How to Get 2 Award Seats in Singapore Suites

Singapore Suites on the A380 is one of the most aspirational redemptions out there. If the load is light in the suites cabin, they’ll even make a double bed for you to sleep.

Given how great this cabin is, Singapore has done a good job of “protecting” it, so it’s traditionally been very hard to access. For a long time, you had to spend a million KrisFlyer miles if you wanted to redeem an award. Then they started allowing Saver award redemptions, which made a trip from Singapore to the US a more reasonable 91,375 KrisFlyer miles. And availability is great, which might largely be because not many people have large stashes of KrisFlyer miles sitting around (although I’m sure more people have large stashes of Amex Membership Rewards sitting around, and those can be transferred 1:1 into Singapore KrisFlyer).

But if you’re traveling with someone else and looking to redeem a Suites award to/from the US, they’ll only release one award seat (it has been reported that Singapore releases up to 2 award seats for flights to Sydney, Melbourne, London, Zurich, and Paris). So what to do if you’re traveling with someone else?

You could have them slum it in business (or coach), or you can book one flight as the direct flight, and the other as the individual segments.

For example, take the routing of Singapore to Tokyo to Los Angeles on SQ 12. It’s possible to have one person booked as the direct flight from Singapore to Los Angeles for 91,375 miles and roughly $390 in taxes, while the other person books Singapore to Tokyo for 51,000 miles and $155 in taxes and then books Tokyo to Los Angeles for 74,375 miles and $188 in taxes.

This gives you two seats in Suites Class on SQ 12 from Singapore to Los Angeles through Tokyo by booking one on the direct flight and one on the two legs individually. Granted, the second seat costs an extra 34,000 miles because you’re booking the segments individually, but this is the most economical way I know of to get two Suites awards on routes to and from the US.