Economy the play 15,000 pts Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (5,410 km)
Japan Airlines oneworld
Japan Airlines own-metal Tokyo→Kuala Lumpur. JAL publishes true ONE-WAY base miles per destination on JAL-operated flights - no seasons in Economy/Premium Economy/Business; only First is season-banded (figures here are regular season, with low ~12% cheaper and high ~12% dearer). These are base-award prices; when base space is gone JAL's dynamic 'PLUS' pricing can be 4-8x higher - never pay it. JAL levies carrier-imposed fuel surcharges on its own awards, repriced with fuel: heaviest to Europe and North America, lightest within Asia. Bangkok is the standard Tokyo service (JL031/JL034 prices 4,000-5,000 miles higher in every cabin). First appears only where JAL's chart actually sells it - Boston, San Diego, Melbourne, Frankfurt, Delhi and Bengaluru are explicitly First-free. A valid Japan Airlines routing is assumed.
Feed it: 7,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 15,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 37,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
All Nippon Airways own metal from NRT, region award
All Nippon Airways Star Alliance
All Nippon Airways own-metal Tokyo→Kuala Lumpur. Figures are ANA's own published zone chart for ANA-operated flights, REGULAR season, halved from ANA's round-trip chart to a one-way equivalent (ANA still publishes round-trip; one-way is sold at exactly half). Low season runs roughly 8-12% cheaper and high season 5-10% dearer. ANA passes full carrier-imposed fuel surcharges on its own awards - heaviest on Europe and North America, lighter within Asia - so budget cash on top. First is listed only on the flagship 777-300ER 'The Suite' routes (London, Frankfurt, New York); ANA's chart prices First in other zones, but the metal on those routes has no First cabin. A valid All Nippon Airways routing is assumed.
Feed it: 52,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 105,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 35,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG
Cathay Pacific 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)
Malaysia Airlines own metal from KUL, region award
Malaysia Airlines oneworld
Malaysia Airlines own-metal Tokyo→Kuala Lumpur. Enrich redemptions on Malaysia Airlines metal carry government taxes, airport fees and carrier-imposed surcharges; because the points price is dynamic, the cash component moves with the fare bucket you land on. A valid Malaysia Airlines routing is assumed.
Estimate Dynamic/unpublished-chart program — estimate is the typical one-way economy level Tokyo→Kuala Lumpur (range 20,000–45,000); not a fixed chart price, never THE PLAY.
Feed it: 138,889 Amex Membership Rewards (5.56:1 via Hilton Honors) · 312,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (12.5:1 via IHG One Rewards) · 125,000 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via IHG One Rewards)
Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (5,410 km) — or Singapore Airlines via SIN, or Thai Airways via BKK, or Air China via PEK, or EVA Air via TPE
Singapore AirlinesThai AirwaysAir 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: 15,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 30,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 75,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
China Airlines via TPE (NRT–TPE–KUL), or Korean Air via ICN (NRT–ICN–KUL) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or Vietnam Airlines via SGN
China AirlinesKorean AirVietnam Airlines SkyTeam
Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 30,000 economy (NRT–TPE 2,182 km → 15,000 + TPE–KUL 3,246 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 China Airlines (a Flying Blue SkyTeam and 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: NRT–TPE 2,182 km → 15,000 + TPE–KUL 3,246 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)
Business the play 30,000 pts oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG
Cathay Pacific oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 60,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
All Nippon Airways own metal from NRT, region award
All Nippon Airways Star Alliance
All Nippon Airways own-metal Tokyo→Kuala Lumpur. Figures are ANA's own published zone chart for ANA-operated flights, REGULAR season, halved from ANA's round-trip chart to a one-way equivalent (ANA still publishes round-trip; one-way is sold at exactly half). Low season runs roughly 8-12% cheaper and high season 5-10% dearer. ANA passes full carrier-imposed fuel surcharges on its own awards - heaviest on Europe and North America, lighter within Asia - so budget cash on top. First is listed only on the flagship 777-300ER 'The Suite' routes (London, Frankfurt, New York); ANA's chart prices First in other zones, but the metal on those routes has no First cabin. A valid All Nippon Airways routing is assumed.
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)
Business ~50,000 pts est. Malaysia Airlines own metal from KUL, region award
Malaysia Airlines oneworld
Malaysia Airlines own-metal Tokyo→Kuala Lumpur. Enrich redemptions on Malaysia Airlines metal carry government taxes, airport fees and carrier-imposed surcharges; because the points price is dynamic, the cash component moves with the fare bucket you land on. A valid Malaysia Airlines routing is assumed.
Estimate Dynamic/unpublished-chart program — estimate is the typical one-way business level Tokyo→Kuala Lumpur (range 40,000–90,000); not a fixed chart price, never THE PLAY.
Feed it: 277,778 Amex Membership Rewards (5.56:1 via Hilton Honors) · 625,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (12.5:1 via IHG One Rewards) · 250,000 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via IHG One Rewards)
Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (5,410 km)
Japan Airlines oneworld
Japan Airlines own-metal Tokyo→Kuala Lumpur. JAL publishes true ONE-WAY base miles per destination on JAL-operated flights - no seasons in Economy/Premium Economy/Business; only First is season-banded (figures here are regular season, with low ~12% cheaper and high ~12% dearer). These are base-award prices; when base space is gone JAL's dynamic 'PLUS' pricing can be 4-8x higher - never pay it. JAL levies carrier-imposed fuel surcharges on its own awards, repriced with fuel: heaviest to Europe and North America, lightest within Asia. Bangkok is the standard Tokyo service (JL031/JL034 prices 4,000-5,000 miles higher in every cabin). First appears only where JAL's chart actually sells it - Boston, San Diego, Melbourne, Frankfurt, Delhi and Bengaluru are explicitly First-free. A valid Japan Airlines routing is assumed.
Feed it: 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 100,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (5,410 km) — or Singapore Airlines via SIN, or Thai Airways via BKK, or Air China via PEK, or EVA Air via TPE
Singapore AirlinesThai AirwaysAir 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: 26,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 52,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 131,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Business ~60,000 pts est. China Airlines via TPE (NRT–TPE–KUL), or Korean Air via ICN (NRT–ICN–KUL) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or Vietnam Airlines via SGN
China AirlinesKorean AirVietnam Airlines SkyTeam
Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 60,000 business (NRT–TPE 2,182 km → 30,000 + TPE–KUL 3,246 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 China Airlines (a Flying Blue SkyTeam and 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: NRT–TPE 2,182 km → 30,000 + TPE–KUL 3,246 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)
First the play 40,000 pts oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG
Cathay Pacific 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, Aeroplan distance-band award (5,410 km) — or Singapore Airlines via SIN, or Thai Airways via BKK, or Air China via PEK, or EVA Air via TPE
Singapore AirlinesThai AirwaysAir 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)