Want to jump on a Singapore Airlines award ticket as soon as you book 355 days in advance?
It’s impossible now – But don’t worry – it’s temporary!
As most readers know, the best time to jump into Singapore Airlines’ KrisFlyer award space is every day at 8am (Singapore time), 355 days before your scheduled travel date. This is the time when the airline first registers the flight in the reservation system. .
This can be a great strategy to score two Saver Business Class award seats on even the most popular routes, such as non-stop flights from Singapore to London or non-stop flights to New York.
As outlined in the full article here, you’ll need to be aware of slightly different times to be first in line for award seats departing from the US, but generally speaking, it’s 8am Singapore time for most flights . network.
Usual T-355 day timing
Depending on your departure city, typical award start time frames are as follows:
KrisFlyer “Fresh” Award Space Timing
(Until 355 days before departure)
| Point of departure: | |||
 Singaporeand cities outside the US |  new york(EWR/JFK) |  houston(IAH) |  west coast of america(Los Angeles/Sea/San Francisco) |
| 8am (Singapore time) (00:00 Greenwich Mean Time) | 12:00pm (Singapore time) (00:00 Eastern Standard Time) | 1pm (Singapore time) (00:00 Chubu time) | 3pm (Singapore time) (00:00 Pacific time) |
If you’re not a fan of subtracting 355 days from a certain date to determine when new award space will come online for your desired flight, especially when there’s a leap year like 2024, don’t worry. Use our handy calculator below.
For example, if your desired flight departs from Los Angeles on November 20, 2024, you must book online. December 1, 2023, 3:00pm (Singapore Time) You will have access to the first release of both the Earnings Sheet and the Benefits Sheet.
This strategy is do not have work now
Almost every year around this time in November, and again at the same time in April, we receive messages from shocked readers telling us that Singapore Airlines hasn’t loaded new award space as of the T-355 date.
Do not panic.
SIA didn’t suddenly decide to skimp on benefit sheets or change policies. In fact, this happens twice a year to coincide with his T-355 day mark catching up with the season changeover in the IATA schedule.
- IATA summer schedule
Starts on the last Sunday of March of the same year and ends on the last Saturday of October of the same year - IATA winter schedule
Starts on the last Sunday of October and ends on the last Saturday of March of the following year
These seasons are tied to schedule changes, adjustments to takeoff and landing slots at many airports, and when clocks change in many parts of the world due to daylight saving time.
The bookend causing the problem the current Loading of new award seats is paused and the Summer 2024 season ends on October 26, 2024.
Singapore Airlines has only yet to start loading flights for the 2024/25 northern winter season, which runs from October 27, 2024 to March 29, 2025.
This doesn’t just apply to award seats; Singapore Airlines will no longer be able to book revenue (cash) fares after October 27, 2024, and probably won’t be able to do so for some time.
Reservation period is effectively limited By schedule loadnot until the T-355th.
This is frustrating if you’re looking to jump on a T-355 offer for the start of the IATA season. Because you don’t know exactly when it will be loaded and therefore when to book online.
What will happen next and when will it happen?
Singapore Airlines doesn’t stick to specific dates when pulling next season’s schedule into its reservation system, so it’s impossible to say with certainty when the 2024/25 winter flights will arrive.
But once that happens, it will suddenly “catch up” to the T-355’s day mark, creating room for revenue and awards. I haven’t done it Meanwhile, it will be loaded every day will be dumped to the system at once.
Additionally, 8 a.m. is not inevitably We understand that the times when airlines do this can occur at any time of the day. I think once SIA is happy with it, someone will just press the button.
Last year, this appears to have happened in mid-afternoon Singapore time on November 23. That doesn’t mean it will happen. that’s right This year will be similar, but it may be earlier or later.
The key here is to monitor it regularly. Once the schedule is loaded, the same generous benefit space that is initially loaded each day becomes available for booking all previously “missing” dates.
I will update it Facebook and telegram The page will appear once the bookable schedule catches up with this year’s T-355 dates. If this issue affects you, be sure to follow this page and stay in line for the most important benefit searches.
Jumping into KrisFlyer award space on Singapore Airlines as soon as it becomes available is a great strategy to stay ahead of the curve. Of course, only if you can plan your trip in advance and accept change and cancellation fees. Flights no longer work.
However, at this time of year and in early April each year, schedule loads cannot keep up with the T-355 day mark and will instead be limited by the end date of next season’s flights while SIA works to finalize the decision. Become. Initial planning for at least the subsequent IATA schedule period.
It’s frustrating if you were planning on using this tactic to get a prize seat in late October or early November next year, but there’s only one thing you really need to do now. keep checking Until flights suddenly appear all at once (revenue and award space all loaded together, so search for regular fares if it’s earlier).
That should give you access to the usual generous T-355 award space for the two weeks or so of additional flights at once.
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