Economy the play 23,000 pts Singapore Airlines via SIN (Star partner) — one-way (½ of 46k RT)
Singapore Airlines Star Alliance
ANA's Zone 4 ↔ Zone 10 chart puts New Zealand in the SAME Oceania zone as Australia — 46,000 economy round-trip, ~23,000 one-way since 24-Jun-2025, on SQ via Singapore. The zone chart ignores Auckland's extra distance entirely. Marriott Bonvoy on-ramp; single-source figure.
Feed it: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.61:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (5.22:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.74:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal, India→Oceania — 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 (CA own via PEK + SQ — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→Oceania — Air China PhoenixMiles
Air ChinaSingapore Airlines 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)
SkyTeam metal (KE), India→Oceania — SAS EuroBonus
Korean Air SkyTeam
SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal. Ex-India sweet spot: intra-"CESA" business to North Asia/Japan at ~30k. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Air Europa/China Airlines/Vietnam Airlines (UX/CI/VN) metal. One-way = 60% of round-trip.
Feed it: 294,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 294,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 735,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)
Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld), Standard award
Cathay Pacific oneworld
DEL–HKG–AKL is ~8,026 combined miles — over Cathay's 7,500-mile line, so it jumps to the 7,501+ Standard band: 38,000 one-way on CX metal via Hong Kong (vs 27,000 to Sydney). Distance finally bites where KrisFlyer's zone chart doesn't. Cathay serves HKG–AKL; surcharge-clean, Standard space permitting.
Feed it: 76,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 38,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 198,000 RBL Reward Points (5.21:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal, India→Oceania — United MileagePlus
Star Alliance
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~40,000 is a typical Saver partner level to Oceania. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.
Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→Oceania 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)
Star Alliance partner metal, India→Oceania — 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: 105,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.63:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 210,000 RBL Reward Points (5.25:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 70,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.75:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
SkyTeam metal (MU own + KE), India→Oceania — China Eastern Eastern Miles
Korean AirChina Eastern SkyTeam
China Eastern prices its own metal (India→Shanghai/Kunming 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.
Estimate 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: 320,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,200,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 240,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)
Malaysia Airlines via KUL (oneworld partner award), India→Oceania — Alaska Atmos
Malaysia AirlinesCathay PacificKorean Air
Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Malaysia Airlines via KUL, ~7,816 flown miles against a 7,768-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 7,001-10,000 mi band — 42,500 economy / 85,000 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: 112,500 Amex Membership Rewards (2.65:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 225,000 RBL Reward Points (5.29:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 75,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.76:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
oneworld via SIN/HKG + Qantas (partner award, 2 stops), or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH
QantasMalaysia AirlinesQatar Airways oneworld
42,500 AA miles Indian Subcontinent → South Pacific (New Zealand prices in the same region) — 127,500 Bonvoy at 3:1 (see /transfers/to/american-aadvantage). No India-NZ nonstop; two stops via a oneworld Asian hub then Qantas/onward.
Feed it: 127,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 255,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 85,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal, India→Oceania — 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: 135,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 270,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver
Singapore Airlines Star Alliance
Auckland shares KrisFlyer Zone 9 with Australia (milelion, 1-Nov-2025), so the India→Zone 9 through-award is the same flat 42,000 Saver as Sydney — on SQ metal DEL–SIN–AKL, one award through Changi. The cheapest seat to New Zealand on points from India, full stop. Issuers feed KrisFlyer 1:1. Corrected 2026-07-22 to the official SQ 1-Nov-2025 chart — Zone 6→9 (Australia ex-Perth/Darwin & NZ) Saver.
Feed it: 42,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 21,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 84,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)
China Southern own metal via Guangzhou (CAN) — the Delhi nonstop resumes 21 September 2026, India→Oceania — Sky Pearl (no partners)
China Southern
China Southern left SkyTeam in 2020, so Sky Pearl books CZ metal ONLY, and Delhi is its only Indian station: the Guangzhou nonstop resumes 21 September 2026 (CZ359/360 daily) after a six-year gap. The onward leg then backtracks through CAN and prices on summed distance (rarely optimal vs an alliance carrier).
