Economy the play 40,000 pts Alaska SEA–LAX + American LAX–AKL (SEA–LAX–AKL, oneworld), AAdvantage region award — or American throughout via DFW
American AirlinesAlaska Airlines oneworld
Naming the metal, because the bare 'via LAX' hid a carrier change: American does NOT fly Seattle-Los Angeles - its Seattle map is CLT/ORD/DFW/MIA/PHL plus seasonal PHX - so the Los Angeles build is ALASKA Airlines SEA-LAX feeding American LAX-AKL. Alaska has been a full oneworld member since 31 March 2021 and both sectors price on the same AAdvantage partner chart. The all-American alternative is SEA-DFW-AKL. Both Auckland sectors are seasonal, so check the season before planning. AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart, so the connection costs no extra miles.
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)
United via SFO — an Aeroplan SELECT PARTNER, priced dynamically off a "Starting at" floor, or Air Canada via YVR
United AirlinesAir Canada Star Alliance
Converted to an estimate 2026-08-01: the row asserted Aeroplan's fixed "All other partners" cell on metal that column explicitly excludes. The only fixed-price Star partner that reaches both ends is Singapore Airlines via Singapore, and that flies 13,289 miles against a 7,005-mile direct line — a 1.9x detour, not a routing anyone would book or that Aeroplan would price as this corridor. United via San Francisco flies 7,209 miles and stays inside the band, but United is a named Select Partner and prices dynamically. The floor sits below the fixed cell in two cabins, so the board number falls: economy 50,000 to 45,000, business unchanged at 85,000, First 120,000 to 110,000 — and all three now render as estimates, which can never be crowned THE PLAY. Aeroplan's durable edge on this pair is the fee sheet — not a guaranteed number.
Estimate United Airlines is one of Aeroplan's named SELECT PARTNERS ("Select Partners include United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways, Canadian North, Calm Air, Bearskin Airlines and Provincial Airlines Ltd (PAL)"), and the Flight Reward Chart prices that column DYNAMICALLY. The 5,001–7,500-mile North-America–Pacific band this routing reads prints "Starting at 45,000 pts" economy, "Starting at 85,000 pts" business and "Starting at 110,000 pts" First for Air Canada and/or Select Partners — against a flat 50,000 / 85,000 / 120,000 for "All other partners", a cell that does NOT apply to United or Air Canada metal. We carry the published Select floor, not the fixed cell; live quotes sit at or above it and climb in high-demand periods. The only fixed-price Star partner that reaches both ends is Singapore Airlines via Singapore, and that flies 13,289 miles against a 7,005-mile direct line — a 1.9x detour, not a routing anyone would book or that Aeroplan would price as this corridor. United via San Francisco flies 7,209 miles and stays inside the band, but United is a named Select Partner and prices dynamically.
Feed it: 22,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 45,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 112,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Delta Air Lines via LAX (SEA–LAX–AKL) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)
Delta Air Lines SkyTeam
Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 52,500 economy (SEA–LAX 1,537 km → 7,500 + LAX–AKL 10,487 km → 45,000 = 52,500 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 Delta Air Lines (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: SEA–LAX 1,537 km → 7,500 + LAX–AKL 10,487 km → 45,000 = 52,500 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: 52,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 26,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 52,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Business the play 80,000 pts Alaska SEA–LAX + American LAX–AKL (SEA–LAX–AKL, oneworld), AAdvantage region award — or American throughout via DFW
American AirlinesAlaska Airlines oneworld
Naming the metal, because the bare 'via LAX' hid a carrier change: American does NOT fly Seattle-Los Angeles - its Seattle map is CLT/ORD/DFW/MIA/PHL plus seasonal PHX - so the Los Angeles build is ALASKA Airlines SEA-LAX feeding American LAX-AKL. Alaska has been a full oneworld member since 31 March 2021 and both sectors price on the same AAdvantage partner chart. The all-American alternative is SEA-DFW-AKL. Both Auckland sectors are seasonal, so check the season before planning. AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart, so the connection costs no extra miles.
Feed it: 240,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 480,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 160,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Business ~85,000 pts est. United via SFO — an Aeroplan SELECT PARTNER, priced dynamically off a "Starting at" floor, or Air Canada via YVR
United AirlinesAir Canada Star Alliance
Converted to an estimate 2026-08-01: the row asserted Aeroplan's fixed "All other partners" cell on metal that column explicitly excludes. The only fixed-price Star partner that reaches both ends is Singapore Airlines via Singapore, and that flies 13,289 miles against a 7,005-mile direct line — a 1.9x detour, not a routing anyone would book or that Aeroplan would price as this corridor. United via San Francisco flies 7,209 miles and stays inside the band, but United is a named Select Partner and prices dynamically. The floor sits below the fixed cell in two cabins, so the board number falls: economy 50,000 to 45,000, business unchanged at 85,000, First 120,000 to 110,000 — and all three now render as estimates, which can never be crowned THE PLAY. Aeroplan's durable edge on this pair is the fee sheet — not a guaranteed number.
