Award flight · one-way
Hyderabad → Hong Kong on points: 42 options, the board now symmetric with Hong Kong → Hyderabad. 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 33,000 via Cathay Asia Miles, and economy starts at 13,000. 27 rows are first-hand chart reads. Settled 2026-08-06: no Star nonstop, so the Aeroplan cells read the flown distance of a Bangkok connection rather than the great circle.
The play · economy
Which card mints this?
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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 |
| 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 (SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→North Asia — Air China PhoenixMiles | ~17,000 est. | — | ₹15,300 | 1.2× |
| IndiGo BluChip | IndiGo via DEL (no carrier flies HYD–HKG nonstop) — BluChip, dynamic (revenue-priced) | ~32,000 est. | — | ₹16,000 | 1.2× |
| United MileagePlus | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — United MileagePlus | ~25,000 est. | — | ₹25,000 | 1.9× |
| American Airlines AAdvantage | Cathay Pacific nonstop (oneworld partner award) | 25,000 | — | ₹25,000 | 1.9× |
| Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards | Cathay Pacific nonstop HYD-HKG (oneworld partner award), India→North Asia — Alaska Atmos | 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 (VN), India→North Asia — China Eastern Eastern Miles | ~30,000 est. | — | ₹25,500 | 2.0× |
| Air Europa SUMA | SkyTeam partner metal (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× |
| SAS EuroBonus | Vietnam Airlines via HAN (HYD–HAN–HKG) — EuroBonus’s only redeemable metal on this pair, ×2 VN partner multiplier | 30,000 | — | ₹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× |
| Air France-KLM Flying Blue | Malaysia Airlines via KUL (HYD–KUL–HKG) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or Vietnam Airlines via HAN | ~30,000 est. | — | ₹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 (VN), 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× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Thai Airways via Bangkok (Star Alliance fixed-price partner) — no Star nonstop HYD–HKG; 2,555 flown mi, 2,501–5,000-mi band | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 3.1× |
| TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — TAP Miles&Go | 50,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 3.1× |
| Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles | Vietnam Airlines via HAN (HYD–HAN–HKG) — Vietnam LotusMiles | 80,000 | — | ₹80,000 | 6.2× |
The play · business
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathay Asia Miles the play | Cathay Pacific nonstop (oneworld), Standard award | 33,000 | — | ₹33,000 | the play |
| Air China PhoenixMiles | Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→North Asia — Air China PhoenixMiles | ~30,000 est. | — | ₹27,000 | 0.8× |
| China Eastern Miles | SkyTeam metal (VN), India→North Asia — China Eastern Eastern Miles | ~45,000 est. | — | ₹38,250 | 1.2× |
| American Airlines AAdvantage | Cathay Pacific business nonstop (oneworld partner award) | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 1.2× |
| United MileagePlus | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — United MileagePlus | ~45,000 est. | — | ₹45,000 | 1.4× |
| Aegean Miles+Bonus | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — Aegean Miles+Bonus | 45,000 | — | ₹45,000 | 1.4× |
| Japan Airlines Mileage Bank | Cathay Pacific nonstop (oneworld) via JAL partner chart | 42,000 | — | ₹46,200 | 1.4× |
| 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 | 1.4× |
| Avianca LifeMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — Avianca LifeMiles | ~50,000 est. | — | ₹50,000 | 1.5× |
| Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards | Cathay Pacific nonstop HYD-HKG (oneworld partner award), India→North Asia — Alaska Atmos | 50,000 | — | ₹50,000 | 1.5× |
| Air Europa SUMA | SkyTeam partner metal (VN), India→North Asia — Air Europa SUMA | 64,000 | — | ₹51,200 | 1.6× |
| SAS EuroBonus | Vietnam Airlines via HAN (HYD–HAN–HKG) — EuroBonus’s only redeemable metal on this pair, ×2 VN partner multiplier | 60,000 | — | ₹54,000 | 1.6× |
| TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — TAP Miles&Go | 70,000 | — | ₹56,000 | 1.7× |
| Air France-KLM Flying Blue | Malaysia Airlines via KUL (HYD–KUL–HKG) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or Vietnam Airlines via HAN | ~60,000 est. | — | ₹60,000 | 1.8× |
| Copa Airlines ConnectMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North Asia — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) | 60,000 | — | ₹60,000 | 1.8× |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver | 62,000 | — | ₹68,200 | 2.1× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Thai Airways via Bangkok (Star Alliance fixed-price partner) — no Star nonstop HYD–HKG; 2,555 flown mi, 2,501–5,000-mi band | 75,000 | — | ₹75,000 | 2.3× |
| Delta SkyMiles | SkyTeam partner metal (VN), India→North Asia — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) | ~85,000 est. | — | ₹85,000 | 2.6× |
| Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles | Vietnam Airlines via HAN (HYD–HAN–HKG) — Vietnam LotusMiles | 140,000 | — | ₹1,40,000 | 4.2× |
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 | Thai Airways via Bangkok (Star Alliance partner award) | ~95,000 est. | — | ₹95,000 | 1.9× |
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. United MileagePlus, American Airlines AAdvantage, Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards, 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
Cathay's own miles on its own HYD-HKG nonstop — 2,329 miles in the 751-2,750 "type 2" band, 13,000 economy. The play. Fed via HDFC/Axis transfers to Asia Miles.
