Award route card · one-way
The trunk the chart half-prices. Air India flies Bengaluru–Hyderabad, and the April-2026 table prints a business number — 16,000 Maharaja points, cut 20% from 20,000 — but no source publishes the economy route-level figure, and this desk prints charts, not the 3,000–5,000 tier range it would fall in. So the only fixed price on one of South India's busiest ~450-km hops is a 16,000-point business seat for barely an hour aloft — a rich toll no recliner justifies. IndiGo, Akasa, Star Air and Alliance Air own the frequency; BluChip prices off the live fare with no chart. Economy on points here is an honest blank until the route table surfaces.
The play · business
Feed it: 16,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 8,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 16,000 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 | 16,000 | — | ₹12,800 | the play |
Every economy option on this corridor is dynamic-priced — no honest number to crown. The rows below say what we know.
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs 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 20% in April 2026 (20,000 → 16,000). The chart quotes this pair in business but not economy — so the desk prints the J number and leaves economy honestly blank rather than guess the 3,000–5,000 tier. ₹12,800 of points for a ~65-minute narrowbody recliner is a burn only a stranded balance would make.
Feed it: 16,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 8,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 16,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
IndiGo runs the densest schedule on the corridor, but BluChip has no award chart — redemptions track the live fare at a dynamic ₹0.40–0.60 per BluChip, minimum 500, taxes cash-only. The only economy "award" on the corridor, and it's just the cash fare in points clothing.
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)