Bangkok to Colombo on points

Thai Airways International own metal from BKK, region award

Thai Airways Star Alliance

Thai Airways International own-metal Bangkok→Colombo. Royal Orchid Plus awards on Thai metal carry carrier-imposed (YQ/YR) surcharges plus government taxes and Thai airport fees — the Europe and Japan/Korea long-hauls carry the heaviest cash add-on, so these are points-plus-cash redemptions. A valid Thai Airways International routing is assumed.

Feed it: 8,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 17,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 17,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

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

IndiGo

IndiGo BluChip has no award chart at all — redemptions track the live fare at a dynamic ₹0.40–0.60 per BluChip, minimum 500 points, taxes cash-only, own metal only with no partners. It is a rupee offset wearing points clothing, not a chart price. Mirrored from cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 14,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — IndiGo BluChip prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk economy cell one-for-one; 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 ~1,486 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))

SriLankan Airlines nonstop BKK-CMB (oneworld partner award), India ⇄ Southeast Asia — Alaska Atmos

SriLankan Airlines 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 7,500 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Band-boundary row: SriLankan Airlines nonstop = ~1,486 mi summed great-circle, which reads the Atmos Asia-Pacific partner chart's sub-1,500-mile band (7,500 economy / 15,000 business one-way). KNIFE-EDGE: the routing measures ~1,486 mi, just under the 1,500-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: 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)

Malaysia Airlines via KUL (one stop) — revenue-based Enrich pricing

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

Enrich publishes no usable public award matrix for this pair, so the level is inferred from the nearest Malaysia Airlines anchors; every routing runs through the Kuala Lumpur hub. No Indian card and no partner hop feeds Enrich in our data, which makes it a benchmark rather than a wallet-reachable road. Mirrored from cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 15,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — Malaysia Airlines Enrich prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Malaysia Enrich is revenue-linked ~Rs0.80/pt; ~= typical one-way MH economy fare / Rs0.80 for ~1,486 mi; moves with the live fare. MH own-metal Value redemptions only.

Feed it: 83,334 Amex Membership Rewards (5.56:1 via Hilton Honors) · 187,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (12.5:1 via IHG One Rewards) · 75,000 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via IHG One Rewards)

SriLankan nonstop (oneworld), partner distance band

SriLankan Airlines 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 12,500 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 12,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 12,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India ⇄ Southeast Asia — Air China PhoenixMiles

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 15,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk 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: 18,750 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Southeast Asia — 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 20,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India ⇄ Southeast Asia 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: 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)

Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Southeast Asia — 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 20,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk 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: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

Singapore Airlines still publishes a fixed Saver zone chart (1-Nov-2025 edition) and prices SQ metal through Changi off it; the ex-Singapore table is a different chart from the India-origin one, and a Changi backtrack can run over MPM and reprice. Mirrored from cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 20,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 20,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 10,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

Malaysia Airlines via KUL (BKK–KUL–CMB) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 22,500 economy (BKK–KUL 1,222 km → 7,500 + KUL–CMB 2,467 km → 15,000 = 22,500 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 Malaysia Airlines (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: BKK–KUL 1,222 km → 7,500 + KUL–CMB 2,467 km → 15,000 = 22,500 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: 22,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 11,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 22,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

SriLankan nonstop — FlySmiLes published zone chart (own metal, online price) — nonstop

SriLankan Airlines oneworld

FlySmiLes 20-zone published chart (official PDF, effective 01-Sep-2022, machine-validated cell-by-cell — spec: docs/research/hub-grid/specs/srilankan-flysmiles.json). ONLINE one-way price on UL own metal (phone bookings cost ~11% more); YQ passes on awards. SriLankan is the only oneworld carrier at Colombo, so this is CMB's own-metal door.

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,392 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: 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 25,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 62,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India ⇄ Southeast Asia — EVA Infinity MileageLands

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways 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: 25,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 166,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 625,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Malaysia Airlines via KUL

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

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

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 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Southeast Asia — 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 BKK → CMB and CMB → BKK 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 ⇄ Southeast Asia — 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 35,000 is the same published cell as cmb-bkk, 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)

Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Southeast Asia — 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 50,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

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)

Thai Airways International own metal from BKK, region award

Thai Airways Star Alliance

Thai Airways International own-metal Bangkok→Colombo. Royal Orchid Plus awards on Thai metal carry carrier-imposed (YQ/YR) surcharges plus government taxes and Thai airport fees — the Europe and Japan/Korea long-hauls carry the heaviest cash add-on, so these are points-plus-cash redemptions. A valid Thai Airways International routing is assumed.

Feed it: 13,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 27,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 27,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

SriLankan Airlines nonstop BKK-CMB (oneworld partner award), India ⇄ Southeast Asia — Alaska Atmos

SriLankan Airlines 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 15,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Band-boundary row: SriLankan Airlines nonstop = ~1,486 mi summed great-circle, which reads the Atmos Asia-Pacific partner chart's sub-1,500-mile band (7,500 economy / 15,000 business one-way). KNIFE-EDGE: the routing measures ~1,486 mi, just under the 1,500-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: 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)

Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India ⇄ Southeast Asia — Air China PhoenixMiles

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 27,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk 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: 66,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.44:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 132,000 RBL Reward Points (4.89:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 33,750 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

SriLankan nonstop (oneworld), partner distance band

SriLankan Airlines 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 24,500 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 24,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 49,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 24,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Southeast Asia — 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 37,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk 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: 111,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 222,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 74,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Southeast Asia — 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 40,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India ⇄ Southeast Asia 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: 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 100,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.25:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Malaysia Airlines via KUL

Malaysia Airlines 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)

Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India ⇄ Southeast Asia — EVA Infinity MileageLands

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways 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: 42,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 283,334 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,062,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

Malaysia Airlines via KUL (BKK–KUL–CMB) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 45,000 business (BKK–KUL 1,222 km → 15,000 + KUL–CMB 2,467 km → 30,000 = 45,000 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 Malaysia Airlines (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: BKK–KUL 1,222 km → 15,000 + KUL–CMB 2,467 km → 30,000 = 45,000 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: 45,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 22,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 45,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Southeast Asia — 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 BKK → CMB and CMB → BKK 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)

SriLankan nonstop — FlySmiLes published zone chart (own metal, online price) — nonstop

SriLankan Airlines oneworld

FlySmiLes 20-zone published chart (official PDF, effective 01-Sep-2022, machine-validated cell-by-cell — spec: docs/research/hub-grid/specs/srilankan-flysmiles.json). ONLINE one-way price on UL own metal (phone bookings cost ~11% more); YQ passes on awards. SriLankan is the only oneworld carrier at Colombo, so this is CMB's own-metal door.

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,392 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: 23,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 47,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 118,750 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

Singapore Airlines still publishes a fixed Saver zone chart (1-Nov-2025 edition) and prices SQ metal through Changi off it; the ex-Singapore table is a different chart from the India-origin one, and a Changi backtrack can run over MPM and reprice. Mirrored from cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 47,500 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 47,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 23,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 95,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Southeast Asia — 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 cmb-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 70,000 is the cmb-bkk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of cmb-bkk — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the cmb-bkk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.57:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (5.14:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.71:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, India ⇄ Southeast Asia — 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 60,000 is the same published cell as cmb-bkk, re-read off the official Copa PDF on 2026-08-06 rather than inferred.

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 Malaysia Airlines via KUL

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

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

Feed it: 150,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 300,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 100,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,392 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: 27,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 55,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 137,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)