Feed it: 162,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.53:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 324,000 RBL Reward Points (5.06:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 108,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.69:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance metal (SQ — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→Oceania — EVA Infinity MileageLands
Singapore Airlines 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: 51,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 340,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,275,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
Cathay Pacific via HKG (DEL–HKG–AKL, oneworld partner distance)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
DEL–HKG–AKL on Cathay (~8,024 mi) just crosses into JMB's 8,001–10,000 band at 47,000 economy — 2,000 over the Australia price, the distance ticking up. One-ways are bookable and price off the same chart at the one-way distance; a return re-bands on the ~16,050 combined miles at 70,000. Bonvoy on-ramp.
Feed it: 23,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 47,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 117,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Cathay Pacific via HKG (DEL–HKG–AKL, oneworld) — BA per-segment
Cathay Pacific oneworld
All-Cathay per segment on BA's Cathay/China Southern table (post-15-Dec-2025): DEL–HKG 2,328 mi Z4 17,500 + HKG–AKL 5,698 mi Z7 34,500. 8,026 flown vs 7,768 direct (1.03×). Asia Miles books the same CX seat for 38,000 — BA's elevated Cathay chart plus surcharges make this a completeness row, not a buy.
Feed it: 52,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 104,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 52,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via ICN, or China Eastern via PVG
Korean AirChina Eastern SkyTeam
Mirrored from akl-del: same chart cell, opposite direction – the read that follows was written for the AKL→DEL leg. 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 45k–75k; award space and travel date drive the real number.
Estimate Reverse of akl-del – Air France-KLM Flying Blue publishes no fixed price in either direction, so this mirrors that row's estimate on the same zone pair. Basis there: Dynamic program — estimate is a distance-band estimate (this region-pair is not separately anchored) (range 45k–75k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Feed it: 55,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 27,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 55,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Star Alliance partner metal, India→Oceania — TAP Miles&Go
Star Alliance
TAP's 4 May 2026 devaluation lifted India→Oceania from 60k/105k to 70k/115k one-way. Route it through Singapore or Bangkok and the trip stays inside two TAP zones; a connection through Europe or the Gulf adds a third region, and TAP then bills segment by segment and sums — far dearer. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal.
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 via HKG (oneworld) — Partner Classic Reward
Cathay Pacific oneworld
The ~8,026-mile CX journey via Hong Kong lands in Qantas' Partner Zone 8 (7,001–8,400 mi) at 57,800 — 19,800 over the same Cathay seat on Asia Miles. No Indian card feeds Qantas; Accor 4:5 is the least-bad on-ramp. Listed for completeness on a corridor KrisFlyer already owns.
Feed it: 46,240 HSBC Reward Points (1:1.25 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 28,900 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 57,800 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
Singapore Airlines via SIN — Velocity Reward Seat
Singapore Airlines Star Alliance
DEL–SIN–AKL (~7,808 mi) prices at 56,000 on Velocity's 7,001–8,500 band, plus ~₹6,900 SQ carrier charges — 21,000 over KrisFlyer's flat-zone 42,000 for the very same SQ routing. That gap is the difference between a zone chart and a distance chart on a long corridor. Cheapest via KrisFlyer→Velocity 1.55:1, but Indian eligibility is unsettled — unconfirmed.
Feed it: 56,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 138,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.46:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 276,000 RBL Reward Points (4.93:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Korean Air via ICN (DEL–ICN–AKL) — Vietnam LotusMiles
Korean Air SkyTeam
LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies DEL–AKL nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is Korean Air DEL–ICN–AKL — per-segment: DEL–ICN 30,000 (SW Asia × NE Asia 2) + ICN–AKL 45,000 (NE Asia 2 × SW Pacific) = 75,000. India is SW Asia on that table; LotusMiles' own SGN/HAN metal runs off a separate chart (25k/60k one-way). One-way.
