Hong Kong to Bengaluru on points

Cathay Pacific own metal from HKG, distance-band award (3,955 km, Cathay-operated chart)

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Cathay Pacific own-metal Hong Kong→Bengaluru. Cathay passes fuel surcharges on Asia Miles awards - the published Standard award miles are cabin-only. Cathay's own footnote reads 'Required Asia Miles do not include fuel surcharges and taxes.', so budget a separate cash component on top of the miles priced here — heaviest on the Europe and North America long-hauls. A valid Cathay Pacific routing is assumed.

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)

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

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

MH connects BLR–KUL–HKG on its own metal, and Kuala Lumpur is at least on the way from Bengaluru — but Enrich prices off the cash fare (~0.8–1.2¢ a point, no chart, no Indian bank feed; IHG 5:1, Hilton 25:3). Cathay's 13,000 Standard stays the call.

Estimate Reverse of blr-hkg — Malaysia Airlines Enrich's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (Malaysia Airlines Enrich publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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)

Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), North Asia→India — 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 Reverse of blr-hkg — Air China PhoenixMiles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (Air China PhoenixMiles publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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 via Delhi (one ticket, self-connect) — BluChip, dynamic (revenue-priced)

IndiGo

IndiGo sells BLR–DEL–HKG as one itinerary and BluChip prices it off the live fare, ~₹0.40–0.80 per point — no chart, nothing to optimise. Delhi is the connection, not Kolkata: IndiGo's only passenger Hong Kong flight is ex-DEL. The row exists because BluChip is the balance most Indians hold; Cathay's nonstop chart is why you wouldn't use it.

Estimate Reverse of blr-hkg — IndiGo BluChip's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (IndiGo BluChip publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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))

Star Alliance partner metal, North Asia→India — United MileagePlus

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 Reverse of blr-hkg — United MileagePlus's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (United MileagePlus publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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)

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

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

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

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 nonstop HKG-BLR (oneworld partner award), North Asia→India — Alaska Atmos

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Cathay Pacific flies BLR-HKG nonstop, ~2,458 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 nonstop (oneworld) via JAL partner chart

Cathay Pacific oneworld

The economy face of the 42,000 business row: BLR–HKG's 2,458 miles price in JMB's 2,001–4,000 partner band at 23,000 one-way on Cathay's nonstop. 10,000 over Asia Miles' band-edge 13,000 — direct-fed consolation (HSBC 1:1, Axis EDGE 1:2, SBI 2:1) when Asia Miles isn't where your points sit.

Estimate Reverse of blr-hkg — Japan Airlines Mileage Bank's chart prices the distance band, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading.

Feed it: 11,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 23,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 57,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

SkyTeam metal (VN), North Asia→India — China Eastern Eastern Miles

Vietnam Airlines 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 Reverse of blr-hkg — China Eastern Miles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (China Eastern Miles publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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)

SkyTeam partner metal (VN), North Asia→India — Air Europa SUMA

Vietnam 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.

Estimate Reverse of blr-hkg — Air Europa SUMA's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading.

Feed it: 32,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 64,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 160,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

Star Alliance partner metal, North Asia→India — 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 Reverse of blr-hkg — Avianca LifeMiles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (Avianca LifeMiles publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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)

Vietnam Airlines via HAN (HKG–HAN–BLR) — EuroBonus’s only redeemable metal on this pair, ×2 VN partner multiplier

Vietnam Airlines SkyTeam

Re-metalled 2026-08-01 by the multi-metal phantom sweep. The five carriers this row used to name — Air France, KLM, Korean Air, Saudia and SAS — cannot build Bengaluru–Hong Kong between them: Korean Air’s only Indian station is Delhi, SAS has never served India at all, Saudia’s network turns west at Jeddah, and an Air France or KLM build would backtrack through Paris or Amsterdam. Vietnam Airlines via Hanoi is the one EuroBonus-REDEEMABLE carrier that covers both ends (China Eastern and Singapore Airlines are earn-only on EuroBonus, and the Etihad carve-out is Europe↔Abu Dhabi), and VN metal carries EuroBonus’s ×2 partner multiplier — so the intra-“Central, East & South Asia” cell (25,000 economy / 50,000 business round-trip, one-way 60% = 15,000 / 30,000) doubles to 30,000 economy / 60,000 business one-way.

Estimate Reverse of blr-hkg — SAS EuroBonus's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading.

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)

Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

Bengaluru already sits well south, so the BLR-SIN-HKG detour is the gentlest of the three India–Hong Kong KrisFlyer routings. Zone 6 → Zone 4 Saver economy is a clean fixed 25,000 miles — above Cathay's 13,000 nonstop, but the smallest KrisFlyer backtrack on the corridor. Cathay's chart still wins.

Feed it: 25,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

Malaysia Airlines via KUL (HKG–KUL–BLR) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or Vietnam Airlines via HAN

Malaysia AirlinesVietnam Airlines

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 30,000 economy (HKG–KUL 2,543 km → 15,000 + KUL–BLR 2,884 km → 15,000 = 30,000 economy). Partner awards pass the operating carrier's surcharges — the published Oman Air datapoints run US$190–390 one-way — and Flying Blue publishes no per-route table, so this row's cash side stays unpublished. Cabin scope: Etihad sells Flying Blue awards in economy and business only — first, including the Apartment, is not bookable with Miles. First IS bookable on a short list of other partners (Oman Air on Muscat–Bangkok alone, China Eastern, Garuda), none of which is a first routing this board prices, so there is no Flying Blue first row here.

Estimate Flying Blue publishes no chart, but prices PARTNER awards PER SEGMENT — One Mile at a Time, 6-Jun-2024 on the Oman Air launch: "you're paying the per segment pricing anyway", and the additive structure reproduces all four published connection datapoints inside 5%. This row rides Malaysia Airlines (a Flying Blue non-alliance partner redemption — Flying Blue runs ONE partner engine over SkyTeam and non-alliance metal alike, which the 13-Jan-2025 repricing proved by moving Etihad and Delta together), so it is banded segment by segment: HKG–KUL 2,543 km → 15,000 + KUL–BLR 2,884 km → 15,000 = 30,000 economy. Bands anchored on the published Flying Blue partner datapoints (one-way business: Muscat–Dubai 6,100, Abu Dhabi–Kuwait 9,500, Muscat–Bangkok 42,900, Abu Dhabi–Bangkok 45,000, Muscat–Munich 45,800, Abu Dhabi–Johannesburg 48,000, Abu Dhabi–Washington 87,000), with economy at half of business — the one published long-haul economy anchor is Toronto–Abu Dhabi 43,500 against an ~87,000 business segment of the same length. The <=1,200 km rung is the one exception — re-fitted cabin by cabin on its own published quotes on 2026-08-02, hence 5,000 / 11,500 rather than half-and-half. Dates and demand move the real number.

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

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 partner metal, North Asia→India — 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. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so HKG → BLR and BLR → HKG resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. 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)

SkyTeam partner metal (VN), North Asia→India — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic)

Vietnam Airlines 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 Reverse of blr-hkg — Delta SkyMiles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (Delta SkyMiles publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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 partner metal, North Asia→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart)

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)

Thai Airways via Bangkok (Star Alliance fixed-price partner) — no Star nonstop HKG–BLR; 2,598 flown mi, 2,501–5,000-mi band

Thai Airways Star Alliance

REPRICED 2026-08-05. This row banded the 2,458-mile great circle at 25,000 / 47,500 / 55,000, but that distance is Cathay’s nonstop and Cathay is oneworld — Aeroplan cannot book it, and Air India’s Hong Kong service is Delhi-only. The cheapest Star routing is Thai via Bangkok at 1,049 + 1,548 = 2,598 flown miles, past the 2,500-mile cliff, so the 2,501–5,000-mile band applies: 40,000 / 75,000 / 95,000. Now matches blr-hkg, whose business row already read the flown band. — a flat CA$39 partner booking fee plus taxes.

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, North Asia→India — 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.

Estimate Reverse of blr-hkg — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading.

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)

Vietnam Airlines via HAN (HKG–HAN–BLR) — Vietnam LotusMiles

Vietnam Airlines SkyTeam

LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies BLR–HKG nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is Vietnam Airlines BLR–HAN–HKG — per-segment: BLR–HAN 50,000 (SW Asia × SE Asia) + HAN–HKG 30,000 (SE Asia × NE Asia 1) = 80,000. Bengaluru is a HANOI-attributed Vietnam Airlines station and VN flies HAN–HKG NONSTOP (Hanoi's own airlines-and-destinations table lists the nonstop and so does the far end's, dual-sourced 2026-08-01), so the Saigon leg is not a segment this itinerary flies: the build is TWO segments, not three. CORRECTED 2026-08-01 — the board previously priced BLR–HAN–SGN–HKG at 100,000, one HAN–SGN segment too many. 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: 80,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 80,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 80,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

Cathay Pacific own metal from HKG, distance-band award (3,955 km, Cathay-operated chart)

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Cathay Pacific own-metal Hong Kong→Bengaluru. Cathay passes fuel surcharges on Asia Miles awards - the published Standard award miles are cabin-only. Cathay's own footnote reads 'Required Asia Miles do not include fuel surcharges and taxes.', so budget a separate cash component on top of the miles priced here — heaviest on the Europe and North America long-hauls. A valid Cathay Pacific routing is assumed.