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 oneworld
A dynamic one-stop via Kuala Lumpur (~0.8-1.2¢ a point, no chart, no Indian bank feed). Only here because Cathay's nonstop via Asia Miles makes everything else redundant.
Estimate Malaysia Enrich is revenue-linked ~Rs0.80/pt; ~= typical one-way MH economy fare / Rs0.80 for ~2,329 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)
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 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 flies HYD-HKG nonstop; a BluChip offsets the live fare at ~₹0.40-0.80, own metal only. The cash governor beside Cathay's 13,000 Asia Miles nonstop.
Estimate IndiGo BluChip is revenue-linked ~Rs0.50/pt; ~= typical one-way IndiGo economy fare / Rs0.50 for ~2,329 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))
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)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
25,000 AA miles Indian Subcontinent to Asia Region 2 on the Cathay nonstop — 75,000 Bonvoy at 3:1. Asia Miles' 13,000 is far cheaper if you can transfer to it.
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
Cathay Pacific flies HYD-HKG nonstop, ~2,329 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
JMB prices the Cathay nonstop off its partner distance chart — 2,329 miles in the 2,001-4,000 band, 23,000 economy. Pricier than Asia Miles' own 13,000; listed for completeness.
Feed it: 11,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 23,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 57,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
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 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)
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.
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)
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 Hyderabad–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.
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 Star Alliance
Zone 6 to Zone 4 Saver, 25,000 economy — but via Singapore, a stop and a backtrack for a city Cathay flies nonstop for 13,000 Asia Miles.
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)
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–HYD 3,009 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 Reverse of hkg-hyd — 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-hyd row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (Air France-KLM Flying Blue publishes no fixed price for this pair).
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
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)
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 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)
Thai Airways Star Alliance
Cathay flies the HYD–HKG nonstop but is oneworld, so Aeroplan cannot book it; Air India’s Hong Kong service is Delhi-only. The cheapest Star routing is Thai HYD–BKK–HKG, 1,506 + 1,049 = 2,555 flown miles, over the 2,500-mile cliff into the 2,501–5,000-mile band — economy 40,000, not the 25,000 the 2,329-mile great circle would suggest. Asia Miles’ 33,000 business is far better; a poor tool for this corridor. — 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
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)
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 HYD–HKG nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is Vietnam Airlines HYD–HAN–HKG — per-segment: HYD–HAN 50,000 (SW Asia × SE Asia) + HAN–HKG 30,000 (SE Asia × NE Asia 1) = 80,000. Hyderabad 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 HYD–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 oneworld
33,000 for Cathay business on the nonstop — the cheapest flat bed to Hong Kong on the board. Cathay releases its own award space best; book early.
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)
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 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)
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 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 — 120,000 Bonvoy at 3:1. Above Asia Miles' 33,000; a Bonvoy-only fallback.
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
42,000 for Cathay business via the JMB partner chart — above Asia Miles' 33,000 for the identical seat, and JMB is hard to fund from India anyway.
Feed it: 21,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 42,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 105,000 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 HYD-HKG nonstop, ~2,329 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)
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.
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 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 Hyderabad–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.
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
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)
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–HYD 3,009 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 Reverse of hkg-hyd — 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-hyd row it mirrors is itself an assumption-stated estimate (Air France-KLM Flying Blue publishes no fixed price for this pair).
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
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 business via Singapore — nearly double Asia Miles' 33,000 Cathay nonstop, for a connection. Not the Hong Kong play.
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 Star Alliance
Cathay flies the HYD–HKG nonstop but is oneworld, so Aeroplan cannot book it; Air India’s Hong Kong service is Delhi-only. The cheapest Star routing is Thai HYD–BKK–HKG, 1,506 + 1,049 = 2,555 flown miles, over the 2,500-mile cliff into the 2,501–5,000-mile band — economy 40,000, not the 25,000 the 2,329-mile great circle would suggest. Asia Miles’ 33,000 business is far better; a poor tool for this corridor. — 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)
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 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))
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 HYD–HKG nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is Vietnam Airlines HYD–HAN–HKG — per-segment: HYD–HAN 80,000 (SW Asia × SE Asia) + HAN–HKG 60,000 (SE Asia × NE Asia 1) = 140,000. Hyderabad 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 HYD–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)
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)
Thai Airways 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-hyd: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 95,000 is the hkg-hyd number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of hkg-hyd — Air Canada Aeroplan prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the hkg-hyd first cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.
Feed it: 47,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 95,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 237,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Flying back? Hong Kong to Hyderabad on points (HKG–HYD). Or take the whole region: every corridor we price into East Asia — 273 of them. Or pick any two hubs — 2,450 corridors priced.