Mumbai, India, 2026 – In a move that reflects the evolving nature of luxury travel, SaffronStays, India’s leading luxury villa rental brand, has partnered with KrisFlyer, the global rewards programme of Singapore Airlines, to introduce exclusive stay privileges for KrisFlyer members across India.
Through this collaboration, KrisFlyer members gain access to a curated portfolio of SaffronStays’ Signature homes and ultra-luxury X-Series villas, while also being rewarded with KrisFlyer miles on their stays, with members able to earn up to 4,500 miles on extended stays.
Where Global Travel Meets Private Luxury
As travellers increasingly seek more private, immersive, and design-led experiences, luxury is no longer confined to flights and hotels. It now extends to how and where one chooses to stay.
In India, this shift is becoming more pronounced, with a growing preference for private villas and longer, group-led stays, particularly among high-value travellers seeking space, privacy, and personalised experiences.
This partnership brings KrisFlyer members closer to India’s most sought-after villa destinations, from hillside homes overlooking valleys to expansive coastal estates designed for celebrations, slow living, and meaningful time with loved ones.
Expanding the World of Travel Rewards
For KrisFlyer, this collaboration represents a continued evolution of its rewards ecosystem, extending beyond air travel into premium lifestyle and hospitality experiences.
For SaffronStays, the partnership opens access to a global community of discerning travellers, at a time when the brand is witnessing strong growth in demand for luxury villa stays and longer-duration bookings across its portfolio.
Devendra Parulekar, Founder, SaffronStays, said, “We are seeing a clear shift in how luxury travel is being defined today, with more travellers choosing private villas for the space, privacy, and flexibility they offer, especially for longer stays and group experiences. This partnership with KrisFlyer allows us to bring these distinctive stay experiences to a global audience while offering their members exclusive access to some of India’s most sought-after homes.”
About SaffronStays:
Founded in 2015 by Tejas Parulekar and Devendra Parulekar, SaffronStays is India’s leading network of fully-staffed, professionally managed private vacation homes. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company curates a portfolio of 450+ handpicked villas, heritage homes, estates, and retreats across 80+ destinations in India, including Maharashtra, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, and Delhi NCR.
Built on the belief that travel is centered around meaningful time with loved ones, SaffronStays creates stays designed for family holidays, milestone celebrations, reunions, intimate weddings, and corporate offsites. Each home combines the warmth and privacy of a personal residence with the consistency and service standards of professional hospitality.
The company also partners with homeowners to unlock the value of their second homes through end-to-end hospitality management, making it one of India’s earliest and most recognised brands in the managed villa category.
Backed by Sixth Sense Ventures and Infinity Ventures, SaffronStays has emerged as one of India’s most trusted hospitality brands in the private stays space and has been featured in publications including Condé Nast Traveller, Forbes India, Architectural Digest, and The Economic Times, among others.
For more information, visit www.saffronstays.com
About KrisFlyer
KrisFlyer, the lifestyle rewards programme of the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group, has over 11.8 million members who benefit from wide-ranging accrual and redemption opportunities both on the ground and in the air. Members can earn miles from everyday spending with more than 1,800 non-airline brands with over 3,300 outlets in Singapore and around the world. KrisFlyer members may also earn or redeem miles with award-winning e-commerce arm KrisShop and enjoy a broad range of shopping, dining, and wellness experiences with partners on Kris+, the SIA Group’s rewards and lifestyle mobile app, and when they book activities in Singapore and selected countries on Pelago, SIA’s travel experiences platform. Members can also earn and redeem miles on their flights on Singapore Airlines, Scoot, Star Alliance member airlines, and SIA partner carriers.
