Award flight · one-way
Delhi → Hong Kong on points: 43 options, the board now symmetric with Hong Kong → Delhi. Award charts price the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so every program that prices the reverse heading is mirrored here — a mirror still flagged as an estimate never takes the crown. The cheapest verified business seat on the board is 30,000 via SAS EuroBonus, and economy starts at 13,000. 27 rows are first-hand chart reads.
The play · economy
Which card mints this?
+7 more ways in — the full funnel, ratios and ₹/mile side by side →
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| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathay Asia Miles the play | Cathay Pacific nonstop (oneworld), Standard award | 13,000 | — | ₹13,000 | the play |
| SAS EuroBonus | SkyTeam metal (KE), India→North Asia — SAS EuroBonus | 15,000 | — | ₹13,500 | 1.0× |
| Malaysia Airlines Enrich | Malaysia Airlines via KUL (one stop) — revenue-based Enrich pricing | ~18,750 est. | — | ₹15,000 | 1.2× |
| Air China PhoenixMiles | Star Alliance metal (CA own via PEK + SQ/TG — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→North Asia — Air China PhoenixMiles | ~17,000 est. | — | ₹15,300 | 1.2× |
| IndiGo BluChip | IndiGo nonstop — BluChip, dynamic (revenue-priced) | ~32,000 est. | — | ₹16,000 | 1.2× |
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India nonstop DEL–HKG (Star Alliance), Value tier — flying again since 1-Aug-2026 (AI314/AI315), 19x weekly as of Aug-2026 | ~30,000 est. | — | ₹24,000 | 1.8× |
| United MileagePlus | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — United MileagePlus | ~25,000 est. | — | ₹25,000 | 1.9× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Air India nonstop (Star Alliance fixed-price partner) — 2,328 flown mi, ≤2,500-mi band; AI's DEL–HKG is flying again, 19x weekly as of Aug-2026 | 25,000 | — | ₹25,000 | 1.9× |
| Air France-KLM Flying Blue | SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Korean Air via ICN, or China Eastern via PVG, or Vietnam Airlines via SGN | ~25,000 est. | — | ₹25,000 | 1.9× |
| Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards | Cathay Pacific nonstop DEL-HKG (oneworld partner award), India→North Asia — Alaska Atmos | 25,000 | — | ₹25,000 | 1.9× |
| American Airlines AAdvantage | Cathay Pacific nonstop (oneworld partner award) | 25,000 | — | ₹25,000 | 1.9× |
| Japan Airlines Mileage Bank | Cathay Pacific nonstop (oneworld) via JAL partner chart | 23,000 | — | ₹25,300 | 1.9× |
| China Eastern Miles | SkyTeam metal (MU own + KE/VN), India→North Asia — China Eastern Eastern Miles | ~30,000 est. | — | ₹25,500 | 2.0× |
| Air Europa SUMA | SkyTeam partner metal (KE/VN), India→North Asia — Air Europa SUMA | 32,000 | — | ₹25,600 | 2.0× |
| Avianca LifeMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — Avianca LifeMiles | ~27,000 est. | — | ₹27,000 | 2.1× |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver | 25,000 | — | ₹27,500 | 2.1× |
| EVA Air Infinity MileageLands | Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→North Asia — EVA Infinity MileageLands | 30,000 | — | ₹30,000 | 2.3× |
| Aegean Miles+Bonus | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — Aegean Miles+Bonus | 30,000 | — | ₹30,000 | 2.3× |
| Delta SkyMiles | SkyTeam partner metal (KE/VN/MU), India→North Asia — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) | ~32,000 est. | — | ₹32,000 | 2.5× |
| Copa Airlines ConnectMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) | 35,000 | — | ₹35,000 | 2.7× |
| TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — TAP Miles&Go | 50,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 3.1× |
| Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles | Korean Air via ICN (DEL–ICN–HKG) — Vietnam LotusMiles | 60,000 | — | ₹60,000 | 4.6× |
The play · business
Which card mints this?
