Abu Dhabi to Mumbai on points

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or Oman Air via MCT

Qatar AirwaysOman Air oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.

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)

IndiGo via AMD (one stop) — BluChip, dynamic (revenue-priced)

IndiGo

IndiGo has no Mumbai–Abu Dhabi nonstop (it serves AUH from Ahmedabad/Hyderabad, not Mumbai), so the own-metal routing is AUH–AMD–BOM. BluChip prices off the live fare at roughly ₹0.40–0.60 per point, min 500 chips, no chart. Etihad's nonstop is the real play; this is IndiGo visibility. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 14,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — IndiGo BluChip prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. IndiGo BluChip is revenue-linked ~Rs0.50/pt; ~= typical one-way IndiGo economy fare / Rs0.50 for ~1,225 mi - a rupee offset that moves 1:1 with the live fare. Own-metal only, no partners.

Feed it: 21,000 HSBC Reward Points (1.5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 70,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1) · 42,000 HDFC Reward Points (3:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

Etihad Airways nonstop, or Oman Air via MCT (AUH–MCT–BOM) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or Saudia via RUH

Etihad AirwaysOman AirSaudia

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 7,500 economy (AUH–BOM 1,971 km → 7,500 = 7,500 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Air datapoints run US$190–390 one-way — and Flying Blue publishes no per-route table, so this row's cash side stays unpublished.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 Etihad Airways (a Flying Blue 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–BOM 1,971 km → 7,500 = 7,500 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: 7,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 3,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 7,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Oman Air via MCT (oneworld partner award), India→the Gulf — Alaska Atmos

Oman Air oneworld

Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Oman Air via MCT, ~1,225 flown miles against a 1,225-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's sub-1,500-mile band — 7,500 economy / 15,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 7,500 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 22,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 45,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 15,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Air India Express nonstop (not Star Alliance), Value tier

Air India Express

Abu Dhabi is on the flat 12,000-point Middle-East tier, and Maharaja Club redeems on Air India Express's own AUH–BOM nonstop — all-economy metal, no business cabin. The cheapest seat on the corridor; ₹9,600 of points against fares that spike at festival rush. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 12,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Air India publishes no award chart. Its own Points Calculator states that “Fares indicated above are dependent on the time of booking and seat availability”, and Maharaja Club prices every award either as a Value fare (the discounted rate for booking well in advance) or as a higher Prime fare closer to departure. This number is the Value-fare floor as sampled after the April-2026 repricing — not a published chart cell: Value space is not always available on a given flight, and the same seat prices higher once it is gone. Pricing model re-verified against Air India’s Maharaja Club T&C and Points Calculator on 2026-08-09. This direction is additionally mirrored from the reverse corridor — Maharaja prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel — and has not been sampled separately.

Feed it: 12,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 6,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 12,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)

Etihad nonstop — an Aeroplan SELECT PARTNER (dynamic column); Air India no longer flies Abu Dhabi

Etihad Airways

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN — only a CA$39 partner booking fee plus taxes. The only metal on this nonstop is Etihad, a named Select Partner, so the number is the published dynamic floor and not the flat 15,000 band cell: live quotes sit at or above 12,500 and climb in high-demand periods. Reconciled 2026-08-06 with bom-auh, which now reads the same Select column.

Estimate Etihad is one of Aeroplan's named SELECT PARTNERS ("Select Partners include United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways…"), and the Flight Reward Chart prices that column DYNAMICALLY. The 1,001-2,000-mile Within-Atlantic band this 1,225-mile hop reads prints "Starting at" floors of 12,500 economy / 22,500 business / 40,000 first for Air Canada and/or Select Partners — against a flat 15,000 / 22,500 / 40,000 for "All other partners", a cell that does NOT apply to Etihad metal. We carry the published Select floor, not the fixed cell; live quotes sit at or above it and climb in high-demand periods. No fixed-price Star partner flies this corridor either: Air India abandoned Abu Dhabi post-merger (data/airline-networks.yaml, notServed), and ET/MS/TK reach AUH only by backtracking through ADD/CAI/IST, which lands in the 4,001-6,000-mile band at 42,500 / 70,000.

