Award route card · one-way
The Umrah corridor. Akasa and IndiGo fly AMD–JED nonstop but neither prints a plannable price, so the fixed-price seat is Qatar's Avios, booked AMD–DOH–JED straight down the map: 22,500 economy, 43,000 business. Air India Group flies no metal that reaches Jeddah from Ahmedabad or a within-mileage hub, so there's no Maharaja seat here — honest absence, not the flat 12,000 tier. Price the cash fare first in Umrah season.
The play · business
Feed it: 43,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 86,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 43,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | Qatar Airways via DOH (oneworld) — two segments, band-priced | 43,000 | — | ₹43,000 | the play |
The play · economy
Feed it: 22,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 22,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | Qatar Airways via DOH (oneworld) — two segments, band-priced | 22,500 | — | ₹22,500 | the play |
| IndiGo BluChip | IndiGo nonstop AMD-JED — BluChip, dynamic (revenue-priced) | dynamic | — | — | — |
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.
24,500 for AMD-DOH (Z3) plus 18,500 for DOH-JED (~740 mi, Z2, 651-1,150) = 43,000 Avios for Qatar business, routed straight down the map through Doha — not even a detour, since Jeddah is further west than Doha. The fixed-price premium seat on the corridor; partner Avios carry no peak/off-peak.
Feed it: 43,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 86,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 43,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
12,500 (AMD-DOH, Z3) plus 10,000 (DOH-JED, Z2) = 22,500 Avios via Doha on Qatar. More than Maharaja's 12,000 economy tier, but it's a straightforward one-stop on a five-star carrier; Umrah-season cash fares spike, so price both.
Feed it: 22,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 22,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
IndiGo flies AMD-JED nonstop (Akasa too, no chart), but BluChip prices every seat off the live fare at ~₹0.40-0.60 per chip (min 500), own metal only. Handy for the nonstop if you hold chips; never a planned redemption.
Ways in: HSBC Reward Points 1.5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL) · Axis EDGE Reward Points 5:1 · HDFC Reward Points 3:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)