Singapore Airlines and Marriott have a new-ish relationship and it’s expanding, with a new status match offer.
Marriott Platinums and above receive Singapore Airlines silver status for 12 months, and then Gold status for 12 months if they take 4 flights on Singapore within 6 months. Singapore Airlines Gold is Star Alliance Gold, which gets you lounge access as well as airport priority and extra baggage with Star Alliance airlines like United and Air Canada (you even get lounge access on domestic United flights).
Bonvoy Gold members receive fast track to Singapore Airlines Silver, which isn’t worth much, and unless you lived in Singapore it’s a long shot that this would be worth paying much attention to. However Singapore Gold will be worth chasing for some, and Singapore Silver worth something to some. (Star Alliance Silver gets you standby priority at the airport, meh).
U.S. members, of course, can fly Singapore not just to Singapore and beyond in Asia, but also:
- New York JFK – Frankfurt
- Houston – Manchester
- Los Angeles – Tokyo
Upgrading to Gold status essentially requires two roundtrips on Singapore Airlines within six months, and this needs to be on paid tickets – despite copious award available on these “fifth freedom” routes award segments don’t count.
Meanwhile the partnership matches in the other direction as well, with Singapore’s elite members receiving Marriott Gold with a fast track of 10 elite nights in 6 months for Platinum.
Already the Marriott-Singapore partnership let you move Singapore’s KrisFlyer miles into Marriott at a miserable ratio of 2:1 (A Singapore Airlines mile is easily worth twice what a Marriott point is). This is something you would only do with orphan KrisFlyer miles on the verge of expiration. But it’s better than letting them expire!
The information is inaccurate. Star Alliance Gold members do NOT get liunge access on domestic US flights. They only get lounge access if flying Internationally from that city on a Star Alliance flight.
@Tony – that’s incorrect, Star Alliance Gold members of non-U.S. airlines do get lounge access on domestic U.S. flights. *United* Star Golds actually get access to the lounges of other Star Alliance airlines when flying domestically, just not to United’s lounges.
I took advantage of SQ mile transfer to gold promotion two years ago. I have been able to use United clubs for my domestic travel since then.
From what I heard, for some reason United’s own gold members can’t use domestic club?
@Tony. I have had Singapore Gold for the past two years due to the pandemic promotion. I have used it multiple times in multiple cities to access United Clubs (including with my spouse). I have used it to access the * Alliance lounge at LAX. I have used it to access Lufthansa Senator lounges. You don’t even have to credit the ticket to Singapore. I will lose it next month, but it has been a wonderful thing.
Kind of pointless to sign up for any of Marriott/Airlines’ new partnership promotions when they won’t’ even honor their old promotions. Still haven’t seen any of my 750 Marriott points for each United flights taken for their last promotion running between October 10th and December 9th. Call Marriott support and they say call United. Call United and they say they need the promotion code, which has never been published. Scamming on the corporate level.