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Japan Airlines Mileage Bank

The community pegs JAL miles at 1.2–2.5¢ even after the Jun-2025 award hikes — oneworld Japan business is the draw. A slight premium over the anchor, trending down.

Japan Airlines·trending down·reviewed 2026-07-10
₹0.50
Floor
₹1.10
House value / point
₹2.20
Ceiling
▼
Trend

Nerf risk: stable Last cut Aug-2021 devaluation (moderate) — quiet 4.9y since

Expiry: hard 36 months from accrual

Floor = the worst redemption you can always fall back on; ceiling = the best sweet-spot exit. The house value is what a disciplined traveller actually clears.

Every way in

Currencies that transfer in

Ratios read source points : Japan Airlines Mileage Bank points, cheapest mint first — the ₹ figure is what one point here costs you via that route.

1:2
Axis EDGE Miles 2–3 days cheapest way in
Axis Horizon gets 1:1
₹1.00 to mint 1 pt
1:1
HSBC Reward Points 10 working days
₹1.00 to mint 1 pt
5:2
Axis EDGE Reward Points 2–3 days
Axis Magnus for Burgundy gets 5:4
₹1.00 to mint 1 pt
2:1
SBI Travel Credits up to 21 days
₹2.00 to mint 1 pt

Every way in (via a hop)

2-hop chains that survive our honesty filter — shown only where no direct route exists or the chain strictly beats it. End-to-end ratio in card points per Japan Airlines Mileage Bank point; priced at this program's house value.

2.4:1
Amex Membership Rewards via Marriott Bonvoy cheapest chain
1:1 then 3:1 + bonus · ≈2–4 days end-to-end · min 3,000 pts · max 2,40,000 pts/day
5,000 bonus miles per 60,000 points transferred
The only road in, and it barely leaks — 92% of house value survives at 2.4 points a mile.
₹1.20 to mint 1 pt
4:1
HDFC Reward Points via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)
2:1 then 2:1 · up to 43 days end-to-end · min 4,000 pts
A door, not a route — 28% of house value survives the trip. Only with a specific award already priced.
₹4.00 to mint 1 pt

Every way out

Ranked by real ₹ per point at our house values — the play first, the traps last. Ratios read Japan Airlines Mileage Bank points : partner miles.

Ways out via partner transfer

Program-to-program corridors — Japan Airlines Mileage Bank moved onward without a bank card in the loop. Priced at the destination's house ₹/point (volume bonuses at the marginal block rate); destinations we refuse to fake a ₹ number for say so.

4:3
Marriott Bonvoy
₹4.40 of JAL miles → ₹1.65 of Bonvoy (38%). JAL's hard 36-month expiry makes this the least-mad of the oneworld rescues.
₹0.49 /pt

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What a point has been worth

Derived only from quantified, dated events in the tracker — no interpolation, no vibes.

₹1.10 → ₹1.10 since 2015
  • 10 Jul 2026 ₹1.10 current house value
  • 1 Mar 2015 ₹1.10 tracker coverage start — no recorded movement while indexed — flat at the current house value; see currencies.yaml source

The nerf log

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Every tracked event that touches Japan Airlines Mileage Bank.

  • 3 Aug 2021
    Devaluation moderate British Airways
    BA devalues Avios on Cathay Pacific and JAL short-haul awards
    Lower short-haul Avios pricing on Cathay/JAL partner awards → Higher regional redemption rates, no advance notice

    British Airways quietly repriced short-haul Cathay Pacific and Japan Airlines redemptions upward with zero warning, a move Live From A Lounge flagged specifically for its impact on Indian Avios holders routing through Hong Kong and Tokyo. It was an early tremor before BA's much bigger 2022 devaluations.

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