Abu Dhabi to Addis Ababa on points

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,404 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: 7,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 15,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 37,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

Etihad Airways own metal from AUH, distance-band award (total distance flown)

Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways own-metal Abu Dhabi→Addis Ababa. Etihad's carrier-imposed surcharges are real but materially lighter than Emirates' — the cash side on an Abu Dhabi award is usually tens of dollars plus destination taxes, not hundreds of pounds, which is most of why Etihad Guest out-values Skywards on the same corridor. Etihad Guest is fully dynamic: eco/biz are the fixed-rate Promo/Saver Award starting levels for the route's one-way distance band (the structure Etihad last published, still the working estimate in 2026), and the ranges run up to the 'any available seat paid with miles' standard prices you'll actually see when the cheap inventory is gone. Fixed-rate space is limited — treat the low end as a target, not a quote. first appears only on the five routes Etihad currently flies the A380 with First Apartments (LHR, CDG, SIN, YYZ, NRT); Bangkok joins on 25 Oct 2026 and is deliberately left without a first price until it flies. New York lost the A380 in June 2025, so JFK has no First. Shanghai, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, Auckland and Dubai are absent because Etihad does not fly them from Abu Dhabi today. A valid Etihad Airways routing is assumed.

Estimate Dynamic/unpublished-chart program — estimate is the typical one-way economy level Abu Dhabi→Addis Ababa (range 13k–27k); not a fixed chart price, never THE PLAY.

Feed it: 6,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 13,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 32,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

Saudia via JED (AUH–JED–ADD), or Etihad Airways nonstop — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

SaudiaEtihad Airways

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 15,000 economy (AUH–JED 1,614 km → 7,500 + JED–ADD 1,413 km → 7,500 = 15,000 economy). Partner awards pass the operating carrier's surcharges — the published Oman Air datapoints run US$190–390 one-way — and Flying Blue publishes no per-route table, so this row's cash side stays unpublished. Cabin scope: Etihad sells Flying Blue awards in economy and business only — first, including the Apartment, is not bookable with Miles. First IS bookable on a short list of other partners (Oman Air on Muscat–Bangkok alone, China Eastern, Garuda), none of which is a first routing this board prices, so there is no Flying Blue first row here.

Estimate Flying Blue publishes no chart, but prices PARTNER awards PER SEGMENT — One Mile at a Time, 6-Jun-2024 on the Oman Air launch: "you're paying the per segment pricing anyway", and the additive structure reproduces all four published connection datapoints inside 5%. This row rides Saudia (a Flying Blue SkyTeam and non-alliance partner redemption — Flying Blue runs ONE partner engine over SkyTeam and non-alliance metal alike, which the 13-Jan-2025 repricing proved by moving Etihad and Delta together), so it is banded segment by segment: AUH–JED 1,614 km → 7,500 + JED–ADD 1,413 km → 7,500 = 15,000 economy. Bands anchored on the published Flying Blue partner datapoints (one-way business: Muscat–Dubai 6,100, Abu Dhabi–Kuwait 9,500, Muscat–Bangkok 42,900, Abu Dhabi–Bangkok 45,000, Muscat–Munich 45,800, Abu Dhabi–Johannesburg 48,000, Abu Dhabi–Washington 87,000), with economy at half of business — the one published long-haul economy anchor is Toronto–Abu Dhabi 43,500 against an ~87,000 business segment of the same length. The <=1,200 km rung is the one exception — re-fitted cabin by cabin on its own published quotes on 2026-08-02, hence 5,000 / 11,500 rather than half-and-half. Dates and demand move the real number.

Feed it: 15,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 7,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 15,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Ethiopian Airlines own metal from ADD, region award

Ethiopian Airlines Star Alliance

Ethiopian Airlines own-metal Abu Dhabi→Addis Ababa. 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 Abu Dhabi→Addis Ababa (range 12,500–20,000); not a fixed chart price, never THE PLAY.