Feed it: 6,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 12,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 31,250 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→Mumbai. 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→Mumbai (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)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Avianca LifeMiles

Star Alliance

LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; Europe→India business ~63k is the headline sweet spot (beats Aeroplan). Business is the value cabin here; economy is mediocre. The chart is semi-fixed/unpublished, so some bands are estimates. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 15,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh economy cell back the other way; 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: 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 30,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~17,500 is a typical Saver partner level for this region pair. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 17,500 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→the Gulf 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: 8,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 43,750 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 52,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

Qatar Airways via DOH (oneworld) — two segments, band-priced

Qatar Airways oneworld

12,500 (DOH–BOM, Z3) plus 6,500 (AUH–DOH, 199 mi, Z1) = 19,000 Avios, overshooting Abu Dhabi to Doha and hopping back east. Three cheaper fixed prices sit above this row — completeness, and a reminder that per-segment charts punish detours. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 19,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 19,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 38,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 19,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — 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 AUH → BOM and BOM → AUH 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: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart)

Star Alliance

Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off its FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). Standout value — Europe→India 45k business, Sub-Saharan Africa→India 17.5k economy on Ethiopian (Cairo is a dearer 20k Middle East cell) — but 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 20,000 is the same published cell as bom-auh, re-read off the official Copa PDF on 2026-08-06 rather than inferred.

Feed it: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Saudia via Jeddah (AUH–JED–BOM), India→the Gulf — China Eastern Eastern Miles

Saudia SkyTeam

China Eastern prices its own metal (Shanghai/Kunming→India nonstop) plus SkyTeam partners. North Asia is its genuine ex-India strength; other regions estimate off the nearest published China-anchored band (Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin matrix). All one-way. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 25,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — China Eastern Miles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin award matrix — this level estimates off the nearest published China-anchored band, as the row note states, not a verified chart price.

Feed it: 166,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 625,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 125,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)

Saudia via Jeddah (AUH–JED–BOM), India→the Gulf — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic)

Saudia SkyTeam

Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~22,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level for this region pair; peak dates and 2026 partner hikes can swing business 1.5–3×. Kenya Airways (NBO) and Korean (ICN) are the strongest ex-India SkyTeam value. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 22,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Delta SkyMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Delta SkyMiles is fully dynamic (no chart since 2015); ~22,000/60,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→the Gulf on Saudia metal via Jeddah (no SkyTeam carrier flies this pair nonstop) — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.

Feed it: 66,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 132,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 44,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

Saudia via Jeddah (AUH–JED–BOM) — the only SkyTeam metal India→the Gulf; Air Europa SUMA

Saudia SkyTeam

The SkyTeam route to Mumbai from Abu Dhabi runs the wrong way first: Saudia west to Jeddah, then back east across the Gulf, ~3,190 miles for a 1,225-mile hop. SUMA's distance chart charges accordingly — 32,000 Miles in the 1,751–3,500-mile band, not the 12,000 a nonstop would read. But Emirates, Etihad and Air India all fly this nonstop for less. Call-centre booking, full payment in Miles, non-refundable. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 32,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Air Europa SUMA prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. No SkyTeam carrier flies India–Abu Dhabi nonstop: Air France, KLM, Korean and Vietnam Airlines serve neither end of this pair, and the only SkyTeam metal that reaches both is Saudia — which has to route AUH–JED–BOM, backtracking 2,187 miles west to Jeddah before doubling back 1,003 miles east. Priced on that ROUTED distance: 2,187 + 1,003 = ~3,190 statute miles, the 1,751–3,500-mile band at 32,000/64,000. Air Europa publishes the band table but never states how a connecting partner award measures distance, and partner awards are call-centre-only with no calculator to probe. If SUMA instead reads the corridor's own great circle (~1,225 mi) this would price 12,000/24,000 — but that is the distance of a nonstop no SkyTeam carrier operates.

