London to Colombo on points

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH

Qatar AirwaysCathay PacificMalaysia Airlines oneworld

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

Feed it: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), Europe→India — Air China PhoenixMiles

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (Beijing→India, 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). Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 30,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. 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)

Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→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 — Europe→India 45k business, Sub-Saharan Africa→India 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. Copa's partner chart is a strictly upper-triangular region matrix — one cell per unordered region pair, no direction axis at all — so 30,000 is the same published cell as cmb-lhr, re-read off the official Copa PDF on 2026-08-06 rather than inferred.

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)

Qatar Airways via DOH (oneworld) — Privilege Club route pricing; flying today, unlike BA

Qatar Airways oneworld

Qatar via Doha off Privilege Club's route table, ~32,500 off-peak — the routing that actually flies today. BA's own Colombo return is 23-Oct-2026, seasonal, to Gatwick (not Heathrow): a published 33,000 off-peak / 38,500 peak each way, bookable ahead of the resumption. Today the only London nonstop is SriLankan, whose post-devaluation partner band is unpublished. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 32,500 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Qatar Privilege Club route-based O&D pricing, ex-UK table (HfP Jan-2026): London-Colombo through DOH 32,500 economy off-peak one-way; assumes the ex-Colombo direction prices the same O&D and an off-peak date - Qatar's peak trial runs ~20% higher.

Feed it: 32,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 65,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 32,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→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 LHR → CMB and CMB → LHR 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: 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)

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

Etihad AirwaysMalaysia Airlines

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 37,500 economy (LHR–AUH 5,516 km → 22,500 + AUH–CMB 3,300 km → 15,000 = 37,500 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 Etihad Airways (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: LHR–AUH 5,516 km → 22,500 + AUH–CMB 3,300 km → 15,000 = 37,500 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: 37,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 18,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 37,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

SriLankan Airlines nonstop LHR-CMB (oneworld partner award), Europe→India — Alaska Atmos

SriLankan AirlinesQatar Airways oneworld

SriLankan Airlines flies LHR-CMB nonstop, ~5,415 miles, and Alaska Atmos bands partner awards by distance flown — the Asia-Pacific chart's 5,001-7,000 mi band: 37,500 economy / 75,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 37,500 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 97,500 Amex Membership Rewards (2.6:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 195,000 RBL Reward Points (5.2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 65,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.73:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

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

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

MH sells LHR–KUL–CMB daily — east to Kuala Lumpur, then 6,600 miles west — but Enrich prices awards off the cash fare, not a chart: points clear ~0.8–1.2¢, no Indian bank feeds Enrich (hotel-side only: IHG 5:1, Hilton 25:3), and the two-leg award books by phone. A stranded-balance row on a corridor with three better charts. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 47,500 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Malaysia Airlines Enrich prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Malaysia Enrich is revenue-linked ~Rs0.80/pt; ~= typical one-way MH economy fare / Rs0.80 for ~5,415 mi; moves with the live fare. MH own-metal Value redemptions only.

Feed it: 263,889 Amex Membership Rewards (5.56:1 via Hilton Honors) · 593,750 Axis EDGE Reward Points (12.5:1 via IHG One Rewards) · 237,500 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via IHG One Rewards)

Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~40,000 is a typical Saver partner level for this region pair. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 40,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, Europe→India 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: 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 100,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.25:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — Avianca LifeMiles

Star Alliance

LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; Europe→India 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. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 40,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. 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: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (8,715 km) — or Turkish Airlines via IST, or Air India via DEL

Turkish AirlinesAir India 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: 21,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 42,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 106,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

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

Air IndiaSingapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central/South Asia" zone; one-way = half round-trip). EVA own metal via Taipei covers Japan/N-Asia/SE-Asia/US/Europe; Gulf/Africa/Oceania are partner-metal only. US→India business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing). EVA's own Star Alliance requirement table is a triangular ORIGIN/DESTINATION REGIONAL ZONES matrix carrying one cell per region pair, so no second number exists for this heading.

