You’re planning a trip to South-East Asia and are keen on testing the renowned Singapore Airlines business class? Then you should definitely stay with us here. Currently, you can book a flight in economy class from Bangkok to Singapore an get a free upgrade to business class. That is if you purchase your ticket on Singapore Airline’s website and use a Mastercard as a method of payment.
What Else do I Need to Know?
Subject to availability: You will not receive the upgrade after booking, possibly not even at the airport check-in desk. Your upgrade may not be confirmed until you arrive at the gate! Only if seats are available after the booking deadline, you can take a seat in Business Class. Otherwise, you’ll have to sit in coach.
Cheap tickets excluded: The cheapest economy booking class K is excluded from the offer. You have to book at least a V class ticket. But then the difference in price is usually just a few Euros.
Only available on two flights: The upgrade can only be applied to two evening flights from Bangkok to Singapore, namely SQ983 and SQ981.
Rather short flight time: The flights have a scheduled time of 2,5 hours. Actually, you can only enjoy the business in the air for about 1,5 hours. At least the flights are performed in modern Boeing 787 Dreamliners with lie-flat seats. Check out our review:
Economy class earning rate only: Unfortunately, you will only receive the miles you would receive in Economy Class. In the cheap Economy booking classes (e.g., V), most programs (e.g., Miles&More) won’t credit you with award miles at all!
Promo is not advertised online: Our colleagues from Loyaltylobby found out about this deal via a newsletter. We’re not sure how exactly the upgrades will be given away at the airport: Is there an upgrade list? Will the staff even know about the promotion?
The promotion period apparently runs until 31 March 2020. Unfortunately, the travel period is not mentioned anywhere.
Search & Book
To participate in the promotion, the booking has to be made via Singaporeair.com. Before doing so, you can use Google Flights (instructions) to search for dates that work best for you. Oneway flights are currently available from the equivalent of €76. But remember that only tickets in V-class (starting from €85) entitle to an upgrade.
Make sure that you’re booking your ticket for either flight SQ983 or SQ981 and that it is NOT issued in booking class K. You can check the booking class in the second booking step before entering the passenger details by clicking on “View Details”:
Afterward, you also have to make sure that you use a Mastercard as a method of payment Mastercard. To find out how good your chances are to get an upgrade, you can use tools like Expertflyer. This will give you a good idea of how full business class might be.
Source: LoyaltyLobby – Thanks!