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Award flight · one-way

Hong Kong to London on points

27,000 pts cheapest economy · Cathay Asia Miles HKG → LHR great-circle 9,631 km · 5,984 mi 4 programs priced as of

Hong Kong → London on points: 11 options, the board now symmetric with London → Hong Kong. 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 75,000 via American Airlines AAdvantage, and economy starts at 27,000. 9 rows are first-hand chart reads.

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Economy

The play · economy

Cathay Asia Miles

Cathay Pacific own metal from HKG, distance-band award (9,631 km, Cathay-operated chart) — nonstop

27,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹27,000 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

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Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
Cathay Asia Miles the play Cathay Pacific own metal from HKG, distance-band award (9,631 km, Cathay-operated chart) — nonstop 27,000 — ₹27,000 the play
Air France-KLM Flying Blue Air France / KLM / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via AMS, or China Airlines via TPE, or Korean Air via ICN, or China Eastern via PVG, or Vietnam Airlines via SGN ~30,000 est. — ₹30,000 1.1×
American Airlines AAdvantage oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — nonstop — or Qatar via DOH, or Finnair via HEL, or Japan Airlines via HND, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways nonstop 35,000 — ₹35,000 1.3×
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (9,631 km) — via FRA, or SWISS via ZRH, or Turkish Airlines via IST, or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026), or Air China via PEK, or EVA Air via TPE 60,000 — ₹60,000 2.2×

Business

The play · business

American Airlines AAdvantage

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — nonstop — or Qatar via DOH, or Finnair via HEL, or Japan Airlines via HND, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways nonstop

75,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹75,000 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

+7 more ways in — the full funnel, ratios and ₹/mile side by side →

Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
American Airlines AAdvantage the play oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — nonstop — or Qatar via DOH, or Finnair via HEL, or Japan Airlines via HND, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways nonstop 75,000 — ₹75,000 the play
Air France-KLM Flying Blue Air France / KLM / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via AMS, or China Airlines via TPE, or Korean Air via ICN, or China Eastern via PVG, or Vietnam Airlines via SGN ~85,000 est. — ₹85,000 1.1×
Cathay Asia Miles Cathay Pacific own metal from HKG, distance-band award (9,631 km, Cathay-operated chart) — nonstop 91,000 — ₹91,000 1.2×
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (9,631 km) — via FRA, or SWISS via ZRH, or Turkish Airlines via IST, or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026), or Air China via PEK, or EVA Air via TPE 92,500 — ₹92,500 1.2×

First

The play · first

American Airlines AAdvantage

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — nonstop — or Qatar via DOH, or Finnair via HEL, or Japan Airlines via HND, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways nonstop

90,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹90,000 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

+7 more ways in — the full funnel, ratios and ₹/mile side by side →

Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
American Airlines AAdvantage the play oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — nonstop — or Qatar via DOH, or Finnair via HEL, or Japan Airlines via HND, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways nonstop 90,000 — ₹90,000 the play
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (9,631 km) — via FRA, or SWISS via ZRH, or Turkish Airlines via IST, or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026), or Air China via PEK, or EVA Air via TPE 120,000 — ₹1,20,000 1.3×
Cathay Asia Miles Cathay Pacific own metal from HKG, region award — nonstop, four-class 777-300ER only 125,000 — ₹1,25,000 1.4×

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. Cathay Asia Miles and Air France-KLM Flying Blue state 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.

Row by row

11 options · 4 sourced charts
Economy

Cathay Asia Miles

the play 27,000 pts

Cathay Pacific own metal from HKG, distance-band award (9,631 km, Cathay-operated chart) — nonstop

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Cathay Pacific own-metal Hong Kong→London. 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: 54,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 27,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 132,000 RBL Reward Points (4.89:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of suitesmile.com
Economy

Air France-KLM Flying Blue

~30,000 pts est.