Feed it: 44,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 296,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,112,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop) — Europe → Zone 6 Saver, through-priced

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

SETTLED 2026-07-22 against SQ's official chart: Zone 6→11 (Europe) has NO published fixed Saver — calculator-only, and LHR–SIN–CMB backtracks 1,700 mi east to fly 6,800 west. The earlier 44,000/108,500 were the ex-Singapore LHR–SIN fares, not Colombo's. Dynamic — check the calculator. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 44,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. SQ Saver Zone 6->11 is a '^' calculator cell (via-SIN backtrack); anchored to the published Europe → Zone 1(SIN) economy Saver 44,000.

Feed it: 44,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 22,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 88,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

SriLankan nonstop — FlySmiLes published zone chart (own metal, online price) — nonstop

SriLankan Airlines oneworld

FlySmiLes 20-zone published chart (official PDF, effective 01-Sep-2022, machine-validated cell-by-cell — spec: docs/research/hub-grid/specs/srilankan-flysmiles.json). ONLINE one-way price on UL own metal (phone bookings cost ~11% more); YQ passes on awards. SriLankan is the only oneworld carrier at Colombo, so this is CMB's own-metal door.

Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

TAP's 4 May 2026 devaluation lifted Europe→India (its "Europe and North Africa" zone) from 70k/115k to 80k/125k one-way. TAP's own metal and the Lufthansa group carry the heaviest fuel surcharges of any Star program into Europe; Turkish, EgyptAir and Ethiopian routings dodge most of the YQ. Keep the itinerary inside two TAP zones — anything touching a third is billed segment by segment and summed. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 80,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 195,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.44:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 390,000 RBL Reward Points (4.88:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 130,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.63:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH

Qatar AirwaysCathay PacificMalaysia Airlines oneworld

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

Feed it: 127,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 255,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 85,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→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 — Europe→India 45k business, Sub-Saharan Africa→India 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. Copa's partner chart is a strictly upper-triangular region matrix — one cell per unordered region pair, no direction axis at all — so 45,000 is the same published cell as cmb-lhr, re-read off the official Copa PDF on 2026-08-06 rather than inferred.

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)

Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), Europe→India — Air China PhoenixMiles

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (Beijing→India, 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). Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 55,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. 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: 135,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.45:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 270,000 RBL Reward Points (4.91:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 68,750 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→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 LHR → CMB and CMB → LHR 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: 135,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.45:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 270,000 RBL Reward Points (4.91:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.64:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — Avianca LifeMiles

Star Alliance

LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; Europe→India 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. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 63,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. 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: 189,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 378,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 126,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

Qatar Qsuite via DOH (oneworld) — Privilege Club route pricing; flying today, unlike BA

Qatar Airways oneworld

Qatar via Doha off Privilege Club's route table, ~65,000 J off-peak — and it flies today. BA's own Colombo service returns 23-Oct-2026, seasonal, to Gatwick — bookable ahead at a published 99,000 off-peak / 110,000 peak one-way; the ex-CMB direction dodges the £244 UK APD. SriLankan's nonstop books off the 4,001–5,500 partner band whose post-devaluation value is unpublished, so it can't be priced. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 65,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Qatar Privilege Club route-based O&D pricing, ex-UK table (HfP Jan-2026): London-Colombo through DOH 65,000 business off-peak one-way (whole journey, not per segment); assumes the ex-Colombo direction prices the same O&D and an off-peak date - Qatar's peak trial runs ~20% higher.

Feed it: 65,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 130,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 65,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (8,715 km) — or Turkish Airlines via IST, or Air India via DEL

Turkish AirlinesAir India 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: 35,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 70,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 175,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

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

Air IndiaSingapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central/South Asia" zone; one-way = half round-trip). EVA own metal via Taipei covers Japan/N-Asia/SE-Asia/US/Europe; Gulf/Africa/Oceania are partner-metal only. US→India business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing). EVA's own Star Alliance requirement table is a triangular ORIGIN/DESTINATION REGIONAL ZONES matrix carrying one cell per region pair, so no second number exists for this heading.

