Award route card · one-way
The Singapore duel, Delhi edition — same KrisFlyer Zone 6 chart, same flat Maharaja tiers, one costly difference: at 2,583 great-circle miles this corridor tips 83 miles past Aeroplan's 2,500-mile band boundary, so the partner award that costs 47,500 from Mumbai or Bengaluru costs 75,000 from Delhi. The band trap in its purest form. Arithmetic still crowns Maharaja in both cabins; Aeroplan devotees should fly from Mumbai.
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 (Star Alliance), Value tier | 50,000 | — | ₹40,000 | the play |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines nonstop, Saver (Zone 6 chart) | 45,000 | — | ₹49,500 | 1.2× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Air India or Singapore Airlines metal (Star Alliance partner award) | 75,000 | — | ₹75,000 | 1.9× |
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 (Star Alliance), Value tier | 12,000 | — | ₹9,600 | the play |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines nonstop, Saver (Zone 6 chart) | 19,000 | — | ₹20,900 | 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. “Dynamic” rows never compete for the play. Feed-ins come from the same transfer data as the optimizer, 2-hop chains included.
50,000 after the April-2026 hike (+19% for SE Asia) — still ₹40,000 at house value against KrisFlyer's ₹49,500 for the same corridor. The merger dividend keeps paying.
Feed it: 50,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
45,000 Saver — the redemption four Indian issuers exist to feed, on the longest of SQ's India trunk routes. Book at the 355-day window; Saver J ex-DEL evaporates fastest of the three metros.
Feed it: 45,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 22,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 90,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)
CardExpert prices Delhi–Singapore explicitly: 60,000 → 75,000 in June 2026 (+25%), because 2,583 miles lands in the 2,501–5,000 Atlantic–Pacific band. The same seat from Mumbai books at 47,500 — the sharpest band cliff on any India corridor. Listed as the documented trap.
Feed it: 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 75,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 1,87,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
The flat 12,000-point SE Asia tier — ₹9,600 at house value for a 5¾-hour flight. The cheapest published seat on this corridor and it isn't close.
Feed it: 12,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 6,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 12,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
Zone 6 covers all of India, so Delhi prices like Mumbai and Bengaluru: 19,000 Saver post-Nov-2025. Budget several thousand rupees in taxes as on the other metros — and note economy to SIN still loses to a ₹14–25k cash fare.
Feed it: 19,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 9,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 38,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)