Award flight · one-way
India's longest nonstop is a masterclass in chart geometry: at 8,691 miles the Air India bird sails past Aeroplan's 8,000-mile band line, repricing to 75,000/110,000 — while the zone-based charts don't blink. Air India's own April-2026 tier prints 40,000 economy, same as Delhi. ANA's partner chart books the nonstop at 136,000 round-trip — 68,000 a direction, 42,000 under Aeroplan — and AAdvantage's 70,000 Qsuite via Doha ignores the distance entirely. On ultra-long-haul, fly the zone chart, not the tape measure. First carries two real numbers now: AAdvantage's 115,000 region cell — re-read off aa.com's live calculator 2026-08-06 — is the cheapest published first-class price on this board, with Aeroplan's 165,000 distance band the alternative; both charts are blind to direction, so the cells read the same coming home. Every other first-class row is still an estimate, and estimates never headline.
The play · economy
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| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathay Asia Miles the play | Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong (oneworld), Standard award | 38,000 | — | ₹38,000 | the play |
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India via DEL (BLR–DEL–SFO all-mainline; the BLR nonstop ended Feb-2026), Value tier | ~40,000 est. | — | ₹32,000 | 0.8× |
| Air Europa SUMA | SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), India→North America — Air Europa SUMA | 48,000 | — | ₹38,400 | 1.0× |
| ANA Mileage Club | Star-partner award on the Air India routing — one-way bookable since 24-Jun-2025 | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 1.1× |
| American Airlines AAdvantage | Qatar Airways via Doha (oneworld) — or British Airways via LHR | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 1.1× |
| Copa Airlines ConnectMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North America — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 1.1× |
| Air China PhoenixMiles | Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→North America — Air China PhoenixMiles | ~45,000 est. | — | ₹40,500 | 1.1× |
| Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards | Japan Airlines via NRT (oneworld partner award), India→North America — Alaska Atmos | 42,500 | — | ₹42,500 | 1.1× |
| China Eastern Miles | SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM), India→North America — China Eastern Eastern Miles | ~55,000 est. | — | ₹46,750 | 1.2× |
| Avianca LifeMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North America — Avianca LifeMiles | ~47,000 est. | — | ₹47,000 | 1.2× |
| SAS EuroBonus | SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM), India→North America — SAS EuroBonus | 54,000 | — | ₹48,600 | 1.3× |
| Aegean Miles+Bonus | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North America — Aegean Miles+Bonus | 50,000 | — | ₹50,000 | 1.3× |
| Japan Airlines Mileage Bank | Japan Airlines via Tokyo (oneworld) — JMB partner distance chart | 47,000 | — | ₹51,700 | 1.4× |
| Air France-KLM Flying Blue | Air France / KLM / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via AMS, or Virgin Atlantic via LHR | ~55,000 est. | — | ₹55,000 | 1.4× |
| United MileagePlus | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North America — United MileagePlus | ~60,000 est. | — | ₹60,000 | 1.6× |
| EVA Air Infinity MileageLands | Star Alliance metal (Air India/LH/SQ — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→North America — EVA Infinity MileageLands | 60,000 | — | ₹60,000 | 1.6× |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines via SIN (Saver) — incl. the SIN–SFO ultra-long-haul nonstop | 55,000 | — | ₹60,500 | 1.6× |
| TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North America — TAP Miles&Go | 80,000 | — | ₹64,000 | 1.7× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Star Alliance partner award (Air India via DEL — the BLR–SFO nonstop ended Feb-2026) | 75,000 | — | ₹75,000 | 2.0× |
| Delta SkyMiles | SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), India→North America — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) | ~75,000 est. | — | ₹75,000 | 2.0× |
| Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles | KLM via AMS (BLR–AMS–SFO) — Vietnam LotusMiles | 85,000 | — | ₹85,000 | 2.2× |
The play · business
Which card mints this?
