Delhi to Abu Dhabi on points

Oman Air via MCT (oneworld partner award), India→the Gulf — Alaska Atmos

Oman Air oneworld

Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Oman Air via MCT, ~1,452 flown miles against a 1,415-mile nonstop, which reads 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)

IndiGo one-stop on own metal (Hyderabad gateway) — BluChip, dynamic

IndiGo

IndiGo has no DEL–AUH nonstop — its verified Abu Dhabi gateways are Hyderabad, Kannur and Kozhikode, so a BluChip itinerary connects over HYD on 6E's own network. Fare-linked (₹0.40–0.80 per point, min 500 chips) on both legs; with Etihad and AI Express on the nonstop, this is a convenience row for BluChip balances only.

Estimate IndiGo BluChip is revenue-linked ~Rs0.50/pt; ~= typical one-way IndiGo economy fare / Rs0.50 for ~1,410 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))

Air India Express nonstop (not Star Alliance), Value tier

Air India Express

Abu Dhabi sits in the April-2026 chart's flat 12,000-point Middle East economy tier — ₹9,600 at house value. Air India quit AUH, so this is Air India Express metal: all-economy, no business cabin, Value-tier space only. Check the cash fare (₹11–16k) before burning.

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)

Etihad nonstop — an Aeroplan SELECT PARTNER, priced dynamically off a "Starting at" floor

Etihad Airways

Aeroplan does book Etihad's DEL-AUH nonstop, but not off the fixed chart: Etihad is a Select Partner, so the 1,001-2,000-mile Within-Atlantic band quotes "Starting at 12,500" rather than the flat 15,000 an all-other-partner carrier would cost. The part survives — Aeroplan levies no carrier fuel fee, only a flat CA$39 partner booking fee. Maharaja's fixed 12,000 on Air India Express is still the plannable economy floor.

Estimate Etihad is one of Aeroplan's named SELECT PARTNERS ("Select Partners include United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways…"), and the Flight Reward Chart prices that column DYNAMICALLY. The 1,001-2,000-mile Within-Atlantic band this 1,410-mile hop reads prints "Starting at 12,500 pts" economy and "Starting at 22,500 pts" business for Air Canada and/or Select Partners — against a flat 15,000 / 22,500 for "All other partners", a cell that does NOT apply to Etihad metal. We carry the published Select floor, not the fixed cell; live quotes sit at or above it and climb in high-demand periods. No fixed-price Star partner flies this corridor either: Air India abandoned Abu Dhabi, and ET/MS/TK reach AUH only by backtracking through ADD/CAI/IST, which lands in the 4,001-6,000-mile band at 42,500 / 70,000.

Feed it: 6,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 12,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 31,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

Etihad nonstop — dynamic Saver Award pricing, calculator-only

Etihad Airways

Etihad publishes no award chart for its own metal — Saver Award prices DEL–AUH per date off the calculator, so the number above is a distance-band estimate, not a quote. Economy is usually the cheaper end, but Etihad's surcharges bite even in the back. Price it against the ₹11–16k cash fare, or use Aeroplan's fixed 15,000 two rows up.

Estimate Etihad Guest Saver Award starting level for the ~1,415-mile flown itinerary (nonstop), read off Etihad's last published one-way distance-band structure (1,500-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: 6,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 13,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 32,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

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)

Etihad Airways nonstop, or Oman Air via MCT (DEL–MCT–AUH) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or Saudia via RUH

