Seattle to Melbourne on points

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via LAX, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Japan Airlines via NRT

Cathay PacificJapan 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)

American Airlines via DFW beyond Qantas' Sydney gateway (SEA–DFW–SYD–MEL), Qantas Classic Flight Reward table — Zone 10 on 10,676 one-way miles

QantasAmerican Airlines oneworld

Qantas has no Seattle route and flies Dallas/Fort Worth from Sydney only, so ex-Melbourne the cheapest Trip runs Melbourne–Sydney, QF7 Sydney–Dallas, then American DFW–SEA. American Airlines is on the QANTAS Classic Flight Reward table — qantas.com lists it verbatim: 'For Classic Flight Rewards with Qantas, Jetstar, Fiji Airways and American Airlines' — so a Qantas long-haul plus an American connection stays on the Qantas table, not the dearer partner one. That keeps the whole Trip on the Qantas table: 438 mi + 8,580 mi + 1,658 mi = 10,676 mi, Zone 10 (9,601–15,000 mi), 63,500 economy / 166,300 business — cheaper than the Alaska one-stop MEL–LAX–SEA, which is 8,882 mi on the partner table, Zone 9, 70,700 / 167,000. Points exclude taxes, fees and carrier charges; Qantas publishes no surcharge table, so no numeric value is asserted — budget A$150-300 economy, A$400-900 business, indicative not sourced. Corrected 2026-08-01: was 48,200 / 130,100, the Qantas-table price for a nonstop Qantas does not fly.

Feed it: 50,800 HSBC Reward Points (1:1.25 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 31,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 63,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

Singapore Airlines via SIN — the fixed "All other partners" Aeroplan cell, 11,813 mi flown, or United Airlines via SFO

Singapore AirlinesUnited Airlines Star Alliance

Re-metalled 2026-08-01. The old row named United while asserting a fixed chart cell, and United sits in the DYNAMIC column, so that cell never applied to its metal. Aeroplan's chart prints two rows per band: a dynamic "Starting at" floor for "Air Canada and/or Select Partners" (United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways, Canadian North, Calm Air, Bearskin and PAL), and one fixed number for "All other partners". United flies Seattle–Melbourne one-stop through San Francisco or Los Angeles, but United is a named Select Partner and prices dynamically. The only all-fixed-partner itinerary is Singapore Airlines via Singapore, and it flies the long way round — 11,813 miles, past the 11,000-mile line. Priced on the 11,001+-mile North America–Pacific band at the flown distance this routing actually covers, 11,813 mi. That is a band move and we are saying so plainly: economy 65,000 to 70,000, business 102,500 to 115,000, First 140,000 to 150,000. The United option the old row leaned on is still bookable, but it prices off the dynamic column's "Starting at" floor for the 7,501–11,000-mile band (50,000 economy / 85,000 business / 130,000 First) — a floor that climbs with demand, never a number we can promise.

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

China Airlines via TPE (SEA–TPE–MEL), or Delta Air Lines via LAX (SEA–LAX–MEL), or Japan Airlines via NRT (SEA–NRT–MEL) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

China AirlinesDelta Air LinesJapan Airlines

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 70,000 economy (SEA–TPE 9,757 km → 45,000 + TPE–MEL 7,400 km → 25,000 = 70,000 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: SEA–TPE 9,757 km → 45,000 + TPE–MEL 7,400 km → 25,000 = 70,000 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: 70,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 35,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 70,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via LAX, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Japan Airlines via NRT

Cathay PacificJapan Airlines oneworld

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

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)

Singapore Airlines via SIN — the fixed "All other partners" Aeroplan cell, 11,813 mi flown, or United Airlines via SFO

Singapore AirlinesUnited Airlines Star Alliance

Re-metalled 2026-08-01. The old row named United while asserting a fixed chart cell, and United sits in the DYNAMIC column, so that cell never applied to its metal. Aeroplan's chart prints two rows per band: a dynamic "Starting at" floor for "Air Canada and/or Select Partners" (United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways, Canadian North, Calm Air, Bearskin and PAL), and one fixed number for "All other partners". United flies Seattle–Melbourne one-stop through San Francisco or Los Angeles, but United is a named Select Partner and prices dynamically. The only all-fixed-partner itinerary is Singapore Airlines via Singapore, and it flies the long way round — 11,813 miles, past the 11,000-mile line. Priced on the 11,001+-mile North America–Pacific band at the flown distance this routing actually covers, 11,813 mi. That is a band move and we are saying so plainly: economy 65,000 to 70,000, business 102,500 to 115,000, First 140,000 to 150,000. The United option the old row leaned on is still bookable, but it prices off the dynamic column's "Starting at" floor for the 7,501–11,000-mile band (50,000 economy / 85,000 business / 130,000 First) — a floor that climbs with demand, never a number we can promise.

