Award flight · one-way

Mumbai to Doha on points

7,500 pts cheapest economy · Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards BOM → DOH great-circle 2,290 km · 1,420 mi — short-haul Gulf hop 18 programs priced as of

The best Qsuite value from India nobody talks about: Qatar is oneworld, so Avios prices BOM–DOH in Zone 3 — 24,500 Avios for a genuine Qsuite up front, the best short-haul business seat in the sky. But Aeroplan now books Air India's own mainline nonstop in business for 22,500, undercutting the Qsuite on points. Air India's flat 12,000 economy owns the cheap end. Want the seat, burn Avios; want zero YQ, burn Aeroplan. 3 of the 37 rows here are mirrored from the doh-bom direction — award charts price the zone pair, not the direction of travel — and render as honest estimates that never crown THE PLAY.

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Economy

The play · economy

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

Qatar Airways nonstop BOM-DOH (oneworld partner award), India→the Gulf — Alaska Atmos

7,500 pts
surcharge not published
₹7,500 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

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Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards the play Qatar Airways nonstop BOM-DOH (oneworld partner award), India→the Gulf — Alaska Atmos 7,500 — ₹7,500 the play
IndiGo BluChip IndiGo nonstop — BluChip, dynamic (revenue-priced) ~14,000 est. — ₹7,000 0.9×
Air India Maharaja Points Air India / Air India Express nonstop, Value tier ~12,000 est. — ₹9,600 1.3×
Air France-KLM Flying Blue SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Saudia via JED ~10,000 est. — ₹10,000 1.3×
Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) Qatar Airways nonstop (oneworld) — Avios partner chart, Zone 3 12,500 — ₹12,500 1.7×
Avianca LifeMiles Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Avianca LifeMiles ~15,000 est. — ₹15,000 2.0×
Air Canada Aeroplan Air India nonstop (Star Alliance partner award) 15,000 — ₹15,000 2.0×
United MileagePlus Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — United MileagePlus ~17,500 est. — ₹17,500 2.3×
American Airlines AAdvantage oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Oman Air via MCT 17,500 — ₹17,500 2.3×
Aegean Miles+Bonus Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Aegean Miles+Bonus 20,000 — ₹20,000 2.7×
Copa Airlines ConnectMiles Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) 20,000 — ₹20,000 2.7×
China Eastern Miles Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH), India→the Gulf — China Eastern Eastern Miles ~25,000 est. — ₹21,250 2.8×
Delta SkyMiles Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH), India→the Gulf — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) ~22,000 est. — ₹22,000 2.9×
Air Europa SUMA Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH) — the only SkyTeam metal India→the Gulf; Air Europa SUMA ~32,000 est. — ₹25,600 3.4×
SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam metal (Saudia), India→the Gulf — SAS EuroBonus 48,000 — ₹43,200 5.8×
TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — TAP Miles&Go 60,000 — ₹48,000 6.4×
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands Star Alliance metal (Air India — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→the Gulf — EVA Infinity MileageLands 51,000 — ₹51,000 6.8×
Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles Saudia via JED (BOM–JED–DOH) — Vietnam LotusMiles 60,000 — ₹60,000 8.0×

Business

The play · business

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

Qatar Airways nonstop BOM-DOH (oneworld partner award), India→the Gulf — Alaska Atmos

15,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹15,000 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

+7 more ways in — the full funnel, ratios and ₹/mile side by side →

Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards the play Qatar Airways nonstop BOM-DOH (oneworld partner award), India→the Gulf — Alaska Atmos 15,000 — ₹15,000 the play
Air Canada Aeroplan Air India nonstop (Star Alliance partner award) 22,500 — ₹22,500 1.5×
Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) Qatar Airways Qsuite nonstop (oneworld) — Avios partner chart, Zone 3 24,500 — ₹24,500 1.6×
Avianca LifeMiles Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Avianca LifeMiles ~25,000 est. — ₹25,000 1.7×
Air France-KLM Flying Blue SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Saudia via JED ~25,000 est. — ₹25,000 1.7×
Aegean Miles+Bonus Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Aegean Miles+Bonus 30,000 — ₹30,000 2.0×
American Airlines AAdvantage oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Oman Air via MCT 30,000 — ₹30,000 2.0×
United MileagePlus Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — United MileagePlus ~32,500 est. — ₹32,500 2.2×
Copa Airlines ConnectMiles Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) 35,000 — ₹35,000 2.3×
China Eastern Miles Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH), India→the Gulf — China Eastern Eastern Miles ~45,000 est. — ₹38,250 2.5×
Air India Maharaja Points Air India mainline nonstop (Star Alliance) — Maharaja Middle East tier ~50,000 est. — ₹40,000 2.7×
Air Europa SUMA Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH) — the only SkyTeam metal India→the Gulf; Air Europa SUMA ~64,000 est. — ₹51,200 3.4×
Delta SkyMiles Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH), India→the Gulf — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) ~60,000 est. — ₹60,000 4.0×
TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — TAP Miles&Go 80,000 — ₹64,000 4.3×
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands Star Alliance metal (Air India — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→the Gulf — EVA Infinity MileageLands 67,000 — ₹67,000 4.5×
SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam metal (Saudia), India→the Gulf — SAS EuroBonus 96,000 — ₹86,400 5.8×
Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles Saudia via JED (BOM–JED–DOH) — Vietnam LotusMiles 120,000 — ₹1,20,000 8.0×

