Award route card · one-way
The Umrah-and-Haj corridor, minus Delhi's cheat code. Delhi reaches Jeddah on a flat 12,000-point Maharaja nonstop; Bengaluru's Maharaja chart section names no Gulf city, so that seat simply doesn't exist here. Saudia owns the Bengaluru nonstop but prices it in a program you can't read — Alfursan's official chart is bot-walled, and Flying Blue, the only Indian-fed way onto SV metal, is dynamic. That leaves two fixed plays, both via a connection: Qatar's Qsuite at 43,000 Avios through Doha (the best seat), and Air India business at a flat 40,000 Aeroplan through Delhi, surcharge-free (the cheapest flat-bed). Economy is a dynamic-or-Avios scramble; premium is where this corridor rewards you.
The play · business
Feed it: 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 1,00,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Air India via DEL (BLR–DEL–JED, mainline) — Star Alliance partner award | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | the play |
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | Qatar Airways Qsuite via DOH (oneworld) — two segments, band-priced | 43,000 | — | ₹43,000 | 1.1× |
| Air France-KLM Flying Blue | Saudia nonstop (SkyTeam partner award) — dynamic pricing | dynamic | — | — | — |
| Emirates Skywards | Emirates business via DXB (BLR–DXB–JED) — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced | dynamic | — | — | — |
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 |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Air India via DEL (BLR–DEL–JED, mainline) — Star Alliance partner award | 30,000 | — | ₹30,000 | 1.3× |
| IndiGo BluChip | IndiGo nonstop — BluChip, dynamic (revenue-priced) | dynamic | — | — | — |
| Saudia Alfursan | Saudia nonstop — Alfursan region chart, official chart bot-walled | 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.
40,000 points for Air India business to Jeddah on the 2,001–4,000-mile band, surcharge-free — the cheapest flat-bed on the corridor, if you'll route through Delhi (the nonstop is Air India Express economy, not Aeroplan-bookable). Qatar's Qsuite runs 43,000 Avios for a better cabin with a Doha connection; pick your hub. Chain-funded HDFC 2:1 / Bonvoy 3:1.
Feed it: 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 1,00,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
24,500 (BLR–DOH, Z3 — Qsuite) plus 18,500 (DOH–JED, Z2) = 43,000 Avios, Qsuite both legs — the best seat on the corridor. Roughly level with Aeroplan's 40,000 flat-bed on miles, but with Qatar's carrier surcharges on top and a Doha connection to absorb. Nine Indian issuers feed it.
Feed it: 43,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 86,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 43,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
The only Indian-fed program that books Saudia's own nonstop metal is Flying Blue (SkyTeam) — dynamically priced, no published India–Jeddah datapoint, and India Promo Rewards never name Saudi routes. A door onto the corridor's only nonstop premium cabin, not a price you can plan; Aeroplan's fixed 40,000 via Delhi is the number to bank.
Ways in: HDFC Reward Points 1:1 · Axis EDGE Miles 1:2 · HSBC Reward Points 1:1
Emirates flies no BLR–JED nonstop, so this is BLR–DXB–JED via Dubai on two Emirates sectors — calculator-only, up ~15% for premium after the May-2026 devaluation, plus heavy surcharges and a connection. Rarely the math winner against Aeroplan's fixed 40,000 or Qsuite's 43,000, but the A380 first leg tempts. Price it before committing.
Ways in: Amex Membership Rewards 2:1 · RBL Reward Points 4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy · Axis EDGE Miles 1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy
12,500 (BLR–DOH, Z3) plus 10,000 (DOH–JED, 827 mi, Z2) = 22,500 Avios via Doha. With no Maharaja seat from Bengaluru, this is the cheapest FIXED economy award to Jeddah — undercutting Aeroplan's 30,000 — though Umrah-season cash fares and IndiGo's nonstop keep it honest. No peak/off-peak on partners.
Feed it: 22,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 22,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Air India Express flies the BLR–JED nonstop but isn't Aeroplan-bookable, so Aeroplan routes you BLR–DEL–JED on Air India mainline. Both the direct 2,600 mi and the via-Delhi 3,465 mi fall in Aeroplan's 2,001–4,000-mile band — 30,000 points, surcharge-free. Avios does economy for 22,500 and the nonstop is cash-linked; Aeroplan's real value here is one row down.
Feed it: 15,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 30,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 75,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
IndiGo flies BLR–JED nonstop, priced off the live fare — ₹0.40–0.80 per BluChip, min 500 chips, own metal only. Umrah-season fares surge hard and a fare-linked program surges with them; with no fixed Maharaja seat from Bengaluru, Avios' 22,500 via Doha is the calendar-proof economy play.
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)
Saudia owns the BLR–JED nonstop and Alfursan runs fixed region charts, but the official redemption page is bot-walled ("Pardon Our Interruption" on fetch 2026-07-22) — no citable number, and only SBI Travel Credits (2:1) feeds Alfursan from an Indian card. A fixed price that exists but can't be honestly quoted → null, not a guess.
Ways in: Amex Membership Rewards 2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy · RBL Reward Points 4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy · Axis EDGE Miles 1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy