Award route card · one-way
The southern half of the tech-corridor trunk, and the mirror of Delhi–Bengaluru: Air India's April-2026 chart prices it at a flat 7,000 Maharaja points in economy — ₹5,600 at house value against ₹5–9k cash, the cheapest seat on the board when Value space shows — and 25,000 in business. Route-priced, not distance-priced: the same 7,000 buys a sector six times longer than Bengaluru–Chennai's 1,500. IndiGo owns the frequency and prices nothing on a chart — BluChip tracks the live fare. On a 2¾-hour narrowbody recliner the 25,000-point business seat is a points-dump; fly economy, bank the rest.
The play · business
Feed it: 25,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 25,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India nonstop (Star Alliance), Value tier | 25,000 | — | ₹20,000 | the play |
The play · economy
Feed it: 7,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 3,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 7,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India nonstop (Star Alliance), Value tier | 7,000 | — | ₹5,600 | the play |
| IndiGo BluChip | IndiGo nonstop — 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.
Cut 19% in April 2026 (31,000 → 25,000) — the deepest domestic business cut on a metro trunk. Still ₹20,000 of points for under three hours in a narrowbody recliner; the chart rewards the front of the A350 long-haul, not this.
Feed it: 25,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 25,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
Cut 13% in April 2026 (8,000 → 7,000) — the same route table also trimmed premium economy to 14,000 (no PE cabin on this desk). ₹5,600 at house value against ₹5–9k cash; taxes unpublished, budget a few thousand rupees. Six issuers feed Maharaja at 1:1 or better.
Feed it: 7,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 3,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 7,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
IndiGo runs the highest frequency on this trunk, but BluChip has no award chart — redemptions track the live fare at a dynamic ₹0.40–0.60 per BluChip, minimum 500, taxes plus convenience fees cash-only. Nothing to plan around; useful only to bleed a balance onto a fare you'd have paid anyway.
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)