First

The play · first

American Airlines AAdvantage

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Oman Air via MCT

40,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹40,000 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

+7 more ways in — the full funnel, ratios and ₹/mile side by side →

Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
American Airlines AAdvantage the play oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Oman Air via MCT 40,000 — ₹40,000 the play
Air Canada Aeroplan Air India nonstop (Star Alliance partner award) ~40,000 est. — ₹40,000 1.0×

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. Air France-KLM Flying Blue and Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) state that a carrier-imposed surcharge is charged on an award. Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards, Air India Maharaja Points, United MileagePlus, American Airlines AAdvantage, China Eastern Miles 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. 9 other programmes priced here publish nothing the desk could read.

Open this corridor in British Airways’ Flight Finder → It fills in your search — BOM to DOH on 29/12/2026, which you change there. It does not show award space, and no link on this page can. It is the only carrier handoff the desk ships: Qatar returns CASH fares under award-looking parameters, Aeroplan discards them behind a login, KrisFlyer’s search has no URL to link to, and the Flying Blue template in circulation has never been verified.

Row by row

37 options · 20 sourced charts
Economy

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

the play 7,500 pts

Qatar Airways nonstop BOM-DOH (oneworld partner award), India→the Gulf — Alaska Atmos

Qatar AirwaysOman Air oneworld

Qatar Airways flies BOM-DOH nonstop, ~1,424 miles, and Alaska Atmos bands partner awards by distance flown — the Asia-Pacific chart's sub-1,500-mile band: 7,500 economy / 15,000 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: 22,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 45,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 15,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Economy

IndiGo BluChip

~14,000 pts est.

IndiGo nonstop — BluChip, dynamic (revenue-priced)

IndiGo

IndiGo flies Mumbai–Doha NONSTOP — Hamad's own airline table lists 6E from Mumbai alongside Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi and Kannur, so the old "via Hyderabad" routing on this row was wrong. BluChip prices it off the live fare — ₹0.40–0.80 per point, min 500 chips, own metal only. With Qatar and Akasa on the same nonstop and Avios at a fixed 12,500, this is the board's completeness row, not its play.

Estimate IndiGo BluChip is revenue-linked ~Rs0.50/pt; ~= typical one-way IndiGo economy fare / Rs0.50 for ~1,420 mi - a rupee offset that moves 1:1 with the live fare. Own-metal only, no partners.

Feed it: 21,000 HSBC Reward Points (1.5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 70,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1) · 42,000 HDFC Reward Points (3:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

as of pointsmath.com
Economy

Air India Maharaja Points

~12,000 pts est.

Air India / Air India Express nonstop, Value tier

Air IndiaAir India Express

Doha is named in the April-2026 chart's flat 12,000-point Middle East economy tier — ₹9,600 of points, the cheap-cabin floor on this corridor. Verify the Air India group actually operates BOM–DOH on your dates (Air India Express carries most of it); Value-tier space only.

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: 12,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 6,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 12,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)

as of magnify.club
Economy

Air France-KLM Flying Blue

~10,000 pts est.

SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Saudia via JED

Saudia 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 5k–20k; award space and travel date drive the real number. Mirrored from doh-bom: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 10,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from doh-bom — Air France-KLM Flying Blue prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the doh-bom economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Dynamic program — estimate is a distance-band estimate (this region-pair is not separately anchored) (range 5k–20k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Feed it: 10,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 5,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 10,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

as of flyingblue.com
Economy

Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair)

12,500 pts

Qatar Airways nonstop (oneworld) — Avios partner chart, Zone 3

Qatar Airways oneworld

Qatar is a single oneworld partner, so it prices on Avios' per-segment partner chart — BOM–DOH (1,424 mi) is Zone 3 at 12,500 Avios one-way. Qatar imposes moderate carrier surcharges (exact ex-India figure unpublished); still, ₹12,500-and-change of points beats most cash sale fares. Qatar Privilege Club's own Avios chart may vary a touch. Re-priced 2026-07-22 to the post-15-Dec-2025 partner bands (milelion primary) — draft used the stale pre-devaluation chart.

Feed it: 12,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 12,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

as of milelion.com
Economy

Avianca LifeMiles

~15,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Avianca LifeMiles

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: 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 30,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

as of awardtravelfinder.com
Economy

Air Canada Aeroplan

15,000 pts

Air India nonstop (Star Alliance partner award)

Air India Star Alliance

BOM–DOH's 1,423 miles sit in the 1,001–2,000-mile Within-Atlantic band — 15,000 economy, on Air India's mainline nonstop (Qatar Airways is oneworld, so Aeroplan can't touch it). Economy trails cash; hold Aeroplan for the business seat.

Feed it: 7,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 15,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 37,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of cardexpert.in
Economy

United MileagePlus

~17,500 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~17,500 is a typical Saver partner level to the Gulf. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.

Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→the Gulf 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: 8,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 43,750 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 52,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

as of awardwallet.com
Economy

American Airlines AAdvantage

17,500 pts

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Oman Air via MCT

Oman Air oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed. That region-to-region cell is the PAIR, not the direction: every Indian-Subcontinent cell reads identically from either origin chart, so this heading has one published number.

Feed it: 52,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 105,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 35,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of aa.com
Economy

Aegean Miles+Bonus

20,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Aegean Miles+Bonus

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: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Economy

Copa Airlines ConnectMiles

20,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart)

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: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of copaair.com
Economy

China Eastern Miles

~25,000 pts est.

Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH), India→the Gulf — China Eastern Eastern Miles

Saudia 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: 166,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 625,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 125,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Economy

Delta SkyMiles

~22,000 pts est.

Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH), India→the Gulf — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic)

Saudia SkyTeam

Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~22,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level to the Gulf; 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); ~22,000/60,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→the Gulf on Saudia metal via Jeddah (no SkyTeam carrier flies this pair nonstop) — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.

Feed it: 66,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 132,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 44,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

as of awardfares.com
Economy

Air Europa SUMA

~32,000 pts est.

Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH) — the only SkyTeam metal India→the Gulf; Air Europa SUMA

Saudia SkyTeam

The SkyTeam route to Doha from Mumbai runs the wrong way first: Saudia west to Jeddah, then back east across the Gulf, ~3,014 miles for a 1,424-mile hop. SUMA's distance chart charges accordingly — 32,000 Miles in the 1,751–3,500-mile band, not the 15,000 a nonstop would read. But Emirates, Etihad and Air India all fly this nonstop for less. Call-centre booking, full payment in Miles, non-refundable.

Estimate No SkyTeam carrier flies India–Doha nonstop: Air France, KLM, Korean and Vietnam Airlines serve neither end of this pair, and the only SkyTeam metal that reaches both is Saudia — which has to route BOM–JED–DOH, backtracking 2,187 miles west to Jeddah before doubling back 827 miles east. Priced on that ROUTED distance: 2,187 + 827 = ~3,014 statute miles, the 1,751–3,500-mile band at 32,000/64,000. Air Europa publishes the band table but never states how a connecting partner award measures distance, and partner awards are call-centre-only with no calculator to probe. If SUMA instead reads the corridor's own great circle (~1,424 mi) this would price 15,000/30,000 — but that is the distance of a nonstop no SkyTeam carrier operates.

Feed it: 32,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 64,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 160,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

as of aireuropa.com
Economy

SAS EuroBonus

48,000 pts

SkyTeam metal (Saudia), India→the Gulf — SAS EuroBonus

Saudia SkyTeam

SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal. India sits in EuroBonus’s "Central, East & South Asia" region and the Gulf in "North/Central Africa & Middle East": 80,000 economy / 160,000 business round-trip on the chart valid from 1-Dec-2025, and one-way is 60% of that. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Vietnam Airlines, China Airlines and Air Europa metal.