Etihad AirwaysOman AirSaudia

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 15,000 economy (DEL–AUH 2,277 km → 15,000 = 15,000 economy). Partner awards pass the operating carrier's surcharges — the published Oman Air datapoints run US$190–390 one-way — and Flying Blue publishes no per-route table, so this row's cash side stays unpublished. Cabin scope: Etihad sells Flying Blue awards in economy and business only — first, including the Apartment, is not bookable with Miles. First IS bookable on a short list of other partners (Oman Air on Muscat–Bangkok alone, China Eastern, Garuda), none of which is a first routing this board prices, so there is no Flying Blue first row here. Mirrored from auh-del: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 15,000 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 auh-del — Air France-KLM Flying Blue prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the auh-del economy cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Flying Blue publishes no chart, but prices PARTNER awards PER SEGMENT — One Mile at a Time, 6-Jun-2024 on the Oman Air launch: "you're paying the per segment pricing anyway", and the additive structure reproduces all four published connection datapoints inside 5%. This row rides Etihad Airways (a Flying Blue non-alliance partner redemption — Flying Blue runs ONE partner engine over SkyTeam and non-alliance metal alike, which the 13-Jan-2025 repricing proved by moving Etihad and Delta together), so it is banded segment by segment: DEL–AUH 2,277 km → 15,000 = 15,000 economy. Bands anchored on the published Flying Blue partner datapoints (one-way business: Muscat–Dubai 6,100, Abu Dhabi–Kuwait 9,500, Muscat–Bangkok 42,900, Abu Dhabi–Bangkok 45,000, Muscat–Munich 45,800, Abu Dhabi–Johannesburg 48,000, Abu Dhabi–Washington 87,000), with economy at half of business — the one published long-haul economy anchor is Toronto–Abu Dhabi 43,500 against an ~87,000 business segment of the same length. The <=1,200 km rung is the one exception — re-fitted cabin by cabin on its own published quotes on 2026-08-02, hence 5,000 / 11,500 rather than half-and-half. Dates and demand move the real number.

Feed it: 15,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 7,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 15,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

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)

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

Qatar AirwaysOman 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)

Qatar Airways via DOH (oneworld) — two segments, band-priced

Qatar Airways oneworld

12,500 (DEL–DOH, 1,584 mi, Z3) plus 6,500 (DOH–AUH, 199 mi, Z1) = 19,000 Avios, flying past Abu Dhabi to Doha and hopping back. Maharaja's 12,000 and Aeroplan's 15,000 both beat it in economy — a completeness row; the business row carries the routing's case.

Feed it: 19,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 38,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 19,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

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)

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)

Saudia via Jeddah (DEL–JED–AUH), 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)

Saudia via Jeddah (DEL–JED–AUH), 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))

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

Saudia SkyTeam

The SkyTeam route to Abu Dhabi from Delhi runs the wrong way first: Saudia west to Jeddah, then back east across the Gulf, ~3,414 miles for a 1,415-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–Abu Dhabi 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 DEL–JED–AUH, backtracking 2,411 miles west to Jeddah before doubling back 1,003 miles east. Priced on that ROUTED distance: 2,411 + 1,003 = ~3,414 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 (~1,415 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))

Etihad nonstop DEL–AUH — Vietnam Lotusmiles partner award

Etihad Airways

One segment, one cell. The board read 60,000 until today on the cheapest SkyTeam build (Saudia DEL–JED–AUH, 35,000 + 25,000 per-segment) because no SkyTeam carrier flies Delhi–Abu Dhabi nonstop. Etihad does, and Vietnam Airlines' own partner table names it — so the honest Lotusmiles price is the single Southwest Asia × Middle East cell, 35,000 economy one-way. Same treatment the board already gives Chennai–Abu Dhabi.

Estimate Etihad is a named Lotusmiles redemption partner — Vietnam Airlines' own partner table lists EY with award booking classes I (business) and N (economy) — and it flies DEL–AUH nonstop. The price sums the published Southwest Asia x Middle East cell (35,000 economy / 70,000 business one-way) and, where a second segment is flown, the Middle East x Middle East cell (25,000 / 50,000). Estimated, not verified, for one reason: Lotusmiles publishes that 11-zone table for SkyTeam metal plus China Southern and ANA, and points non-SkyTeam partners at a separate 10-zone "Award Zone Definition on Other Airlines" whose mileage table Vietnam Airlines does not publish anywhere. India is South West Asia and the Gulf is Middle East under BOTH zone definitions, so the cell lookup is not in doubt — only whether Etihad metal prices off the same grid.

