Award flight · one-way
Paris → Mumbai on points, and the board finally reads the same in both directions: 41 options, the full set bom-cdg carries. AAdvantage owns every verified cabin — 20,000 economy, 42,500 business, 62,500 first off its oneworld region chart, and nothing else verified gets near it. TAP's Star Alliance table is the second real chart read westbound: 80,000 / 125,000, the identical Europe↔Asia cell it charges eastbound, because TAP's one published directional asymmetry is Europe↔Middle East and this is not it. Air France flies it nonstop; Air India dropped its own. The other 21 rows are mirrored off bom-cdg — the charts behind them price a zone pair or a distance band rather than a direction, but the desk has not re-read them westbound, so they render "~X est." and never take the crown.
The play · economy
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| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantage the play | oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Royal Jordanian via AMM, or SriLankan Airlines via CMB, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or Oman Air via MCT, or British Airways via LHR | 20,000 | — | ₹20,000 | the play |
| Lufthansa Miles & More | Air India via DEL (CDG–DEL–BOM) — Star Alliance partner award, fixed Miles & More chart | 25,000 | — | ₹25,000 | 1.3× |
| Air China PhoenixMiles | Star Alliance metal (LH partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), Europe→India — Air China PhoenixMiles | ~30,000 est. | — | ₹27,000 | 1.4× |
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India via DEL (CDG–DEL–BOM all-mainline; AI dropped the BOM nonstop — Air France flies it nonstop), Value tier | ~35,000 est. | — | ₹28,000 | 1.4× |
| Air France-KLM Flying Blue | Air France / KLM / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — or Kenya Airways via NBO, or Saudia via JED | ~30,000 est. | — | ₹30,000 | 1.5× |
| Copa Airlines ConnectMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) | 30,000 | — | ₹30,000 | 1.5× |
| Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards | Oman Air via MCT (oneworld partner award), Europe→India — Alaska Atmos | 30,000 | — | ₹30,000 | 1.5× |
| Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles | Air France BOM–CDG nonstop — Vietnam LotusMiles | 35,000 | — | ₹35,000 | 1.8× |
| Aegean Miles+Bonus | Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — Aegean Miles+Bonus | 35,000 | — | ₹35,000 | 1.8× |
| China Eastern Miles | SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM), Europe→India — China Eastern Eastern Miles | ~45,000 est. | — | ₹38,250 | 1.9× |
| Air Europa SUMA | SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), Europe→India — Air Europa SUMA | ~48,000 est. | — | ₹38,400 | 1.9× |
| United MileagePlus | Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — United MileagePlus | ~40,000 est. | — | ₹40,000 | 2.0× |
| Avianca LifeMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — Avianca LifeMiles | ~40,000 est. | — | ₹40,000 | 2.0× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (6,994 km) — or Ethiopian Airlines via ADD, or Lufthansa via FRA, or SWISS via ZRH, or EgyptAir via CAI, or Turkish Airlines via IST | 42,500 | — | ₹42,500 | 2.1× |
| EVA Air Infinity MileageLands | Star Alliance metal (Air India/LH — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), Europe→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands | 44,500 | — | ₹44,500 | 2.2× |
| SAS EuroBonus | SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM/Saudia + SAS), Europe→India — SAS EuroBonus | ~54,000 est. | — | ₹48,600 | 2.4× |
| Delta SkyMiles | SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), Europe→India — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) | ~55,000 est. | — | ₹55,000 | 2.8× |
| TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go | Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — TAP Miles&Go | 80,000 | — | ₹64,000 | 3.2× |
The play · business
Which card mints this?