Feed it: 336,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 336,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 840,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)

as of flysas.com
Economy

TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go

60,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

The 4 May 2026 chart pulled the Gulf out of TAP's "Asia" zone and gave it a Middle East band of its own: India→Middle East went 40k/60k → 60k/80k one-way, +50% in economy and +33% in business on a short hop. Intra-Asia is now 50k/70k, so Bangkok and Singapore price below Dubai. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal; Turkish, EgyptAir and Ethiopian routings dodge most of the YQ.

Feed it: 150,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.5:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 300,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 100,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.67:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Economy

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands

51,000 pts

Star Alliance metal (Air India — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→the Gulf — EVA Infinity MileageLands

Air India 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: 51,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 340,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,275,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of 10xtravel.com
Economy

Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles

60,000 pts

Saudia via JED (BOM–JED–DOH) — Vietnam LotusMiles

Saudia SkyTeam

LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies BOM–DOH nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is Saudia BOM–JED–DOH — per-segment: BOM–JED 35,000 (SW Asia × Middle East) + JED–DOH 25,000 (Middle East × Middle East) = 60,000. 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: 60,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 60,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 60,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

as of vietnamairlines.com
Business

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

the play 15,000 pts

Qatar Airways nonstop BOM-DOH (oneworld partner award), India→the Gulf — Alaska Atmos

Qatar AirwaysOman Air oneworld

Qatar Airways flies BOM-DOH nonstop, ~1,424 miles, and Alaska Atmos bands partner awards by distance flown — the Asia-Pacific chart's sub-1,500-mile band: 7,500 economy / 15,000 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: 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 30,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Business

Air Canada Aeroplan

22,500 pts

Air India nonstop (Star Alliance partner award)

Air India Star Alliance

22,500 in the 1,001–2,000-mile band for Air India business Mumbai–Doha — the Star way into Doha that sidesteps Qatar's oneworld chart entirely. Chain-funded HDFC 2:1 / Bonvoy 3:1; a cheap flat seat when Avios Qsuite space via Qatar dries up.

Feed it: 11,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 22,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 56,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of cardexpert.in
Business

Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair)

24,500 pts

Qatar Airways Qsuite nonstop (oneworld) — Avios partner chart, Zone 3

Qatar Airways oneworld

The corridor's headline: 24,500 Avios for Qsuite, the best short-haul business seat in the sky, on the Zone 3 partner rate (1,152–2,000 mi). Nine Indian issuers feed Avios and HSBC/Axis move at 1:1. Budget a few thousand rupees of Qatar surcharges on top; even so, no other program reaches this cabin for anywhere near the miles. Re-priced 2026-07-22 to the post-15-Dec-2025 partner bands (milelion primary) — draft used the stale pre-devaluation chart.

Feed it: 24,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 49,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 24,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

as of milelion.com
Business

Avianca LifeMiles

~25,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Avianca LifeMiles

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: 75,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 50,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

as of awardtravelfinder.com
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Air France-KLM Flying Blue

~25,000 pts est.

SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — Saudia via JED

Saudia 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 business runs 20k–40k; award space and travel date drive the real number. Mirrored from doh-bom: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 25,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from doh-bom — Air France-KLM Flying Blue prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the doh-bom business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Dynamic program — estimate is a distance-band estimate (this region-pair is not separately anchored) (range 20k–40k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Feed it: 25,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 12,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 25,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

as of flyingblue.com
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Aegean Miles+Bonus

30,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Aegean Miles+Bonus

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: 75,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.5:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 50,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.67:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
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American Airlines AAdvantage

30,000 pts

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Oman Air via MCT

Oman Air oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed. That region-to-region cell is the PAIR, not the direction: every Indian-Subcontinent cell reads identically from either origin chart, so this heading has one published number.

Feed it: 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 60,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of aa.com
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United MileagePlus

~32,500 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~32,500 is a typical Saver partner level to the Gulf. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.

Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→the Gulf 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: 16,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 81,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 67,500 Amex Membership Rewards (2.08:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

as of awardwallet.com
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Copa Airlines ConnectMiles

35,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart)

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: 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.57:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 RBL Reward Points (5.14:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 60,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.71:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of copaair.com
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China Eastern Miles

~45,000 pts est.

Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH), India→the Gulf — China Eastern Eastern Miles

Saudia 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: 300,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,125,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 225,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of upgradedpoints.com
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Air India Maharaja Points

~50,000 pts est.