Feed it: 35,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 35,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 35,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

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)

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)

Oman Air via MCT (oneworld partner award), India→the Gulf — Alaska Atmos

Oman Air oneworld

Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Oman Air via MCT, ~1,452 flown miles against a 1,415-mile nonstop, which reads 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)

Etihad nonstop — an Aeroplan SELECT PARTNER, priced dynamically off a "Starting at" floor

Etihad Airways

The Etihad backdoor is real but it is not a fixed price. Aeroplan's Select-Partner column starts at 22,500 points for this band and moves with demand, so treat 22,500 as a floor, not a quote. Confirm space and price in the same call; Aeroplan tightened non-alliance access in June 2026.

Estimate Etihad is one of Aeroplan's named SELECT PARTNERS ("Select Partners include United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways…"), and the Flight Reward Chart prices that column DYNAMICALLY. The 1,001-2,000-mile Within-Atlantic band this 1,410-mile hop reads prints "Starting at 12,500 pts" economy and "Starting at 22,500 pts" business for Air Canada and/or Select Partners — against a flat 15,000 / 22,500 for "All other partners", a cell that does NOT apply to Etihad metal. We carry the published Select floor, not the fixed cell; live quotes sit at or above it and climb in high-demand periods. No fixed-price Star partner flies this corridor either: Air India abandoned Abu Dhabi, and ET/MS/TK reach AUH only by backtracking through ADD/CAI/IST, which lands in the 4,001-6,000-mile band at 42,500 / 70,000.

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

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)

Etihad nonstop — dynamic Saver Award pricing, calculator-only

Etihad Airways

Dynamic Saver Award pricing plus notable carrier surcharges ($500+ has been seen on longer Etihad awards) — no chart to quote, so the number above is a distance-band estimate. On a three-hour hop the surcharges can rival the cash fare; Aeroplan's fixed 22,500 business is almost always the smarter burn to Etihad's own hub.

Estimate Etihad Guest Saver Award starting level for the ~1,415-mile flown itinerary (nonstop), read off Etihad's last published one-way distance-band structure (1,500-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: 15,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 30,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 75,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

Etihad Airways nonstop, or Oman Air via MCT (DEL–MCT–AUH) — Flying Blue partner award (dynamic), or Saudia via RUH

Etihad AirwaysOman AirSaudia

Flying Blue has no award chart, but its partner awards are additive per segment, so this routing bands to 30,000 business (DEL–AUH 2,277 km → 30,000 = 30,000 business). Partner awards pass the operating carrier's surcharges — the published Oman Air datapoints run US$190–390 one-way — and Flying Blue publishes no per-route table, so this row's cash side stays unpublished. Cabin scope: Etihad sells Flying Blue awards in economy and business only — first, including the Apartment, is not bookable with Miles. First IS bookable on a short list of other partners (Oman Air on Muscat–Bangkok alone, China Eastern, Garuda), none of which is a first routing this board prices, so there is no Flying Blue first row here. Mirrored from auh-del: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 30,000 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 auh-del — Air France-KLM Flying Blue prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel, so this reads the auh-del business cell back the other way; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Flying Blue publishes no chart, but prices PARTNER awards PER SEGMENT — One Mile at a Time, 6-Jun-2024 on the Oman Air launch: "you're paying the per segment pricing anyway", and the additive structure reproduces all four published connection datapoints inside 5%. This row rides Etihad Airways (a Flying Blue non-alliance partner redemption — Flying Blue runs ONE partner engine over SkyTeam and non-alliance metal alike, which the 13-Jan-2025 repricing proved by moving Etihad and Delta together), so it is banded segment by segment: DEL–AUH 2,277 km → 30,000 = 30,000 business. Bands anchored on the published Flying Blue partner datapoints (one-way business: Muscat–Dubai 6,100, Abu Dhabi–Kuwait 9,500, Muscat–Bangkok 42,900, Abu Dhabi–Bangkok 45,000, Muscat–Munich 45,800, Abu Dhabi–Johannesburg 48,000, Abu Dhabi–Washington 87,000), with economy at half of business — the one published long-haul economy anchor is Toronto–Abu Dhabi 43,500 against an ~87,000 business segment of the same length. The <=1,200 km rung is the one exception — re-fitted cabin by cabin on its own published quotes on 2026-08-02, hence 5,000 / 11,500 rather than half-and-half. Dates and demand move the real number.

