Economy the play 17,500 pts Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart)
Star Alliance
Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off a FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). No Indian card feeds ConnectMiles — buy-miles or a US co-brand only — so treat it as a reference benchmark, not a wallet-reachable route. Copa's partner chart is a strictly upper-triangular region matrix — one cell per unordered region pair, no direction axis at all — so 17,500 is the same published cell as del-add, re-read off the official Copa PDF on 2026-08-06 rather than inferred.
Feed it: 52,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 105,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 35,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Ethiopian Airlines own metal from ADD, region award
Ethiopian Airlines Star Alliance
Ethiopian Airlines own-metal Addis Ababa→Delhi. Ethiopian charges modest carrier fees - typically only government taxes plus a small carrier-imposed fee, roughly US$40-150 one-way depending on region. ET is one of the friendlier Star Alliance programs on surcharges; there is no large YQ of the sort Lufthansa or British Airways levy. A valid Ethiopian Airlines routing is assumed.
Estimate Dynamic/unpublished-chart program — estimate is the typical one-way economy level Addis Ababa→Delhi (range 17,500–25,000); not a fixed chart price, never THE PLAY.
Feed it: 10,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Saudia via JED
Saudia SkyTeam
Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. Air France/KLM pass carrier (YQ) surcharges on own metal — typically €90–110 economy / €200–300 business one-way long-haul; intra-region SkyTeam ~€15–40. Typical one-way economy runs 18k–40k; award space and travel date drive the real number.
Estimate Dynamic program — estimate is a distance-band estimate (this region-pair is not separately anchored) (range 18k–40k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Feed it: 25,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 25,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Qatar Airways via Doha (oneworld) — ADD–DOH–DEL
Qatar Airways oneworld
Avios prices partner awards PER SEGMENT off the published distance-zone table shared by British Airways, Qatar, Iberia, Finnair and Aer Lingus, so a connecting build is a sum of bands rather than one cell, and the December-2025 reset moved those bands. One balance spends across all five programmes; BA and Iberia metal carry the heavy carrier-imposed surcharges. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 25,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.
Feed it: 25,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 50,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 25,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Qatar Airways via DOH (oneworld partner award), India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — Alaska Atmos
Qatar Airways oneworld
Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle, so a connecting build can read a higher band than the map suggests — plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 25,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Band-boundary row: Qatar Airways via DOH = ~2,990 mi summed great-circle, which reads the Atmos Asia-Pacific partner chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band (25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way). KNIFE-EDGE: the routing measures ~2,990 mi, just under the 3,000-mile band boundary, and our great-circle geometry is city-level - the fare engine's own mileage could land the itinerary in the neighbouring band. Not calculator-verified (alaskaair.com blocks automated reads).
Feed it: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal (Ethiopian nonstop — Air China left Addis Ababa), India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — Air China PhoenixMiles
Ethiopian Airlines Star Alliance
PhoenixMiles publishes no India-origin level and its zone tables do not map cleanly onto this city pair, so the value is extrapolated off the nearest published anchors. North Asia is Air China’s only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 32,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. PhoenixMiles' official zone division could not be reconciled with this corridor — Air China publishes no India-origin level, and its published zone tables do not map cleanly onto these city pairs. This value is extrapolated from the nearest published anchors, not a verified chart price.
Feed it: 40,000 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 81,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.53:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 162,000 RBL Reward Points (5.06:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (4,552 km)
Star Alliance
Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.
Feed it: 15,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 30,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 75,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Qatar Airways via DOH
Qatar Airways oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 60,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — Aegean Miles+Bonus
Star Alliance
Aegean Miles+Bonus prices Star partner metal off one region chart published as ROUND TRIPS — its own rule is that a one-way costs exactly half, and the halved figure is what we show. India sits in the "Near East & Central Asia" zone: the Far East is a flat 30k/45k one-way (Tokyo costs the same as Bangkok), Europe 35k/55k, North America 50k/75k. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so ADD → DEL and DEL → ADD resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. No Indian card feeds it — Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only road in, and awards only display once you hold the full balance.
Feed it: 75,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.5:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 50,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.67:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — Avianca LifeMiles
Star Alliance
LifeMiles publishes no chart: Avianca withdrew its public zone table in 2023 and prices Star partner awards off an unpublished internal grid — its one real edge. Business is the value cabin here; economy is mediocre. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 35,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. LifeMiles publishes no award chart — Avianca withdrew its public zone table in 2023 and prices Star partner awards off an unpublished internal grid. This level is extrapolated from that historical zone pricing plus dated community booking reports, not a verified chart price.