Feed it: 75,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 75,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 75,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (12,501 km) — via SIN, or Air China via PEK
Singapore AirlinesAir China Star Alliance
DIRECTION-BLIND BY CONSTRUCTION: Aeroplan bands the DISTANCE FLOWN, so DEL–AKL and AKL–DEL read the SAME chart cell — there is no direction in the chart to get wrong. Re-read against Air Canada's published Flight Reward Chart (2026-04 edition) on 2026-08-05 and promoted from mirrored estimate to a verified chart price.
Feed it: 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 75,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 187,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Business the play 43,500 pts Singapore Airlines via SIN (Star partner) — one-way (½ of 87k RT)
Singapore Airlines Star Alliance
43,500 one-way (half 87,000 RT Zone 4↔Zone 10) for SQ business to Auckland — same as Sydney, because ANA zones NZ with Australia. On paper the cheapest way to New Zealand on points, 28,500 under KrisFlyer — but ~104,400 Marriott Bonvoy to fund. The chart-cheap / hard-to-mint asterisk.
Feed it: 115,500 Amex Membership Rewards (2.66:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 231,000 RBL Reward Points (5.31:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 77,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.77:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal, India→Oceania — 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: 135,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.45:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 270,000 RBL Reward Points (4.91:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.64:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal, India→Oceania — 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: 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)
Business ~70,000 pts est. Star Alliance metal (CA own via PEK + SQ — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→Oceania — Air China PhoenixMiles
Air ChinaSingapore Airlines 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: 87,500 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.57:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (5.14:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
SkyTeam metal (KE), India→Oceania — SAS EuroBonus
Korean Air SkyTeam
SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal. Ex-India sweet spot: intra-"CESA" business to North Asia/Japan at ~30k. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Air Europa/China Airlines/Vietnam Airlines (UX/CI/VN) metal. One-way = 60% of round-trip.
Feed it: 588,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 588,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 1,470,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)
Business ~90,000 pts est. SkyTeam metal (MU own + KE), India→Oceania — China Eastern Eastern Miles
Korean AirChina Eastern SkyTeam
China Eastern prices its own metal (India→Shanghai/Kunming 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.
Estimate 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: 600,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 2,250,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 450,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)
Star Alliance metal (SQ — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→Oceania — EVA Infinity MileageLands
Singapore Airlines 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: 77,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 513,334 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,925,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
Business ~80,000 pts est. Star Alliance partner metal, India→Oceania — United MileagePlus
Star Alliance
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~80,000 is a typical Saver partner level to Oceania. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.
Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→Oceania 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: 40,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 200,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.25:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
Qantas business via SIN/HKG + onward (partner award, 2 stops), or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH
QantasMalaysia AirlinesQatar Airways oneworld
80,000 AA miles business to Auckland — 240,000 Bonvoy at 3:1 (see /transfers/to/american-aadvantage). A long two-stop haul; the fixed region price beside the corridor's Asia Miles and Qantas rows.
Feed it: 240,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 480,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 160,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Business ~82,000 pts est. Star Alliance partner metal, India→Oceania — 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: 246,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 492,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 164,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
China Southern own metal via Guangzhou (CAN) — the Delhi nonstop resumes 21 September 2026, India→Oceania — Sky Pearl (no partners)
China Southern
China Southern left SkyTeam in 2020, so Sky Pearl books CZ metal ONLY, and Delhi is its only Indian station: the Guangzhou nonstop resumes 21 September 2026 (CZ359/360 daily) after a six-year gap. The onward leg then backtracks through CAN and prices on summed distance (rarely optimal vs an alliance carrier).