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)

Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), North Asia→India — 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 Reverse of blr-hkg — Air China PhoenixMiles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (Air China PhoenixMiles publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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)

SkyTeam metal (VN), North Asia→India — China Eastern Eastern Miles

Vietnam Airlines 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 Reverse of blr-hkg — China Eastern Miles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (China Eastern Miles publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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)

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

Malaysia 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)

Star Alliance partner metal, North Asia→India — United MileagePlus

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 Reverse of blr-hkg — United MileagePlus's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (United MileagePlus publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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 partner metal, North Asia→India — 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. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so HKG → BLR and BLR → HKG resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. 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 nonstop (oneworld) via JAL partner chart

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Same Cathay seat, JAL's ledger: the JMB partner chart's 2,001–4,000-mile band prices it at 42,000 one-way (23,000 in economy) — 9,000 over Asia Miles. Worth knowing because JMB is direct-fed (HSBC 1:1, Axis EDGE 1:2, SBI 2:1) and one-way partner awards are allowed. A real alternative when your balance already lives in JMB; never mint into it for this.

Estimate Reverse of blr-hkg — Japan Airlines Mileage Bank's chart prices the distance band, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading.

Feed it: 21,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 42,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 105,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

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

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 partner metal, North Asia→India — 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 Reverse of blr-hkg — Avianca LifeMiles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (Avianca LifeMiles publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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 nonstop HKG-BLR (oneworld partner award), North Asia→India — Alaska Atmos

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Cathay Pacific flies BLR-HKG nonstop, ~2,458 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)

SkyTeam partner metal (VN), North Asia→India — Air Europa SUMA

Vietnam 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.

Estimate Reverse of blr-hkg — Air Europa SUMA's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading.

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))

Vietnam Airlines via HAN (HKG–HAN–BLR) — EuroBonus’s only redeemable metal on this pair, ×2 VN partner multiplier

Vietnam Airlines SkyTeam

Re-metalled 2026-08-01 by the multi-metal phantom sweep. The five carriers this row used to name — Air France, KLM, Korean Air, Saudia and SAS — cannot build Bengaluru–Hong Kong between them: Korean Air’s only Indian station is Delhi, SAS has never served India at all, Saudia’s network turns west at Jeddah, and an Air France or KLM build would backtrack through Paris or Amsterdam. Vietnam Airlines via Hanoi is the one EuroBonus-REDEEMABLE carrier that covers both ends (China Eastern and Singapore Airlines are earn-only on EuroBonus, and the Etihad carve-out is Europe↔Abu Dhabi), and VN metal carries EuroBonus’s ×2 partner multiplier — so the intra-“Central, East & South Asia” cell (25,000 economy / 50,000 business round-trip, one-way 60% = 15,000 / 30,000) doubles to 30,000 economy / 60,000 business one-way.

Estimate Reverse of blr-hkg — SAS EuroBonus's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading.

Feed it: 420,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 420,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 1,050,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)

Star Alliance partner metal, North Asia→India — 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.

Estimate Reverse of blr-hkg — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading.

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)

Malaysia Airlines via KUL (HKG–KUL–BLR) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or Vietnam Airlines via HAN

Malaysia AirlinesVietnam Airlines

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 60,000 business (HKG–KUL 2,543 km → 30,000 + KUL–BLR 2,884 km → 30,000 = 60,000 business). Partner awards pass the operating carrier's surcharges — the published Oman Air datapoints run US$190–390 one-way — and Flying Blue publishes no per-route table, so this row's cash side stays unpublished. Cabin scope: Etihad sells Flying Blue awards in economy and business only — first, including the Apartment, is not bookable with Miles. First IS bookable on a short list of other partners (Oman Air on Muscat–Bangkok alone, China Eastern, Garuda), none of which is a first routing this board prices, so there is no Flying Blue first row here.

