Now Possible: Redemption of Scoot Flights With KrisFlyer Miles – Fly to Kuala Lumpur For 1,500 Miles and Bangkok For Just 2,500
In a marketing email sent to customers, Scoot has announced the ability for KrisFlyer members to book Scoot award flights with KrisFlyer miles. This is pretty major news and can be a very viable way to spend your KrisFlyer miles and get great value. Even low-cost travellers who have shunned the trappings of business class so far now have a compelling reason to start earning miles.
“I thought we could always use KrisFlyer miles for Scoot flights?”
The new ability to redeem Scoot award flights is not to be confused with using KrisFlyer miles as cash for Scoot flights. It has always been possible to use KrisFlyer miles as cash at a fixed rate of 0.95 cents per mile value (now at 1 cent per mile), so when flight prices are high, the number of miles required increases accordingly.
Redeeming Scoot award flights is a different thing altogether, with a fixed amount of miles required for each flight (subject to availability).
| Trip | Using Miles as Cash to Buy Tickets | Using Miles to Redeem Award Tickets 🆕 |
|---|---|---|
| Return trip to Bangkok, flight tickets at S$180 | 18,000 miles (1 cent per mile) | 5,000 miles* + ~S$100 tax (1.6 cents per mile) |
| Return trip to Bangkok, flight tickets at S$250 | 25,000 miles (1 cent per mile) | 5,000 miles* + ~S$100 tax (3 cents per mile) |
| You get to buy tickets that are for sale (i.e. greater availability) | You get to redeem tickets only if they are available |
For example, if a return trip to Bangkok costs S$180, you can use 18,000 miles as cash to pay for it. When it is pricier at S$250, you will need 25,000 miles. With the new award tickets, you can redeem the flight at a fixed 5,000 miles (assuming Saver rate is available) plus some amount of tax to be paid.
Redeeming Scoot flights with KrisFlyer miles
To book a Scoot award flight using your KrisFlyer miles, all you have to do is to login to your KrisFlyer account on the Scoot website or app and select the Redeem flights with KrisFlyer miles option. You can book flights with your KrisFlyer miles for yourself and/or your nominees. The list of nominees is the same as that of your Singapore Airlines account.
Scoot Plus is not available for redemption, so you will only be able to book Scoot Economy seats which come only with the standard 10kg carry-on allowance. Additional options like meals and extra baggage are purchasable with cash top-ups.
Scoot Award Chart
Just like Singapore Airlines, Scoot has Saver and Advantage rates for their award flights. Advantage is the more expensive option of the two because it has better availability. You obviously want to book Saver where possible to save on miles, but you might not always be able to do so depending on the destination, dates, and even flight timings you wish to book.
Here are the one-way rates for destinations flying to/from Singapore:
| Destination | Saver | Advantage |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia excluding Kuching, Miri, Kota Kinabalu, Sibu | 1,500 | 3,500 |
| Malaysia (Kuching, Miri, Kota Kinabalu, Sibu) | 2,000 | 4,500 |
| Indonesia (Jakarta, Pekanbaru, Kertajati, Padang) | 2,500 | 5,500 |
| Indonesia excluding Jakarta, Pekanbaru, Kertajati, Padang | 4,500 | 9,000 |
| Thailand excluding Chiang Mai, Koh Samui, Chiang Rai | 2,500 | 5,500 |
| Thailand (Chiang Mai, Koh Samui, Chiang Rai) | 10,500 | 18,000 |
| Laos, Vietnam excluding Nha Trang | 4,500 | 9,000 |
| Philippines, Vietnam (Nha Trang) | 6,000 | 12,000 |
| Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, Taiwan, China & China (Haikou, Nanning, Guangzhou) | 6,500 | 12,500 |
| China excluding Haikou, Nanning, Guangzhou | 12,000 | 19,000 |
| India | 8,000 | 13,500 |
| Japan, South Korea | 12,500 | 24,000 |
| Australia (Perth) | 6,500 | 12,500 |
| Australia excluding Perth | 12,500 | 24,000 |
| Greece, Austria | 24,000 | 37,500 |
On Saver rates, a return trip to Kuala Lumpur, for instance, will cost 3,000 miles (1,500 × 2) plus taxes. On popular flights, you might have to pay Advantage rates, so it will run you 7,000 miles (3,500 × 2) plus taxes. You can see the full award chart here.
Personally, I’m familiar with Bali and Bangkok which are nearby destinations so they are great places to fly to on budget airlines, so I’ll take a look at that later in this article. Japan is a perennial favourite holiday destination for Singaporeans too, so I’ll analyse that as well. Stay subscribed if you want to be notified of great redemptions that may arise.
