Originally Posted by
hserus
Now that's one helluva brainwave. Only - you wont get other star alliance miles on Silkair .. only on SQ. If that matters for such a short flight (less than 2000 miles).
I'm a KrisFlyer member, so I actually
would get miles; however, the cheap one-way saver fares I've been looking at don't earn miles anyway. It's a fairly small price to pay for the hassle of avoiding a transit at MAA though...