+7 more ways in — the full funnel, ratios and ₹/mile side by side →
One of your cards is in those 7 — see it in the funnel →
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantage the play | oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Royal Jordanian via AMM, or SriLankan Airlines via CMB, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or Oman Air via MCT, or British Airways via LHR | 42,500 | — | ₹42,500 | the play |
| Copa Airlines ConnectMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) | 45,000 | — | ₹45,000 | 1.1× |
| Air China PhoenixMiles | Star Alliance metal (LH partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), Europe→India — Air China PhoenixMiles | ~55,000 est. | — | ₹49,500 | 1.2× |
| Aegean Miles+Bonus | Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — Aegean Miles+Bonus | 55,000 | — | ₹55,000 | 1.3× |
| Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards | Oman Air via MCT (oneworld partner award), Europe→India — Alaska Atmos | 60,000 | — | ₹60,000 | 1.4× |
| Lufthansa Miles & More | Air India via DEL (CDG–DEL–BOM) — Star Alliance partner award, fixed Miles & More chart | 62,500 | — | ₹62,500 | 1.5× |
| Avianca LifeMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — Avianca LifeMiles | ~63,000 est. | — | ₹63,000 | 1.5× |
| China Eastern Miles | SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM), Europe→India — China Eastern Eastern Miles | ~80,000 est. | — | ₹68,000 | 1.6× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (6,994 km) — or Ethiopian Airlines via ADD, or Lufthansa via FRA, or SWISS via ZRH, or EgyptAir via CAI, or Turkish Airlines via IST | 70,000 | — | ₹70,000 | 1.6× |
| Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles | Air France BOM–CDG nonstop — Vietnam LotusMiles | 70,000 | — | ₹70,000 | 1.6× |
| EVA Air Infinity MileageLands | Star Alliance metal (Air India/LH — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), Europe→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands | 71,000 | — | ₹71,000 | 1.7× |
| Etihad Guest | Etihad via Abu Dhabi (one stop) — Saver Award seats, dynamic | ~75,000 est. | — | ₹75,000 | 1.8× |
| Air Europa SUMA | SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), Europe→India — Air Europa SUMA | ~95,000 est. | — | ₹76,000 | 1.8× |
| United MileagePlus | Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — United MileagePlus | ~80,000 est. | — | ₹80,000 | 1.9× |
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India via DEL (CDG–DEL–BOM all-mainline; AI dropped the BOM nonstop — Air France flies it nonstop), Value tier | ~100,000 est. | — | ₹80,000 | 1.9× |
| Air France-KLM Flying Blue | Air France / KLM / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — or Kenya Airways via NBO, or Saudia via JED | ~85,000 est. | — | ₹85,000 | 2.0× |
| Emirates Skywards | Emirates via Dubai (one stop) — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced | ~95,000 est. | — | ₹85,500 | 2.0× |
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | Qatar Qsuite via DOH (oneworld), route-based Avios | ~86,500 est. | — | ₹86,500 | 2.0× |
| SAS EuroBonus | SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM/Saudia + SAS), Europe→India — SAS EuroBonus | ~108,000 est. | — | ₹97,200 | 2.3× |
| TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go | Star Alliance partner metal, Europe→India — TAP Miles&Go | 125,000 | — | ₹1,00,000 | 2.4× |
| Delta SkyMiles | SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), Europe→India — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) | ~140,000 est. | — | ₹1,40,000 | 3.3× |
The play · first
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantage the play | oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — or Qatar via DOH, or Royal Jordanian via AMM, or SriLankan Airlines via CMB, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or Oman Air via MCT, or British Airways via LHR | 62,500 | — | ₹62,500 | the play |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (6,994 km) — or Ethiopian Airlines via ADD, or Lufthansa via FRA, or SWISS via ZRH, or EgyptAir via CAI, or Turkish Airlines via IST | 100,000 | — | ₹1,00,000 | 1.6× |
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, Air France-KLM Flying Blue, Etihad Guest, Emirates Skywards and Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) state that a carrier-imposed surcharge is charged on an award. American Airlines AAdvantage, Air India Maharaja Points, Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards, Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles, China Eastern Miles and United MileagePlus 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 — CDG to BOM 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.
Qatar AirwaysRoyal JordanianSriLankan AirlinesOman AirBritish Airways oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
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)
Air India Star Alliance
The same fixed partner chart — the one the 3-Jun-2025 dynamic switch left alone — prices Europe↔India economy at 50,000 miles RETURN, the same band as Europe↔North America. 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 is 25,000 one-way. Air India carries it via Delhi (CDG–DEL–BOM), all-AI metal at 1.10× the great-circle — inside the on-the-way limit — and the chart’s own footnote says the published amounts “include a continental connecting flight operated by a Miles & More airline partner”, so the DEL–BOM leg is inside the price rather than on top of it. At 25,000 it does NOT win here — American Airlines AAdvantage publishes the same cabin at 20,000. This row is on the board because the board shows every programme’s answer, not because it is the play; what it buys a stranded Miles & More balance is a FIXED, published number on Star metal. 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. On this pair that means Air India’s bill, not Lufthansa’s or SWISS’s.
