Travel Smart Journeys

Travel Smart Journeys (TSJ) was launched on Saturday, 8 February 2020. It replaces the former Travel Smart Rewards scheme which was discontinued in June 2019.

Background
In January 2012, Incentives for Singapore’s Commuters (INSINC) was introduced to rewards commuters who travel on the rail network during designated “de-congesting hours” on weekday mornings. The scheme was renamed to Travel Smart Rewards in 2014.

Prior to its “enhancement” in April 2017, the designated de-congesting hours were 6.15am – 7.15am & 8.45am – 9.45am on weekdays, except public holidays. Commuters could earn points based on their status tier (depending on the number of de-congesting trips travelled in a week) and distance travelled on the rail network during these hours.

The points earned could be directly converted to travel value on their registered transit card at a fixed ratio, or used to obtain variable travel values via online games such as Snakes & Ladders on the Travel Smart Rewards site.

In April 2017, the scheme was “enhanced” (or more of devalued), where commuters who registered on the new Travel Smart Rewards platform could only earn a fixed amount of points for every trip during non-peak hours, regardless of distance travelled. Points could still be converted to travel value at a fixed ratio or through new online games such as The Ride One on the revamped site.

The Travel Smart Rewards scheme was discontinued in June 2019, with the new incentive scheme – Travel Smart Journeys originally announced by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to be introduced “later this year” (2019).