Award route card · one-way
Singapore Airlines' least-sung Indian nonstop — Ahmedabad sits on SQ's eight-city India map alongside the metros, at the same Zone-6 chart every one of them pays: 19,000 economy, 45,000 business Saver. Air India doesn't fly the corridor, so Maharaja's cheaper-on-paper 12,000 economy comes with a Delhi or Bombay doubleback. Longest sector in this zone band — the closest thing to a KrisFlyer distance steal.
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 DEL or BOM (Star Alliance) — no AI nonstop from Ahmedabad | 50,000 | — | ₹40,000 | the play |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines nonstop, Saver (Zone 6 chart) | 45,000 | — | ₹49,500 | 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 DEL or BOM (Star Alliance) — no AI nonstop from Ahmedabad | 12,000 | — | ₹9,600 | the play |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines nonstop, Saver (Zone 6 chart) | 19,000 | — | ₹20,900 | 2.2× |
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.
50,000 after the April-2026 hike (42,000 → 50,000, per the chart's Chennai–Singapore example) — 5,000 more points than KrisFlyer's nonstop Saver AND a connection. Cheaper rupees to mint at ₹0.80 house value, but SQ's chart wins this corridor outright.
Feed it: 50,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
45,000 Saver — the same price as ex-Bengaluru for a longer flight, on the one SQ India route nobody's transferred balance is fighting over. If Saver space exists anywhere in Zone 6, it's likelier here. Book the 355-day window.
Feed it: 45,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 22,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)
Singapore is named on the flat 12,000-point SE-Asia tier and the chart prices by zone, not metro — but ex-Ahmedabad that's a Delhi or Bombay connection against SQ's nonstop. 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)
Zone 6 Saver, 19,000 post-Nov-2025 with no fuel surcharges — and at 2,582 great-circle miles, Ahmedabad stretches the flat zone price further than any metro. Still worth checking against cash before burning; SQ economy ex-India is rarely a bargain.
Feed it: 19,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 9,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 38,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)