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS EuroBonus the play | SkyTeam metal (KE), India→North Asia — SAS EuroBonus | 30,000 | — | ₹27,000 | the play |
| Air China PhoenixMiles | Star Alliance metal (CA own via PEK + SQ/TG — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→North Asia — Air China PhoenixMiles | ~30,000 est. | — | ₹27,000 | 1.0× |
| Cathay Asia Miles | Cathay Pacific nonstop (oneworld), Standard award | 33,000 | — | ₹33,000 | 1.2× |
| China Eastern Miles | SkyTeam metal (MU own + KE/VN), India→North Asia — China Eastern Eastern Miles | ~45,000 est. | — | ₹38,250 | 1.4× |
| American Airlines AAdvantage | Cathay Pacific business nonstop (oneworld partner award) | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 1.5× |
| United MileagePlus | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — United MileagePlus | ~45,000 est. | — | ₹45,000 | 1.7× |
| Aegean Miles+Bonus | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — Aegean Miles+Bonus | 45,000 | — | ₹45,000 | 1.7× |
| Japan Airlines Mileage Bank | Cathay Pacific nonstop (oneworld) via JAL partner chart | 42,000 | — | ₹46,200 | 1.7× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Air India nonstop (Star Alliance fixed-price partner) — 2,328 flown mi, ≤2,500-mi band; AI's DEL–HKG is flying again, 19x weekly as of Aug-2026 | 47,500 | — | ₹47,500 | 1.8× |
| EVA Air Infinity MileageLands | Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→North Asia — EVA Infinity MileageLands | 47,500 | — | ₹47,500 | 1.8× |
| Avianca LifeMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — Avianca LifeMiles | ~50,000 est. | — | ₹50,000 | 1.9× |
| Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards | Cathay Pacific nonstop DEL-HKG (oneworld partner award), India→North Asia — Alaska Atmos | 50,000 | — | ₹50,000 | 1.9× |
| Air Europa SUMA | SkyTeam partner metal (KE/VN), India→North Asia — Air Europa SUMA | 64,000 | — | ₹51,200 | 1.9× |
| Air France-KLM Flying Blue | SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Korean Air via ICN, or China Eastern via PVG, or Vietnam Airlines via SGN | ~55,000 est. | — | ₹55,000 | 2.0× |
| TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — TAP Miles&Go | 70,000 | — | ₹56,000 | 2.1× |
| Copa Airlines ConnectMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) | 60,000 | — | ₹60,000 | 2.2× |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver | 62,000 | — | ₹68,200 | 2.5× |
| Delta SkyMiles | SkyTeam partner metal (KE/VN/MU), India→North Asia — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) | ~85,000 est. | — | ₹85,000 | 3.1× |
| Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles | China Eastern via PVG (DEL–PVG–HKG) — Vietnam LotusMiles | 125,000 | — | ₹1,25,000 | 4.6× |
The play · first
Which card mints this?
+7 more ways in — the full funnel, ratios and ₹/mile side by side →
One of your cards is in those 7 — see it in the funnel →
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantage the play | Cathay Pacific nonstop (oneworld partner award) | 50,000 | — | ₹50,000 | the play |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Air India metal (Star Alliance partner award) — DEL–HKG is flying again, 19x weekly as of Aug-2026 | ~55,000 est. | — | ₹55,000 | 1.1× |
All-in ₹ = points × the program's house value (valuation index) + the sourced one-way surcharge; a dash means the carrier doesn't publish it and the ranking counts it ₹0 — the row's note carries the caveat. That surcharge is the airline's own cash charge on an award — YQ, as the notes below call it — and it is not the fuel-surcharge waiver your credit card advertises: that one hands back a hundred rupees or two at a petrol pump, this one runs to tens of thousands and decides whether the award is worth taking at all. “Dynamic” and estimated (~… est.) rows never compete for the play — the crown is always a verified, bookable price. Feed-ins come from the same transfer data as the optimizer, multi-hop chains included.
Chart-priced, not live seats. These prices are read off each programme’s published award chart and valued at our own house ₹/point. 37% of the 39,855 priced options on the board are stated estimates for programmes that publish no chart; they are marked ~ est. and never crowned the play. Nobody here can see whether a seat exists on your date — confirm the space with the programme before you transfer. Points that leave your issuer do not come back.