Feed it: 105,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 210,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 70,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — United MileagePlus
Star Alliance
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so this is a typical Saver partner level on Star metal for this pair. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 45,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa on Star Alliance metal; United went fully dynamic in 2020, so this is a typical Saver that moves with availability and cabin scarcity.
Feed it: 22,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 112,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 105,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.33:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
Ethiopian Airlines nonstop — Star partner metal, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — EVA Infinity MileageLands
Ethiopian Airlines Star Alliance
EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India sits in "Central/South Asia"; one-way = half round-trip). EVA serves no Indian city, so the award rides partner metal end to end. EVA's own Star Alliance requirement table is a triangular ORIGIN/DESTINATION REGIONAL ZONES matrix carrying one cell per region pair, so no second number exists for this heading.
Feed it: 51,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 340,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,275,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
Economy ~110,000 pts est. Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ East Africa — TAP Miles&Go
Star Alliance
TAP Miles&Go prices Star partner metal off its region chart, and the 4-May-2026 devaluation lifted its long-haul cells. A cell holds only while the itinerary stays inside two TAP regions — a build that crosses a third region is billed flight by flight and summed. Lufthansa-group metal carries the heaviest surcharges on Star. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 110,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.
Feed it: 270,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.45:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 540,000 RBL Reward Points (4.91:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.64:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Business the play 40,000 pts Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (4,552 km)
Star Alliance
Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.
Feed it: 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 100,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Business ~40,000 pts est. Ethiopian Airlines own metal from ADD, region award
Ethiopian Airlines Star Alliance
Ethiopian Airlines own-metal Addis Ababa→Delhi. Ethiopian charges modest carrier fees - typically only government taxes plus a small carrier-imposed fee, roughly US$40-150 one-way depending on region. ET is one of the friendlier Star Alliance programs on surcharges; there is no large YQ of the sort Lufthansa or British Airways levy. A valid Ethiopian Airlines routing is assumed.
Estimate Dynamic/unpublished-chart program — estimate is the typical one-way business level Addis Ababa→Delhi (range 32,500–50,000); not a fixed chart price, never THE PLAY.
Feed it: 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 100,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 105,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.63:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — Aegean Miles+Bonus
Star Alliance
Aegean Miles+Bonus prices Star partner metal off one region chart published as ROUND TRIPS — its own rule is that a one-way costs exactly half, and the halved figure is what we show. India sits in the "Near East & Central Asia" zone: the Far East is a flat 30k/45k one-way (Tokyo costs the same as Bangkok), Europe 35k/55k, North America 50k/75k. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so ADD → DEL and DEL → ADD resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. No Indian card feeds it — Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only road in, and awards only display once you hold the full balance.
Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.67:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (5.33:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.78:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Business ~49,000 pts est. Qatar Airways Qsuite via Doha (oneworld) — ADD–DOH–DEL
Qatar Airways oneworld
Avios prices partner awards PER SEGMENT off the published distance-zone table shared by British Airways, Qatar, Iberia, Finnair and Aer Lingus, so a connecting build is a sum of bands rather than one cell, and the December-2025 reset moved those bands. One balance spends across all five programmes; BA and Iberia metal carry the heavy carrier-imposed surcharges. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 49,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.
Feed it: 49,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 98,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 49,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Business ~50,000 pts est. Qatar Airways via DOH (oneworld partner award), India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — Alaska Atmos
Qatar Airways oneworld
Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle, so a connecting build can read a higher band than the map suggests — plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 50,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Band-boundary row: Qatar Airways via DOH = ~2,990 mi summed great-circle, which reads the Atmos Asia-Pacific partner chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band (25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way). KNIFE-EDGE: the routing measures ~2,990 mi, just under the 3,000-mile band boundary, and our great-circle geometry is city-level - the fare engine's own mileage could land the itinerary in the neighbouring band. Not calculator-verified (alaskaair.com blocks automated reads).
Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Business ~58,000 pts est. Star Alliance partner metal (Ethiopian nonstop — Air China left Addis Ababa), India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — Air China PhoenixMiles
Ethiopian Airlines Star Alliance
PhoenixMiles publishes no India-origin level and its zone tables do not map cleanly onto this city pair, so the value is extrapolated off the nearest published anchors. North Asia is Air China’s only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 58,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. PhoenixMiles' official zone division could not be reconciled with this corridor — Air China publishes no India-origin level, and its published zone tables do not map cleanly onto these city pairs. This value is extrapolated from the nearest published anchors, not a verified chart price.