Feed it: 32,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 64,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 160,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

Etihad nonstop AUH–BOM — Vietnam Lotusmiles partner award

Etihad Airways

One segment, one cell. The board read 60,000 until today on the cheapest SkyTeam build (Saudia AUH–JED–BOM, 35,000 + 25,000 per-segment) because no SkyTeam carrier flies Mumbai–Abu Dhabi nonstop. Etihad does, and Vietnam Airlines' own partner table names it — so the honest Lotusmiles price is the single Southwest Asia × Middle East cell, 35,000 economy one-way. Same treatment the board already gives Chennai–Abu Dhabi. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 35,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Etihad is a named Lotusmiles redemption partner — Vietnam Airlines' own partner table lists EY with award booking classes I (business) and N (economy) — and it flies AUH–BOM nonstop. The price sums the published Southwest Asia x Middle East cell (35,000 economy / 70,000 business one-way) and, where a second segment is flown, the Middle East x Middle East cell (25,000 / 50,000). Estimated, not verified, for one reason: Lotusmiles publishes that 11-zone table for SkyTeam metal plus China Southern and ANA, and points non-SkyTeam partners at a separate 10-zone "Award Zone Definition on Other Airlines" whose mileage table Vietnam Airlines does not publish anywhere. India is South West Asia and the Gulf is Middle East under BOTH zone definitions, so the cell lookup is not in doubt — only whether Etihad metal prices off the same grid.

Feed it: 35,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 35,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 35,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

SkyTeam metal (Saudia), India→the Gulf — SAS EuroBonus

Saudia SkyTeam

SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal. India sits in EuroBonus’s "Central, East & South Asia" region and the Gulf in "North/Central Africa & Middle East": 80,000 economy / 160,000 business round-trip on the chart valid from 1-Dec-2025, and one-way is 60% of that. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Vietnam Airlines, China Airlines and Air Europa metal. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 48,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — SAS EuroBonus prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 336,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 336,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 840,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

The 4 May 2026 chart pulled the Gulf out of TAP's "Asia" zone and gave it a Middle East band of its own: Middle East→India went 40k/60k → 60k/80k one-way, +50% in economy and +33% in business on a short hop. Intra-Asia is now 50k/70k, so Bangkok and Singapore price below Dubai. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal; Turkish, EgyptAir and Ethiopian routings dodge most of the YQ. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 60,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 150,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.5:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 300,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 100,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.67:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or Oman Air via MCT

Qatar AirwaysOman Air 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)

Etihad Airways nonstop, or Oman Air via MCT (AUH–MCT–BOM) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or Saudia via RUH

Etihad AirwaysOman AirSaudia

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 15,000 business (AUH–BOM 1,971 km → 15,000 = 15,000 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 Etihad Airways (a Flying Blue 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–BOM 1,971 km → 15,000 = 15,000 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: 15,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 7,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 15,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Oman Air via MCT (oneworld partner award), India→the Gulf — Alaska Atmos

Oman Air oneworld

Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Oman Air via MCT, ~1,225 flown miles against a 1,225-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's sub-1,500-mile band — 7,500 economy / 15,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 15,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 30,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Etihad nonstop — an Aeroplan SELECT PARTNER (dynamic column); Air India no longer flies Abu Dhabi

Etihad Airways

The Select floor and the fixed cell both read 22,500 in this band, but they are different promises: Etihad rides Aeroplan's dynamic "Starting at" column, so 22,500 is a floor, not a fare. Reconciled 2026-08-06 with bom-auh; price it live before you transfer.

Estimate Etihad is one of Aeroplan's named SELECT PARTNERS ("Select Partners include United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways…"), and the Flight Reward Chart prices that column DYNAMICALLY. The 1,001-2,000-mile Within-Atlantic band this 1,225-mile hop reads prints "Starting at" floors of 12,500 economy / 22,500 business / 40,000 first for Air Canada and/or Select Partners — against a flat 15,000 / 22,500 / 40,000 for "All other partners", a cell that does NOT apply to Etihad metal. We carry the published Select floor, not the fixed cell; live quotes sit at or above it and climb in high-demand periods. No fixed-price Star partner flies this corridor either: Air India abandoned Abu Dhabi post-merger (data/airline-networks.yaml, notServed), and ET/MS/TK reach AUH only by backtracking through ADD/CAI/IST, which lands in the 4,001-6,000-mile band at 42,500 / 70,000.

