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What your points actually buy.

Valuation indexes are theory; award charts are where the theory gets tested. These are the 22 redemptions from India worth planning around — each one with 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.

Air India Maharaja Club

₹2.45/pt — best ₹ per point achieved

DEL → JFK, business (one-way)

4 spots house ₹0.80 beats index 3.1×

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

₹3.36/pt — best ₹ per point achieved

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

4 spots house ₹1.10 beats index 3.1×

Etihad Guest

₹2.27/pt — best ₹ per point achieved

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

3 spots unindexed — ₹1/mile standard beats index 2.3×

Air France–KLM Flying Blue

₹1.48/pt — best ₹ per point achieved

India → Europe, premium economy Promo Reward (return)

3 spots house ₹1.00 beats index 1.5×

Accor Live Limitless (ALL)

₹2.18/pt — best ₹ per point achieved

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

2 spots house ₹2.15 beats index 1.0×

Marriott Bonvoy

₹0.57/pt — best ₹ per point achieved

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

3 spots house ₹0.65

Avios (British Airways · Qatar · Finnair)

₹0.45/pt — best ₹ per point achieved

DEL/BOM → DOH, economy off-peak (one-way)

3 spots house ₹1.00

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.