The award desk

What your points actually buy.

Valuation indexes are theory; award charts are where the theory gets tested. These are the 74 redemptions worth planning around: 46 that fly out of or into India, 7 hotel nights that redeem anywhere, and 21 overseas sweet spots these same currencies are best at once your points are sitting in them. Programs that depart India lead the board; the rest are labelled. Each row carries the points, the surcharge, a sourced typical cash fare, and the ₹/point you really achieve, checked against our house values. Rows we couldn't verify don't exist, and the traps are labelled as loudly as the wins.

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Aegean Miles+Bonus

₹4.40/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

DEL/BOM/BLR → Sydney/Melbourne/Auckland, business on Star Alliance partner metal (one-way)

3 spots house ₹1.00 beats index 4.4×

Air India Maharaja Club

₹2.45/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

DEL → JFK, business (one-way)

5 spots house ₹0.80 beats index 3.1×

Etihad Guest

₹2.27/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

DEL/BOM → AUH, business Saver (one-way)

3 spots house ₹1.00 beats index 2.3×

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

₹2.42/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

India → Sydney/Melbourne, business Saver via SIN (one-way)

4 spots house ₹1.10 beats index 2.2×

Korean Air SKYPASS

₹1.84/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

Delhi → Seoul (ICN), business one-way on Korean metal

3 spots house ₹1.00 beats index 1.8×

Air France–KLM Flying Blue

₹1.48/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

India → Europe, premium economy Promo Reward (return) — last seen Jul 2026

5 spots house ₹1.00 beats index 1.5×

Malaysia Airlines Enrich

₹1.02/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

Delhi/Mumbai → Kuala Lumpur, business one-way on MH metal

3 spots house ₹0.80 beats index 1.3×

SAS EuroBonus

₹0.82/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

India → the Gulf, business on SkyTeam partner metal (one-way) — the anti-spot

2 spots house ₹0.90

Air Europa SUMA

₹0.57/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

BOM/DEL → Amsterdam, economy on SkyTeam partner metal (return) — the anti-spot

2 spots house ₹0.80

Avios (British Airways · Qatar · Finnair)

fixed / unpriced

BOM → AKL (Qsuite via DOH), business off-peak (one-way)

3 spots house ₹1.00

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles

fixed / unpriced

DEL/BOM → HKG, business Standard (one-way)

2 spots house ₹1.00

Air Canada Aeroplan

fixed / unpriced

India → Europe, business Saver (one-way, ≤4,000 mi gateway)

3 spots house ₹1.00

ANA Mileage Club

fixed / unpriced

India ↔ Japan, business round-trip (Star partner chart)

3 spots house ₹1.00

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles

fixed / unpriced

US ↔ India business via Istanbul (one-way) — the deval, quantified

3 spots house ₹1.00

United MileagePlus

fixed / unpriced

India → US/Canada, business partner Saver (one-way)

3 spots house ₹1.00

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank (JMB)

fixed / unpriced

DEL/BLR ⇄ Tokyo (HND), JAL business (round trip)

2 spots house ₹1.10

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club

fixed / unpriced

India ⇄ Tokyo, ANA business (round trip) via Virgin points

2 spots house ₹1.00

Emirates Skywards

fixed / unpriced

BOM/DEL → DXB, business class Saver (one-way) — dynamic

2 spots house ₹0.90

World of Hyatt

₹2.43/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

Category 1 hotel, off-peak (per night)

2 spots hotel nights, anywhere house ₹1.50 beats index 1.6×

Accor Live Limitless (ALL)

₹2.18/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

Any Accor stay (ibis → Sofitel/Raffles), €40 off per 2,000 points

2 spots hotel nights, anywhere house ₹2.15 beats index 1.0×

Marriott Bonvoy

₹0.57/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

Free Night Award (15k) at Fairfield/Four Points/Courtyard, peak dates

3 spots hotel nights, anywhere house ₹0.65

Delta SkyMiles

₹3.40/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

Delta One (business) to Europe, low dynamic print (one-way)

2 spots not from India house ₹1.00 beats index 3.4×

Aeroméxico Rewards

₹2.03/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

SkyTeam partner business to Europe / South America, low dynamic print (one-way)

2 spots not from India house ₹0.60 beats index 3.4×

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

₹2.88/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

Seattle ↔ Tokyo, JAL business (one-way)

3 spots not from India house ₹1.00 beats index 2.9×

Copa Airlines ConnectMiles

₹2.01/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

North America ↔ South America, Star Alliance business (one-way)

2 spots not from India house ₹1.00 beats index 2.0×

Qantas Frequent Flyer

₹1.25/pt — best ₹ per point achieved on the redemption shown

Intra-Australia hop under 600 mi (SYD–MEL), economy Classic Reward (one-way)

2 spots not from India house ₹1.00 beats index 1.3×

TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go

fixed / unpriced

Lisbon → US East Coast (Boston/New York/Washington), business on TAP metal (one-way)

3 spots not from India house ₹0.80

Omitted, not forgotten: Club ITC and IHG One Rewards have no India award datapoints we could verify to our standard — they get pages when they earn them.