Air France / KLM / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via AMS, or China Airlines via TPE, or Korean Air via ICN, or China Eastern via PVG, or Vietnam Airlines via SGN

Air FranceKLMChina AirlinesKorean 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 25k–40k; award space and travel date drive the real number.

Estimate Dynamic program — estimate is the typical one-way level for this region-pair (range 25k–40k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.

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

as of flyingblue.com
Economy

American Airlines AAdvantage

35,000 pts

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — nonstop — or Qatar via DOH, or Finnair via HEL, or Japan Airlines via HND, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways nonstop

Qatar AirwaysFinnairJapan AirlinesMalaysia AirlinesBritish Airways oneworld

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

Feed it: 105,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 210,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 70,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of aa.com
Economy

Air Canada Aeroplan

60,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (9,631 km) — via FRA, or SWISS via ZRH, or Turkish Airlines via IST, or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026), or Air China via PEK, or EVA Air via TPE

LufthansaSWISSTurkish AirlinesAsiana AirlinesAir ChinaEVA Air 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 75,000 pts

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — nonstop — or Qatar via DOH, or Finnair via HEL, or Japan Airlines via HND, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways nonstop

Qatar AirwaysFinnairJapan AirlinesMalaysia AirlinesBritish Airways oneworld

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

Feed it: 225,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 450,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of aa.com
Business

Air France-KLM Flying Blue

~85,000 pts est.

Air France / KLM / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via AMS, or China Airlines via TPE, or Korean Air via ICN, or China Eastern via PVG, or Vietnam Airlines via SGN

Air FranceKLMChina AirlinesKorean 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 57.5k–90k; award space and travel date drive the real number.

Estimate Dynamic program — estimate is the typical one-way level for this region-pair (range 57.5k–90k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Feed it: 85,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 42,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 85,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

as of flyingblue.com
Business

Cathay Asia Miles

91,000 pts

Cathay Pacific own metal from HKG, distance-band award (9,631 km, Cathay-operated chart) — nonstop

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Cathay Pacific own-metal Hong Kong→London. 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: 182,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 91,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 456,000 RBL Reward Points (5.01:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of suitesmile.com
Business

Air Canada Aeroplan

92,500 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (9,631 km) — via FRA, or SWISS via ZRH, or Turkish Airlines via IST, or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026), or Air China via PEK, or EVA Air via TPE

LufthansaSWISSTurkish AirlinesAsiana AirlinesAir ChinaEVA Air 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 90,000 pts

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — nonstop — or Qatar via DOH, or Finnair via HEL, or Japan Airlines via HND, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways nonstop

Qatar AirwaysFinnairJapan AirlinesMalaysia AirlinesBritish Airways oneworld

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

Feed it: 270,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 540,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of aa.com
First

Air Canada Aeroplan

120,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (9,631 km) — via FRA, or SWISS via ZRH, or Turkish Airlines via IST, or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026), or Air China via PEK, or EVA Air via TPE

LufthansaSWISSTurkish AirlinesAsiana AirlinesAir ChinaEVA Air 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
First

Cathay Asia Miles

125,000 pts

Cathay Pacific own metal from HKG, region award — nonstop, four-class 777-300ER only

Cathay Pacific oneworld

The six-suite Cathay First cabin, and one of only three markets that still get it. HKG–LHR is 5,984 miles, so the Cathay-operated chart's 5,001–7,500 band prices First at 125,000 Asia Miles one-way — the same band that costs 27,000 in economy and 91,000 in business. It only exists on the four-class 777-300ER (6F/53J/34W/201Y, 294 seats), which Cathay rotates onto London daily; a three-class Aria Suite swap takes the cabin off the aircraft, so confirm the subfleet before you plan around it. And Cathay's miles are cabin-only — its own footnote reads 'Required Asia Miles do not include fuel surcharges and taxes.', and the surcharge on the Europe long-hauls is the heaviest it levies, so budget a separate cash component on top of the miles priced here.

Feed it: 250,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 125,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 600,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of suitesmile.com

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