Feed it: 270,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.45:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 540,000 RBL Reward Points (4.91:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.64:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Malaysia Airlines via KUL (oneworld partner award), India→Oceania — Alaska Atmos
Malaysia AirlinesCathay PacificKorean Air
Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Malaysia Airlines via KUL, ~7,816 flown miles against a 7,768-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 7,001-10,000 mi band — 42,500 economy / 85,000 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: 210,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.47:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 420,000 RBL Reward Points (4.94:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 140,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.65:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Business ~85,000 pts est. Korean Air via ICN (DEL–ICN–AKL, SkyTeam) — region chart, cell unconfirmed
Korean Air SkyTeam
Korean Air flies DEL–ICN–AKL on its own metal (Auckland shares Korean's Oceania band with Sydney), but the Southwest-Asia→Oceania single-award cell couldn't be captured — components sum to ~107,500 Prestige one-way off-peak as an UPPER bound, a through-award usually less. No Seoul stopover (24h transfer). Korean's Auckland route runs seasonally; verify schedule and the SKYPASS calculator.
Estimate Same SKYPASS Oceania zone as Sydney (Australia + NZ share one zone); off-peak business, interpolated 62,500<->97,500. Note KE does not currently operate ICN-AKL, so this is the zone price, not a live routing.
Feed it: 170,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 340,000 HDFC Reward Points (4:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 850,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (10:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Star Alliance partner metal, India→Oceania — TAP Miles&Go
Star Alliance
TAP's 4 May 2026 devaluation lifted India→Oceania from 60k/105k to 70k/115k one-way. Route it through Singapore or Bangkok and the trip stays inside two TAP zones; a connection through Europe or the Gulf adds a third region, and TAP then bills segment by segment and sums — far dearer. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal.
Feed it: 285,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.48:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 570,000 RBL Reward Points (4.96:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 190,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.65:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Cathay Pacific via HKG (DEL–HKG–AKL, oneworld partner distance)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
85,000 for Cathay business to Auckland via Hong Kong (8,001–10,000-mile band) — 34,000 under Asia Miles' 119,000 for the same seat, and the cheapest oneworld business to New Zealand here after ANA. One-ways are bookable and price off the same chart at the one-way distance; a return re-bands on the combined distance at 130,000, not 2×85,000.
Feed it: 42,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 85,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 212,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver
Singapore Airlines Star Alliance
100,000 Saver for SQ business both legs to Auckland via Singapore — same Zone 9 price as Sydney despite ~1,000 more miles, which is the whole magic of a zone chart on the longest corridor here. SQ flies SIN–AKL nonstop; the free Singapore stopover is bookable. Uncontested crown. Corrected 2026-07-22 to the official SQ 1-Nov-2025 chart — Zone 6→9 (Australia ex-Perth/Darwin & NZ) Saver.
Feed it: 100,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 50,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 200,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)
Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld), Standard award
Cathay Pacific oneworld
119,000 for the ~8,026-mile Cathay journey via HKG (7,501+ band) — 28,000 more than to Sydney, and the price of routing New Zealand through Hong Kong instead of Singapore. Still 24,000 under the same seat via Qantas (143,000), but 47,000 over KrisFlyer's SQ business. The Hong Kong tax on distance.
Feed it: 238,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 119,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 594,000 RBL Reward Points (4.99:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air India + Singapore Airlines via Singapore (Star Alliance partner award)
Air IndiaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance
No India–New Zealand nonstop; Aeroplan routes DEL–SIN–AKL on Air India + Singapore Airlines — 2,571 + 5,285 ≈ 7,856 flown miles, past the 7,000-mile line into the top 7,001+ Atlantic–Pacific band. CardExpert names this exact trip — "DEL–AKL via Asia" — at 130,000 business after June 2026's 18% hike. Fixed,; chain-funded HDFC 2:1 / Bonvoy 3:1, the only sane points path to Auckland from India.
