Mumbai to Tokyo on points

All Nippon Airways own metal from NRT, region award

All Nippon Airways Star Alliance

All Nippon Airways own-metal Mumbai→Tokyo. Figures are ANA's own published zone chart for ANA-operated flights, REGULAR season, halved from ANA's round-trip chart to a one-way equivalent (ANA still publishes round-trip; one-way is sold at exactly half). Low season runs roughly 8-12% cheaper and high season 5-10% dearer. ANA passes full carrier-imposed fuel surcharges on its own awards - heaviest on Europe and North America, lighter within Asia - so budget cash on top. First is listed only on the flagship 777-300ER 'The Suite' routes (London, Frankfurt, New York); ANA's chart prices First in other zones, but the metal on those routes has no First cabin. A valid All Nippon Airways 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)

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

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (India→Beijing, resumed Apr-2026) plus Star partners. North Asia is its only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges (why the currency sits at ₹0.90). India-origin levels are not published, so all values are estimated off trans-Pacific anchors. One-way (current PhoenixMiles).

Estimate 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: 27,500 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.73:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (5.45:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld), Standard award — cumulative-distance pricing

Cathay Pacific oneworld

BOM–HKG–NRT totals ~4,488 flown miles — the 2,751–5,000 Standard band at 20,000, with no India type-2 premium above 2,750 miles. The cheapest published economy on the corridor, SBI-fed 1:1; Standard space is capped and dynamic "Choice" pricing takes over when it's gone.

Feed it: 40,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 20,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld partner award), or SriLankan Airlines via CMB, or Qatar Airways via DOH

Cathay PacificSriLankan AirlinesQatar Airways oneworld

Japan is AA's Asia Region 1 — 22,500 from the Indian Subcontinent on Cathay via Hong Kong, region-priced so the 4,488 flown miles cost nothing extra. 67,500 Bonvoy at 3:1 (see /transfers/to/american-aadvantage). Undercuts Maharaja's 30,000 if your points start in Bonvoy; Maharaja wins from a bank feed.

Feed it: 67,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 135,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 45,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Air India via Delhi (Star Alliance), Value tier — one award, BOM-DEL-HND; lands Tokyo-Haneda, not Narita — same city, different airport

Air India Star Alliance

The April-2026 chart prices India→East Asia at a flat 30,000 in economy — zone-based, so a BOM–DEL–HND connection on a single Air India award books at the same rate as Delhi's nonstop. Value-tier space needed on both legs; taxes unpublished. The East Asia business tier still isn't published route-level.

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.

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

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

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

MH flies BOM–KUL and KUL–NRT on its own metal — a long southern dog-leg — and Enrich prices awards off the cash fare, ~0.8–1.2¢ a point, no chart. No Indian bank feeds Enrich (IHG 5:1, Hilton 25:3 only). Printed for completeness on an all-1-stop corridor.

Estimate Malaysia Enrich is revenue-linked ~Rs0.80/pt; ~= typical one-way MH economy fare / Rs0.80 for ~4,216 mi; moves with the live fare. MH own-metal Value redemptions only.

Feed it: 194,445 Amex Membership Rewards (5.56:1 via Hilton Honors) · 437,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (12.5:1 via IHG One Rewards) · 175,000 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via IHG One Rewards)

ANA nonstop BOM–NRT — Vietnam Lotusmiles partner award

All Nippon Airways Star Alliance

ANA is named in the 11-zone table's own caption ("SkyTeam, China Southern Airlines (CZ) và All Nippon Airways (NH)"), so it prices on the MAIN chart — one segment, one cell: Southwest Asia × Northeast Asia 2, 30,000 economy one-way. Unlike Delhi, Mumbai's ANA nonstop really is Narita (NH829/830), so no airport caveat applies. The SkyTeam alternative is Vietnam Airlines BOM–SGN–NRT at 100,000 (50,000 + 50,000) — the nonstop is worth 70,000 miles here.

Feed it: 30,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 30,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 30,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Vietnam Airlines via SGN

Vietnam Airlines SkyTeam

Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. Air France/KLM pass carrier (YQ) surcharges on own metal — typically €90–110 economy / €200–300 business one-way long-haul; intra-region SkyTeam ~€15–40. Typical one-way economy runs 25k–45k; award space and travel date drive the real number. Mirrored from nrt-bom: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 30,000 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 nrt-bom — Air France-KLM Flying Blue prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the nrt-bom economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Dynamic program — estimate is a distance-band estimate (this region-pair is not separately anchored) (range 25k–45k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.