Feed it: 62,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1) · 125,000 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via Wyndham Rewards)
Lufthansa 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 Reverse of bom-cdg — Air China PhoenixMiles prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an 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: 37,500 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 75,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.5:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 RBL Reward Points (5:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air India Star Alliance
The flat 35,000-point Europe economy tier (April-2026), Paris named on the chart. ₹28,000 at house value — fine for stranded Maharaja balances, poor arithmetic for fresh transfers.
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. This direction is additionally mirrored from the reverse corridor — Maharaja prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel — and has not been sampled separately.
Feed it: 35,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 17,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 35,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
Air FranceKLMKenya AirwaysSaudia 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 20k–35k; award space and travel date drive the real number.
Estimate Reverse of bom-cdg - Air France-KLM Flying Blue prices this O&D direction-agnostically, so this mirrors the bom-cdg economy cell one-for-one. Reconciled 06-Aug-2026: this row read 27,500 against bom-cdg's 30,000, and bom-cdg wins on evidence - it is dated 01-Aug-2026 off an India-specific LiveFromALounge Promo Rewards read, where 27,500 was only the mid-point of a generic 20k-35k band taken off flyingblue.com on 24-Jul-2026. Dynamic program, so 30,000 is the typical one-way level for this region-pair (range 20k-35k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Feed it: 30,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 15,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 30,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
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: 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)
Oman AirQatar AirwaysRoyal JordanianBritish Airways oneworld
Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Oman Air via MCT, ~4,455 flown miles against a 4,346-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 3,001-5,000 mi band — 30,000 economy / 60,000 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: 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)
Air France SkyTeam
Per-segment chart; nonstop = one segment. Air France flies BOM–CDG nonstop, so LotusMiles bills exactly ONE cell — SW Asia × Europe = 35,000, verified cell-for-cell against the official SkyTeam partner table effective 1-Aug-2025. Every CONNECTING build on this program sums each segment instead, which is why most of the India board prices dearer than this. LotusMiles' own SGN/HAN metal runs off a separate chart (25k/60k one-way). One-way.
Feed it: 35,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 35,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 35,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
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. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so CDG → BOM and BOM → CDG resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. 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: 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)
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 Reverse of bom-cdg — China Eastern Miles prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an 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)
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.
Estimate Reverse of bom-cdg — Air Europa SUMA's published chart prices the zone pair (or distance band), not the direction, so the verified bom-cdg price mirrors onto cdg-bom. Not separately re-read in this direction.
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))
Star Alliance
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~40,000 is a typical Saver partner level to Europe. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.
Estimate Reverse of bom-cdg — United MileagePlus prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an estimate: United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→Europe 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)
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 Reverse of bom-cdg — Avianca LifeMiles prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an 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: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
Ethiopian AirlinesLufthansaSWISSEgyptAirTurkish 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.
Feed it: 21,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 42,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 106,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Air IndiaLufthansa 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: 44,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 296,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,112,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
Air FranceKLMSaudiaSAS 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.
Estimate Reverse of bom-cdg — SAS EuroBonus's published chart prices the zone pair (or distance band), not the direction, so the verified bom-cdg price mirrors onto cdg-bom. Not separately re-read in this direction.
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)
Air FranceKLM SkyTeam
Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~55,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level to Europe; 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 Reverse of bom-cdg — Delta SkyMiles prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an estimate: Delta SkyMiles is fully dynamic (no chart since 2015); ~55,000/140,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→Europe on AF/KLM/KE/VN/MU metal — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.
Feed it: 165,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 330,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 110,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Star Alliance
A real chart read, not a mirror: TAP's Star Alliance table (effective 4 May 2026) prices Europe and North Africa → Asia at 80,000 economy / 125,000 business — the SAME cell as Asia → Europe and North Africa. TAP's chart carries exactly one published directional asymmetry (Europe ↔ Middle East) and this pair is not it, so the Europe-origin direction costs what the India-origin direction costs. Airport taxes on top; TAP passes Lufthansa-group carrier surcharges, and publishes no per-route figure.
