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Doha to Tokyo on points

20,000 pts cheapest economy · Japan Airlines Mileage Bank DOH → NRT great-circle 8,298 km · 5,156 mi 4 programs priced as of

Doha → Tokyo on points: 11 options across the alliance backbones our cards can reach. Aeroplan books Star partner metal at a fixed 8,298 km distance band, AAdvantage prices the oneworld routing off its region chart, and Flying Blue covers SkyTeam dynamically. The verified charts crown THE PLAY; the dynamic row is shown as an honest estimate.

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Economy

The play · economy

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank

Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (8,298 km)

20,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹22,000 all-in at house ₹

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Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank the play Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (8,298 km) 20,000 — ₹22,000 the play
American Airlines AAdvantage oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or SriLankan Airlines via CMB 22,500 — ₹22,500 1.0×
Air France-KLM Flying Blue Etihad Airways via AUH (DOH–AUH–NRT), or Malaysia Airlines via KUL (DOH–KUL–NRT) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic) ~30,000 est. — ₹30,000 1.4×
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (8,298 km) 60,000 — ₹60,000 2.7×

Business

The play · business

American Airlines AAdvantage

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

40,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹40,000 all-in at house ₹

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Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
American Airlines AAdvantage the play oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or SriLankan Airlines via CMB 40,000 — ₹40,000 the play
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (8,298 km) 50,000 — ₹55,000 1.4×
Air France-KLM Flying Blue Etihad Airways via AUH (DOH–AUH–NRT), or Malaysia Airlines via KUL (DOH–KUL–NRT) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic) ~75,000 est. — ₹75,000 1.9×
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (8,298 km) 92,500 — ₹92,500 2.3×

First

The play · first

American Airlines AAdvantage

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

50,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹50,000 all-in at house ₹

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Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
American Airlines AAdvantage the play oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or SriLankan Airlines via CMB 50,000 — ₹50,000 the play
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (8,298 km) 80,000 — ₹88,000 1.8×
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (8,298 km) 120,000 — ₹1,20,000 2.4×

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. Air France-KLM Flying Blue states that a carrier-imposed surcharge is charged on an award. American Airlines AAdvantage makes 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. 1 other programme priced here publishes nothing the desk could read.

Row by row

11 options · 4 sourced charts
Economy

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank

the play 20,000 pts

Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (8,298 km)

Japan Airlines oneworld

Japan Airlines own-metal Doha→Tokyo. JAL publishes true ONE-WAY base miles per destination on JAL-operated flights - no seasons in Economy/Premium Economy/Business; only First is season-banded (figures here are regular season, with low ~12% cheaper and high ~12% dearer). These are base-award prices; when base space is gone JAL's dynamic 'PLUS' pricing can be 4-8x higher - never pay it. JAL levies carrier-imposed fuel surcharges on its own awards, repriced with fuel: heaviest to Europe and North America, lightest within Asia. Bangkok is the standard Tokyo service (JL031/JL034 prices 4,000-5,000 miles higher in every cabin). First appears only where JAL's chart actually sells it - Boston, San Diego, Melbourne, Frankfurt, Delhi and Bengaluru are explicitly First-free. A valid Japan Airlines routing is assumed.

Feed it: 10,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 20,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 50,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of jal.co.jp
Economy

American Airlines AAdvantage

22,500 pts

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

Malaysia AirlinesSriLankan Airlines oneworld

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

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)

as of aa.com
Economy

Air France-KLM Flying Blue

~30,000 pts est.

Etihad Airways via AUH (DOH–AUH–NRT), or Malaysia Airlines via KUL (DOH–KUL–NRT) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

Etihad AirwaysMalaysia Airlines

Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. This row is on Garuda Indonesia / Etihad Airways / Malaysia Airlines metal, so it is a PARTNER award: Flying Blue prices those per segment and the operating carrier's surcharges apply, not Air France/KLM's. The number shown is still the older region-band level and has not been re-derived on this routing — see the stated assumption. Partner awards pass the operating carrier's surcharges — the published Oman Air datapoints run US$190–390 one-way — and Flying Blue publishes no per-route table, so this row's cash side stays unpublished.