Air India mainline nonstop (Star Alliance) — Maharaja Middle East tier

Air India Star Alliance

Middle East business is a flat 50,000 (up 9–61% in Apr-2026, route-dependent). Air India mainline flies BOM–DOH — the same metal the Aeroplan row books — so the flat-bed is a fixed 50,000, though thinner than economy since AIX carries much of the frequency. Qatar's own 24,500-Avios Qsuite nonstop is far cheaper; this is the completeness flat-bed.

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: 50,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)

as of awardwallet.com
Business

Air Europa SUMA

~64,000 pts est.

Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH) — the only SkyTeam metal India→the Gulf; Air Europa SUMA

Saudia SkyTeam

64,000 Miles for a Gulf hop is what happens when the only SkyTeam metal available has to detour through Jeddah — ~3,014 routed miles against a 1,424-mile great circle. On points this corridor belongs to Skywards, Etihad Guest or Maharaja. Partner awards are call-centre only and non-refundable.

Estimate No SkyTeam carrier flies India–Doha nonstop: Air France, KLM, Korean and Vietnam Airlines serve neither end of this pair, and the only SkyTeam metal that reaches both is Saudia — which has to route BOM–JED–DOH, backtracking 2,187 miles west to Jeddah before doubling back 827 miles east. Priced on that ROUTED distance: 2,187 + 827 = ~3,014 statute miles, the 1,751–3,500-mile band at 32,000/64,000. Air Europa publishes the band table but never states how a connecting partner award measures distance, and partner awards are call-centre-only with no calculator to probe. If SUMA instead reads the corridor's own great circle (~1,424 mi) this would price 15,000/30,000 — but that is the distance of a nonstop no SkyTeam carrier operates.

Feed it: 64,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 128,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 320,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

as of aireuropa.com
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Delta SkyMiles

~60,000 pts est.

Saudia via Jeddah (BOM–JED–DOH), India→the Gulf — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic)

Saudia SkyTeam

Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~22,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level to the Gulf; 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); ~22,000/60,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→the Gulf on Saudia metal via Jeddah (no SkyTeam carrier flies this pair nonstop) — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.

Feed it: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

as of awardfares.com
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TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go

80,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→the Gulf — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

The 4 May 2026 chart pulled the Gulf out of TAP's "Asia" zone and gave it a Middle East band of its own: India→Middle East went 40k/60k → 60k/80k one-way, +50% in economy and +33% in business on a short hop. Intra-Asia is now 50k/70k, so Bangkok and Singapore price below Dubai. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal; Turkish, EgyptAir and Ethiopian routings dodge most of the YQ.

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)

Business

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands

67,000 pts

Star Alliance metal (Air India — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→the Gulf — EVA Infinity MileageLands

Air India 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: 67,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 446,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,675,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of 10xtravel.com
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SAS EuroBonus

96,000 pts

SkyTeam metal (Saudia), India→the Gulf — SAS EuroBonus

Saudia SkyTeam

SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal. India sits in EuroBonus’s "Central, East & South Asia" region and the Gulf in "North/Central Africa & Middle East": 80,000 economy / 160,000 business round-trip on the chart valid from 1-Dec-2025, and one-way is 60% of that. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Vietnam Airlines, China Airlines and Air Europa metal.

Feed it: 672,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 672,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 1,680,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)

as of flysas.com
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Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles

120,000 pts

Saudia via JED (BOM–JED–DOH) — Vietnam LotusMiles

Saudia SkyTeam

LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies BOM–DOH nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is Saudia BOM–JED–DOH — per-segment: BOM–JED 70,000 (SW Asia × Middle East) + JED–DOH 50,000 (Middle East × Middle East) = 120,000. 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: 120,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 120,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 120,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

as of vietnamairlines.com
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American Airlines AAdvantage

the play 40,000 pts

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Oman Air via MCT

Oman Air oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed. That region-to-region cell is the PAIR, not the direction: every Indian-Subcontinent cell reads identically from either origin chart, so this heading has one published number.

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)

as of aa.com
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Air Canada Aeroplan

~40,000 pts est.

Air India nonstop (Star Alliance partner award)

Air India 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. Mirrored from doh-bom: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 40,000 is that corridor's number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Mirrored from doh-bom — Air Canada Aeroplan prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the doh-bom first cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 100,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of aircanada.com

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81 from BOM · 48 to DOH

Flying back? Doha to Mumbai on points (DOH–BOM). Or take the whole region: every corridor we price into Middle East — 207 of them. Or pick any two hubs — 2,450 corridors priced.