The cash on top of the miles. Cathay Asia Miles and Air France-KLM Flying Blue state that a carrier-imposed surcharge is charged on an award. Air India Maharaja Points, United MileagePlus, Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards, American Airlines AAdvantage, China Eastern Miles, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer and Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles make you liable for one if the operating airline levies it, without saying whether it does. Air Canada Aeroplan states it adds none on its own metal. Government taxes and airport charges are payable in every case. Almost no programme publishes the amount, so the desk carries each one’s policy in its own words — on its programme hub — rather than a number nobody published. 12 other programmes priced here publish nothing the desk could read.
Cathay Pacific oneworld
The reconstructed post-May-2026 table: 13,000 Standard in the 751–2,750-mile "type 2" band — the surcharge Cathay applies to any route touching India (type 1 pays 9,000). Charts are unpublished since May 2026; Standard space is capped per flight, and dynamic "Choice" pricing takes over when it's gone.
Feed it: 26,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 13,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 78,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
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: 105,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 105,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 262,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)
Malaysia Airlines oneworld
MH connects DEL–KUL–HKG on its own metal, but Enrich prices awards off the cash fare — ~0.8–1.2¢ a point, RM50-per-3,000 e-voucher floor, no chart, no Indian bank feed (IHG 5:1, Hilton 25:3). Against Cathay's 13,000-mile nonstop Standard this is strictly a balance-dump row.
Estimate Malaysia Enrich is revenue-linked ~Rs0.80/pt; ~= typical one-way MH economy fare / Rs0.80 for ~2,328 mi; moves with the live fare. MH own-metal Value redemptions only.
Feed it: 104,167 Amex Membership Rewards (5.56:1 via Hilton Honors) · 234,375 Axis EDGE Reward Points (12.5:1 via IHG One Rewards) · 93,750 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via IHG One Rewards)
Air ChinaSingapore 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: 21,250 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 51,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 102,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
IndiGo
IndiGo's Delhi–Hong Kong nonstop, priced off the live fare at ~₹0.40–0.80 per BluChip — no chart, no sweet spot, no planning. With Air India's Hong Kong service paused until Oct-2026, it's the only Indian carrier on the corridor; useful to burn an expiring balance on a fare you'd pay anyway.
Estimate IndiGo BluChip is revenue-linked ~Rs0.50/pt; ~= typical one-way IndiGo economy fare / Rs0.50 for ~2,328 mi - a rupee offset that moves 1:1 with the live fare. Own-metal only, no partners.
Feed it: 48,000 HSBC Reward Points (1.5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 160,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1) · 96,000 HDFC Reward Points (3:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Air India Star Alliance
Hong Kong is named on the April-2026 chart's flat 30,000-point East Asia tier — 2.3× Cathay's Standard rate for the same corridor. The East Asia business tier isn't published route-level; we list what we can verify.
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)
Star Alliance
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~25,000 is a typical Saver partner level to North Asia. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.
Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→North 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: 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 62,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
Air India Star Alliance
Air India flies DEL–HKG nonstop (data/airline-networks.yaml, verified 2026-08-02) and is a fixed-price partner, so the flown distance IS the 2,328-mile great circle and the ≤2,500-mile Atlantic–Pacific band applies — the only India–Hong Kong pair on the board that stays under the cliff. Bengaluru and Hyderabad have no Star nonstop and pay the band above. Matches hkg-del one-for-one. — a flat CA$39 partner booking fee plus taxes.
Feed it: 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 25,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 62,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Korean AirChina EasternVietnam 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 18k–40k; award space and travel date drive the real number.
Estimate Reverse of hkg-del — Air France-KLM Flying Blue's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The hkg-del row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (Air France-KLM Flying Blue publishes no fixed price for this pair).