+7 more ways in — the full funnel, ratios and ₹/mile side by side →
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| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Mileage Club the play | Star-partner award on the Air India routing — one-way bookable since 24-Jun-2025 | 68,000 | — | ₹68,000 | the play |
| Air China PhoenixMiles | Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→North America — Air China PhoenixMiles | ~75,000 est. | — | ₹67,500 | 1.0× |
| American Airlines AAdvantage | Qatar Airways Qsuite via Doha (oneworld) — or British Airways via LHR | 70,000 | — | ₹70,000 | 1.0× |
| Aegean Miles+Bonus | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North America — Aegean Miles+Bonus | 75,000 | — | ₹75,000 | 1.1× |
| Air Europa SUMA | SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), India→North America — Air Europa SUMA | 95,000 | — | ₹76,000 | 1.1× |
| Copa Airlines ConnectMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North America — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) | 80,000 | — | ₹80,000 | 1.2× |
| Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards | Japan Airlines via NRT (oneworld partner award), India→North America — Alaska Atmos | 85,000 | — | ₹85,000 | 1.3× |
| China Eastern Miles | SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM), India→North America — China Eastern Eastern Miles | ~100,000 est. | — | ₹85,000 | 1.3× |
| Avianca LifeMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North America — Avianca LifeMiles | ~90,000 est. | — | ₹90,000 | 1.3× |
| Japan Airlines Mileage Bank | Japan Airlines via Tokyo (oneworld) — JMB partner distance chart | 85,000 | — | ₹93,500 | 1.4× |
| Air France-KLM Flying Blue | KLM via AMS / Air France via CDG (one stop) — dynamic pricing | ~95,000 est. | — | ₹95,000 | 1.4× |
| SAS EuroBonus | SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM), India→North America — SAS EuroBonus | 108,000 | — | ₹97,200 | 1.4× |
| EVA Air Infinity MileageLands | Star Alliance metal (Air India/LH/SQ — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→North America — EVA Infinity MileageLands | 97,500 | — | ₹97,500 | 1.4× |
| TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North America — TAP Miles&Go | 125,000 | — | ₹1,00,000 | 1.5× |
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India via DEL (BLR–DEL–SFO all-mainline; the BLR nonstop ended Feb-2026), Value tier | ~130,000 est. | — | ₹1,04,000 | 1.5× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Star Alliance partner award (Air India via DEL — the BLR–SFO nonstop ended Feb-2026) | 110,000 | — | ₹1,10,000 | 1.6× |
| United MileagePlus | Star Alliance partner metal, India→North America — United MileagePlus | ~110,000 est. | — | ₹1,10,000 | 1.6× |
| Cathay Asia Miles | Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong (oneworld), Standard award | 119,000 | — | ₹1,19,000 | 1.8× |
| Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | Virgin Atlantic via LHR (both legs VS metal) — dynamic since Oct 2024 | ~135,000 est. | — | ₹1,35,000 | 2.0× |
| Emirates Skywards | Emirates via Dubai — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced | ~159,000 est. | — | ₹1,43,100 | 2.1× |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines via SIN (Saver) — incl. the SIN–SFO ultra-long-haul nonstop | 133,000 | — | ₹1,46,300 | 2.2× |
| Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles | KLM via AMS (BLR–AMS–SFO) — Vietnam LotusMiles | 170,000 | — | ₹1,70,000 | 2.5× |
| Delta SkyMiles | SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), India→North America — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) | ~230,000 est. | — | ₹2,30,000 | 3.4× |
The play · first
Which card mints this?
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| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantage the play | oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via NRT, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways via LHR | 115,000 | — | ₹1,15,000 | the play |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (13,988 km) — via DEL, or Lufthansa via FRA, or Singapore Airlines via SIN, or Air India via DEL | 165,000 | — | ₹1,65,000 | 1.4× |
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. That surcharge is the airline's own cash charge on an award — YQ, as the notes below call it — and it is not the fuel-surcharge waiver your credit card advertises: that one hands back a hundred rupees or two at a petrol pump, this one runs to tens of thousands and decides whether the award is worth taking at all. “Dynamic” and estimated (~… est.) rows never compete for the play — the crown is always a verified, bookable price. Feed-ins come from the same transfer data as the optimizer, multi-hop chains included.
Chart-priced, not live seats. These prices are read off each programme’s published award chart and valued at our own house ₹/point. 37% of the 39,855 priced options on the board are stated estimates for programmes that publish no chart; they are marked ~ est. and never crowned the play. Nobody here can see whether a seat exists on your date — confirm the space with the programme before you transfer. Points that leave your issuer do not come back.