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 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)

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

Qatar AirwaysOman 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)

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)

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)

Saudia via Jeddah (DEL–JED–AUH), 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)

Qatar Airways via DOH (oneworld) — two segments, band-priced

Qatar Airways oneworld

24,500 (DEL–DOH, Z3 — Qsuite on widebody rotations) plus 14,000 (DOH–AUH, Z1) = 38,500 Avios. Aeroplan books Etihad's own nonstop for 22,500, so this is the dearer detour — worth it only for the Qsuite leg. No peak/off-peak on partner awards.

Feed it: 38,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 77,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 38,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

Saudia via Jeddah (DEL–JED–AUH) — 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 — ~3,414 routed miles against a 1,415-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–Abu Dhabi 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 DEL–JED–AUH, backtracking 2,411 miles west to Jeddah before doubling back 1,003 miles east. Priced on that ROUTED distance: 2,411 + 1,003 = ~3,414 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 (~1,415 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))

Saudia via Jeddah (DEL–JED–AUH), 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))

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)

Etihad nonstop DEL–AUH — Vietnam Lotusmiles partner award

Etihad Airways

One segment, one cell. The board read 120,000 until today on the cheapest SkyTeam build (Saudia DEL–JED–AUH, 70,000 + 50,000 per-segment) because no SkyTeam carrier flies Delhi–Abu Dhabi nonstop. Etihad does, and Vietnam Airlines' own partner table names it — so the honest Lotusmiles price is the single Southwest Asia × Middle East cell, 70,000 business one-way. Same treatment the board already gives Chennai–Abu Dhabi.

Estimate Etihad is a named Lotusmiles redemption partner — Vietnam Airlines' own partner table lists EY with award booking classes I (business) and N (economy) — and it flies DEL–AUH nonstop. The price sums the published Southwest Asia x Middle East cell (35,000 economy / 70,000 business one-way) and, where a second segment is flown, the Middle East x Middle East cell (25,000 / 50,000). Estimated, not verified, for one reason: Lotusmiles publishes that 11-zone table for SkyTeam metal plus China Southern and ANA, and points non-SkyTeam partners at a separate 10-zone "Award Zone Definition on Other Airlines" whose mileage table Vietnam Airlines does not publish anywhere. India is South West Asia and the Gulf is Middle East under BOTH zone definitions, so the cell lookup is not in doubt — only whether Etihad metal prices off the same grid.

Feed it: 70,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 70,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 70,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

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)

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

Qatar AirwaysOman 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)

Etihad nonstop — an Aeroplan SELECT PARTNER (dynamic column); Air India no longer flies Abu Dhabi

Etihad Airways

40,000 is the published Select-Partner floor for the 1,001-2,000-mile Within-Atlantic band, not a fixed price: Etihad rides Aeroplan's dynamic column, so treat it as a starting point, confirm the live quote, and confirm the cabin exists on the aircraft you are booking. Reconciled 2026-08-06 with auh-del.

Estimate Etihad is one of Aeroplan's named SELECT PARTNERS ("Select Partners include United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways…"), and the Flight Reward Chart prices that column DYNAMICALLY. The 1,001-2,000-mile Within-Atlantic band this 1,410-mile hop reads prints "Starting at" floors of 12,500 economy / 22,500 business / 40,000 first for Air Canada and/or Select Partners — against a flat 15,000 / 22,500 / 40,000 for "All other partners", a cell that does NOT apply to Etihad metal. We carry the published Select floor, not the fixed cell; live quotes sit at or above it and climb in high-demand periods. No fixed-price Star partner flies this corridor either: Air India abandoned Abu Dhabi post-merger (data/airline-networks.yaml, notServed), and ET/MS/TK reach AUH only by backtracking through ADD/CAI/IST, which lands in the 4,001-6,000-mile band at 42,500 / 70,000.

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