Bengaluru to Kuwait City on points

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

Qatar AirwaysOman AirSriLankan Airlines oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart, so a connection costs no extra miles. A valid oneworld routing — Oman Air via Muscat, Qatar Airways via Doha, SriLankan Airlines via Colombo — 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)

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

Star Alliance

LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; India→Europe business ~63k is the headline sweet spot (beats Aeroplan).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 The chart is semi-fixed/unpublished, so some bands are estimates.

Estimate 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publishes no award chart — Avianca withdrew its public zone table in 2023 and prices Star partner awards off an unpublished internal grid.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 to the Gulf. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.

Estimate 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)

Etihad Airways via AUH (BLR–AUH–KWI), or Oman Air via MCT (BLR–MCT–KWI) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

Etihad AirwaysOman Air

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 20,000 economy (BLR–AUH 2,723 km → 15,000 + AUH–KWI 850 km → 5,000 = 20,000 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 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: BLR–AUH 2,723 km → 15,000 + AUH–KWI 850 km → 5,000 = 20,000 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. BAND CAVEAT: at least one segment here falls in the <=1,200 km band, still the widest residual on the table. It was re-fitted on 2026-08-02 as the geometric mean of its own published quotes and now reads 5,000 economy / 11,500 business, up from 4,000 / 8,000 — an unfitted rung that ran about 21% and 31% low. The re-fit removes the bias, not the spread: published one-way business quotes inside the band still run 6,100 (Muscat–Dubai) to 19,500 (Toronto–New York), 3.2x apart, and segment length does not explain the gap. Treat the short-hop component as the coarsest number on this row.

Feed it: 20,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 10,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 20,000 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. 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 — India→Europe 45k business, India→Sub-Saharan Africa 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.

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)

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

Oman AirQatar Airways oneworld

Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Oman Air via MCT, ~2,207 flown miles against a 2,202-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band — 25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way.

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)

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

Saudia SkyTeam

The SkyTeam route to Kuwait from Bengaluru runs the wrong way first: Saudia west to Jeddah, then back east across the Gulf, ~3,357 miles for a 2,202-mile hop. SUMA's distance chart charges accordingly — 32,000 Miles in the 1,751–3,500-mile band, not the 32,000 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.

Estimate No SkyTeam carrier flies India–Kuwait 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 BLR–JED–KWI, backtracking 2,600 miles west to Jeddah before doubling back 757 miles east. Priced on that ROUTED distance: 2,600 + 757 = ~3,357 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. The corridor's own great circle (~2,202 mi) reads the same band, so the convention does not change the price here.

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))

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (3,544 km)

Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance flown; this row is the direct great-circle band, and a connecting routing that flies farther can land one band up. A valid Star routing — nonstop, or via a Star hub inside 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)

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

Air FranceKLMSaudia 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.

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: India→Middle East 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.

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)

Etihad own metal (BLR–AUH–KWI) — Vietnam Lotusmiles partner award

Etihad Airways

Two segments on one carrier: BLR–AUH 35,000 (Southwest Asia × Middle East) + AUH–KWI 25,000 (Middle East × Middle East) = 60,000. The board read 85,000 until today on Saudia's THREE-segment BLR–JED–RUH–KWI, the cheapest SkyTeam build — Etihad reaches Kuwait in two, and per-segment pricing rewards the shorter build. Matches Chennai–Kuwait.

Estimate 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 BLR–AUH and AUH–KWI. 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: 60,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 60,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 60,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

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

Qatar AirwaysOman AirSriLankan Airlines oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart, so a connection costs no extra miles. A valid oneworld routing — Oman Air via Muscat, Qatar Airways via Doha, SriLankan Airlines via Colombo — 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→the Gulf — Avianca LifeMiles

Star Alliance

LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; India→Europe 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.

Estimate 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)

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. 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 to the Gulf. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.

Estimate 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 — India→Europe 45k business, India→Sub-Saharan Africa 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.

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)

Etihad Airways via AUH (BLR–AUH–KWI), or Oman Air via MCT (BLR–MCT–KWI) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

Etihad AirwaysOman Air

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 39,500 business (BLR–AUH 2,723 km → 30,000 + AUH–KWI 850 km → 9,500 (published quote) = 39,500 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: BLR–AUH 2,723 km → 30,000 + AUH–KWI 850 km → 9,500 (published quote) = 39,500 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. One segment here did NOT need a band — a community source published Flying Blue's own quote for that exact pair, and a published quote beats a fitted band. It is still a single-date sample of a dynamic engine, not a chart cell, and the one-way sample is read as symmetric.

Feed it: 39,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 19,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 39,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (3,544 km)

Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance flown; this row is the direct great-circle band, and a connecting routing that flies farther can land one band up. A valid Star routing — nonstop, or via a Star hub inside 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)

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

Oman AirQatar Airways oneworld

Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Oman Air via MCT, ~2,207 flown miles against a 2,202-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band — 25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way.

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)

Saudia via Jeddah (BLR–JED–KWI) — 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 — ~3,357 routed miles against a 2,202-mile great circle. On points this corridor belongs to Skywards, Etihad Guest or Maharaja. Partner awards are call-centre only and non-refundable.

Estimate No SkyTeam carrier flies India–Kuwait 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 BLR–JED–KWI, backtracking 2,600 miles west to Jeddah before doubling back 757 miles east. Priced on that ROUTED distance: 2,600 + 757 = ~3,357 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. The corridor's own great circle (~2,202 mi) reads the same band, so the convention does not change the price here.

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))

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: India→Middle East 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.

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)

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

Air FranceKLMSaudia 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.

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)

Etihad own metal (BLR–AUH–KWI) — Vietnam Lotusmiles partner award

Etihad Airways

Two segments on one carrier: BLR–AUH 70,000 (Southwest Asia × Middle East) + AUH–KWI 50,000 (Middle East × Middle East) = 120,000. The board read 170,000 until today on Saudia's THREE-segment BLR–JED–RUH–KWI, the cheapest SkyTeam build — Etihad reaches Kuwait in two, and per-segment pricing rewards the shorter build. Matches Chennai–Kuwait.

Estimate 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 BLR–AUH and AUH–KWI. 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: 120,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 120,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 120,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

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

Qatar AirwaysOman AirSriLankan Airlines oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart, so a connection costs no extra miles. A valid oneworld routing — Oman Air via Muscat, Qatar Airways via Doha, SriLankan Airlines via Colombo — 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 partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (3,544 km)

Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance flown; this row is the direct great-circle band, and a connecting routing that flies farther can land one band up. A valid Star routing — nonstop, or via a Star hub inside 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)