Feed it: 25,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 25,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
Cathay Pacific flies DEL-HKG nonstop, ~2,328 miles, and Alaska Atmos bands partner awards by distance flown — 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)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
22,500 AA miles Indian Subcontinent → Asia Region 2 on Cathay's own nonstop — 75,000 Bonvoy at 3:1 (see /transfers/to/american-aadvantage). Asia Miles prices its own metal far cheaper (9,000-13,000 Standard); AA is the fixed-chart fallback.
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)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
The economy companion to the 42,000 business row already here: DEL–HKG's 2,328 miles sit in JMB's 2,001–4,000 partner band at 23,000 one-way on Cathay metal. 10,000 over Asia Miles' 13,000 Standard — the direct-fed (HSBC 1:1) fallback when your points can't reach Asia Miles, not the headline.
Feed it: 11,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 23,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 57,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Korean AirVietnam AirlinesChina 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: 200,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 750,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 150,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)
Korean AirVietnam Airlines SkyTeam
Air Europa SUMA prices SkyTeam partner metal off a five-band ONE-WAY distance chart: 0–600 mi 6k/12k · 601–1,250 12k/24k · 1,251–1,750 15k/30k · 1,751–3,500 32k/64k · over 3,500 48k/95k (economy/business). This corridor reads the 1,751–3,500 mi band. The 2020 chart that made India→Europe a 51k business steal is gone — the short Gulf hops are where SUMA is now cheap. Partner awards are SUMA call-centre only, paid entirely in Miles, and non-refundable.
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
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: 81,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 162,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 54,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
Singapore Airlines Star Alliance
Hong Kong is Zone 4, and — unlike the Thailand rows — the Zone 6 → Zone 4 cell carries NO asterisk: SQ prices the DEL-SIN-HKG routing at the fixed 25,000-mile Saver fare, MPM and all. That sits between Cathay's 13,000 Asia Miles nonstop and Air India's 30,000, but you fly it via Changi with a stop. Fed by more Indian issuers than Cathay; still a detour Cathay's nonstop makes you forget.
Feed it: 25,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)
Singapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance
EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central, South Asia"; one-way = half round-trip), and Hong Kong/Macau is its own zone priced BELOW China/North Asia: 60k economy / 95k business round-trip from India — 30k / 47.5k one-way. EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal.
Feed it: 30,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 200,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 750,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
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)
Korean AirVietnam AirlinesChina Eastern SkyTeam
Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~32,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level to North Asia; peak dates and 2026 partner hikes can swing business 1.5–3×. Kenya Airways (NBO) and Korean (ICN) are the strongest ex-India SkyTeam value.
Estimate Delta SkyMiles is fully dynamic (no chart since 2015); ~32,000/85,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→North Asia on AF/KLM/KE/VN/MU metal — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.
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 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Star Alliance
Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off its FIXED region chart, and its regions PDF files Hong Kong under "South Asia" with Singapore and Bangkok, not North Asia — economy prices at the Central Asia↔South Asia 35k cell (business is 60k either way). 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
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)
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–HKG nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is Korean Air DEL–ICN–HKG — per-segment: DEL–ICN 30,000 (SW Asia × NE Asia 2) + ICN–HKG 30,000 (NE Asia 2 × NE Asia 1) = 60,000. 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: 60,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 60,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 60,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
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: 210,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 210,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 525,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)
Air ChinaSingapore 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: 37,500 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 75,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.5:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
33,000 Standard one-way to CX's own hub (type-2 band; type 1 pays 27,000) — the best rate on this corridor even after the 1-May-2026 devaluation and the India premium. SBI's 1:1 makes this a ₹33,000-equivalent flat bed; book the moment Standard space opens.
Feed it: 66,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 33,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 168,000 RBL Reward Points (5.09:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Korean AirVietnam AirlinesChina 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: 300,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,125,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 225,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
40,000 AA miles for Cathay business nonstop DEL-HKG — 120,000 Bonvoy at 3:1 (see /transfers/to/american-aadvantage). Dearer than Asia Miles' 27,000 Standard on the same jet; hold this only if AAdvantage is where your Bonvoy already points.
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
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~45,000 is a typical Saver partner level to North Asia. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.
Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→North 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: 22,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 112,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 105,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.33:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
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)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
The direct-fed detour around Asia Miles, matching the bom-hkg/blr-hkg rows: JMB's partner chart prices DEL-HKG (2,328 mi) in its 2,001-4,000 band — 42,000 one-way business (23,000 economy) on the same Cathay metal. 9,000-15,000 over Asia Miles Standard, but HSBC feeds JMB 1:1 instantly and one-ways are allowed. For existing JMB balances, not new ones.
Feed it: 21,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 42,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 105,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Air India Star Alliance
Air India flies DEL–HKG nonstop (data/airline-networks.yaml, verified 2026-08-02) and is a fixed-price partner, so the flown distance IS the 2,328-mile great circle and the ≤2,500-mile Atlantic–Pacific band applies — the only India–Hong Kong pair on the board that stays under the cliff. Bengaluru and Hyderabad have no Star nonstop and pay the band above. Matches hkg-del one-for-one. — a flat CA$39 partner booking fee plus taxes.
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 AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance
EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central, South Asia"; one-way = half round-trip), and Hong Kong/Macau is its own zone priced BELOW China/North Asia: 60k economy / 95k business round-trip from India — 30k / 47.5k one-way. EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal.
Feed it: 47,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 316,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,187,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
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: 150,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 300,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 100,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
Cathay Pacific flies DEL-HKG nonstop, ~2,328 miles, and Alaska Atmos bands partner awards by distance flown — 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)
Korean AirVietnam Airlines SkyTeam
Air Europa SUMA prices SkyTeam partner metal off a five-band ONE-WAY distance chart: 0–600 mi 6k/12k · 601–1,250 12k/24k · 1,251–1,750 15k/30k · 1,751–3,500 32k/64k · over 3,500 48k/95k (economy/business). This corridor reads the 1,751–3,500 mi band. The 2020 chart that made India→Europe a 51k business steal is gone — the short Gulf hops are where SUMA is now cheap. Partner awards are SUMA call-centre only, paid entirely in Miles, and non-refundable.
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))
Korean AirChina EasternVietnam 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 45k–75k; award space and travel date drive the real number.
Estimate Reverse of hkg-del — Air France-KLM Flying Blue's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The hkg-del row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (Air France-KLM Flying Blue publishes no fixed price for this pair).
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
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)
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)
Singapore Airlines Star Alliance
62,000 Saver miles in business via Changi — a clean fixed Zone 6 → Zone 4 fare (no over-MPM asterisk), but nearly 2× Cathay's 33,000 Asia Miles on the nonstop. You'd only reach for it to spend a KrisFlyer balance; Cathay's own chart is the corridor's answer.
Feed it: 62,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 31,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 124,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)
Korean AirVietnam AirlinesChina Eastern SkyTeam
Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~32,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level to North Asia; peak dates and 2026 partner hikes can swing business 1.5–3×. Kenya Airways (NBO) and Korean (ICN) are the strongest ex-India SkyTeam value.
Estimate Delta SkyMiles is fully dynamic (no chart since 2015); ~32,000/85,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→North Asia on AF/KLM/KE/VN/MU metal — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.
Feed it: 255,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 510,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 170,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
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–HKG nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is China Eastern DEL–PVG–HKG — per-segment: DEL–PVG 80,000 (SW Asia × NE Asia 1) + PVG–HKG 45,000 (NE Asia 1 × NE Asia 1) = 125,000. 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: 125,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 125,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 125,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. First is the chart’s top cabin for this region pair, so the cell is easier to read than to book wherever no oneworld carrier flies a first cabin on the sector. 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 Star Alliance
Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN — only a CA$39 partner booking fee plus taxes. First is the published top cabin for this band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. Mirrored from hkg-del: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 55,000 is the hkg-del number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of hkg-del — Air Canada Aeroplan prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the hkg-del first cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.
Feed it: 27,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 55,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 137,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Flying back? Hong Kong to Delhi on points (HKG–DEL). Or take the whole region: every corridor we price into East Asia — 273 of them. Or pick any two hubs — 2,450 corridors priced.