Award route card · one-way
Bali is the surprise: Air India flies DEL–Denpasar nonstop, so Maharaja prices it at the flat 12,000/50,000 SE-Asia tier — the cheapest fixed seat to Bali anywhere, on Air India's own metal. KrisFlyer via Singapore (20,000/47,500) is the SQ alternative, AA via KL/Colombo and Avios per-segment round out the oneworld field. A rare leisure route with a real Maharaja play.
The play · business
Feed it: 50,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India nonstop DEL–DPS (Star Alliance) — Maharaja SE Asia tier | 50,000 | — | ₹40,000 | the play |
| American Airlines AAdvantage | Malaysia business via KUL (oneworld partner award) | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 1.0× |
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | Malaysia business via KUL (oneworld) — Avios partner chart, per-segment | 43,000 | — | ₹43,000 | 1.1× |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines via SIN (Saver) — Zone 6 → SE Asia | 47,500 | — | ₹52,250 | 1.3× |
The play · economy
Feed it: 12,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 6,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 12,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India nonstop DEL–DPS (Star Alliance) — Maharaja SE Asia tier | 12,000 | — | ₹9,600 | the play |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines via SIN (Saver) — Zone 6 → SE Asia | 20,000 | — | ₹22,000 | 2.3× |
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | Malaysia via KUL (oneworld) — Avios partner chart, per-segment | 22,500 | — | ₹22,500 | 2.3× |
| American Airlines AAdvantage | Malaysia via KUL / SriLankan via CMB (oneworld partner award) | 25,000 | — | ₹25,000 | 2.6× |
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. “Dynamic” rows never compete for the play. Feed-ins come from the same transfer data as the optimizer, multi-hop chains included.
50,000 for the SE Asia business tier on Air India's own Bali nonstop — a fixed flat-bed where Singapore's 47,500 KrisFlyer is the only comparable, and everyone else is dynamic.
Feed it: 50,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
40,000 AA miles business via Kuala Lumpur — the fixed oneworld business seat to Bali; Bonvoy-fed.
Feed it: 1,20,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 2,40,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
India–KUL (Z3, 24,500 J) + KUL–DPS (Z2, 18,500 J) = 43,000 Avios in Malaysia business via Kuala Lumpur.
Feed it: 43,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 86,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 43,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
47,500 Saver business via Singapore on SQ metal both legs — a fixed number to a beach where most carriers price dynamically.
Feed it: 47,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 23,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 95,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)
Air India flies DEL–Bali nonstop, priced at the flat 12,000-point SE Asia economy tier — the cheapest published seat to Bali by a wide margin, and a rare fixed Maharaja seat on a leisure route.
Feed it: 12,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 6,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 12,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
SQ flies Singapore–Bali, so India–SIN–DPS is a Zone-6 SE-Asia award, 20,000 Saver — the same routing structure as Bangkok. Fed 1:1 by four Indian issuers.
Feed it: 20,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 10,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)
Per-segment Avios on Malaysia metal: India–KUL (Zone 3, 12,500) + KUL–DPS (Zone 2, 10,000) = 22,500 one-way. Six issuers feed Avios directly.
Feed it: 22,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 45,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 22,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
25,000 AA miles Indian Subcontinent → Asia Region 2 (Indonesia), routed on Malaysia via KL or SriLankan via Colombo; Bonvoy 3:1 feed.
Feed it: 75,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 1,50,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)