Award flight · one-way

Kolkata to Bangkok on points

17,500 pts cheapest economy · Thai Royal Orchid Plus CCU → BKK great-circle 1,636 km · 1,016 mi — short-haul, ~2½ hours 13 programs priced as of

Kolkata's best-priced exit, and the corridor that exposes Maharaja's hub bias: the April-2026 chart gives CCU ten routes and exactly one international (Kathmandu), so the flat 12,000-point SE-Asia tier every other metro enjoys never reaches Bengal. Thai doesn't care — its Zone-3 chart prices Kolkata identically to Delhi, which makes 27,500 miles in Royal Silk on the shortest India–BKK nonstop the richest per-mile business redemption on the network. Aeroplan wants 1.7× Thai's own chart for the same seat.

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Economy

The play · economy

Thai Royal Orchid Plus

Thai Airways nonstop (Star Alliance), zone chart

17,500 pts
surcharge not published
₹17,500 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
Thai Royal Orchid Plus the play Thai Airways nonstop (Star Alliance), zone chart 17,500 — ₹17,500 the play
IndiGo BluChip IndiGo nonstop — revenue-based BluChip pricing ~14,000 est. — ₹7,000 0.4×
Air China PhoenixMiles Star Alliance metal (TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→Southeast Asia — Air China PhoenixMiles ~15,000 est. — ₹13,500 0.8×
United MileagePlus Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — United MileagePlus ~20,000 est. — ₹20,000 1.1×
Avianca LifeMiles Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — Avianca LifeMiles ~20,000 est. — ₹20,000 1.1×
Lufthansa Miles & More Thai Airways nonstop — Star Alliance partner award, fixed Miles & More chart 21,000 — ₹21,000 1.2×
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands Star Alliance metal (TG — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→Southeast Asia — EVA Infinity MileageLands 25,000 — ₹25,000 1.4×
Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards Malaysia Airlines via KUL (oneworld partner award), India→Southeast Asia — Alaska Atmos ~25,000 est. — ₹25,000 1.4×
American Airlines AAdvantage Malaysia Airlines via KUL (oneworld partner award) 25,000 — ₹25,000 1.4×
Aegean Miles+Bonus Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — Aegean Miles+Bonus 30,000 — ₹30,000 1.7×
Copa Airlines ConnectMiles Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) 35,000 — ₹35,000 2.0×
TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — TAP Miles&Go 50,000 — ₹40,000 2.3×

Business

The play · business

Thai Royal Orchid Plus

Thai Airways nonstop (Star Alliance), Royal Silk

27,500 pts
surcharge not published
₹27,500 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
Thai Royal Orchid Plus the play Thai Airways nonstop (Star Alliance), Royal Silk 27,500 — ₹27,500 the play
Air China PhoenixMiles Star Alliance metal (TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→Southeast Asia — Air China PhoenixMiles ~27,000 est. — ₹24,300 0.9×
Avianca LifeMiles Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — Avianca LifeMiles ~37,000 est. — ₹37,000 1.3×
Lufthansa Miles & More Thai Airways nonstop — Star Alliance partner award, fixed Miles & More chart 37,500 — ₹37,500 1.4×
United MileagePlus Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — United MileagePlus ~40,000 est. — ₹40,000 1.5×
American Airlines AAdvantage Malaysia Airlines business via KUL (oneworld partner award) 40,000 — ₹40,000 1.5×
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands Star Alliance metal (TG — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), India→Southeast Asia — EVA Infinity MileageLands 42,500 — ₹42,500 1.5×
Aegean Miles+Bonus Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — Aegean Miles+Bonus 45,000 — ₹45,000 1.6×
Air Canada Aeroplan Thai Airways nonstop metal (Star Alliance partner award) 47,500 — ₹47,500 1.7×
Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards Malaysia Airlines via KUL (oneworld partner award), India→Southeast Asia — Alaska Atmos ~50,000 est. — ₹50,000 1.8×
TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — TAP Miles&Go 70,000 — ₹56,000 2.0×
Copa Airlines ConnectMiles Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) 60,000 — ₹60,000 2.2×

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. Lufthansa Miles & More states that a carrier-imposed surcharge is charged on an award. United MileagePlus, Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards and American Airlines AAdvantage 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. 8 other programmes priced here publish nothing the desk could read.

Row by row

24 options · 14 sourced charts
Economy

Thai Royal Orchid Plus

the play 17,500 pts

Thai Airways nonstop (Star Alliance), zone chart

Thai Airways Star Alliance

Kolkata sits in the same Zone 3 (India) tier as Delhi on the direct-flight chart — 17,500 miles for a 1,016-mile hop that cash prices at ₹7–12k. Skip economy; the chart's value lives one row down.