The cash on top of the miles. Cathay Asia Miles, Air France-KLM Flying Blue and Emirates Skywards state that a carrier-imposed surcharge is charged on an award. Air India Maharaja Points, American Airlines AAdvantage, Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards, China Eastern Miles, United MileagePlus, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer and Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles make you liable for one if the operating airline levies it, without saying whether it does. Air Canada Aeroplan states it adds none on its own metal. Government taxes and airport charges are payable in every case. Almost no programme publishes the amount, so the desk carries each one’s policy in its own words — on its programme hub — rather than a number nobody published. 12 other programmes priced here publish nothing the desk could read.
Cathay Pacific oneworld
BLR–HKG–SFO totals 9,372 miles — 7,501+ band, 38,000 Standard one-way with layovers counted, 2,000 under the Air India price on India's longest nonstop. Post-May-2026 reconstructed chart, capped Standard space, SBI 1:1 feed; a genuine economy alternative when Value space is gone.
Feed it: 76,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 38,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 198,000 RBL Reward Points (5.21:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air India Star Alliance
Sampled at 40,000 after the April-2026 repricing — the North America tier floor, identical to Delhi–SFO despite 1,600 more kilometres. ₹32,000 at house value for 17 nonstop hours is the single best economy ratio in the program.
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: 40,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
Air FranceKLM SkyTeam
Air Europa SUMA prices SkyTeam partner metal off a five-band ONE-WAY distance chart: 0–600 mi 6k/12k · 601–1,250 12k/24k · 1,251–1,750 15k/30k · 1,751–3,500 32k/64k · over 3,500 48k/95k (economy/business). This corridor reads the over-3,500 mi band. The 2020 chart that made India→Europe a 51k business steal is gone — the short Gulf hops are where SUMA is now cheap. Partner awards are SUMA call-centre only, paid entirely in Miles, and non-refundable.
Feed it: 48,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 96,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 240,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Air India Star Alliance
ANA's partner chart prices the whole Zone 4 ⇄ Zone 6 pair — India to anywhere in North America, Canada and Mexico included — at 40,000 one-way in economy and 68,000 in business (80,000 / 136,000 round-trip), season-blind and distance-blind, with the one-way cell published since 24-Jun-2025. It wants a single Star partner end to end (Air India here); ANA's own metal via Tokyo is dearer in business at 71,500. The cell is written "to/from" — the same number in both directions. Fuel surcharges apply and Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only Indian road in; miles expire in 36 months.
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)
Qatar AirwaysBritish Airways oneworld
40,000 on the published Contiguous 48 ⇄ Indian Subcontinent partner chart, Bengaluru–Doha–SFO on Qatar metal. Matches Air India's nonstop price while adding a Doha stop — a backup, not a plan. Bonvoy 3:1 funds it — see /transfers/to/american-aadvantage.
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
Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off its FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). Standout value — India→Europe 45k business, India→Sub-Saharan Africa 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.
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)
LufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance
Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (India→Beijing, 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).
Estimate 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: 56,250 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.67:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (5.33:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Japan AirlinesCathay PacificQatar Airways oneworld
Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Japan Airlines via NRT, ~9,276 flown miles against a 8,692-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 7,001-10,000 mi band — 42,500 economy / 85,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way.
Feed it: 112,500 Amex Membership Rewards (2.65:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 225,000 RBL Reward Points (5.29:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 75,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.76:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air FranceKLM SkyTeam
China Eastern prices its own metal (India→Shanghai/Kunming nonstop) plus SkyTeam partners. North Asia is its genuine ex-India strength; other regions estimate off the nearest published China-anchored band (Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin matrix). All one-way.
Estimate Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin award matrix — this level estimates off the nearest published China-anchored band, as the row note states, not a verified chart price.
Feed it: 366,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,375,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 275,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)
Star Alliance
LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; India→Europe 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.
Estimate 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: 141,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 282,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 94,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
Air FranceKLM SkyTeam
SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal. Ex-India sweet spot: intra-"CESA" business to North Asia/Japan at ~30k. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Air Europa/China Airlines/Vietnam Airlines (UX/CI/VN) metal. One-way = 60% of round-trip.