Feed it: 65,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 130,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 325,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Singapore Airlines via SIN — Velocity Reward Seat
Singapore Airlines Star Alliance
119,500 for SQ business via Singapore (7,001–8,500 band), ~₹20,700 carrier charges — on the SAME SQ metal KrisFlyer books for 100,000. Velocity's distance chart erases the zone-chart bargain entirely, and the account may be closed to Indians besides. The clearest single proof on the site that the loyalty wrapper, not the seat, is what you're really pricing.
Feed it: 119,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 298,500 Amex Membership Rewards (2.5:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 597,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld) — Partner Classic Reward
Cathay Pacific oneworld
143,000 for Cathay business via HKG (Partner Zone 8) — the dearest way to New Zealand on this board, 24,000 over Asia Miles on the identical metal and 71,000 over KrisFlyer. Then fund it: ~114,400 Accor points at 4:5, because Qantas has no Indian card partner. The hub trap at maximum distance.
Feed it: 114,400 HSBC Reward Points (1:1.25 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 71,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 143,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
Business ~159,000 pts est. Emirates via DXB (DEL–DXB–AKL) — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced
Emirates
Emirates flies DEL–DXB–AKL (one of the world's longest routings), calculator-priced with no chart, May-2026 premium +~15%, heavy surcharges. DEL→AKL business cash is thinly published; weigh calculator miles carefully — a big westward detour to the bottom of the world.
Estimate Emirates Skywards one-way Saver estimate, re-marked 01-Aug-2026 to the official miles-calculator pull of 25-Jul-2026 (post the 20-May-2026 devaluation, premium cabins +~15%; connecting corridors summed per leg); dynamic - no published chart, Saver space thin, Flex/Flex Plus price well above.
Feed it: 318,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 774,000 RBL Reward Points (4.87:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 318,000 SBI Travel Credits (2:1)
Business ~145,000 pts est. SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via ICN, or China Eastern via PVG
Korean AirChina Eastern SkyTeam
Mirrored from akl-del: same chart cell, opposite direction – the read that follows was written for the AKL→DEL leg. 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 120k–175k; award space and travel date drive the real number.
Estimate Reverse of akl-del – Air France-KLM Flying Blue publishes no fixed price in either direction, so this mirrors that row's estimate on the same zone pair. Basis there: Dynamic program — estimate is a distance-band estimate (this region-pair is not separately anchored) (range 120k–175k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Feed it: 145,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 72,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 145,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Cathay Pacific via HKG (DEL–HKG–AKL, oneworld) — BA per-segment
Cathay Pacific oneworld
Per segment on BA's Cathay table: DEL–HKG Z4 51,500 + HKG–AKL Z7 102,500 — the dearest way to New Zealand on the board, above Qantas' 143,000 and 54,000 over KrisFlyer's 100,000 on the same Cathay seat Asia Miles prices at 119,000. Completeness.
Feed it: 154,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 308,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 154,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
China Eastern via PVG (DEL–PVG–AKL) — Vietnam LotusMiles
China Eastern SkyTeam
LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies DEL–AKL nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is China Eastern DEL–PVG–AKL — per-segment: DEL–PVG 80,000 (SW Asia × NE Asia 1) + PVG–AKL 150,000 (NE Asia 1 × SW Pacific) = 230,000. India is SW Asia on that table; LotusMiles' own SGN/HAN metal runs off a separate chart (25k/60k one-way). One-way.
Feed it: 230,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 230,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 230,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
First the play 100,000 pts oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via KUL, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH
Qatar AirwaysMalaysia AirlinesCathay Pacific oneworld
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. AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 300,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 600,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 200,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (12,501 km) — via SIN, or Air China via PEK
Singapore AirlinesAir China Star Alliance
DIRECTION-BLIND BY CONSTRUCTION: Aeroplan bands the DISTANCE FLOWN, so DEL–AKL and AKL–DEL read the SAME chart cell — there is no direction in the chart to get wrong. Re-read against Air Canada's published Flight Reward Chart (2026-04 edition) on 2026-08-05 and promoted from mirrored estimate to a verified chart price.
Feed it: 75,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 150,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 375,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)