Feed it: 71,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 473,334 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,775,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

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

Etihad AirwaysMalaysia Airlines

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 75,000 business (LHR–AUH 5,516 km → 45,000 + AUH–CMB 3,300 km → 30,000 = 75,000 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 Etihad Airways (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: LHR–AUH 5,516 km → 45,000 + AUH–CMB 3,300 km → 30,000 = 75,000 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: 75,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 75,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

SriLankan Airlines nonstop LHR-CMB (oneworld partner award), Europe→India — Alaska Atmos

SriLankan AirlinesQatar Airways oneworld

SriLankan Airlines flies LHR-CMB nonstop, ~5,415 miles, and Alaska Atmos bands partner awards by distance flown — the Asia-Pacific chart's 5,001-7,000 mi band: 37,500 economy / 75,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 75,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~80,000 is a typical Saver partner level for this region pair. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 80,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, Europe→India 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: 40,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 200,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.25:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

Etihad via AUH (one stop) — Saver Award, calculator-priced

Etihad Airways

Etihad flies AUH–CMB daily and connects to London, but Saver Award pricing comes off a calculator, not a chart — the documented India-to-London datapoint ran 100,005 miles plus ~₹44,000 in carrier charges. Expect Colombo to price in that unhappy neighbourhood. Listed so nobody discovers it the expensive way. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 95,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Etihad Guest prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Etihad Guest Saver Award starting level for the ~5,478-mile flown itinerary (via AUH), read off Etihad's last published one-way distance-band structure (6,000-mile band). Etihad publishes no award chart today - GuestSeat became Saver Award on 13-Nov-2025 and pricing lives in the Miles Calculator - so fixed-rate space is limited and real quotes often run well above this floor.

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

SriLankan nonstop — FlySmiLes published zone chart (own metal, online price) — nonstop

SriLankan Airlines oneworld

FlySmiLes 20-zone published chart (official PDF, effective 01-Sep-2022, machine-validated cell-by-cell — spec: docs/research/hub-grid/specs/srilankan-flysmiles.json). ONLINE one-way price on UL own metal (phone bookings cost ~11% more); YQ passes on awards. SriLankan is the only oneworld carrier at Colombo, so this is CMB's own-metal door.

Emirates via DXB (one stop) — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced

Emirates

A calculator price, a May-2026 devaluation (+15% premium cabins), a Dubai connection and Emirates' heavy carrier surcharges — every part of this stacks against the published nonstops. Only for Skywards balances with nowhere else to go. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 109,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Emirates Skywards prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Emirates Skywards one-way Saver estimate, re-marked 01-Aug-2026 to the official miles-calculator pull of 25-Jul-2026 (post the 20-May-2026 devaluation, premium cabins +~15%; connecting corridors summed per leg); dynamic - no published chart, Saver space thin, Flex/Flex Plus price well above.

Feed it: 218,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 534,000 RBL Reward Points (4.9:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 218,000 SBI Travel Credits (2:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

TAP's 4 May 2026 devaluation lifted Europe→India (its "Europe and North Africa" zone) from 70k/115k to 80k/125k one-way. TAP's own metal and the Lufthansa group carry the heaviest fuel surcharges of any Star program into Europe; Turkish, EgyptAir and Ethiopian routings dodge most of the YQ. Keep the itinerary inside two TAP zones — anything touching a third is billed segment by segment and summed. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 125,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 300,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 600,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 200,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Singapore Airlines business via SIN (one stop) — Europe → Zone 6 Saver, through-priced

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

SETTLED 2026-07-22 against SQ's official chart: Zone 6→11 (Europe) has NO published fixed Saver — calculator-only, and LHR–SIN–CMB backtracks 1,700 mi east to fly 6,800 west. The earlier 44,000/108,500 were the ex-Singapore LHR–SIN fares, not Colombo's. Dynamic — check the calculator. Mirrored from cmb-lhr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 108,500 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from cmb-lhr — Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the cmb-lhr business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. SQ Saver Zone 6->11 is a '^' calculator cell (via-SIN backtrack; all Europe = Zone 11); anchored to the published Europe → Zone 1(SIN) business Saver 108,500 (the figure community sites misattribute to India-origin).

Feed it: 108,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 54,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 217,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or Qatar Airways via DOH

Qatar AirwaysCathay PacificMalaysia Airlines oneworld

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

Feed it: 187,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 375,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 125,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (8,715 km) — or Turkish Airlines via IST, or Air India via DEL

Turkish AirlinesAir India 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: 50,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 100,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 250,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)