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Alternatives to KrisFlyer: where else to credit your Singapore Airlines flights
Checked November 11, 2026
About 70 banks and financial services convert their points into KrisFlyer miles, and Singapore Airlines itself warns that its cheapest award seats are "very popular" with "limited" availability. So where else can a Singapore-based flyer put their SQ miles? Two other Star Alliance programs can book Singapore Airlines flights. One gets you to Star Alliance Gold in 3 London round trips in flexible economy, where KrisFlyer needs 4, but pays nothing on SQ's cheapest fares. The other can never get you there from SQ flying alone. Here is what each earns on the same fares, what the official pages say about booking SQ awards, and the catch in each.
The short version
- Turkish Miles&Smiles is the better fit if you fly SQ for status. It lists SQ as a partner, and its Elite tier (Star Alliance Gold) needs 40,000 Status Miles against 50,000 Elite miles for KrisFlyer Gold. Business fares credit 125% to 135%. But its cheapest economy fares earn nothing.
- Aeroplan is a way to spend points, not to build status from SQ. It books partner flights online, but SQ flights count for at most 25,000 SQC a year, below the 35,000 you need for Star Alliance Gold.
- Neither promises more SQ award seats than KrisFlyer. SQ doesn't publish how many it gives partner programs, and both Turkish and Air Canada say partner awards are subject to the airline's restrictions. Test the route you want before you move your miles.
- Getting points in Singapore is easier for KrisFlyer and Turkish than for Aeroplan.
Why KrisFlyer miles are hard to spend
- SQ itself says so. On its redemption page, a Saver award "requires fewer KrisFlyer miles" but "it's very popular and availability may be limited", and "early planning and flexibility in travel dates and times may be required".
- A third option exists because award seats run out. Since November 1, 2025, KrisFlyer members can also use "Access" redemption, which lets them pay miles for a seat "even if award seats are fully redeemed". The miles required depend on demand and vary through the year, and aren't in the award chart.
- Everyone is collecting the same miles. SQ's financial partners page lists about 70 banks and financial services that convert points into KrisFlyer miles, including DBS, POSB, OCBC, UOB, Citibank, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Maybank and American Express. That is a reason to expect more members chasing the same Saver seats. SQ doesn't publish how many, so that part is our inference.
- No waitlist on Star Alliance awards. SQ says waitlists are offered for its own Saver and Advantage awards but not for Star Alliance redemption bookings.
What we checked on Turkish and Aeroplan
| Turkish Miles&Smiles | Aeroplan | |
|---|---|---|
| Can it book SQ awards? | SQ is a listed partner. Turkish says SQ "may restrict the use of award tickets on some flights". Star Alliance awards are booked through your account's Miles Transactions page, the call center or a sales office. | Partner flight rewards are booked at aircanada.com or in the app, with a CA$39 partner booking fee per ticket. SQ is a Star Alliance member. We found no SQ-specific availability information from Air Canada. |
| What does a partner award cost? | Turkish publishes its award tickets on its own pages, and we couldn't confirm an SQ-specific price. | A fixed amount by distance. From June 1, 2026 a one-way Singapore–London flight (the 5,001–7,000 mile band between the Pacific and Atlantic zones) is 60,000 points in economy, 92,500 in business and 120,000 in first, on partner airlines. |
| Points from Singapore banks | Citi ThankYou points and HSBC points can be converted in Singapore, according to Turkish's credit cards page. | Its conversion page lists hotel programs such as Marriott Bonvoy (3 points = 1 Aeroplan point), World of Hyatt (2 = 1) and Shangri-La Golden Circle (1 = 1). We found no Singapore bank on it. |
| Star Alliance Gold from SQ flying | Elite, at 40,000 Status Miles. | No. Partner flights count for at most 25,000 SQC a year, and 35K needs 35,000. |
Compare the Aeroplan prices above with SQ's own Saver and Advantage award chart for the Singapore–Europe route you fly. We couldn't read it in a form we could check, so we don't quote a KrisFlyer price here.
What your flights earn in each program
These are the shares of the distance flown that each program credits for the same Singapore Airlines fare, as shown in the status calculator. Turkish and Aeroplan follow the booking class of the airline that operates the flight.
| Your Singapore Airlines fare | KrisFlyer | Turkish Miles&Smiles | Aeroplan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business, full farebooking class Z, C, J | 150% | 135% | 125% |
| Business, discountedbooking class D, U | 125% | 125% | 125% |
| Premium economy, full farebooking class S, T | 125% | 100% | 100% |
| Economy, flexiblebooking class B, E, Y | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Economy, standardbooking class M, H, W | 75% | 75% | 75% |
| Economy, cheapestbooking class Q, N, V, K, G | 50% | earns nothing | not in its chart |
The cheapest economy fares are the catch. SQ's classes Q, N, V, K and G earn 50% on KrisFlyer, but Turkish doesn't credit them at all (Turkish lists O, I, X, Q, N, V, K and G as not eligible), and Aeroplan's SQ chart doesn't list them. If you often buy the cheapest fare, crediting those flights anywhere but KrisFlyer may earn nothing.
How fast each gets you Star Alliance Gold
For a Singapore-based flyer, the round trip to London is a good test: 13,531 miles flown. This is how many round trips reach Star Alliance Gold with Singapore Airlines flights alone, starting from no status.
| Round trips Singapore–London | KrisFlyer Elite Gold50,000 Elite miles | Turkish Elite40,000 Status Miles |
|---|---|---|
| Business, full fare (C)20,296 miles on KrisFlyer, 18,266 on Turkish | 3 | 3 |
| Economy, flexible (Y)13,531 miles on KrisFlyer, 13,531 on Turkish | 4 | 3 |
| Economy, standard (H)10,148 miles on KrisFlyer, 10,148 on Turkish | 5 | 4 |
| Economy, cheapest (K)6,765 miles on KrisFlyer, 0 on Turkish | 8 | never: earns nothing |
On Aeroplan, a full-fare business round trip earns about 3,383 SQC, but partner flights are capped at 25,000 SQC a year. That would be enough for Aeroplan 25K (Star Alliance Silver), and never for Star Gold from SQ flying alone.
Before you switch
- You can credit each flight to only one program. Give the program number when you book, or claim the miles afterwards.
- Check the award before you credit the flight. Search for the route you want in the other program's booking tool first. SQ doesn't say how much space it releases to partners.
- Keep your KrisFlyer account. Access redemption and Saver and Advantage awards are KrisFlyer features. You can keep earning in KrisFlyer on flights where the others pay nothing.
- Rules change. Aeroplan changed its reward chart on June 1, 2026, raising many partner prices, and SQ changed its award chart on November 1, 2025. Check the current numbers.
How we worked it out
Earning percentages are the ones in the status calculator for Singapore Airlines flights, taken from SQ's own accrual chart for KrisFlyer and from the Turkish and Aeroplan partner pages. Trip counts divide the target by the miles a London–Singapore round trip earns, rounded up. Everything about award booking, pricing and bank conversions comes from the official pages in the sources below, read on November 11, 2026. We don't give a mile a cash value, since that depends on what you redeem it for.
Pick Turkish or Aeroplan, choose Singapore Airlines as the airline you fly, and see what your fare class earns.
Open the calculatorSources: Singapore Airlines, Redeem miles, Earning and redeeming KrisFlyer miles, Award tickets on partner airlines, Financial service partners. Turkish Airlines, Singapore Airlines partner page, International credit cards. Air Canada, Aeroplan Flight Reward Chart update, Aeroplan conversion programs, Aeroplan status qualification, Aeroplan Flight Reward Policy.