Feed it: 8,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 17,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 17,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

as of 10xtravel.com
Economy

IndiGo BluChip

~14,000 pts est.

IndiGo nonstop — revenue-based BluChip pricing

IndiGo

IndiGo flies CCU–BKK nonstop and BluChips knock rupees off the fare at roughly ₹0.40–0.60 apiece — no chart, no sweet spot, no expiry. On a ₹7–12k cash corridor that's a coupon, and an honest one.

Estimate IndiGo BluChip is revenue-linked ~Rs0.50/pt; ~= typical one-way IndiGo economy fare / Rs0.50 for ~1,016 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 livefromalounge.com
Economy

Air China PhoenixMiles

~15,000 pts est.

Star Alliance metal (TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→Southeast Asia — Air China PhoenixMiles

Thai Airways 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: 18,750 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of ffp.airchina.com.cn
Economy

United MileagePlus

~20,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~20,000 is a typical Saver partner level to Southeast Asia. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.

Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→Southeast Asia 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: 10,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

as of awardwallet.com
Economy

Avianca LifeMiles

~20,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — 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: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

as of awardtravelfinder.com
Economy

Lufthansa Miles & More

21,000 pts

Thai Airways nonstop — Star Alliance partner award, fixed Miles & More chart

Thai Airways Star Alliance

The same fixed partner chart — the one the 3-Jun-2025 dynamic switch left alone — prices India↔South East Asia economy at 42,000 miles RETURN, halved to 21,000 one-way by Miles & More’s published one-way rule (General terms and conditions for Award Flights, §1.1: a single leg costs “50% fewer miles than a standard Award Flight”). It does not win here: Thai Royal Orchid Plus prices the same cabin at 17,500. What it buys is a FIXED number and a partner-metal cash bill. Thai Airways flies it nonstop. Burn a stranded Miles & More balance here if you must; the business cell at 37,500 is where this chart actually earns its keep. The chart is miles-only: the PDF still makes you pay “taxes, fees, airline surcharges payable to the respective airlines”, so the cash bill follows the OPERATING carrier — which is exactly why partner metal escapes the EUR 395–885 one-way that Lufthansa and SWISS own metal carries.

Feed it: 52,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 21,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1) · 105,000 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via Wyndham Rewards)

as of miles-and-more.com
Economy

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands

25,000 pts

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

Thai Airways 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: 25,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 166,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 625,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of 10xtravel.com
Economy

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

~25,000 pts est.

Malaysia Airlines via KUL (oneworld partner award), India→Southeast Asia — Alaska Atmos

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

No Atmos partner flies CCU-BKK nonstop, so the 1,017-mile great circle never reaches the chart. Alaska bands what you actually fly: Malaysia Airlines via KUL is ~2,397 flown miles — the Asia-Pacific chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band, 25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way.

Estimate Priced at the flown-routing distance, not the nonstop great circle: Malaysia Airlines via KUL = ~2,397 mi summed great-circle (2.36x the 1,017-mi nonstop), which reads the Atmos Asia-Pacific partner chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band (25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way). Atmos prices partner awards on total distance flown; the exact routing Alaska sells on this pair is not calculator-verified (alaskaair.com blocks automated reads).

Feed it: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Economy

American Airlines AAdvantage

25,000 pts

Malaysia Airlines via KUL (oneworld partner award)

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

25,000 AA miles Indian Subcontinent → Asia Region 2 (Thailand) — 75,000 Bonvoy at 3:1 (see /transfers/to/american-aadvantage). A stop via Colombo for a corridor Thai flies nonstop in 2½ hours; the region-chart backstop.

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 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of aa.com
Economy

Aegean Miles+Bonus

30,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — 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
Economy

Copa Airlines ConnectMiles

35,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — 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
Economy

TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go

50,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

TAP's 4 May 2026 chart repriced India — which sits in its "Asia" origin zone — and intra-Asia went from 40k/60k to 50k/70k one-way, still flat regardless of distance (fine to Tokyo, poor to Colombo). The Gulf was carved out into a Middle East zone of its own at 60k/80k, so Bangkok now undercuts Dubai. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal; steer via Turkish, EgyptAir or Ethiopian to dodge the YQ.

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)

Business

Thai Royal Orchid Plus

the play 27,500 pts

Thai Airways nonstop (Star Alliance), Royal Silk

Thai Airways Star Alliance

The same 27,500-mile Royal Silk rate Delhi pays, on a flight 800 miles shorter — per flown mile, the best business redemption ROP sells to India. HDFC (2:1), Axis (1:2), HSBC (1:1) and SBI (1:1) all feed ROP; mind the hard 3-year expiry and TG metal only.

Feed it: 13,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 27,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 27,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

as of 10xtravel.com
Business

Air China PhoenixMiles

~27,000 pts est.