Estimate BASIS PREDATES THE METAL. The number here is the OLD Flying Blue region-band estimate that was set when this row still claimed Air France / KLM SkyTeam metal; the 1-Aug-2026 phantom sweep corrected the metal to Garuda Indonesia / Etihad Airways / Malaysia Airlines but deliberately froze the price. It has NOT been re-derived on the new routing, because the stated routing has a leg that is itself a connection, so the real itinerary is three or more segments and a two-band sum would be a floor, not a price. Treat it as an order-of-magnitude region level, not a per-segment partner price. 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)

as of flyingblue.com
Economy

Air Canada Aeroplan

60,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (8,298 km)

Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.

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

as of aircanada.com
Business

American Airlines AAdvantage

the play 40,000 pts

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

Malaysia AirlinesSriLankan Airlines oneworld

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

Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of aa.com
Business

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank

50,000 pts

Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (8,298 km)

Japan Airlines oneworld

Japan Airlines own-metal Doha→Tokyo. JAL publishes true ONE-WAY base miles per destination on JAL-operated flights - no seasons in Economy/Premium Economy/Business; only First is season-banded (figures here are regular season, with low ~12% cheaper and high ~12% dearer). These are base-award prices; when base space is gone JAL's dynamic 'PLUS' pricing can be 4-8x higher - never pay it. JAL levies carrier-imposed fuel surcharges on its own awards, repriced with fuel: heaviest to Europe and North America, lightest within Asia. Bangkok is the standard Tokyo service (JL031/JL034 prices 4,000-5,000 miles higher in every cabin). First appears only where JAL's chart actually sells it - Boston, San Diego, Melbourne, Frankfurt, Delhi and Bengaluru are explicitly First-free. A valid Japan Airlines routing is assumed.

Feed it: 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 125,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of jal.co.jp
Business

Air France-KLM Flying Blue

~75,000 pts est.

Etihad Airways via AUH (DOH–AUH–NRT), or Malaysia Airlines via KUL (DOH–KUL–NRT) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

Etihad AirwaysMalaysia Airlines

Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. This row is on Garuda Indonesia / Etihad Airways / Malaysia Airlines metal, so it is a PARTNER award: Flying Blue prices those per segment and the operating carrier's surcharges apply, not Air France/KLM's. The number shown is still the older region-band level and has not been re-derived on this routing — see the stated assumption. Partner awards pass the operating carrier's surcharges — the published Oman Air datapoints run US$190–390 one-way — and Flying Blue publishes no per-route table, so this row's cash side stays unpublished.

Estimate BASIS PREDATES THE METAL. The number here is the OLD Flying Blue region-band estimate that was set when this row still claimed Air France / KLM SkyTeam metal; the 1-Aug-2026 phantom sweep corrected the metal to Garuda Indonesia / Etihad Airways / Malaysia Airlines but deliberately froze the price. It has NOT been re-derived on the new routing, because the stated routing has a leg that is itself a connection, so the real itinerary is three or more segments and a two-band sum would be a floor, not a price. Treat it as an order-of-magnitude region level, not a per-segment partner price. 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)

as of flyingblue.com
Business

Air Canada Aeroplan

92,500 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (8,298 km)

Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.

Feed it: 46,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 92,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 231,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of aircanada.com
First

American Airlines AAdvantage

the play 50,000 pts

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

Malaysia AirlinesSriLankan Airlines oneworld

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

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

as of aa.com
First

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank

80,000 pts

Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (8,298 km)

Japan Airlines oneworld

Japan Airlines own-metal Doha→Tokyo. JAL publishes true ONE-WAY base miles per destination on JAL-operated flights - no seasons in Economy/Premium Economy/Business; only First is season-banded (figures here are regular season, with low ~12% cheaper and high ~12% dearer). These are base-award prices; when base space is gone JAL's dynamic 'PLUS' pricing can be 4-8x higher - never pay it. JAL levies carrier-imposed fuel surcharges on its own awards, repriced with fuel: heaviest to Europe and North America, lightest within Asia. Bangkok is the standard Tokyo service (JL031/JL034 prices 4,000-5,000 miles higher in every cabin). First appears only where JAL's chart actually sells it - Boston, San Diego, Melbourne, Frankfurt, Delhi and Bengaluru are explicitly First-free. A valid Japan Airlines routing is assumed.

Feed it: 40,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 80,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 200,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of jal.co.jp
First

Air Canada Aeroplan

120,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (8,298 km)

Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.

Feed it: 60,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 120,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 300,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of aircanada.com

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