Estimate Flying Blue publishes no chart, but prices PARTNER awards PER SEGMENT — One Mile at a Time, 6-Jun-2024 on the Oman Air launch: "you're paying the per segment pricing anyway", and the additive structure reproduces all four published connection datapoints inside 5%. This row rides Malaysia Airlines (a Flying Blue non-alliance partner redemption — Flying Blue runs ONE partner engine over SkyTeam and non-alliance metal alike, which the 13-Jan-2025 repricing proved by moving Etihad and Delta together), so it is banded segment by segment: HKG–KUL 2,543 km → 30,000 + KUL–BLR 2,884 km → 30,000 = 60,000 business. Bands anchored on the published Flying Blue partner datapoints (one-way business: Muscat–Dubai 6,100, Abu Dhabi–Kuwait 9,500, Muscat–Bangkok 42,900, Abu Dhabi–Bangkok 45,000, Muscat–Munich 45,800, Abu Dhabi–Johannesburg 48,000, Abu Dhabi–Washington 87,000), with economy at half of business — the one published long-haul economy anchor is Toronto–Abu Dhabi 43,500 against an ~87,000 business segment of the same length. The <=1,200 km rung is the one exception — re-fitted cabin by cabin on its own published quotes on 2026-08-02, hence 5,000 / 11,500 rather than half-and-half. Dates and demand move the real number.

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

Star Alliance partner metal, North Asia→India — 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)

Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

62,000 Saver miles in business via Changi — clean fixed Zone 6 → Zone 4 fare, nearly 2× Cathay's 33,000 Asia Miles Standard on the nonstop. The southerly BLR origin makes the SIN detour least painful of the trio, but Cathay's own metal is still the buy.

Feed it: 62,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 31,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 124,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

Thai Airways via Bangkok (Star Alliance fixed-price partner) — no Star nonstop HKG–BLR; 2,598 flown mi, 2,501–5,000-mi band

Thai Airways Star Alliance

REPRICED 2026-08-05. This row banded the 2,458-mile great circle at 25,000 / 47,500 / 55,000, but that distance is Cathay’s nonstop and Cathay is oneworld — Aeroplan cannot book it, and Air India’s Hong Kong service is Delhi-only. The cheapest Star routing is Thai via Bangkok at 1,049 + 1,548 = 2,598 flown miles, past the 2,500-mile cliff, so the 2,501–5,000-mile band applies: 40,000 / 75,000 / 95,000. Now matches blr-hkg, whose business row already read the flown band. — a flat CA$39 partner booking fee plus taxes.

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 partner metal (VN), North Asia→India — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic)

Vietnam Airlines 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 Reverse of blr-hkg — Delta SkyMiles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. Mirrored from the priced direction, not separately verified on this heading. The blr-hkg row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (Delta SkyMiles publishes no fixed price for this pair).

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))

Vietnam Airlines via HAN (HKG–HAN–BLR) — Vietnam LotusMiles

Vietnam Airlines SkyTeam

LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies BLR–HKG nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is Vietnam Airlines BLR–HAN–HKG — per-segment: BLR–HAN 80,000 (SW Asia × SE Asia) + HAN–HKG 60,000 (SE Asia × NE Asia 1) = 140,000. Bengaluru is a HANOI-attributed Vietnam Airlines station and VN flies HAN–HKG NONSTOP (Hanoi's own airlines-and-destinations table lists the nonstop and so does the far end's, dual-sourced 2026-08-01), so the Saigon leg is not a segment this itinerary flies: the build is TWO segments, not three. CORRECTED 2026-08-01 — the board previously priced BLR–HAN–SGN–HKG at 185,000, one HAN–SGN segment too many. 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: 140,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 140,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 140,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

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

Malaysia 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)

Thai Airways via Bangkok (Star Alliance fixed-price partner) — no Star nonstop HKG–BLR; 2,598 flown mi, 2,501–5,000-mi band

Thai Airways Star Alliance

REPRICED 2026-08-05. This row banded the 2,458-mile great circle at 25,000 / 47,500 / 55,000, but that distance is Cathay’s nonstop and Cathay is oneworld — Aeroplan cannot book it, and Air India’s Hong Kong service is Delhi-only. The cheapest Star routing is Thai via Bangkok at 1,049 + 1,548 = 2,598 flown miles, past the 2,500-mile cliff, so the 2,501–5,000-mile band applies: 40,000 / 75,000 / 95,000. Now matches blr-hkg, whose business row already read the flown band. — a flat CA$39 partner booking fee plus taxes.

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