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)
Qatar AirwaysRoyal JordanianSriLankan AirlinesOman AirBritish Airways oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 127,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 255,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 85,000 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: 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)
Lufthansa 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 Reverse of bom-cdg — Air China PhoenixMiles prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an 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: 135,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.45:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 270,000 RBL Reward Points (4.91:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 68,750 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
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. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so CDG → BOM and BOM → CDG resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. 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: 135,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.45:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 270,000 RBL Reward Points (4.91:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 90,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.64:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Oman AirQatar AirwaysRoyal JordanianBritish Airways oneworld
Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Oman Air via MCT, ~4,455 flown miles against a 4,346-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 3,001-5,000 mi band — 30,000 economy / 60,000 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: 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)
Air India 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. Europe↔India in business is 125,000 miles RETURN — the same band as Europe↔North America, not the dearer South East Asia column. 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 62,500 one-way, fixed and published, on PARTNER metal — and the T&Cs say so twice over: §2.1 adds that for “all other Miles & More airline partners” the ask “is calculated on the basis of an outbound and return flight in the selected award zone”. Air India carries it via Delhi (CDG–DEL–BOM), all-AI metal at 1.10× the great-circle — inside the on-the-way limit — and the chart’s own footnote says the published amounts “include a continental connecting flight operated by a Miles & More airline partner”, so the DEL–BOM leg is inside the price rather than on top of it. At 62,500 it does NOT win here — American Airlines AAdvantage publishes the same cabin at 42,500. This row is on the board because the board shows every programme’s answer, not because it is the play; what it buys a stranded Miles & More balance is a FIXED, published number on Star metal. Alternate partner metal on the same fixed price: Turkish Airlines via Istanbul (1.01×) — both are Star partners outside the Lufthansa group, so both price off this chart rather than the dynamic engine. Two cells on the same chart row are deliberately NOT on the board. Premium Economy (85,000 return) is carved out by the chart’s own footnote 4 — “Only on flights operated by Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Discover Airlines, Eurowings, Lufthansa, Lufthansa City and SWISS” — i.e. never on Air India. And First (215,000 return, 1,07,500 one-way) has no metal: Air India’s only First cabin is the legacy 777-300ER, which in 2026 works Delhi–Melbourne and the Amritsar/Ahmedabad–London Gatwick runs, and no Delhi–Europe sector at all. 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. On this pair that means Air India’s bill, not Lufthansa’s or SWISS’s. Air India releases partner Saver space thinly on the Europe runs — award space, not the price, is the constraint here.
Feed it: 156,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 62,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1) · 312,500 HDFC Reward Points (5:1 via Wyndham Rewards)
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 Reverse of bom-cdg — Avianca LifeMiles prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an 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: 189,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 378,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 126,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
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 Reverse of bom-cdg — China Eastern Miles prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an 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: 533,334 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 2,000,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 400,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)
Ethiopian AirlinesLufthansaSWISSEgyptAirTurkish 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.
Feed it: 35,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 70,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 175,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Air France SkyTeam
Per-segment chart; nonstop = one segment. Air France flies BOM–CDG nonstop, so LotusMiles bills exactly ONE cell — SW Asia × Europe = 70,000, verified cell-for-cell against the official SkyTeam partner table effective 1-Aug-2025. Every CONNECTING build on this program sums each segment instead, which is why most of the India board prices dearer than this. LotusMiles' own SGN/HAN metal runs off a separate chart (25k/60k one-way). One-way.
Feed it: 70,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 70,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 70,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
Air IndiaLufthansa 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: 71,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 473,334 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,775,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
Etihad Airways
BOM–AUH–CDG on Etihad, Saver Award seats dynamic, no published Paris datapoint, surcharges on top. Three fixed numbers already sit on this corridor (Aeroplan 70,000 · AA 42,500 · Maharaja 100,000) — Guest is the fourth quote you get after the decision is made.
Estimate Reverse of bom-cdg — Etihad Guest prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an estimate: Etihad Guest Saver Award starting level for the ~4,488-mile flown itinerary (via AUH), read off Etihad's last published one-way distance-band structure (5,000-mile band). Etihad publishes no award chart today - GuestSeat became Saver Award on 13-Nov-2025 and pricing lives in the Miles Calculator - so fixed-rate space is limited and real quotes often run well above this floor.
