{"id":17602,"date":"2023-12-17T12:16:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T12:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=17602"},"modified":"2024-01-28T09:40:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T09:40:40","slug":"new-marriott-singapore-partnership-that-fast-tracks-you-to-star-alliance-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2023\/12\/17\/new-marriott-singapore-partnership-that-fast-tracks-you-to-star-alliance-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"New Marriott \/ Singapore partnership that fast tracks you to Star Alliance Gold (but with a catch)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marriott Bonvoy has had long-standing partnerships with airlines including United and Emirates. A new name has just been added to the list &#8211; Singapore Airlines. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/marriott-krisflyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">You can view the promotion details and link your accounts here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/marriott-singapore-airlines.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/marriott-singapore-airlines.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/marriott-singapore-airlines.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/marriott-singapore-airlines-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>[Marriott Bonvoy]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">Gold<\/mark><\/strong>: Two flights within six months for Krisflyer Silver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Platinum and Above<\/mark><\/strong>: instant Krisflyer Silver, and four flights within six months for Krisflyer Gold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Booking class G and award tickets are excluded<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Matched \/ upgraded status is valid for 12 months. As the challenge starts immediately once you&#8217;ve linked your accounts, wait till you have relevant flight plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One biggest catch is how a &#8220;flight&#8221; is defined. I&#8217;ve seen at least three response emails from SG already, and here&#8217;s one of them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyert.com\/forum.php?mod=viewthread&amp;tid=4531274&amp;extra=page%3D1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">China&#8217;s FlyerT forum<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/marriott-singapore-airlines-email.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/marriott-singapore-airlines-email.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/marriott-singapore-airlines-email.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/marriott-singapore-airlines-email-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In addition, a few data points concerning the ongoing <em>Infinite Journey<\/em> promotion they have with Shangri-La confirm that it is indeed based on bookings not segments. This is bad news as you can&#8217;t complete the challenge in one return trip of four flight segments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<strong>Update<\/strong>: we&#8217;ve now received a data point and a reader was upgraded after <strong>one PNR<\/strong> of four segments.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are based in Singapore \/ Southeast Asia it is still relatively easy (and cheap).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singapore-airlines-kul-sin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"721\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singapore-airlines-kul-sin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singapore-airlines-kul-sin.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singapore-airlines-kul-sin-166x300.jpg 166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s also a &#8220;hack&#8221; for European residents, as SQ has a fifth-freedom flight between Milan and Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singapore-airlines-mxp-bcn.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"415\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singapore-airlines-mxp-bcn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singapore-airlines-mxp-bcn.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singapore-airlines-mxp-bcn-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Four one-ways cost about \u20ac400 (with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2023\/10\/06\/10-e20-off-all-flights-every-time-via-trip-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\u00a310 \/ \u20ac20 off all flights, every time, via Trip.com\">the discount offered by Trip.com<\/a>). KrisFlyer Silver is next to useless. Krisflyer Gold however, gives you extensive benefits including priority check-in, extra baggage allowance and business lounge across the Star Alliance network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[Singapore Krisflyer]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Silver<\/mark><\/strong>: stay three nights within 6 months for Marriott Silver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">Gold<\/mark><\/strong>: instant Marriott Gold, and stay ten nights within 6 months for Marriott Platinum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are currently Marriott Platinum and above, you could complete the Krisflyer Gold challenge, and at some point link back for the Marriott Challenge, if they allow it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[Shangri-La Circle]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you have Shangri-La Jade membership that&#8217;s due to expire, you should participate in <a href=\"http:\/\/infinitejourneys.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">the Infinite Journey promotion<\/a> first if you haven&#8217;t done so already. Similarly you&#8217;ll get Krisflyer Silver and then need to fly three times in four months to upgrade to Gold.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/shangri-la-infinite-journeys-en.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/shangri-la-infinite-journeys-en.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7603\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/shangri-la-infinite-journeys-en.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/shangri-la-infinite-journeys-en-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/shangri-la-infinite-journeys-en-768x301.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>After 12 months you could then re-do the challenge through Marriott&#8217;s offer &#8211; their terms explicitly say that previous status match promotions don&#8217;t preclude you from being eligible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marriott Bonvoy has had long-standing partnerships with airlines including United and Emirates. A new name has just been added to the list &#8211; Singapore Airlines. You&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,27],"tags":[112],"class_list":["post-17602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marriott-bonvoy","category-singapore-airlines","tag-hotel-promotion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17602"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18046,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17602\/revisions\/18046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}