Feed it: 11,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 22,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 56,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Avianca LifeMiles

Star Alliance

LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; Europe→India business ~63k is the headline sweet spot (beats Aeroplan). Business is the value cabin here; economy is mediocre. The chart is semi-fixed/unpublished, so some bands are estimates. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 25,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh business cell back the other way; 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: 75,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 50,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

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

Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways own-metal Abu Dhabi→Mumbai. 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→Mumbai (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)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — 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 AUH → BOM and BOM → AUH 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→the Gulf — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~32,500 is a typical Saver partner level for this region pair. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 32,500 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→the Gulf 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: 16,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 81,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 67,500 Amex Membership Rewards (2.08:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart)

Star Alliance

Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off its FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). Standout value — Europe→India 45k business, Sub-Saharan Africa→India 17.5k economy on Ethiopian (Cairo is a dearer 20k Middle East cell) — but 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 35,000 is the same published cell as bom-auh, re-read off the official Copa PDF on 2026-08-06 rather than inferred.

Feed it: 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.57:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 RBL Reward Points (5.14:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 60,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.71:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Saudia via Jeddah (AUH–JED–BOM), India→the Gulf — China Eastern Eastern Miles

Saudia SkyTeam

China Eastern prices its own metal (Shanghai/Kunming→India nonstop) plus SkyTeam partners. North Asia is its genuine ex-India strength; other regions estimate off the nearest published China-anchored band (Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin matrix). All one-way. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 45,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — China Eastern Miles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin award matrix — this level estimates off the nearest published China-anchored band, as the row note states, not a verified chart price.

Feed it: 300,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,125,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 225,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)

Qatar Airways via DOH (oneworld) — two segments, band-priced

Qatar Airways oneworld

24,500 (DOH–BOM, Z3 — Qsuite on widebody rotations) plus 14,000 (AUH–DOH, Z1) = 38,500 Avios. Aeroplan's 22,500 books Etihad's nonstop for 16,000 fewer points — fly this only for the Qsuite leg, and only if the Avios are already minted. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 38,500 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 38,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 77,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 38,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Saudia via Jeddah (AUH–JED–BOM) — the only SkyTeam metal India→the Gulf; Air Europa SUMA

Saudia SkyTeam

64,000 Miles for a Gulf hop is what happens when the only SkyTeam metal available has to detour through Jeddah — ~3,190 routed miles against a 1,225-mile great circle. On points this corridor belongs to Skywards, Etihad Guest or Maharaja. Partner awards are call-centre only and non-refundable. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 64,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Air Europa SUMA prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. No SkyTeam carrier flies India–Abu Dhabi nonstop: Air France, KLM, Korean and Vietnam Airlines serve neither end of this pair, and the only SkyTeam metal that reaches both is Saudia — which has to route AUH–JED–BOM, backtracking 2,187 miles west to Jeddah before doubling back 1,003 miles east. Priced on that ROUTED distance: 2,187 + 1,003 = ~3,190 statute miles, the 1,751–3,500-mile band at 32,000/64,000. Air Europa publishes the band table but never states how a connecting partner award measures distance, and partner awards are call-centre-only with no calculator to probe. If SUMA instead reads the corridor's own great circle (~1,225 mi) this would price 12,000/24,000 — but that is the distance of a nonstop no SkyTeam carrier operates.

Feed it: 64,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 128,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 320,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

Saudia via Jeddah (AUH–JED–BOM), India→the Gulf — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic)

Saudia SkyTeam

Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~22,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level for this region pair; peak dates and 2026 partner hikes can swing business 1.5–3×. Kenya Airways (NBO) and Korean (ICN) are the strongest ex-India SkyTeam value. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 60,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Delta SkyMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Delta SkyMiles is fully dynamic (no chart since 2015); ~22,000/60,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→the Gulf on Saudia metal via Jeddah (no SkyTeam carrier flies this pair nonstop) — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.

