Economy the play 7,500 pts Air India mainline nonstop (Star Alliance), Aeroplan distance-band award (1,137 km)
Air India Star Alliance
The metal is settled on both airport tables: Air India flies Mumbai–Delhi on MAINLINE metal, the only Star Alliance operator on the pair, so this band reads the direct great circle and assumes no via-hub detour. Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN — only a CA$39 partner booking fee plus taxes. A connecting routing that flies farther lands in the next band up.
Feed it: 3,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 7,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 18,750 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Air India mainline nonstop, plus Air India Express on the same pair — both redeemable since 21-May-2026, but IX sells economy only (no business cabin)
Air IndiaAir India Express
Promoted from mirror to first-hand read on 2026-08-08. The full April-2026 domestic economy table prints each city pair once and prices it in both directions — "BOM,DEL, old 5,000, new 5,000–14,000" — so this heading is verified, not inferred from Delhi → Mumbai. The one domestic trunk the restructure left alone while the chart around it was cut by up to 64%. ₹4,000 at house value against ₹4–7k cash fares.
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: 5,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 2,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 5,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
IndiGo nonstop — BluChip, dynamic (revenue-priced)
IndiGo
IndiGo BluChip has no award chart at all — redemptions track the live fare at a dynamic ₹0.40–0.60 per BluChip, minimum 500 points, taxes cash-only, own metal only with no partners. It is a rupee offset wearing points clothing, not a chart price. Mirrored from del-bom: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 10,400 is the del-bom number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Estimate Reverse of del-bom — IndiGo BluChip prices the zone pair or the distance band, not the direction, so this mirrors the del-bom economy cell one-for-one; 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 ~706 mi - a rupee offset that moves 1:1 with the live fare. Own-metal only, no partners.
Feed it: 15,600 HSBC Reward Points (1.5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 52,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1) · 31,200 HDFC Reward Points (3:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Business the play 12,500 pts Air India mainline nonstop (Star Alliance), Aeroplan distance-band award (1,137 km)
Air India Star Alliance
The metal is settled on both airport tables: Air India flies Mumbai–Delhi on MAINLINE metal, the only Star Alliance operator on the pair, so this band reads the direct great circle and assumes no via-hub detour. Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN — only a CA$39 partner booking fee plus taxes. A connecting routing that flies farther lands in the next band up.
Feed it: 6,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 12,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 31,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Business ~20,000 pts est. Air India mainline nonstop (Star Alliance), Value tier — mainline only, Air India Express has no business cabin
Air India Star Alliance
Promoted from mirror to first-hand read on 2026-08-08: the full April-2026 domestic business table prints "BOM,DEL, old 23,000, new 20,000–26,000", a 13% cut. 20,000 is the Value cell that ships; 26,000 is the band ceiling. ₹16,000 of points for two hours in a domestic recliner, not a flat bed, when Aeroplan bands the same seat at 12,500 for ₹12,500.
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: 20,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 10,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 20,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
First the play 25,000 pts Air India mainline nonstop (Star Alliance), Aeroplan distance-band award (1,137 km)
Air India Star Alliance
Chart completeness, not a booking: Air India runs Mumbai–Delhi on narrowbody metal, so the front cabin is a business recliner and no first cabin flies the pair at all. The cell is real — Aeroplan's Within-Atlantic 0–1,000-mile band prints a First column — but there is nothing on the aircraft to redeem into.
Feed it: 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 25,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 62,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)