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Tokyo to Taipei on points

9,000 pts cheapest economy · Japan Airlines Mileage Bank NRT → TPE great-circle 2,182 km · 1,356 mi 6 programs priced as of

Tokyo → Taipei on points: 14 options across the alliance backbones our cards can reach. Aeroplan books Star partner metal at a fixed 2,182 km distance band, AAdvantage prices the oneworld routing off its region chart, and Flying Blue covers SkyTeam dynamically. The verified charts crown THE PLAY; the dynamic row is shown as an honest estimate.

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Economy

The play · economy

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank

Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (2,182 km)

9,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹9,900 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

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

Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank the play Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (2,182 km) 9,000 — ₹9,900 the play
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,182 km) — or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026) 15,000 — ₹15,000 1.5×
Air France-KLM Flying Blue Korean Air via ICN (NRT–ICN–TPE), or China Eastern via PVG (NRT–PVG–TPE), or China Airlines nonstop — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic) ~15,000 est. — ₹15,000 1.5×
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands EVA Air own metal from TPE, region award 17,500 — ₹17,500 1.8×
China Airlines Dynasty Flyer China Airlines (+ Mandarin Airlines) own metal from TPE, published route-chart award (2,182 km nonstop) 17,500 — ₹17,500 1.8×
American Airlines AAdvantage oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG 20,000 — ₹20,000 2.0×

Business

The play · business

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands

EVA Air own metal from TPE, region award

25,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹25,000 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands the play EVA Air own metal from TPE, region award 25,000 — ₹25,000 the play
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (2,182 km) 24,000 — ₹26,400 1.1×
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,182 km) — or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026) 30,000 — ₹30,000 1.2×
Air France-KLM Flying Blue Korean Air via ICN (NRT–ICN–TPE), or China Eastern via PVG (NRT–PVG–TPE), or China Airlines nonstop — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic) ~30,000 est. — ₹30,000 1.2×
American Airlines AAdvantage oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG 30,000 — ₹30,000 1.2×
China Airlines Dynasty Flyer China Airlines (+ Mandarin Airlines) own metal from TPE, published route-chart award (2,182 km nonstop) 30,000 — ₹30,000 1.2×

First

The play · first

American Airlines AAdvantage

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG

40,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹40,000 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

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

Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
American Airlines AAdvantage the play oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG 40,000 — ₹40,000 the play
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,182 km) — or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026) 50,000 — ₹50,000 1.3×

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. Air France-KLM Flying Blue states that a carrier-imposed surcharge is charged on an award. American Airlines AAdvantage makes you liable for one if the operating airline levies it, without saying whether it does. Air Canada Aeroplan states it adds none on its own metal. Government taxes and airport charges are payable in every case. Almost no programme publishes the amount, so the desk carries each one’s policy in its own words — on its programme hub — rather than a number nobody published. 3 other programmes priced here publish nothing the desk could read.

Row by row

14 options · 6 sourced charts
Economy

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank

the play 9,000 pts

Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (2,182 km)

Japan Airlines oneworld

Japan Airlines own-metal Tokyo→Taipei. 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: 4,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 9,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 22,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of jal.co.jp
Economy

Air Canada Aeroplan

15,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,182 km) — or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026)

Asiana Airlines 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: 7,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 15,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 37,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of aircanada.com
Economy

Air France-KLM Flying Blue

~15,000 pts est.

Korean Air via ICN (NRT–ICN–TPE), or China Eastern via PVG (NRT–PVG–TPE), or China Airlines nonstop — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

Korean AirChina EasternChina Airlines SkyTeam

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 15,000 economy (NRT–ICN 1,258 km → 7,500 + ICN–TPE 1,462 km → 7,500 = 15,000 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 Korean Air (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–ICN 1,258 km → 7,500 + ICN–TPE 1,462 km → 7,500 = 15,000 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: 15,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 7,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 15,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

as of princeoftravel.com
Economy

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands

17,500 pts

EVA Air own metal from TPE, region award

EVA Air Star Alliance

EVA Air own-metal Tokyo→Taipei. EVA passes carrier-imposed fuel surcharges (YQ) on Infinity MileageLands awards flown on EVA Air / UNI Air metal, on top of government taxes and airport fees — the transpacific and Europe redemptions carry a meaningful cash component, so treat these as points-plus-cash, not points-only. A valid EVA Air routing is assumed.

