Bangkok to Delhi on points

Thai Airways International own metal from BKK, region award

Thai Airways Star Alliance

Thai Airways International own-metal Bangkok→Delhi. Royal Orchid Plus awards on Thai metal carry carrier-imposed (YQ/YR) surcharges plus government taxes and Thai airport fees — the Europe and Japan/Korea long-hauls carry the heaviest cash add-on, so these are points-plus-cash redemptions. A valid Thai Airways International routing is assumed.

Feed it: 8,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 17,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 17,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

Air India own metal from DEL, region award

Air India Star Alliance

Air India own-metal Bangkok→Delhi. Air India publishes no no-surcharge promise: the Maharaja Club terms say members “shall pay applicable taxes and surcharges” on Air India, Air India Express and Star Alliance flights alike, and the FAQ this desk once cited for the opposite does not contain the sentence it was credited with. What own-metal awards have cost in practice is statutory taxes plus airport/user development fees: small on India–Gulf/SE Asia, moderate on Europe/North America, and materially higher on anything touching London Heathrow because of UK APD. Star Alliance partner awards booked with Maharaja Points are a different animal and can carry partner surcharges. A valid Air India routing is assumed.

Estimate Air India publishes no award chart. Its own Points Calculator states that “Fares indicated above are dependent on the time of booking and seat availability”, and Maharaja Club prices every award either as a Value fare (the discounted rate for booking well in advance) or as a higher Prime fare closer to departure. This number is the Value-fare floor as sampled after the April-2026 repricing — not a published chart cell: Value space is not always available on a given flight, and the same seat prices higher once it is gone. Pricing model re-verified against Air India’s Maharaja Club T&C and Points Calculator on 2026-08-09.

Feed it: 12,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 6,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 12,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)

IndiGo nonstop — revenue-based BluChip pricing

IndiGo

IndiGo's nonstop plus a revenue-based burn: ₹0.40–0.60 a BluChip against ₹8–14k fares. It will never beat Thai's 27,500 Royal Silk for drama, but for a cheap seat to BKK it's the program most Indians already hold. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 20,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — IndiGo BluChip prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. IndiGo BluChip is revenue-linked ~Rs0.50/pt; ~= typical one-way IndiGo economy fare / Rs0.50 for ~1,815 mi - a rupee offset that moves 1:1 with the live fare. Own-metal only, no partners.

Feed it: 30,000 HSBC Reward Points (1.5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 100,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1) · 60,000 HDFC Reward Points (3:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), Southeast Asia→India — Air China PhoenixMiles

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (Beijing→India, resumed Apr-2026) plus Star partners. North Asia is its only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges (why the currency sits at ₹0.90). India-origin levels are not published, so all values are estimated off trans-Pacific anchors. One-way (current PhoenixMiles). Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 15,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. PhoenixMiles' official zone division could not be reconciled with this corridor — Air China publishes no India-origin level, and its published zone tables do not map cleanly onto these city pairs. This value is extrapolated from the nearest published anchors, not a verified chart price.

Feed it: 18,750 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Southeast Asia→India — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~20,000 is a typical Saver partner level for this region pair. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 20,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, Southeast Asia→India on Star Alliance metal; United went fully dynamic in 2020, so this is a typical Saver that moves with availability and cabin scarcity.

Feed it: 10,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Southeast Asia→India — Avianca LifeMiles

Star Alliance

LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; Europe→India business ~63k is the headline sweet spot (beats Aeroplan). Business is the value cabin here; economy is mediocre. The chart is semi-fixed/unpublished, so some bands are estimates. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 20,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. LifeMiles publishes no award chart — Avianca withdrew its public zone table in 2023 and prices Star partner awards off an unpublished internal grid. This level is extrapolated from that historical zone pricing plus dated community booking reports, not a verified chart price.