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

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Japan — 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)

Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld partner award), India→Japan — Alaska Atmos

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Cathay Pacific via HKG, ~4,496 flown miles against a 4,217-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 3,001-5,000 mi band — 30,000 economy / 60,000 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: 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→Japan — 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: 96,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 192,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 64,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Japan — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~32,500 is a typical Saver partner level to Japan. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.

Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→Japan 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→Japan — 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)

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

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central/South Asia" zone; one-way = half round-trip). EVA own metal via Taipei covers Japan/N-Asia/SE-Asia/US/Europe; Gulf/Africa/Oceania are partner-metal only. India→US business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing).

Feed it: 40,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 266,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,000,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

Air India via Delhi (Star Alliance partner award) — lands Tokyo-Haneda, not Narita: same city, different airport

Air India 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. Mirrored from nrt-bom: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 40,000 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 nrt-bom — Air Canada Aeroplan prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the nrt-bom economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

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

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

Star Alliance

TAP's 4 May 2026 chart repriced India — which sits in its "Asia" origin zone — and intra-Asia went from 40k/60k to 50k/70k one-way, still flat regardless of distance (fine to Tokyo, poor to Colombo). The Gulf was carved out into a Middle East zone of its own at 60k/80k, so Bangkok now undercuts Dubai. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal; steer via Turkish, EgyptAir or Ethiopian to dodge the YQ.

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)

Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld) via JAL partner chart

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Ex-Mumbai the Cathay routing crosses 4,000 flown miles, so JMB's partner chart jumps a band: 37,000 one-way economy versus Delhi's 23,000-band pricing to Hong Kong. 17,000 over Asia Miles for the same seats — ex-BOM, JMB loses its usual consolation-prize status in economy.

Feed it: 18,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 37,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 92,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

Mumbai shares Zone 6 with Delhi, Tokyo sits in Zone 7 — so the through-award prices exactly like DEL: 42,000 Saver for two SQ economy legs via Changi. 15,000 over Asia Miles' Hong Kong routing; the draw is the four Indian issuers that mint KrisFlyer without hotel gymnastics. Re-read off the official SQ 1-Nov-2025 chart PDF on 2026-08-02: the Zone 6 → Zone 7 economy cell prints 42*, and the footnote drops the reference fare for routes "exceeding the maximum permitted mileage between two zones". Every award routes via SIN (no India–Japan/Korea nonstop), which backtracks and may recalculate higher — this is the published reference fare and a floor.

Feed it: 42,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 21,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 84,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

All Nippon Airways own metal from NRT, region award

All Nippon Airways Star Alliance

All Nippon Airways own-metal Mumbai→Tokyo. Figures are ANA's own published zone chart for ANA-operated flights, REGULAR season, halved from ANA's round-trip chart to a one-way equivalent (ANA still publishes round-trip; one-way is sold at exactly half). Low season runs roughly 8-12% cheaper and high season 5-10% dearer. ANA passes full carrier-imposed fuel surcharges on its own awards - heaviest on Europe and North America, lighter within Asia - so budget cash on top. First is listed only on the flagship 777-300ER 'The Suite' routes (London, Frankfurt, New York); ANA's chart prices First in other zones, but the metal on those routes has no First cabin. A valid All Nippon Airways routing is assumed.

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 metal (SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→Japan — Air China PhoenixMiles

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (India→Beijing, resumed Apr-2026) plus Star partners. North Asia is its only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges (why the currency sits at ₹0.90). India-origin levels are not published, so all values are estimated off trans-Pacific anchors. One-way (current PhoenixMiles).

Estimate 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: 50,000 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 105,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.63:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 210,000 RBL Reward Points (5.25:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Cathay Pacific business via HKG (oneworld partner award), or SriLankan Airlines via CMB, or Qatar Airways via DOH

Cathay PacificSriLankan AirlinesQatar Airways oneworld

The corridor's cheapest published flat bed: 40,000 AA miles for two Cathay business sectors, because AA prices Indian Subcontinent → Asia Region 1 flat while every distance chart climbs a band ex-BOM. 120,000 Bonvoy at 3:1 — chain-funded only, but 20,000 under Asia Miles and JMB on identical metal.

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, India→Japan — 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: 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)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Japan — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~55,000 is a typical Saver partner level to Japan. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.

Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→Japan 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: 27,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 137,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.18:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

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

Star Alliance

TAP's 4 May 2026 chart repriced India — which sits in its "Asia" origin zone — and intra-Asia went from 40k/60k to 50k/70k one-way, still flat regardless of distance (fine to Tokyo, poor to Colombo). The Gulf was carved out into a Middle East zone of its own at 60k/80k, so Bangkok now undercuts Dubai. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal; steer via Turkish, EgyptAir or Ethiopian to dodge the YQ.

