Award route card · one-way
Qatar flies AMD–DOH itself, and its own Avios band prices that Qsuite-capable business seat at 24,500 on the nonstop — the fixed-price play, and a fraction of any Gulf-business alternative. Air India has no play here: it flies no AMD–DOH nonstop, and every hub routing (via Delhi or Mumbai) doglegs past permitted mileage from Ahmedabad, so there's no honest Maharaja seat. IndiGo revenue-prices the other nonstop. Avios carries this corridor outright.
The play · business
Feed it: 24,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 49,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 24,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | Qatar Airways nonstop (oneworld), partner distance band | 24,500 | — | ₹24,500 | the play |
The play · economy
Feed it: 12,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 12,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | Qatar Airways nonstop (oneworld), partner distance band | 12,500 | — | ₹12,500 | 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.
The play. AMD-DOH's 1,333 miles sit in the 1,151-2,000-mile band: 24,500 Avios one-way for Qatar's business cabin on the nonstop, post-Dec-2025 chart, Qsuite on the widebody rotations. No peak/off-peak on partner awards; Qatar's carrier charges are modest but unpublished. Nonstop and fixed-price.
Feed it: 24,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 49,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 24,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
12,500 Avios in the 1,151-2,000-mile band for the Qatar nonstop — fair for a 3½-hour flight, but weigh it against this corridor's often-cheap cash fares before transferring. The business seat is where the Avios value lives.
Feed it: 12,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 12,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)