531"},"modified":"2014-09-03T01:25:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T01:25:33","slug":"singapore-airlines-offering-cash-and-points-for-bookings-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/2013\/08\/04\/singapore-airlines-offering-cash-and-points-for-bookings-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Airlines Offering Cash and Points for Bookings Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/k84pT1t.png\" target=\"_blank\">Singapore Airlines<\/a>, one of my favorite airlines, is now offering a cash and points option when booking tickets.\u00a0 I probably will never book a revenue ticket on Singapore Airlines, just because I like to fly free, but this may be useful for some.\u00a0 Especially, if you are harboring any American Express Membership Reward points, which are transferable into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.singaporeair.com\/en_UK\/ppsclub-krisflyer\/KrisFlyer_overview\/\" target=\"_blank\">KrisFlye<\/a>r.\u00a0 Looks like the savings start at 5,000 miles and goes upward.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/k84pT1t.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"238\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to see how much the savings were, but I guess I can&#8217;t do it because I only have 4,500 miles in my account, so it would not show up for me. Revenue tickets on SQ are pretty pricey&#8211;a flight from SFO &#8211; Singapore will set you back around $1,500, but if you look at the breakdown, you will note almost half is fuel surcharges! Ouch!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/0HPkrhG.png\" width=\"449\" height=\"209\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I know there were some really good credit card sign ups lately from American Express, offering as much as 75,000 Membership Reward for spending $5,000 within 3 months, and a lot of you got in on it.\u00a0 This could be a chance for you to use it, or you can save it up and redeem it for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.singaporeair.com\/en_UK\/flying-with-us\/cuisinelanding\/suites-first\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suite Life! <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore Airlines, one of my favorite airlines, is now offering a cash and points option when booking tickets.\u00a0 I probably will never book a revenue&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":1084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[41,58],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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