Feed it: 7,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 37,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

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, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,404 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: 11,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 22,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 56,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

Saudia via JED (AUH–JED–ADD), or Etihad Airways nonstop — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

SaudiaEtihad Airways

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 30,000 business (AUH–JED 1,614 km → 15,000 + JED–ADD 1,413 km → 15,000 = 30,000 business). Partner awards pass the operating carrier's surcharges — the published Oman Air datapoints run US$190–390 one-way — and Flying Blue publishes no per-route table, so this row's cash side stays unpublished. Cabin scope: Etihad sells Flying Blue awards in economy and business only — first, including the Apartment, is not bookable with Miles. First IS bookable on a short list of other partners (Oman Air on Muscat–Bangkok alone, China Eastern, Garuda), none of which is a first routing this board prices, so there is no Flying Blue first row here.

Estimate Flying Blue publishes no chart, but prices PARTNER awards PER SEGMENT — One Mile at a Time, 6-Jun-2024 on the Oman Air launch: "you're paying the per segment pricing anyway", and the additive structure reproduces all four published connection datapoints inside 5%. This row rides Saudia (a Flying Blue SkyTeam and non-alliance partner redemption — Flying Blue runs ONE partner engine over SkyTeam and non-alliance metal alike, which the 13-Jan-2025 repricing proved by moving Etihad and Delta together), so it is banded segment by segment: AUH–JED 1,614 km → 15,000 + JED–ADD 1,413 km → 15,000 = 30,000 business. Bands anchored on the published Flying Blue partner datapoints (one-way business: Muscat–Dubai 6,100, Abu Dhabi–Kuwait 9,500, Muscat–Bangkok 42,900, Abu Dhabi–Bangkok 45,000, Muscat–Munich 45,800, Abu Dhabi–Johannesburg 48,000, Abu Dhabi–Washington 87,000), with economy at half of business — the one published long-haul economy anchor is Toronto–Abu Dhabi 43,500 against an ~87,000 business segment of the same length. The <=1,200 km rung is the one exception — re-fitted cabin by cabin on its own published quotes on 2026-08-02, hence 5,000 / 11,500 rather than half-and-half. Dates and demand move the real number.

Feed it: 30,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 15,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 30,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Ethiopian Airlines own metal from ADD, region award

Ethiopian Airlines Star Alliance

Ethiopian Airlines own-metal Abu Dhabi→Addis Ababa. 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 Abu Dhabi→Addis Ababa (range 25,000–37,500); not a fixed chart price, never THE PLAY.

Feed it: 15,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 75,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 75,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.5:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

Etihad Airways own metal from AUH, distance-band award (total distance flown)

Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways own-metal Abu Dhabi→Addis Ababa. Etihad's carrier-imposed surcharges are real but materially lighter than Emirates' — the cash side on an Abu Dhabi award is usually tens of dollars plus destination taxes, not hundreds of pounds, which is most of why Etihad Guest out-values Skywards on the same corridor. Etihad Guest is fully dynamic: eco/biz are the fixed-rate Promo/Saver Award starting levels for the route's one-way distance band (the structure Etihad last published, still the working estimate in 2026), and the ranges run up to the 'any available seat paid with miles' standard prices you'll actually see when the cheap inventory is gone. Fixed-rate space is limited — treat the low end as a target, not a quote. first appears only on the five routes Etihad currently flies the A380 with First Apartments (LHR, CDG, SIN, YYZ, NRT); Bangkok joins on 25 Oct 2026 and is deliberately left without a first price until it flies. New York lost the A380 in June 2025, so JFK has no First. Shanghai, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, Auckland and Dubai are absent because Etihad does not fly them from Abu Dhabi today. A valid Etihad Airways routing is assumed.

Estimate Dynamic/unpublished-chart program — estimate is the typical one-way business level Abu Dhabi→Addis Ababa (range 30k–63k); not a fixed chart price, never THE PLAY.

Feed it: 15,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 30,000 HSBC Reward Points (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: 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, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,404 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)

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)