Feed it: 378,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 378,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 945,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)
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. 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 (2.4:1 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)
Japan Airlines oneworld
Bengaluru–Tokyo–San Francisco totals ~9,300 miles — the 8,001–10,000 partner band, 47,000 one-way. JL lands from India at Narita; check which Tokyo airport the SFO leg departs before booking. Direct-fed (HSBC 1:1, Axis 1:2, SBI 2:1), 7,000 over the Air India nonstop price.
Feed it: 23,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 47,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 117,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Air FranceKLMVirgin Atlantic 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 45k–75k; award space and travel date drive the real number.
Estimate Reverse of sfo-blr — Air France-KLM Flying Blue prices the zone pair, not the direction, so the sfo-blr row is mirrored here rather than re-read. That row is itself an estimate: Dynamic program — estimate is the typical one-way level for this region-pair (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
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~60,000 is a typical Saver partner level to North America. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.
Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→North America 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: 30,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 150,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
Air IndiaLufthansaSingapore Airlines 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. India→US business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing).
Feed it: 60,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 400,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,500,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
Singapore Airlines Star Alliance
Official Zone 6 ⇄ Zone 12 (USA West Coast) Saver, 1-Nov-2025 chart: 55,000 one-way, BLR–SIN plus the 8,400-mile SIN–SFO nonstop. (Community chart pages print 44,000 — that's the ex-Singapore table.) Four Indian issuers feed KrisFlyer, but Air India's 40,000 keeps the economy crown.
Feed it: 55,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 27,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 110,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)
Star Alliance
TAP's 4 May 2026 devaluation lifted India→North America (its "Canada, USA, Mexico and the Caribbean" zone) from 70k/115k to 80k/125k one-way. That is ONE chart cell, and it holds only while the itinerary stays inside two TAP regions — an Asian gateway onto the transpacific hop. Any build that also crosses Europe spans a third region, and TAP then bills flight by flight and sums: 80k/125k plus 65k/120k = 145k/245k. Lufthansa-group metal carries the heaviest surcharges on Star.
Feed it: 195,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.44:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 390,000 RBL Reward Points (4.88:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 130,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.63:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air India Star Alliance
The band jump: 8,691 flown miles lands in the 8,001+ tier — 75,000 after June 2026's +7%, not the 60,000 Delhi pays. Nearly double Air India's 40,000 on the same aircraft; in economy this chart is the wrong tool for this corridor.
Feed it: 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 75,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 187,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Air FranceKLM SkyTeam
Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~75,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level to North America; peak dates and 2026 partner hikes can swing business 1.5–3×. Kenya Airways (NBO) and Korean (ICN) are the strongest ex-India SkyTeam value.
Estimate Delta SkyMiles is fully dynamic (no chart since 2015); ~75,000/230,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→North America on AF/KLM/KE/VN/MU metal — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.
Feed it: 225,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 450,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
KLM SkyTeam
LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies BLR–SFO nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is KLM BLR–AMS–SFO — per-segment: BLR–AMS 35,000 (SW Asia × Europe) + AMS–SFO 50,000 (Europe × North America) = 85,000. India is SW Asia on that table; LotusMiles' own SGN/HAN metal runs off a separate chart (25k/60k one-way). One-way.
Feed it: 85,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 85,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 85,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
Air India Star Alliance
ANA's partner chart prices the whole Zone 4 ⇄ Zone 6 pair — India to anywhere in North America, Canada and Mexico included — at 40,000 one-way in economy and 68,000 in business (80,000 / 136,000 round-trip), season-blind and distance-blind, with the one-way cell published since 24-Jun-2025. It wants a single Star partner end to end (Air India here); ANA's own metal via Tokyo is dearer in business at 71,500. The cell is written "to/from" — the same number in both directions. Fuel surcharges apply and Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only Indian road in; miles expire in 36 months.
Feed it: 174,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.56:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 348,000 RBL Reward Points (5.12:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 116,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.71:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
LufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance
Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (India→Beijing, 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).
Estimate 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: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 93,750 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Qatar AirwaysBritish Airways oneworld
70,000 one-way in Qsuite — the cheapest fixed business number on the board, one-way flexible where ANA isn't, and distance-blind where Aeroplan isn't. Qatar's partner saver J is scarce and no Indian card feeds AAdvantage directly (Bonvoy 3:1 — see /transfers/to/american-aadvantage).