Feed it: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld), Standard award — cumulative-distance pricing

Cathay Pacific oneworld

BKK-HKG-DEL is ~3,378 flown miles (2,328 + 1,050) — the 2,751-5,000 band at 20,000 Standard, no India Type-2 premium up there. But it's a Hong Kong dog-leg: you fly east past Bangkok's longitude to HKG, then southwest back (~1.9x the 1,815-mile nonstop). Air India's 12,000 nonstop economy wins outright; this is completeness on CX metal for SBI-1:1 balances. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 20,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Cathay Asia Miles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 40,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 20,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Thai Airways nonstop — Star Alliance partner award, fixed Miles & More chart

Thai Airways Star Alliance

The same fixed partner chart — the one the 3-Jun-2025 dynamic switch left alone — prices India↔South East Asia economy at 42,000 miles RETURN, halved to 21,000 one-way by Miles & More’s published one-way rule (General terms and conditions for Award Flights, §1.1: a single leg costs “50% fewer miles than a standard Award Flight”). It does not win here: Air India Maharaja Points prices the same cabin at 12,000. What it buys is a FIXED number and a partner-metal cash bill. Thai Airways flies it nonstop. Burn a stranded Miles & More balance here if you must; the business cell at 37,500 is where this chart actually earns its keep. The chart is miles-only: the PDF still makes you pay “taxes, fees, airline surcharges payable to the respective airlines”, so the cash bill follows the OPERATING carrier — which is exactly why partner metal escapes the EUR 395–885 one-way that Lufthansa and SWISS own metal carries.

Feed it: 52,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 21,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1) · 105,000 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via Wyndham Rewards)

Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

20,000 Saver miles for two SQ legs through Changi — Zone 3 → Zone 6 on the official 1-Nov-2025 chart. Above Air India's flat 12,000-point nonstop already on this corridor, and it adds a southbound Singapore detour Thai and AI fly around. The asterisk: SQ concedes the routing can exceed maximum permitted mileage, so 20,000 is the published reference and a floor — the calculator may price it higher on the actual BKK-SIN-DEL MPM. Exists because KrisFlyer takes points from more Indian issuers than any other airline program; the nonstop charts are the buy. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 20,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 20,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 10,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,948 km)

Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.

Feed it: 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 25,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 62,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Vietnam Airlines via SGN

Vietnam Airlines SkyTeam

Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. Air France/KLM pass carrier (YQ) surcharges on own metal — typically €90–110 economy / €200–300 business one-way long-haul; intra-region SkyTeam ~€15–40. Typical one-way economy runs 18k–40k; award space and travel date drive the real number.

Estimate Dynamic program — estimate is a distance-band estimate (this region-pair is not separately anchored) (range 18k–40k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Feed it: 25,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 25,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Star Alliance metal (Air India/SQ/TG — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), Southeast Asia→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands

Air IndiaSingapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central/South Asia" zone; one-way = half round-trip). EVA own metal via Taipei covers Japan/N-Asia/SE-Asia/US/Europe; Gulf/Africa/Oceania are partner-metal only. US→India business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing). EVA's own Star Alliance requirement table is a triangular ORIGIN/DESTINATION REGIONAL ZONES matrix carrying one cell per region pair, so no second number exists for this heading.

Feed it: 25,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 166,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 625,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

SriLankan via CMB (oneworld) — Avios partner chart, per-segment

SriLankan Airlines oneworld

CMB-DEL (Z3, 12,500) + BKK-CMB (1,486 mi, Z3, 12,500) = 25,000 Avios via Colombo — the priceable oneworld routing (Qatar via Doha dies, BKK-DOH is 3,281 mi). Thai flies the nonstop for 27,500 miles in business one row over. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 25,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 25,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 50,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 25,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or SriLankan Airlines via CMB

Cathay PacificMalaysia AirlinesSriLankan Airlines oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.

Feed it: 75,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 50,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

SriLankan Airlines via CMB (oneworld partner award), Southeast Asia→India — Alaska Atmos

SriLankan Airlines oneworld

No Atmos partner flies BKK-DEL nonstop, so the 1,832-mile great circle never reaches the chart. Alaska bands what you actually fly: SriLankan Airlines via CMB is ~2,974 flown miles — the Asia-Pacific chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band, 25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 25,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Priced at the flown-routing distance, not the nonstop great circle: SriLankan Airlines via CMB = ~2,974 mi summed great-circle (1.62x the 1,832-mi nonstop), which reads the Atmos Asia-Pacific partner chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band (25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way). Atmos prices partner awards on total distance flown; the exact routing Alaska sells on this pair is not calculator-verified (alaskaair.com blocks automated reads). KNIFE-EDGE: the routing measures ~2,974 mi, just under the 3,000-mile band boundary, and our great-circle geometry is city-level - the fare engine's own mileage could land the itinerary in the neighbouring band.