Feed it: 57,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 115,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 287,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

China Airlines via TPE (SEA–TPE–MEL), or Delta Air Lines via LAX (SEA–LAX–MEL), or Japan Airlines via NRT (SEA–NRT–MEL) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic)

China AirlinesDelta Air LinesJapan Airlines

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 137,500 business (SEA–TPE 9,757 km → 87,000 + TPE–MEL 7,400 km → 50,500 (published quote) = 137,500 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: SEA–TPE 9,757 km → 87,000 + TPE–MEL 7,400 km → 50,500 (published quote) = 137,500 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. One segment here did NOT need a band — a community source published Flying Blue's own quote for that exact pair, and a published quote beats a fitted band. It is still a single-date sample of a dynamic engine, not a chart cell, and the one-way sample is read as symmetric.

Feed it: 137,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 68,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 137,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

American Airlines via DFW beyond Qantas' Sydney gateway (SEA–DFW–SYD–MEL), Qantas Classic Flight Reward table — Zone 10 on 10,676 one-way miles

QantasAmerican Airlines oneworld

Qantas has no Seattle route and flies Dallas/Fort Worth from Sydney only, so ex-Melbourne the cheapest Trip runs Melbourne–Sydney, QF7 Sydney–Dallas, then American DFW–SEA. American Airlines is on the QANTAS Classic Flight Reward table — qantas.com lists it verbatim: 'For Classic Flight Rewards with Qantas, Jetstar, Fiji Airways and American Airlines' — so a Qantas long-haul plus an American connection stays on the Qantas table, not the dearer partner one. That keeps the whole Trip on the Qantas table: 438 mi + 8,580 mi + 1,658 mi = 10,676 mi, Zone 10 (9,601–15,000 mi), 63,500 economy / 166,300 business — cheaper than the Alaska one-stop MEL–LAX–SEA, which is 8,882 mi on the partner table, Zone 9, 70,700 / 167,000. Points exclude taxes, fees and carrier charges; Qantas publishes no surcharge table, so no numeric value is asserted — budget A$150-300 economy, A$400-900 business, indicative not sourced. Corrected 2026-08-01: was 48,200 / 130,100, the Qantas-table price for a nonstop Qantas does not fly.

Feed it: 133,040 HSBC Reward Points (1:1.25 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 83,150 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 166,300 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via LAX, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Japan Airlines via NRT

Cathay PacificJapan Airlines oneworld

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

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)

Singapore Airlines via SIN — the fixed "All other partners" Aeroplan cell, 11,813 mi flown, or United Airlines via SFO

Singapore AirlinesUnited Airlines Star Alliance

Re-metalled 2026-08-01. The old row named United while asserting a fixed chart cell, and United sits in the DYNAMIC column, so that cell never applied to its metal. Aeroplan's chart prints two rows per band: a dynamic "Starting at" floor for "Air Canada and/or Select Partners" (United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways, Canadian North, Calm Air, Bearskin and PAL), and one fixed number for "All other partners". United flies Seattle–Melbourne one-stop through San Francisco or Los Angeles, but United is a named Select Partner and prices dynamically. The only all-fixed-partner itinerary is Singapore Airlines via Singapore, and it flies the long way round — 11,813 miles, past the 11,000-mile line. Priced on the 11,001+-mile North America–Pacific band at the flown distance this routing actually covers, 11,813 mi. That is a band move and we are saying so plainly: economy 65,000 to 70,000, business 102,500 to 115,000, First 140,000 to 150,000. The United option the old row leaned on is still bookable, but it prices off the dynamic column's "Starting at" floor for the 7,501–11,000-mile band (50,000 economy / 85,000 business / 130,000 First) — a floor that climbs with demand, never a number we can promise. Singapore files no First on Seattle–Singapore (A350, business is the ceiling); its Suites live on the Singapore–Melbourne A380 rotations, so the First cell is a mixed-cabin read.

Feed it: 75,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 150,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 375,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)