Feed it: 210,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 420,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 140,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
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. 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: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air FranceKLM SkyTeam
Air Europa SUMA prices SkyTeam partner metal off a five-band ONE-WAY distance chart: 0–600 mi 6k/12k · 601–1,250 12k/24k · 1,251–1,750 15k/30k · 1,751–3,500 32k/64k · over 3,500 48k/95k (economy/business). This corridor reads the over-3,500 mi band. The 2020 chart that made India→Europe a 51k business steal is gone — the short Gulf hops are where SUMA is now cheap. Partner awards are SUMA call-centre only, paid entirely in Miles, and non-refundable.
Feed it: 95,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 190,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 475,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Star Alliance
Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off its FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). Standout value — India→Europe 45k business, India→Sub-Saharan Africa 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.
Feed it: 195,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.44:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 390,000 RBL Reward Points (4.88:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 130,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.63:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Japan AirlinesCathay PacificQatar Airways oneworld
Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Japan Airlines via NRT, ~9,276 flown miles against a 8,692-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 7,001-10,000 mi band — 42,500 economy / 85,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way.
Feed it: 210,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.47:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 420,000 RBL Reward Points (4.94:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 140,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.65:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air FranceKLM SkyTeam
China Eastern prices its own metal (India→Shanghai/Kunming nonstop) plus SkyTeam partners. North Asia is its genuine ex-India strength; other regions estimate off the nearest published China-anchored band (Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin matrix). All one-way.
Estimate Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin award matrix — this level estimates off the nearest published China-anchored band, as the row note states, not a verified chart price.
Feed it: 666,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 2,500,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 500,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)
Star Alliance
LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; India→Europe 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.
Estimate 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: 270,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 540,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
Japan Airlines oneworld
85,000 in the 8,001–10,000-mile band for JL business both legs — 25,000 under Aeroplan's band-cliff 110,000 from Bengaluru, with a direct bank feed no Star option here can match. ANA's 68,000 and AA's 70,000 still undercut it, but both need the Bonvoy detour; this is the best directly-fed business price on the corridor.
Feed it: 42,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 85,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 212,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
KLMAir France SkyTeam
KLM and AF both serve Bengaluru and both reach San Francisco, dynamically priced — no India chart. India Promo Rewards discount the Europe leg only (business 63,750 one-way at 25% off); the long continuation prices on top with heavy carrier charges. Five Indian issuers feed it; the fixed anchors above set the bar.
Estimate Flying Blue is dynamic (no chart); typical off-peak Saver ex-India via CDG/AMS for ~8,691 mi. Reconciled 06-Aug-2026 across the whole India-North America business family: saver prices at 95,000 miles one-way (LiveFromALounge, Jul-2026), popular dates 120k-175k+. This row previously read 100,000, extrapolated from the India-Europe pre-promo baseline (biz 85k, or 63.75k in a 25%-off Promo Rewards month) plus a transatlantic continuation - an inference with no India-US datapoint behind it, and it disagreed with the 59 sibling rows already carrying the 95,000 datapoint. Heavy AF/KLM YQ on top; never crowned THE PLAY.
Feed it: 95,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 47,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 95,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Air FranceKLM SkyTeam
SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal. Ex-India sweet spot: intra-"CESA" business to North Asia/Japan at ~30k. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Air Europa/China Airlines/Vietnam Airlines (UX/CI/VN) metal. One-way = 60% of round-trip.
Feed it: 756,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 756,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 1,890,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)
Air IndiaLufthansaSingapore Airlines 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. India→US business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing).
Feed it: 97,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 650,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 2,437,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
Star Alliance
TAP's 4 May 2026 devaluation lifted India→North America (its "Canada, USA, Mexico and the Caribbean" zone) from 70k/115k to 80k/125k one-way. That is ONE chart cell, and it holds only while the itinerary stays inside two TAP regions — an Asian gateway onto the transpacific hop. Any build that also crosses Europe spans a third region, and TAP then bills flight by flight and sums: 80k/125k plus 65k/120k = 145k/245k. Lufthansa-group metal carries the heaviest surcharges on Star.
Feed it: 300,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 600,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 200,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air India Star Alliance
Bengaluru–SFO business isn't separately published; every documented India–North America business route in the April-2026 chart floors at 130,000. ANA's partner chart does the same seat for 68,000 a direction — round-trip strings attached.
