Award route card · one-way
A one-hour puddle-jump, and SriLankan owns the nonstop — dropping into Avios' cheapest band at 6,500 economy / 14,000 business, a flat-bed to Colombo for less than most domestic redemptions. Air India flies no COK–CMB nonstop and any hub routing is an absurd northward backtrack, so Maharaja sits it out. Small, cheap, entirely an Avios story.
The play · business
Feed it: 14,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 28,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 14,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | SriLankan Airlines nonstop (oneworld), partner distance band | 14,000 | — | ₹14,000 | the play |
The play · economy
Feed it: 6,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 13,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 6,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | SriLankan Airlines nonstop (oneworld), partner distance band | 6,500 | — | ₹6,500 | the play |
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. “Dynamic” rows never compete for the play. Feed-ins come from the same transfer data as the optimizer, multi-hop chains included.
COK–CMB's 314 miles fall in Avios' ≤650-mile band: 14,000 for SriLankan business one-way. A short widebody/narrowbody J hop for the price of a domestic economy award — book it when SriLankan opens partner Saver space.
Feed it: 14,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 28,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 14,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
6,500 Avios in the ≤650-mile band for SriLankan's nonstop economy. On a one-hour hop with cheap cash fares this is a wash at best, but it is the only fixed-price seat on the corridor — the business row is the smarter burn.
Feed it: 6,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 13,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 6,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)