Feed it: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

The 4 May 2026 chart pulled the Gulf out of TAP's "Asia" zone and gave it a Middle East band of its own: Middle East→India went 40k/60k → 60k/80k one-way, +50% in economy and +33% in business on a short hop. Intra-Asia is now 50k/70k, so Bangkok and Singapore price below Dubai. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal; Turkish, EgyptAir and Ethiopian routings dodge most of the YQ. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 80,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 195,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.44:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 390,000 RBL Reward Points (4.88:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 130,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.63:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Etihad nonstop AUH–BOM — Vietnam Lotusmiles partner award

Etihad Airways

One segment, one cell. The board read 120,000 until today on the cheapest SkyTeam build (Saudia AUH–JED–BOM, 70,000 + 50,000 per-segment) because no SkyTeam carrier flies Mumbai–Abu Dhabi nonstop. Etihad does, and Vietnam Airlines' own partner table names it — so the honest Lotusmiles price is the single Southwest Asia × Middle East cell, 70,000 business one-way. Same treatment the board already gives Chennai–Abu Dhabi. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 70,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Etihad is a named Lotusmiles redemption partner — Vietnam Airlines' own partner table lists EY with award booking classes I (business) and N (economy) — and it flies AUH–BOM nonstop. The price sums the published Southwest Asia x Middle East cell (35,000 economy / 70,000 business one-way) and, where a second segment is flown, the Middle East x Middle East cell (25,000 / 50,000). Estimated, not verified, for one reason: Lotusmiles publishes that 11-zone table for SkyTeam metal plus China Southern and ANA, and points non-SkyTeam partners at a separate 10-zone "Award Zone Definition on Other Airlines" whose mileage table Vietnam Airlines does not publish anywhere. India is South West Asia and the Gulf is Middle East under BOTH zone definitions, so the cell lookup is not in doubt — only whether Etihad metal prices off the same grid.

Feed it: 70,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 70,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 70,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

SkyTeam metal (Saudia), India→the Gulf — SAS EuroBonus

Saudia SkyTeam

SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal. India sits in EuroBonus’s "Central, East & South Asia" region and the Gulf in "North/Central Africa & Middle East": 80,000 economy / 160,000 business round-trip on the chart valid from 1-Dec-2025, and one-way is 60% of that. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Vietnam Airlines, China Airlines and Air Europa metal. Mirrored from bom-auh: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 96,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from bom-auh — SAS EuroBonus prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the bom-auh business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 672,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 672,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 1,680,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or Oman Air via MCT

Qatar AirwaysOman Air oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.

Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Etihad nonstop — an Aeroplan SELECT PARTNER (dynamic column); Air India no longer flies Abu Dhabi

Etihad Airways

40,000 is the published Select-Partner floor for the 1,001-2,000-mile Within-Atlantic band, not a fixed price: Etihad rides Aeroplan's dynamic column, so treat it as a starting point, confirm the live quote, and confirm the cabin exists on the aircraft you are booking. Reconciled 2026-08-06 with bom-auh.

Estimate Etihad is one of Aeroplan's named SELECT PARTNERS ("Select Partners include United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways…"), and the Flight Reward Chart prices that column DYNAMICALLY. The 1,001-2,000-mile Within-Atlantic band this 1,225-mile hop reads prints "Starting at" floors of 12,500 economy / 22,500 business / 40,000 first for Air Canada and/or Select Partners — against a flat 15,000 / 22,500 / 40,000 for "All other partners", a cell that does NOT apply to Etihad metal. We carry the published Select floor, not the fixed cell; live quotes sit at or above it and climb in high-demand periods. No fixed-price Star partner flies this corridor either: Air India abandoned Abu Dhabi post-merger (data/airline-networks.yaml, notServed), and ET/MS/TK reach AUH only by backtracking through ADD/CAI/IST, which lands in the 4,001-6,000-mile band at 42,500 / 70,000.

Feed it: 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 100,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)