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)

Cathay Pacific business via HKG (oneworld), Standard award — cumulative-distance pricing

Cathay Pacific oneworld

60,000 Standard for two Cathay business legs — level with KrisFlyer's Changi detour and JMB's partner band, 20,000 over AA's region price for the same seats. SBI 1:1 makes it the best bank-fed route to a flat bed here; HDFC and Amex haircut to 2:1.

Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 60,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 300,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Japan — 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: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

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

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central/South Asia" zone; one-way = half round-trip). EVA own metal via Taipei covers Japan/N-Asia/SE-Asia/US/Europe; Gulf/Africa/Oceania are partner-metal only. India→US business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing).

Feed it: 60,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 400,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,500,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld partner award), India→Japan — Alaska Atmos

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Cathay Pacific via HKG, ~4,496 flown miles against a 4,217-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 3,001-5,000 mi band — 30,000 economy / 60,000 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: 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)

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Japan — 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: 165,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.54:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 330,000 RBL Reward Points (5.08:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 110,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.69:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Cathay Pacific business via HKG (oneworld) via JAL partner chart

Cathay Pacific oneworld

60,000 one-way business in the 4,001–6,000 partner band — level with Asia Miles, direct-fed at HSBC 1:1, one-ways allowed. JAL's own 40,000 Delhi rate doesn't exist here: JL flies no Mumbai, and its own-metal chart prices Japan departures only. AA's 40,000 is the number to beat; this is the bank-fed runner-up.

Feed it: 30,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 60,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 150,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

Air India via Delhi (Star Alliance partner award) — lands Tokyo-Haneda, not Narita: same city, different airport

Air India Star Alliance

BOM–DEL–HND flies ~4,350 miles — inside the June-2026 chart's 2,501–5,000 Atlantic–Pacific band at 75,000 business, Air India metal end to end. Nearly double AA's 40,000 on Cathay; exists because Aeroplan takes SBI at 1:1 and Atlas at 1:2 without a hotel hop. A fallback, not a plan.

Feed it: 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 75,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 187,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Vietnam Airlines via SGN

Vietnam Airlines SkyTeam

Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. Air France/KLM pass carrier (YQ) surcharges on own metal — typically €90–110 economy / €200–300 business one-way long-haul; intra-region SkyTeam ~€15–40. Typical one-way business runs 57k–95k; award space and travel date drive the real number. Mirrored from nrt-bom: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 75,000 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 nrt-bom — Air France-KLM Flying Blue prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the nrt-bom business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Dynamic program — estimate is a distance-band estimate (this region-pair is not separately anchored) (range 57k–95k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Feed it: 75,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 75,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

Zone 6→7 Saver, same as ex-Delhi: 88,000 miles for SQ business both legs through Changi — the longest but best-reviewed way to a flat bed on this corridor, and the easiest to fund from Indian cards. AA's 40,000 on Cathay is cheaper if Bonvoy is your feeder. ASTERISKED — the cell prints 88* and the footnote excludes routes "exceeding the maximum permitted mileage between two zones" from the reference fare, which an India–SIN–Japan dogleg can trip. Re-read off the official SQ 1-Nov-2025 chart PDF 2026-08-02 (Zone 6→7). Every award routes via SIN (no India–Japan/Korea nonstop), which backtracks and may recalculate higher — this is the published reference fare and a floor.

Feed it: 88,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 44,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 176,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

ANA nonstop BOM–NRT — Vietnam Lotusmiles partner award

All Nippon Airways Star Alliance

One segment, one cell: Southwest Asia × Northeast Asia 2, 100,000 business one-way — the chart's anomalous Japan/Korea column, dearer than the 80,000 to Hong Kong and the 70,000 to Europe. Still less than half the Vietnam Airlines BOM–SGN–NRT sum (80,000 + 110,000 = 190,000), because per-segment pricing punishes the connection. Mumbai's ANA nonstop is genuinely Narita (NH829/830). ANA's own chart wants 30,000 for the same seat — price this one, book that one.

Feed it: 100,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 100,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 100,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld partner award), or SriLankan Airlines via CMB, or Qatar Airways via DOH

Cathay PacificSriLankan AirlinesQatar Airways oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed. That region-to-region cell is the PAIR, not the direction: every Indian-Subcontinent cell reads identically from either origin chart, so this heading has one published number.

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)

Air India via Delhi (Star Alliance partner award) — lands Tokyo-Haneda, not Narita: same city, different airport

Air India 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. Mirrored from nrt-bom: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 95,000 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 nrt-bom — Air Canada Aeroplan prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the nrt-bom first cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 47,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 95,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 237,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)