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: 130,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 65,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 130,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
Air India Star Alliance
110,000 in the 8,001+ band — untouched by June 2026, but 20,000 over what Delhi pays for the same coast. The distance chart's honest price for 8,691 miles; the zone charts below simply refuse to count.
Feed it: 55,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 110,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 275,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Star Alliance
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~110,000 is a typical Saver partner level to North America. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.
Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→North America 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: 55,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 275,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 240,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.18:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
119,000 Standard in the 7,501+ band, CX business both legs. On a corridor where ANA books the nonstop for 68,000 and AA's Qsuite runs 70,000, paying 119,000 to connect in Hong Kong is a product choice, not a points strategy. SBI 1:1 feeds it.
Feed it: 238,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 119,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 594,000 RBL Reward Points (4.99:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Virgin Atlantic SkyTeam
Virgin serves Bengaluru, so BLR–LHR–SFO rides VS metal both legs — chartless since October 2024, each leg tracking cash (India Upper from ~75,000 on quiet dates, the eleven-hour Atlantic-plus leg on top), UK APD and carrier charges twice. Amex MR 2:1 only. On the board for completeness; off it for value.
Estimate Virgin Atlantic is dynamic since Oct-2024 (no chart); India-LHR Upper practical off-peak 65-75k for ~8,691 mi, beyond-LHR a summed through-award. Heavy ex-UK carrier surcharges; Amex MR 2:1 is the only Indian feed.
Feed it: 168,750 Amex Membership Rewards (5:4) · 660,000 RBL Reward Points (4.89:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 220,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.63:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Emirates
Bengaluru–Dubai–SFO prices off the calculator, +15% on premium cabins since May 2026. No published number; with four fixed-price anchors above, a Skywards quote has to clear a high bar.
Estimate Emirates Skywards one-way Saver estimate, re-marked 01-Aug-2026 to the official miles-calculator pull of 25-Jul-2026 (post the 20-May-2026 devaluation, premium cabins +~15%; connecting corridors summed per leg); dynamic - no published chart, Saver space thin, Flex/Flex Plus price well above.
Feed it: 318,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 774,000 RBL Reward Points (4.87:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 318,000 SBI Travel Credits (2:1)
Singapore Airlines Star Alliance
133,000 Saver for SQ business the whole way (Zone 6 ⇄ USA West Coast, official 1-Nov-2025 chart) — nearly twice AA's 70,000 Qsuite and 65,000 over ANA's partner one-way. The most buildable balance in India buys the board's dearest fixed seat; KrisFlyer is how you fly SQ, not how you save.
Feed it: 133,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 66,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 266,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)
KLM SkyTeam
LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies BLR–SFO nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is KLM BLR–AMS–SFO — per-segment: BLR–AMS 70,000 (SW Asia × Europe) + AMS–SFO 100,000 (Europe × North America) = 170,000. India is SW Asia on that table; LotusMiles' own SGN/HAN metal runs off a separate chart (25k/60k one-way). One-way.
Feed it: 170,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 170,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 170,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
Air FranceKLM SkyTeam
Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~230,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level to North America; peak dates and 2026 partner hikes can swing business 1.5–3×. Kenya Airways (NBO) and Korean (ICN) are the strongest ex-India SkyTeam value.
Estimate Delta SkyMiles is fully dynamic (no chart since 2015); ~75,000/230,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→North America on AF/KLM/KE/VN/MU metal — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.
Feed it: 690,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 1,380,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 460,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Qatar AirwaysJapan AirlinesCathay PacificBritish Airways oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 345,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 690,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 230,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air IndiaLufthansaSingapore Airlines 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. DIRECTION-BLIND BY CONSTRUCTION: Aeroplan bands the DISTANCE FLOWN, so BLR–SFO and SFO–BLR read the SAME chart cell — there is no direction in the chart to get wrong. Re-read against Air Canada's published Flight Reward Chart (2026-04 edition) on 2026-08-05 and promoted from mirrored estimate to a verified chart price.
Feed it: 82,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 165,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 412,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Flying back? San Francisco to Bengaluru on points (SFO–BLR). Or take the whole region: every corridor we price into North America — 510 of them. Or pick any two hubs — 2,450 corridors priced.