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Potentially good value to be obtained here
Tickets to Bali can cost around S$160 to S$200 for a return flight during cheaper periods, and as much as S$300+ when ticket prices are high.
Assuming a fare of S$180, we have to first subtract the taxes of approximately S$85 to get S$95 which is the cost of the ticket our miles are defraying. By using 9,000 miles to offset S$95 of spend, we have gotten around 1.06 cents of value from each mile. That’s a relatively low value to get, so in this case we would likely just buy the ticket rather than redeeming it with miles.
If the ticket cost is on the higher side on the dates you want to travel (and you can redeem the flight using miles), redemption becomes a lot more attractive. At S$300, your 9,000 miles would offset S$215 of the ticket price (again after deducting the taxes because you would have to pay that when you use miles). Getting 2.39 cents of value per mile is great in my books.
It’s actually really good value… situationally
Destinations like Bangkok are even more compelling given the low amount of miles needed with just 5,000 miles required for a return flight. Even at the lower end, prices tend to be around S$160 to S$200 or so, and they can sometimes balloon to over S$300. With just 5,000 miles required and S$100 of taxes to be paid, the 5,000 miles offset anywhere between S$60 to over S$200 of ticket cost. That’s 1.2 to over 4 cents of value per mile!
I explored an example of a really good redemption during Christmas period in my short-form video (Instagram Reel or TikTok):
I’m less familiar with Japan, so correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that prices can be around S$400 to S$500 when it’s cheaper and around S$800 to S$1,000 on the higher side. With 25,000 miles required for the return trip and taxes around S$150, the miles are defraying anywhere from S$250 to S$850, giving about 1 cent to 3.5 cents per mile.
Redemptions above 1.5 cents per mile make the most sense in my opinion
| Destination | Lower-end Prices | Higher-end Prices | Miles and Taxes | Value Per Mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bali | ~S$160 to S$200 | ~S$250 to S$350 | 9,000 miles + ~S$85 | ~0.83¢ to 2.94¢ |
| Bangkok | ~S$160 to S$200 | ~S$250 to S$350 | 5,000 miles + ~S$100 | ~1.2¢ to 5¢ |
| Japan | ~S$400 to S$500 | ~S$800 to S$1,000 | 25,000 miles + ~S$150 | ~1¢ to 3.5¢ |
Evidently, the value proposition of using our KrisFlyer miles for Scoot flight is the strongest when we have to travel during periods when ticket prices are high.
Whether a particular redemption makes sense depends greatly on your valuation of each mile. It’s a fairly lengthy topic to explore, but the quick and easy number to look at is — in my opinion — 1.5 cents per mile.
The higher the value you are able to get above this number, the better the redemption is. If it falls too much below 1.5, you should probably save your miles for other occasions where they can be more valuable.
I’ll have a lengthier piece elaborating on this, so subscribe for updates.
What does this mean for budget travellers and cashback users?
I was once a low cost traveller who would only fly to destinations when prices are on the lower end, so I never paid more than S$200 for my Bangkok trips. Someone like me back then would likely still find cashback cards more relevant.
However, if you do need to travel during times when ticket prices are higher, I think this new development has changed the game significantly. As long as you are paying for tickets during times when ticket prices are high, you are likely going to be better off using miles to redeem the tickets instead. Ignoring the tax portion in both cases, a S$350 Bangkok flight ticket would require S$3,125 of spend on an 8% cashback card, while just S$1,250 spend on a 4 miles per dollar card!
Of course, there is the issue of availability of award tickets, particularly at Saver rates since my earlier comparisons are based on the lower number of miles needed. Right now, award space looks really good, with many of the destinations and dates I’ve checked to be widely available. It could be because this is something new, and Saver rates would be harder to secure once more people start redeeming Scoot tickets with their miles.
Nonetheless, having some amount of miles gives you the flexibility to use whichever currency (SGD or miles) makes the most sense when booking your ticket. Even Advantage rates can make sense at times, so I think low cost travellers should indeed start exploring miles if they haven’t already done so.
What about those redeeming miles for business class?
Using miles for business class remains a way to get luxurious experiences for significantly less resources, and I don’t have anything against that. However, I think the value one could get from redeeming Scoot flights would challenge the oft-repeated notion that business class represents the best value for one’s miles.
If you’re someone who solely travels on business class, I don’t think anything here would interest you. But for those who primarily travel in a low-cost manner and have been reserving their miles for a business class flight, whether your plans should change as a result of Scoot flights being available for miles redemption is a topic I’ll need to explore in greater detail in future. Stay subscribed for updates.
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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.
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