Feed it: 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 75,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 187,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
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.
Estimate Reverse of bom-cdg — Air Europa SUMA's published chart prices the zone pair (or distance band), not the direction, so the verified bom-cdg price mirrors onto cdg-bom. Not separately re-read in this direction.
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
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~80,000 is a typical Saver partner level to Europe. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.
Estimate Reverse of bom-cdg — United MileagePlus prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an estimate: United MileagePlus Saver partner level, India→Europe 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: 40,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 200,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.25:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
Air India Star Alliance
The 100,000-point Europe business tier — ₹80,000 at house value against Aeroplan's ₹70,000 for the identical Air India seat. Listed so the gap is visible; Aeroplan is the direct-feed buy, AAdvantage the cheapest if chained.
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. This direction is additionally mirrored from the reverse corridor — Maharaja prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel — and has not been sampled separately.
Feed it: 100,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 50,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 100,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
Air FranceKLMKenya AirwaysSaudia 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 63.75k–90k; award space and travel date drive the real number.
Estimate Dynamic program — estimate is the typical one-way level for this region-pair (range 63.75k–90k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Feed it: 85,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 42,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 85,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Emirates
BOM–DXB–CDG on Emirates both legs — calculator-priced, premium cabins ~15% dearer since 20-May-2026, heavy surcharges. Aeroplan's fixed 70,000 on the nonstop and AA's 42,500 via Doha are the benchmarks; the A380 detour has to be worth the spread per date.
Estimate Reverse of bom-cdg — Emirates Skywards prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an 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: 190,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 480,000 RBL Reward Points (5.05:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 190,000 SBI Travel Credits (2:1)
Qatar Airways oneworld
No BA nonstop to Paris, so Avios routes Qatar's Qsuite via Doha. Through BA Club it prices per segment — BOM–DOH Z3 24,500 plus a DOH–CDG leg in the disputed post-Dec-2025 Z5 band (see the assumption). Privilege Club's route table prices London–Mumbai through Doha at 55,000 J but publishes no India–Paris O&D. AAdvantage books the same Qsuite for 42,500 if you can chain it; Qatar now trials peak/off-peak pricing.
Estimate Reverse of bom-cdg — Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an estimate: Per-segment via DOH on Qatar Qsuite: India-DOH Z3 24,500 (verified band) + DOH-Europe Z5 ~62,000 - assumes the standard-partner Z5 (3,001-4,000 mi) sits at ~pre-deval level; unconfirmed post-15-Dec-2025 (sources dispute, ~60k-68.5k).
Feed it: 86,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 173,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 86,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Air FranceKLMSaudiaSAS 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.
Estimate Reverse of bom-cdg — SAS EuroBonus's published chart prices the zone pair (or distance band), not the direction, so the verified bom-cdg price mirrors onto cdg-bom. Not separately re-read in this direction.
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)
Star Alliance
A real chart read, not a mirror: TAP's Star Alliance table (effective 4 May 2026) prices Europe and North Africa → Asia at 80,000 economy / 125,000 business — the SAME cell as Asia → Europe and North Africa. TAP's chart carries exactly one published directional asymmetry (Europe ↔ Middle East) and this pair is not it, so the Europe-origin direction costs what the India-origin direction costs. Airport taxes on top; TAP passes Lufthansa-group carrier surcharges, and publishes no per-route figure.
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 FranceKLM SkyTeam
Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~140,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level to Europe; 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 Reverse of bom-cdg — Delta SkyMiles prices this O&D direction-agnostically, and the bom-cdg row it mirrors is itself an estimate: Delta SkyMiles is fully dynamic (no chart since 2015); ~55,000/140,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→Europe on AF/KLM/KE/VN/MU metal — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.
Feed it: 420,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 840,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 280,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Qatar AirwaysRoyal JordanianSriLankan AirlinesOman AirBritish Airways oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 187,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 375,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 125,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Ethiopian AirlinesLufthansaSWISSEgyptAirTurkish 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.
Feed it: 50,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 100,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 250,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Flying back? Mumbai to Paris on points (BOM–CDG). Or take the whole region: every corridor we price into South Asia — 380 of them. Or pick any two hubs — 2,450 corridors priced.