Economy the play 22,500 pts All Nippon Airways own metal from NRT, region award
All Nippon Airways Star Alliance
All Nippon Airways own-metal Tokyo→Sydney. 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: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.67:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (5.33:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.78:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (7,833 km)
Japan Airlines oneworld
Japan Airlines own-metal Tokyo→Sydney. 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: 11,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 23,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 57,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (7,833 km)
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)
oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Fiji Airways via NAN, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL
Cathay PacificFiji AirwaysMalaysia Airlines 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)
Qantas own metal via MEL (NRT–MEL–SYD), Classic Flight Reward — Zone 6 on 5,521 summed miles
Qantas oneworld
Qantas' Tokyo-Sydney nonstop is HANEDA, not Narita. Narita is a MELBOURNE route, so a Narita-Sydney Classic Reward Trip connects at Melbourne, NRT-MEL-SYD. A Trip's mileage is the SUM of its sectors - 5,521 miles here against the 4,867-mile direct line - and both readings land in Zone 6, so the price is unchanged; it was the routing claim that was wrong, corrected 1-Aug-2026. Classic Rewards are points + taxes, fees and carrier charges; Qantas does not publish a surcharge table, so no numeric value is asserted. Order of magnitude on Qantas-operated international one-ways: roughly A$120-250 in economy and A$350-800 in premium cabins. Treat as indicative, not sourced.
Feed it: 28,960 HSBC Reward Points (1:1.25 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 18,100 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 36,200 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
China Airlines via TPE (NRT–TPE–SYD), or Garuda Indonesia via CGK (NRT–CGK–SYD), or Korean Air via ICN (NRT–ICN–SYD) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or China Eastern via PVG, or Vietnam Airlines via SGN
China AirlinesGaruda IndonesiaKorean AirChina EasternVietnam Airlines SkyTeam
Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 40,000 economy (NRT–TPE 2,182 km → 15,000 + TPE–SYD 7,285 km → 25,000 = 40,000 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–SYD 7,285 km → 25,000 = 40,000 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: 40,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Business the play 37,500 pts All Nippon Airways own metal from NRT, region award
All Nippon Airways Star Alliance
All Nippon Airways own-metal Tokyo→Sydney. 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: 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)
oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Fiji Airways via NAN, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL
Cathay PacificFiji AirwaysMalaysia Airlines oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (7,833 km)
Japan Airlines oneworld
Japan Airlines own-metal Tokyo→Sydney. 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: 22,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 45,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 112,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (7,833 km)
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 ~80,000 pts est. China Airlines via TPE (NRT–TPE–SYD), or Garuda Indonesia via CGK (NRT–CGK–SYD), or Korean Air via ICN (NRT–ICN–SYD) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or China Eastern via PVG, or Vietnam Airlines via SGN
China AirlinesGaruda IndonesiaKorean AirChina EasternVietnam Airlines SkyTeam
Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 80,000 business (NRT–TPE 2,182 km → 30,000 + TPE–SYD 7,285 km → 50,000 = 80,000 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–SYD 7,285 km → 50,000 = 80,000 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: 80,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 40,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 80,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Qantas own metal via MEL (NRT–MEL–SYD), Classic Flight Reward — Zone 6 on 5,521 summed miles
Qantas oneworld
Qantas' Tokyo-Sydney nonstop is HANEDA, not Narita. Narita is a MELBOURNE route, so a Narita-Sydney Classic Reward Trip connects at Melbourne, NRT-MEL-SYD. A Trip's mileage is the SUM of its sectors - 5,521 miles here against the 4,867-mile direct line - and both readings land in Zone 6, so the price is unchanged; it was the routing claim that was wrong, corrected 1-Aug-2026. Classic Rewards are points + taxes, fees and carrier charges; Qantas does not publish a surcharge table, so no numeric value is asserted. Order of magnitude on Qantas-operated international one-ways: roughly A$120-250 in economy and A$350-800 in premium cabins. Treat as indicative, not sourced.
Feed it: 78,720 HSBC Reward Points (1:1.25 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 49,200 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 98,400 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
First the play 60,000 pts Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (7,833 km)
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)
oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Fiji Airways via NAN, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL
Cathay PacificFiji AirwaysMalaysia Airlines oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (7,833 km)
Japan Airlines oneworld
Japan Airlines own-metal Tokyo→Sydney. 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: 48,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 97,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 243,750 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)