Guide: Booking Singapore Airlines Flights With EVA Air Miles

I recently did a video on getting more value from your miles, and EVA Air’s mileage programme is an excellent way to get great deals. Here’s a guide on booking flights – especially Singapore Airlines ones – with EVA Air Infinity MileageLands (IML) miles.

Why use EVA Air Infinity MileageLands?

For the uninitiated, it is possible to get Singapore Airlines flights to certain destinations for fewer miles with EVA Air’s Infinity MileageLands programme. Here are a few destinations compared for one-way business class flights:

Destination	Using KrisFlyer Miles	Using IML Miles	Savings
Japan / Korea	54,500 miles	40,000 miles	14,500 miles (26.6%)
Europe	108,500 miles	80,000 miles	28,500 miles (26.3%)
USA	112,500 or 117,000 miles	97,500 miles	15,000 or 19,500 miles (13.3% or 16.7%)

Since 1st November 2025, Singapore Airlines has increased the miles required for its redemption flights. Booking through IML remains unchanged, which means that the savings have increased even more.

A return trip to Europe can now cost a whopping 57,000 fewer miles when you book through EVA Air instead of Singapore Airlines. With savings as much as 26%, you are able to save on a significant amount of miles.

And to be perfectly clear, these are Singapore Airline flights. You’ll get the full business class experience as if you booked the ticket through Singapore Airlines itself, including entry to the KrisSilver Lounge, Book The Cook service, and the hospitality you’d expect from the airline’s cabin ctew.

For context and other miles-savings tips, watch the video:

IML has different availability from KrisFlyer

One thing to note about using IML for Singapore Airlines flights is that availability can often be different from Singapore Airlines’ own inventory. This can be a double-edged sword: some flights you can’t book via KrisFlyer can sometimes be found on IML. The reverse is also often true, with flights being available on KrisFlyer but not on IML.

Personally, I haven’t found this much of an issue. When I was booking my Europe flights, this worked in my favour because there was a flight that I eventually booked on IML that couldn’t be booked via KrisFlyer. I also did a relatively late booking once, snagging a Singapore Airlines business class flight from London just 2 weeks from the flight date.

How to get IML miles

The “catch” is that EVA Air IML miles are a little bit more difficult to obtain than KrisFlyer miles.

Booking a Flight via EVA Air

In this guide, I’ll focus on finding Singapore Airlines flights (I’ll touch on finding gems on EVA Air’s own fleet in a separate post so subscribe for updates). To search and book for flights, follow the following steps:

Logging In

1. Head over to EVA Air’s website (I recommend doing so on the desktop)
2. Tap Plan & Book → Member Award Tickets
3. Tap Star Alliance → Login
4. Enter your Infinity MileageLands membership (sign up if you don’t have one)

Searching For Flights

After logging in, enter the destination details like Arrival/Departure City, Class and dates. It would be useful to know that the form goes by airport names. If you intend to go to Seoul, for instance, you should search “Incheon” for their international airport. (Searching “Seoul” shows you their airbase!)

Note: there is currently a quirk on EVA Air’s website where the whole form does not work if you don’t see SINGAPORE CHANGI AIRPORT being auto-populated in the first Departure City field. If it is blank, refresh the page.

Once you have inputed the desired flight details, you will be presented with a list of Star Alliance flights.

Look for flights that start with SQ which is the airline code for Singapore Airlines. You may, of course, also book other Star Alliance non-Singapore Airlines flights if you so desire and knowing the various airline codes is useful here.

Availability of Flights

Once you have selected your flights, you will reach this screen:

It is important to note that this does not mean that this particular itinerary is available.

If you do not have enough miles, you will see text in a red box telling you that you do not have enough mileage (as above). In such an event, you can call EVA AIR’s Singapore office at +65-31389732 during business days to confirm on the availability.

For those with enough miles in their IML account already, they can move on to the next screen to enter their phone number and email. After that screen, something like this will be presented:

If you see “WAITING LIST”, it means what it says – the seat isn’t available right now and you need to put yourself on a wait list. I would suggest to just take such flights as unavailable and look for readily available seats instead.

Otherwise, “Confirm” means that the seats are available and you can complete your booking by paying for the relevant taxes and surcharges. Miles will then be deducted from your account along with your payment.

Avoid waitlisting for flights

According to reports I’ve read online, waitlisting is not recommended. You may incur cancellation fees even if your waitlist does not clear.

Optional: adding your flight to your KrisFlyer

If you booked a Singapore Airline flight with EVA Air, you can use the same 6-character booking reference to add it to your Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer account.

Go to Singapore Airlines’ website → Manage Booking → Enter the 6-character booking reference

After that, you are able to input your KrisFlyer account number to Passenger Details and the trip will show up on your Singapore Airlines account and app.

More parts to come in this guide

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Seth Wee was a licensed financial adviser representative from 2009 to 2025, with over 16 years of experience in Singapore’s financial advisory industry.

He started Sethisfy.com in 2019 to share practical insights on credit cards, banking products, and miles strategies, helping readers identify financial products that deliver the best value. Seth has been featured in CNA, Channel 8, Today, and a host of other publications. In 2025, he was also part of a panel at CPF’s Ready For Life festival.

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