Estimate United Airlines is one of Aeroplan's named SELECT PARTNERS ("Select Partners include United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways, Canadian North, Calm Air, Bearskin Airlines and Provincial Airlines Ltd (PAL)"), and the Flight Reward Chart prices that column DYNAMICALLY. The 5,001–7,500-mile North-America–Pacific band this routing reads prints "Starting at 45,000 pts" economy, "Starting at 85,000 pts" business and "Starting at 110,000 pts" First for Air Canada and/or Select Partners — against a flat 50,000 / 85,000 / 120,000 for "All other partners", a cell that does NOT apply to United or Air Canada metal. We carry the published Select floor, not the fixed cell; live quotes sit at or above it and climb in high-demand periods. The only fixed-price Star partner that reaches both ends is Singapore Airlines via Singapore, and that flies 13,289 miles against a 7,005-mile direct line — a 1.9x detour, not a routing anyone would book or that Aeroplan would price as this corridor. United via San Francisco flies 7,209 miles and stays inside the band, but United is a named Select Partner and prices dynamically.
Feed it: 42,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 85,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 212,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Business ~102,000 pts est. Delta Air Lines via LAX (SEA–LAX–AKL) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)
Delta Air Lines SkyTeam
Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 102,000 business (SEA–LAX 1,537 km → 15,000 + LAX–AKL 10,487 km → 87,000 = 102,000 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 Delta Air Lines (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: SEA–LAX 1,537 km → 15,000 + LAX–AKL 10,487 km → 87,000 = 102,000 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: 102,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 51,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 102,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
First the play 110,000 pts Alaska SEA–LAX + American LAX–AKL (SEA–LAX–AKL, oneworld), AAdvantage region award — or American throughout via DFW
American AirlinesAlaska Airlines oneworld
Naming the metal, because the bare 'via LAX' hid a carrier change: American does NOT fly Seattle-Los Angeles - its Seattle map is CLT/ORD/DFW/MIA/PHL plus seasonal PHX - so the Los Angeles build is ALASKA Airlines SEA-LAX feeding American LAX-AKL. Alaska has been a full oneworld member since 31 March 2021 and both sectors price on the same AAdvantage partner chart. The all-American alternative is SEA-DFW-AKL. Both Auckland sectors are seasonal, so check the season before planning. AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart, so the connection costs no extra miles.
Feed it: 330,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 660,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 220,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
United via SFO — an Aeroplan SELECT PARTNER, priced dynamically off a "Starting at" floor, or Air Canada via YVR
United AirlinesAir Canada Star Alliance
Converted to an estimate 2026-08-01: the row asserted Aeroplan's fixed "All other partners" cell on metal that column explicitly excludes. The only fixed-price Star partner that reaches both ends is Singapore Airlines via Singapore, and that flies 13,289 miles against a 7,005-mile direct line — a 1.9x detour, not a routing anyone would book or that Aeroplan would price as this corridor. United via San Francisco flies 7,209 miles and stays inside the band, but United is a named Select Partner and prices dynamically. The floor sits below the fixed cell in two cabins, so the board number falls: economy 50,000 to 45,000, business unchanged at 85,000, First 120,000 to 110,000 — and all three now render as estimates, which can never be crowned THE PLAY. Aeroplan's durable edge on this pair is the fee sheet — not a guaranteed number. United files no First class; Polaris business is its top cabin, so the chart First floor buys a business seat in practice.
Estimate United Airlines is one of Aeroplan's named SELECT PARTNERS ("Select Partners include United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways, Canadian North, Calm Air, Bearskin Airlines and Provincial Airlines Ltd (PAL)"), and the Flight Reward Chart prices that column DYNAMICALLY. The 5,001–7,500-mile North-America–Pacific band this routing reads prints "Starting at 45,000 pts" economy, "Starting at 85,000 pts" business and "Starting at 110,000 pts" First for Air Canada and/or Select Partners — against a flat 50,000 / 85,000 / 120,000 for "All other partners", a cell that does NOT apply to United or Air Canada metal. We carry the published Select floor, not the fixed cell; live quotes sit at or above it and climb in high-demand periods. The only fixed-price Star partner that reaches both ends is Singapore Airlines via Singapore, and that flies 13,289 miles against a 7,005-mile direct line — a 1.9x detour, not a routing anyone would book or that Aeroplan would price as this corridor. United via San Francisco flies 7,209 miles and stays inside the band, but United is a named Select Partner and prices dynamically.
Feed it: 55,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 110,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 275,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)