Feed it: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Southeast Asia→India — Aegean Miles+Bonus

Star Alliance

Aegean Miles+Bonus prices Star partner metal off one region chart published as ROUND TRIPS — its own rule is that a one-way costs exactly half, and the halved figure is what we show. India sits in the "Near East & Central Asia" zone: the Far East is a flat 30k/45k one-way (Tokyo costs the same as Bangkok), Europe 35k/55k, North America 50k/75k. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so BKK → DEL and DEL → BKK resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. No Indian card feeds it — Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only road in, and awards only display once you hold the full balance.

Feed it: 75,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.5:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 50,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.67:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

China Southern own metal via Guangzhou (CAN) — the Delhi nonstop resumes 21 September 2026, Southeast Asia→India — Sky Pearl (no partners)

China Southern

China Southern left SkyTeam in 2020, so Sky Pearl books CZ metal ONLY, and Delhi is its only Indian station: the Guangzhou nonstop resumes 21 September 2026 (CZ359/360 daily) after a six-year gap. The onward leg then backtracks through CAN and prices on summed distance (rarely optimal vs an alliance carrier). Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 40,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — China Southern Sky Pearl Club prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 105,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.63:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 210,000 RBL Reward Points (5.25:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 70,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.75:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Southeast Asia→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart)

Star Alliance

Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off its FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). Standout value — Europe→India 45k business, Sub-Saharan Africa→India 17.5k economy on Ethiopian (Cairo is a dearer 20k Middle East cell) — but NO Indian card feeds ConnectMiles (buy-miles or a US co-brand only), so treat it as a reference benchmark, not a wallet-reachable route. Copa's partner chart is a strictly upper-triangular region matrix — one cell per unordered region pair, no direction axis at all — so 35,000 is the same published cell as del-bkk, re-read off the official Copa PDF on 2026-08-06 rather than inferred.

Feed it: 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.57:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 RBL Reward Points (5.14:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 60,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.71:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Southeast Asia→India — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

TAP's 4 May 2026 chart repriced India — which sits in its "Asia" origin zone — and intra-Asia went from 40k/60k to 50k/70k one-way, still flat regardless of distance (fine to Tokyo, poor to Colombo). The Gulf was carved out into a Middle East zone of its own at 60k/80k, so Bangkok now undercuts Dubai. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal; steer via Turkish, EgyptAir or Ethiopian to dodge the YQ. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 50,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Thai Airways International own metal from BKK, region award

Thai Airways Star Alliance

Thai Airways International own-metal Bangkok→Delhi. Royal Orchid Plus awards on Thai metal carry carrier-imposed (YQ/YR) surcharges plus government taxes and Thai airport fees — the Europe and Japan/Korea long-hauls carry the heaviest cash add-on, so these are points-plus-cash redemptions. A valid Thai Airways International routing is assumed.

Feed it: 13,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 27,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 27,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

Star Alliance metal (SQ/TG — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), Southeast Asia→India — Air China PhoenixMiles

Singapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (Beijing→India, resumed Apr-2026) plus Star partners. North Asia is its only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges (why the currency sits at ₹0.90). India-origin levels are not published, so all values are estimated off trans-Pacific anchors. One-way (current PhoenixMiles). Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 27,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. PhoenixMiles' official zone division could not be reconciled with this corridor — Air China publishes no India-origin level, and its published zone tables do not map cleanly onto these city pairs. This value is extrapolated from the nearest published anchors, not a verified chart price.

Feed it: 66,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.44:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 132,000 RBL Reward Points (4.89:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 33,750 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

Star Alliance partner metal, Southeast Asia→India — Avianca LifeMiles

Star Alliance

LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; Europe→India business ~63k is the headline sweet spot (beats Aeroplan). Business is the value cabin here; economy is mediocre. The chart is semi-fixed/unpublished, so some bands are estimates. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 37,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. LifeMiles publishes no award chart — Avianca withdrew its public zone table in 2023 and prices Star partner awards off an unpublished internal grid. This level is extrapolated from that historical zone pricing plus dated community booking reports, not a verified chart price.

