Business-class award flights from Melbourne (MEL) to Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU)

The lowest one-way business-class award each program showed on MEL→CTU, sorted by points.

Program	Points + taxes	Stops	Airlines seen	Seats	Dates seen	Newest observation
American Airlines AAdvantageLowest observed	40,000 pts + $353.20	1 stop	BAMH	—	2	Oct 21, 2026, 01:27 UTC	See dates
Air Canada Aeroplan	72,500 pts + $120.80Mixed cabin	1 stop	SQTGVAZH	9+	6	Nov 6, 2026, 05:42 UTC	See dates
United MileagePlus	110,000 pts + $93.20Mixed cabin	1 stop	CAVAZH	4	3	Oct 21, 2026, 01:27 UTC	See dates

Not seen in business class: Alaska Atmos Rewards and GOL Smiles.

Not seen means AwardTool hasn't observed this cabin on this route in the last 30 days. It doesn't mean the airline has no seats. Dates seen counts departure dates with an open award in that cabin at any price; newest observation is the latest time AwardTool saw one of them. Seats is the count the program reported when we observed it; some programs report at most 9.

Observed business-class award examples

Awards AwardTool observed for departures in the next 60 days (one way, per traveler)

Departure	Program	Points + taxes	Seats	Stops	Observed (UTC)
Nov 13, 2026	Air Canada Aeroplan	72,500 pts + $139.70Mixed cabin	4	1 stop	Nov 3, 2026, 06:21 UTC	Check this date

Prices are one-way per traveler: the program's points or miles plus taxes and carrier fees in USD, as AwardTool observed them in the observation window. Award space changes constantly. A seat we saw may be gone, and space we haven't seen may exist. Always confirm with a live search before transferring points; most transfers can't be reversed.

How often business-class award space showed up

Departure dates in the next 365 days that AwardTool checked for each program in the last 30 days, how many had business-class award space at any price, and the latest departure with space.

Program	Dates with space	Share of dates checked	Latest departure with space
American Airlines AAdvantage	2 of 27	7%	Jan 27, 2027
Air Canada Aeroplan	6 of 27	22%	Sep 7, 2027
United MileagePlus	3 of 27	11%	Jan 31, 2027

Each program's lowest one-way business-class award by departure month, in its own points or miles; taxes vary. — means the program showed no business-class space that month.

Lowest prices among the dates we observed, by departure month. A record, not a forecast.

Program	Nov 2026	Jan 2027	Sep 2027
American Airlines AAdvantagemiles	—	40,000	—
Air Canada Aeroplanpoints	72,500Mixed cabin	72,500Mixed cabin	72,500Mixed cabin
United MileagePlusmiles	—	110,000Mixed cabin	—

Airlines seen in business class

Airlines that appeared on the award itineraries AwardTool observed, and the programs that showed them.

• British Airways (BA): American Airlines AAdvantage
• Air China (CA): United MileagePlus
• Malaysia Airlines (MH): American Airlines AAdvantage
• Singapore Airlines (SQ): Air Canada Aeroplan
• Thai Airways International (TG): Air Canada Aeroplan
• Virgin Australia (VA): Air Canada Aeroplan and United MileagePlus
• Shenzhen Airlines (ZH): Air Canada Aeroplan and United MileagePlus

Business class on nearby routes

The lowest business-class award AwardTool observed on related routes, as each route's page shows it: the return direction, other airports in the same cities, and more routes from Melbourne (MEL) and to Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU). One way, in the program's points or miles, with that award's taxes when the data has them.

Route	Lowest observed	Program	Dates seen
Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU) to Melbourne (MEL)Return direction	91,000 miles + $254.40	Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	28
Melbourne (MEL) to Singapore (SIN)Also from MEL	40,000 miles + $92.40	American Airlines AAdvantage	123
Melbourne (MEL) to London Heathrow (LHR)Also from MEL	85,000 miles + $81.70	American Airlines AAdvantage	5
Melbourne (MEL) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)Also from MEL	85,000 miles + $99.00	American Airlines AAdvantage	2
Melbourne (MEL) to Bali (DPS)Also from MEL	29,000 miles + $161.80Nonstop	Air France/KLM Flying Blue	259
San Francisco (SFO) to Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU)Also to CTU	110,000 miles + $25.30Mixed cabin	United MileagePlus	325
Singapore (SIN) to Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU)Also to CTU	27,000 miles + $128.66	Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	79
Hangzhou (HGH) to Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU)Also to CTU	22,500 miles + $20.90Nonstop	Air France/KLM Flying Blue	283

US card points to program miles or points: ratio and typical transfer time

Program	Amex	Bilt	Capital One	Chase	Citi	Wells Fargo
Air Canada Aeroplan	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	—	—
American Airlines AAdvantage	—	—	—	—	1:1 · Instant	—
United MileagePlus	—	1:1 · Instant	—	1:1 · Instant	—	—

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