Award route card · one-way
Two nonstops, one lesson in chart design: Air Canada prices its own metal dynamically, so the fixed 60,000/90,000 Aeroplan chart applies to the Air India bird, not AC's. Air India's own program wants 50,000 in economy — the top of its North America tier — which produces the corridor's quirk: ANA's zone chart books the same Air India nonstop for a 80,000 round-trip, 40,000 a direction, undercutting Air India's own price on Air India's own plane. Business stays simple: 90,000 Aeroplan, fixed, surcharge-free.
The play · business
Feed it: 1,63,200 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 3,26,400 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 54,400 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Mileage Club | Star-partner award on the Air India nonstop — ROUND-TRIP only | 68,000 | — | ₹68,000 | the play |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Star partner award on Air India metal — AC's own nonstop is dynamic | 90,000 | — | ₹90,000 | 1.3× |
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India nonstop (Star Alliance), Value tier | 1,30,000 | — | ₹1,04,000 | 1.5× |
| Emirates Skywards | Emirates via Dubai — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced | dynamic | — | — | — |
The play · economy
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 |
| ANA Mileage Club | Star-partner award on the Air India nonstop — ROUND-TRIP only | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 1.0× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Star partner award on Air India metal — AC's own nonstop is dynamic | 60,000 | — | ₹60,000 | 1.5× |
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.
136,000 round-trip on the partner chart, halved for comparison. Flying both directions in business? This beats two Aeroplan one-ways by 44,000 points. One-way trip? ANA can't sell you one — book the 90,000 Aeroplan.
Feed it: 1,63,200 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 3,26,400 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 54,400 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
90,000 fixed on the Air India nonstop — the band June 2026 left alone. AC's own metal on the same corridor is dynamic Tier-A; don't confuse the two when the search results interleave. SBI 1:1 and Axis 1:2 feed it directly.
Feed it: 45,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 90,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 2,25,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
165,000 → 130,000, a published 21% cut in the April-2026 overhaul. ₹1.04L at house value — Aeroplan books the identical seat for 90,000 if partner space shows.
Feed it: 1,30,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 65,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 1,30,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
Delhi–Dubai–Toronto prices off the Skywards calculator, +15% on premium cabins since May 2026, no published number. A two-stop routing against a 14.5-hour nonstop needs a spectacular quote to justify itself.
Ways in: Amex Membership Rewards 2:1 · RBL Reward Points 4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy · Axis EDGE Miles 1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy
82,000 → 50,000 in April 2026 — explicitly published, and the top of the 40,000–50,000 North America tier (San Francisco gets the 40,000 floor; Toronto doesn't). Still a 39% cut on the old price.
Feed it: 50,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
The quirk: ANA's zone chart (80,000 round-trip, Zone 4 ⇄ Zone 6, halved here) books Air India's nonstop for less per direction than Air India charges its own members. Round-trip-only, ANA doesn't serve Toronto itself, and Bonvoy 3:1 is the only Indian road in.
Feed it: 96,001 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 1,92,001 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 32,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
6,001–8,000-mile band, 60,000 post-June-2026. The fixed Tier-B chart covers partners only — Air Canada's own DEL–YYZ prices dynamically and can quote anything. In economy this loses to Air India's 50,000, and to ANA's 40,000-a-direction round-trip below.
Feed it: 30,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 60,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 1,50,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)