Feed it: 111,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 222,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 74,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

Thai Airways nonstop — Star Alliance partner award, fixed Miles & More chart

Thai Airways Star Alliance

Miles & More's PARTNER chart is the one thing the 3-Jun-2025 switch to dynamic pricing did not touch, and the official Award Flight chart (correct as of 3 March 2026) gives INDIA its own region, separate from South East Asia and from Central Asia/Far East. India↔South East Asia in business is 75,000 miles RETURN. The halving is published, not assumed: Miles & More's General terms and conditions for Award Flights, §1.1 One-way Award Flight, reads “One-way Award Flights allow you to book an Award Flight for a single leg for 50% fewer miles than a standard Award Flight”, and carves out only Lufthansa/SWISS/Austrian metal, where the saving tracks the dynamic online offer. That puts this corridor at 37,500 one-way, fixed and published — the single best use of a Miles & More balance from India. It does not win here: Thai Royal Orchid Plus prices the same cabin at 27,500. What it buys is a FIXED number and a partner-metal cash bill. Thai Airways flies it nonstop. Thai releases partner Saver business far more freely than Singapore Airlines does, which is what makes this cell bookable rather than theoretical. The chart is miles-only: the PDF still makes you pay “taxes, fees, airline surcharges payable to the respective airlines”, so the cash bill follows the OPERATING carrier — which is exactly why partner metal escapes the EUR 395–885 one-way that Lufthansa and SWISS own metal carries.

Feed it: 93,750 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1) · 187,500 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via Wyndham Rewards)

Star Alliance partner metal, Southeast Asia→India — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~40,000 is a typical Saver partner level for this region pair. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 40,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, Southeast Asia→India on Star Alliance metal; United went fully dynamic in 2020, so this is a typical Saver that moves with availability and cabin scarcity.

Feed it: 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 100,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.25:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

Air India own metal from DEL, region award

Air India Star Alliance

Air India own-metal Bangkok→Delhi. Air India publishes no no-surcharge promise: the Maharaja Club terms say members “shall pay applicable taxes and surcharges” on Air India, Air India Express and Star Alliance flights alike, and the FAQ this desk once cited for the opposite does not contain the sentence it was credited with. What own-metal awards have cost in practice is statutory taxes plus airport/user development fees: small on India–Gulf/SE Asia, moderate on Europe/North America, and materially higher on anything touching London Heathrow because of UK APD. Star Alliance partner awards booked with Maharaja Points are a different animal and can carry partner surcharges. A valid Air India routing is assumed.

Estimate Air India publishes no award chart. Its own Points Calculator states that “Fares indicated above are dependent on the time of booking and seat availability”, and Maharaja Club prices every award either as a Value fare (the discounted rate for booking well in advance) or as a higher Prime fare closer to departure. This number is the Value-fare floor as sampled after the April-2026 repricing — not a published chart cell: Value space is not always available on a given flight, and the same seat prices higher once it is gone. Pricing model re-verified against Air India’s Maharaja Club T&C and Points Calculator on 2026-08-09.

Feed it: 50,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or SriLankan Airlines via CMB

Cathay PacificMalaysia AirlinesSriLankan Airlines oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.

Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance metal (Air India/SQ/TG — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), Southeast Asia→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands

Air IndiaSingapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central/South Asia" zone; one-way = half round-trip). EVA own metal via Taipei covers Japan/N-Asia/SE-Asia/US/Europe; Gulf/Africa/Oceania are partner-metal only. US→India business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing). EVA's own Star Alliance requirement table is a triangular ORIGIN/DESTINATION REGIONAL ZONES matrix carrying one cell per region pair, so no second number exists for this heading.

Feed it: 42,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 283,334 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,062,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

Star Alliance partner metal, Southeast Asia→India — Aegean Miles+Bonus

Star Alliance

Aegean Miles+Bonus prices Star partner metal off one region chart published as ROUND TRIPS — its own rule is that a one-way costs exactly half, and the halved figure is what we show. India sits in the "Near East & Central Asia" zone: the Far East is a flat 30k/45k one-way (Tokyo costs the same as Bangkok), Europe 35k/55k, North America 50k/75k. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so BKK → DEL and DEL → BKK resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. No Indian card feeds it — Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only road in, and awards only display once you hold the full balance.

Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.67:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (5.33:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.78:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

China Southern own metal via Guangzhou (CAN) — the Delhi nonstop resumes 21 September 2026, Southeast Asia→India — Sky Pearl (no partners)

China Southern

China Southern left SkyTeam in 2020, so Sky Pearl books CZ metal ONLY, and Delhi is its only Indian station: the Guangzhou nonstop resumes 21 September 2026 (CZ359/360 daily) after a six-year gap. The onward leg then backtracks through CAN and prices on summed distance (rarely optimal vs an alliance carrier). Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 60,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — China Southern Sky Pearl Club prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 150,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.5:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 300,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 100,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.67:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,948 km)

Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.

Feed it: 23,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 47,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 118,750 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

SriLankan business via CMB (oneworld) — Avios partner chart, per-segment

SriLankan Airlines oneworld

CMB-DEL (Z3, 24,500 J) + BKK-CMB (Z3, 24,500 J) = 49,000 Avios via Colombo. Nearly double Thai's 27,500 Royal Silk nonstop already on this corridor — a completeness row, not the buy. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 49,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 49,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 98,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 49,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

SriLankan Airlines via CMB (oneworld partner award), Southeast Asia→India — Alaska Atmos

SriLankan Airlines oneworld

No Atmos partner flies BKK-DEL nonstop, so the 1,832-mile great circle never reaches the chart. Alaska bands what you actually fly: SriLankan Airlines via CMB is ~2,974 flown miles — the Asia-Pacific chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band, 25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 50,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Priced at the flown-routing distance, not the nonstop great circle: SriLankan Airlines via CMB = ~2,974 mi summed great-circle (1.62x the 1,832-mi nonstop), which reads the Atmos Asia-Pacific partner chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band (25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way). Atmos prices partner awards on total distance flown; the exact routing Alaska sells on this pair is not calculator-verified (alaskaair.com blocks automated reads). KNIFE-EDGE: the routing measures ~2,974 mi, just under the 3,000-mile band boundary, and our great-circle geometry is city-level - the fare engine's own mileage could land the itinerary in the neighbouring band.

Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Singapore Airlines via SIN (one stop), Saver

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

47,500 Saver miles in business via Changi — 1.7× Thai's 27,500 Royal Silk nonstop on the very same corridor, and it ties Aeroplan's 47,500 for a seat you'd fly with an extra stop and a southbound detour. Zone 3 → Zone 6, asterisked: the printed fare is a reference that a backtracking / over-MPM routing recalculates above. A completeness row — Thai's own chart wins outright. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 47,500 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 47,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 23,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 95,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Vietnam Airlines via SGN

Vietnam Airlines SkyTeam

Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. Air France/KLM pass carrier (YQ) surcharges on own metal — typically €90–110 economy / €200–300 business one-way long-haul; intra-region SkyTeam ~€15–40. Typical one-way business runs 45k–75k; award space and travel date drive the real number.

Estimate Dynamic program — estimate is a distance-band estimate (this region-pair is not separately anchored) (range 45k–75k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Feed it: 55,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 27,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 55,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Star Alliance partner metal, Southeast Asia→India — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

TAP's 4 May 2026 chart repriced India — which sits in its "Asia" origin zone — and intra-Asia went from 40k/60k to 50k/70k one-way, still flat regardless of distance (fine to Tokyo, poor to Colombo). The Gulf was carved out into a Middle East zone of its own at 60k/80k, so Bangkok now undercuts Dubai. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal; steer via Turkish, EgyptAir or Ethiopian to dodge the YQ. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 70,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.57:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (5.14:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.71:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Cathay Pacific business via HKG (oneworld), Standard award — cumulative-distance pricing

Cathay Pacific oneworld

60,000 Standard for two Cathay business sectors through Hong Kong — 2.2x Thai's 27,500 Royal Silk nonstop already on this corridor, on the cheapest-business-in-the-set board. A row for stranded Asia Miles balances only; the backtrack adds ~3 hours and Standard space must line up on both legs. Mirrored from del-bkk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 60,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from del-bkk — Cathay Asia Miles prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the del-bkk business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 60,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 300,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Southeast Asia→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart)

Star Alliance

Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off its FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). Standout value — Europe→India 45k business, Sub-Saharan Africa→India 17.5k economy on Ethiopian (Cairo is a dearer 20k Middle East cell) — but NO Indian card feeds ConnectMiles (buy-miles or a US co-brand only), so treat it as a reference benchmark, not a wallet-reachable route. Copa's partner chart is a strictly upper-triangular region matrix — one cell per unordered region pair, no direction axis at all — so 60,000 is the same published cell as del-bkk, re-read off the official Copa PDF on 2026-08-06 rather than inferred.

Feed it: 150,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.5:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 300,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 100,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.67:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Malaysia Airlines via KUL, or SriLankan Airlines via CMB

Cathay PacificMalaysia AirlinesSriLankan Airlines oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.

Feed it: 150,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 300,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 100,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (2,948 km)

Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.

Feed it: 27,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 55,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 137,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)