Feed it: 17,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 116,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 437,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of 10xtravel.com
Economy

China Airlines Dynasty Flyer

17,500 pts

China Airlines (+ Mandarin Airlines) own metal from TPE, published route-chart award (2,182 km nonstop)

China Airlines SkyTeam

China Airlines (+ Mandarin Airlines) own-metal Tokyo→Taipei. CI passes carrier surcharges on awards: the reward-ticket T&C makes the ticket holder responsible for 'all related taxes or any other surcharges and fuel surcharge' on own-metal reissues, and the SkyTeam ticketing rules repeat it verbatim for partner awards ('taxes and additional charges (such as fuel surcharges, etc.) are all borne by the ticket holder'). A non-refundable Booking Service Charge is also collected at issuance (waived on itineraries originating Hong Kong; Paragon members get fee waivers). A valid China Airlines (+ Mandarin Airlines) routing is assumed.

as of china-airlines.com
Economy

American Airlines AAdvantage

20,000 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: 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)

as of aa.com
Business

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands

the play 25,000 pts

EVA Air own metal from TPE, region award

EVA Air Star Alliance

EVA Air own-metal Tokyo→Taipei. EVA passes carrier-imposed fuel surcharges (YQ) on Infinity MileageLands awards flown on EVA Air / UNI Air metal, on top of government taxes and airport fees — the transpacific and Europe redemptions carry a meaningful cash component, so treat these as points-plus-cash, not points-only. A valid EVA Air routing is assumed.

Feed it: 25,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 166,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 625,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of 10xtravel.com
Business

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank

24,000 pts

Japan Airlines own metal from NRT, priced off the published to/from-Japan route chart (2,182 km)

Japan Airlines oneworld

Japan Airlines own-metal Tokyo→Taipei. 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: 12,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 24,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 60,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of jal.co.jp
Business

Air Canada Aeroplan

30,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,182 km) — or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026)

Asiana Airlines 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)

as of aircanada.com
Business

Air France-KLM Flying Blue

~30,000 pts est.

Korean Air via ICN (NRT–ICN–TPE), or China Eastern via PVG (NRT–PVG–TPE), or China Airlines nonstop — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

Korean AirChina EasternChina Airlines SkyTeam

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 30,000 business (NRT–ICN 1,258 km → 15,000 + ICN–TPE 1,462 km → 15,000 = 30,000 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 Korean Air (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–ICN 1,258 km → 15,000 + ICN–TPE 1,462 km → 15,000 = 30,000 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: 30,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 15,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 30,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

as of princeoftravel.com
Business

American Airlines AAdvantage

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)

as of aa.com
Business

China Airlines Dynasty Flyer

30,000 pts

China Airlines (+ Mandarin Airlines) own metal from TPE, published route-chart award (2,182 km nonstop)

China Airlines SkyTeam

China Airlines (+ Mandarin Airlines) own-metal Tokyo→Taipei. CI passes carrier surcharges on awards: the reward-ticket T&C makes the ticket holder responsible for 'all related taxes or any other surcharges and fuel surcharge' on own-metal reissues, and the SkyTeam ticketing rules repeat it verbatim for partner awards ('taxes and additional charges (such as fuel surcharges, etc.) are all borne by the ticket holder'). A non-refundable Booking Service Charge is also collected at issuance (waived on itineraries originating Hong Kong; Paragon members get fee waivers). A valid China Airlines (+ Mandarin Airlines) routing is assumed.

as of china-airlines.com
First

American Airlines AAdvantage

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)

as of aa.com
First

Air Canada Aeroplan

50,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,182 km) — or Asiana Airlines via ICN (Star through 16 Dec 2026)

Asiana Airlines 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: 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 125,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of aircanada.com

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