Star Alliance metal (TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), India→Southeast Asia — Air China PhoenixMiles

Thai Airways 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: 66,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.44:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 132,000 RBL Reward Points (4.89:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 33,750 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

as of ffp.airchina.com.cn
Business

Avianca LifeMiles

~37,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — 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: 111,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 222,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 74,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

as of awardtravelfinder.com
Business

Lufthansa Miles & More

37,500 pts

Thai Airways nonstop — Star Alliance partner award, fixed Miles & More chart

Thai Airways Star Alliance

Miles & More's PARTNER chart is the one thing the 3-Jun-2025 switch to dynamic pricing did not touch, and the official Award Flight chart (correct as of 3 March 2026) gives INDIA its own region, separate from South East Asia and from Central Asia/Far East. India↔South East Asia in business is 75,000 miles RETURN. The halving is published, not assumed: Miles & More's General terms and conditions for Award Flights, §1.1 One-way Award Flight, reads “One-way Award Flights allow you to book an Award Flight for a single leg for 50% fewer miles than a standard Award Flight”, and carves out only Lufthansa/SWISS/Austrian metal, where the saving tracks the dynamic online offer. That puts this corridor at 37,500 one-way, fixed and published — the single best use of a Miles & More balance from India. It does not win here: Thai Royal Orchid Plus prices the same cabin at 27,500. What it buys is a FIXED number and a partner-metal cash bill. Thai Airways flies it nonstop. Thai releases partner Saver business far more freely than Singapore Airlines does, which is what makes this cell bookable rather than theoretical. The chart is miles-only: the PDF still makes you pay “taxes, fees, airline surcharges payable to the respective airlines”, so the cash bill follows the OPERATING carrier — which is exactly why partner metal escapes the EUR 395–885 one-way that Lufthansa and SWISS own metal carries.

Feed it: 93,750 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1) · 187,500 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via Wyndham Rewards)

as of miles-and-more.com
Business

United MileagePlus

~40,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~40,000 is a typical Saver partner level to Southeast Asia. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.

Estimate United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→Southeast Asia 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: 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 100,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.25:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

as of awardwallet.com
Business

American Airlines AAdvantage

40,000 pts

Malaysia Airlines business via KUL (oneworld partner award)

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

40,000 AA miles business via Colombo — 120,000 Bonvoy at 3:1 (see /transfers/to/american-aadvantage). Far above Thai's short-haul Royal Silk; completeness only.

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 10xtravel.com
Business

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands

42,500 pts

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

Thai Airways 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: 42,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 283,334 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,062,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of 10xtravel.com
Business

Aegean Miles+Bonus

45,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — 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: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.67:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (5.33:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.78:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Business

Air Canada Aeroplan

47,500 pts

Thai Airways nonstop metal (Star Alliance partner award)

Thai Airways Star Alliance

CCU–BKK's 1,016 flown miles sit comfortably in the 0–2,500-mile Pacific band CardExpert prices for Delhi–Bangkok — 47,500 after the June-2026 hike (was 40,000). But 1.7× Thai's own 27,500 for the identical seat: only for points already stranded in Aeroplan.

Feed it: 23,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 47,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 118,750 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of cardexpert.in
Business

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

~50,000 pts est.

Malaysia Airlines via KUL (oneworld partner award), India→Southeast Asia — Alaska Atmos

Malaysia Airlines oneworld

No Atmos partner flies CCU-BKK nonstop, so the 1,017-mile great circle never reaches the chart. Alaska bands what you actually fly: Malaysia Airlines via KUL is ~2,397 flown miles — the Asia-Pacific chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band, 25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way.

Estimate Priced at the flown-routing distance, not the nonstop great circle: Malaysia Airlines via KUL = ~2,397 mi summed great-circle (2.36x the 1,017-mi nonstop), which reads the Atmos Asia-Pacific partner chart's 1,501-3,000 mi band (25,000 economy / 50,000 business one-way). Atmos prices partner awards on total distance flown; the exact routing Alaska sells on this pair is not calculator-verified (alaskaair.com blocks automated reads).

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)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Business

TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go

70,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

TAP's 4 May 2026 chart repriced India — which sits in its "Asia" origin zone — and intra-Asia went from 40k/60k to 50k/70k one-way, still flat regardless of distance (fine to Tokyo, poor to Colombo). The Gulf was carved out into a Middle East zone of its own at 60k/80k, so Bangkok now undercuts Dubai. Heavy fuel surcharges on Lufthansa-group and TAP metal; steer via Turkish, EgyptAir or Ethiopian to dodge the YQ.

Feed it: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.57:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (5.14:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.71:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Business

Copa Airlines ConnectMiles

60,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, India→Southeast Asia — 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: 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)

as of copaair.com

More corridors

66 from CCU · 49 to BKK

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