Award route card · one-way
Thai Airways flies AMD–BKK nonstop, which hands Aeroplan a clean prize: its fixed India–Asia band books that Star seat in business for 47,500, surcharge-free, on the nonstop. Air India's own metal is the cheap alternative — mainline flies both AMD–Bombay and Bombay–Bangkok, so the whole routing stays on AI and Bombay sits on the way east, unlocking Maharaja's flat 12,000 economy / 50,000 business SE-Asia tier. A rare eastbound corridor where the Bombay hub doesn't backtrack.
The play · business
Feed it: 50,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India via BOM (Star Alliance) — mainline whole routing | 50,000 | — | ₹40,000 | the play |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Thai Airways nonstop AMD-BKK (Star Alliance partner award) — no fuel surcharge | 47,500 | — | ₹47,500 | 1.2× |
The play · economy
Feed it: 12,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 6,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 12,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India via BOM (Star Alliance) — no AI nonstop from Ahmedabad | 12,000 | — | ₹9,600 | the play |
All-in ₹ = points × the program's house value (valuation index) + the sourced one-way surcharge; a dash means the carrier doesn't publish it and the ranking counts it ₹0 — the row's note carries the caveat. “Dynamic” rows never compete for the play. Feed-ins come from the same transfer data as the optimizer, multi-hop chains included.
SE-Asia business rose to 50,000 in April 2026. Valid here because AI mainline flies both AMD-BOM and BOM-BKK, so the whole routing is on Air India metal and Bombay is on the way east (~1.1x direct). 2,500 points over Aeroplan's 47,500, and Aeroplan books the straighter Thai nonstop — but this is AI's own cabin.
Feed it: 50,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
AMD-BKK's ~1,951 miles sit in Aeroplan's 0-2,500-mile India-Asia band — 47,500 in business, fixed and surcharge-free, booking Thai's OWN Ahmedabad nonstop. Cleaner than Maharaja's 50,000 with a Bombay connection; TG releases partner J sparingly, so hunt early. (Economy in this band isn't the play.)
Feed it: 23,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 47,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 1,18,750 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Bangkok sits on the flat 12,000-point SE-Asia economy tier; AI mainline flies AMD-BOM-BKK, so the whole routing stays on AI metal with Bombay on the way. The cheapest published economy seat on the corridor — verify the connecting itinerary prices at the flat zone rate before transferring.
Feed it: 12,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 6,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 12,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)