Feed it: 144,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.48:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 288,000 RBL Reward Points (4.97:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 72,500 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Business ~55,000 pts est. SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Saudia via JED
Saudia SkyTeam
Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. Air France/KLM pass carrier (YQ) surcharges on own metal — typically €90–110 economy / €200–300 business one-way long-haul; intra-region SkyTeam ~€15–40. Typical one-way business runs 45k–75k; award space and travel date drive the real number.
Estimate Dynamic program — estimate is a distance-band estimate (this region-pair is not separately anchored) (range 45k–75k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Feed it: 55,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 27,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 55,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Qatar Airways via DOH
Qatar Airways oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 165,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 330,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 110,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart)
Star Alliance
Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off a FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). No Indian card feeds ConnectMiles — buy-miles or a US co-brand only — so treat it as a reference benchmark, not a wallet-reachable route. Copa's partner chart is a strictly upper-triangular region matrix — one cell per unordered region pair, no direction axis at all — so 55,000 is the same published cell as del-add, re-read off the official Copa PDF on 2026-08-06 rather than inferred.
Feed it: 135,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.45:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 270,000 RBL Reward Points (4.91:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.64:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Business ~60,000 pts est. Etihad via AUH (one stop) — Saver Award, demand-priced
Etihad Airways
Etihad publishes no award chart today — GuestSeat became Saver Award on 13-Nov-2025 and pricing lives in the Miles Calculator — so this is the last published distance-band floor, which real availability rarely touches, on top of heavy carrier charges. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 60,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — Etihad Guest prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Etihad Guest Saver Award starting level for the ~2,909-mile flown itinerary (via AUH), read off Etihad's last published one-way distance-band structure (3,000-mile band). Etihad publishes no award chart today - GuestSeat became Saver Award on 13-Nov-2025 and pricing lives in the Miles Calculator - so fixed-rate space is limited and real quotes often run well above this floor.
Feed it: 30,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 60,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 150,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Business ~65,000 pts est. Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — Avianca LifeMiles
Star Alliance
LifeMiles publishes no chart: Avianca withdrew its public zone table in 2023 and prices Star partner awards off an unpublished internal grid — its one real edge. Business is the value cabin here; economy is mediocre. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 65,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. LifeMiles publishes no award chart — Avianca withdrew its public zone table in 2023 and prices Star partner awards off an unpublished internal grid. This level is extrapolated from that historical zone pricing plus dated community booking reports, not a verified chart price.
Feed it: 195,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 390,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 130,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
Ethiopian Airlines nonstop — Star partner metal, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — EVA Infinity MileageLands
Ethiopian Airlines Star Alliance
EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India sits in "Central/South Asia"; one-way = half round-trip). EVA serves no Indian city, so the award rides partner metal end to end. EVA's own Star Alliance requirement table is a triangular ORIGIN/DESTINATION REGIONAL ZONES matrix carrying one cell per region pair, so no second number exists for this heading.
Feed it: 67,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 446,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,675,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
Business ~86,000 pts est. Emirates via Dubai — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced
Emirates
Emirates prices Classic Rewards off its calculator, not a chart, and the 20-May-2026 devaluation lifted premium cabins ~15%. Saver space is thin and Flex/Flex Plus price well above; connecting corridors are summed per leg. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 86,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — Emirates Skywards prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Emirates Skywards one-way Saver estimate, re-marked 01-Aug-2026 to the official miles-calculator pull of 25-Jul-2026 (post the 20-May-2026 devaluation, premium cabins +~15%; connecting corridors summed per leg); dynamic - no published chart, Saver space thin, Flex/Flex Plus price well above.
Feed it: 172,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 426,000 RBL Reward Points (4.95:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 172,000 SBI Travel Credits (2:1)
Business ~85,000 pts est. Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa — United MileagePlus
Star Alliance
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so this is a typical Saver partner level on Star metal for this pair. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 85,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India ⇄ Sub-Saharan Africa on Star Alliance metal; United went fully dynamic in 2020, so this is a typical Saver that moves with availability and cabin scarcity.
Feed it: 42,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 212,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.12:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
Business ~250,000 pts est. Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ East Africa — TAP Miles&Go
Star Alliance
TAP Miles&Go prices Star partner metal off its region chart, and the 4-May-2026 devaluation lifted its long-haul cells. A cell holds only while the itinerary stays inside two TAP regions — a build that crosses a third region is billed flight by flight and summed. Lufthansa-group metal carries the heaviest surcharges on Star. Mirrored from del-add: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 250,000 is the del-add number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-add — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-add business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.
Feed it: 600,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 1,200,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 400,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
First the play 75,000 pts Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (4,552 km)
Star Alliance
Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.
Feed it: 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 75,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 187,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Qatar Airways via DOH
Qatar Airways oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 240,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 480,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 160,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)