Award flight · one-way

Newark to Ahmedabad on points

EWR → AMD great-circle 12,138 km · 7,542 mi — ultra-long-haul via Delhi, no AMD nonstop 11 programs priced as of

There is no Newark–Ahmedabad nonstop and there never has been, so this board is 21 ways to connect — and all 21 are the amd-ewr rows read the other way. Nineteen are still estimates. Copa's two are not: its Star-partner chart is a strictly upper-triangular region matrix — one published cell per unordered region pair, no direction axis at all — so India↔US & Canada is the same published cell westbound, re-read off Copa's own PDF on 2026-08-06. The cheapest verified business seat on the board is 75,000 via Aegean Miles+Bonus, and economy starts at 40,000. Air India via Delhi is still the spine a wallet can actually reach at ~40,000 economy on the Maharaja Value tier; Aegean's Star chart is the cheapest mirrored business at ~75,000; Emirates via Dubai and the Qatar-plus-Alaska build through Doha and Seattle fill the rest. No Indian card feeds ConnectMiles — the crown here is a benchmark, not a booking.

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Economy

The play · economy

Copa Airlines ConnectMiles

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart)

40,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹40,000 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

+7 more ways in — the full funnel, ratios and ₹/mile side by side →

Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
Copa Airlines ConnectMiles the play Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) 40,000 ₹40,000 the play
Air India Maharaja Points Air India via DEL (Star Alliance) — no AI nonstop to Ahmedabad ~40,000 est. ₹32,000 0.8×
Air China PhoenixMiles Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), North America→India — Air China PhoenixMiles ~45,000 est. ₹40,500 1.0×
Avianca LifeMiles Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Avianca LifeMiles (no fuel surcharge) ~47,000 est. ₹47,000 1.2×
Aegean Miles+Bonus Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Aegean Miles+Bonus 50,000 ₹50,000 1.3×
Air Canada Aeroplan Air India via DEL (Star Alliance partner award) — no fuel surcharge ~60,000 est. ₹60,000 1.5×
United MileagePlus Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — United MileagePlus (no fuel surcharge) ~60,000 est. ₹60,000 1.5×
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands Star Alliance metal (Air India — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), North America→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands 60,000 ₹60,000 1.5×
TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — TAP Miles&Go ~80,000 est. ₹64,000 1.6×
Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards Alaska Airlines EWR-SEA, then Qatar Airways via DOH — Alaska Atmos (no fuel surcharge) ~65,000 est. ₹65,000 1.6×

Business

The play · business

Aegean Miles+Bonus

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Aegean Miles+Bonus

75,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹75,000 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

+7 more ways in — the full funnel, ratios and ₹/mile side by side →

Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
Aegean Miles+Bonus the play Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Aegean Miles+Bonus 75,000 ₹75,000 the play
Air China PhoenixMiles Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), North America→India — Air China PhoenixMiles ~75,000 est. ₹67,500 0.9×
Copa Airlines ConnectMiles Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) 80,000 ₹80,000 1.1×
Air Canada Aeroplan Air India via DEL (Star Alliance partner award) — no fuel surcharge ~90,000 est. ₹90,000 1.2×
Avianca LifeMiles Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Avianca LifeMiles (no fuel surcharge) ~90,000 est. ₹90,000 1.2×
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands Star Alliance metal (Air India — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), North America→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands 97,500 ₹97,500 1.3×
TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — TAP Miles&Go ~125,000 est. ₹1,00,000 1.3×
Air India Maharaja Points Air India via DEL (Star Alliance) — no AI nonstop to Ahmedabad ~130,000 est. ₹1,04,000 1.4×
United MileagePlus Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — United MileagePlus (no fuel surcharge) ~110,000 est. ₹1,10,000 1.5×
Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards Alaska Airlines EWR-SEA, then Qatar Airways via DOH — Alaska Atmos (no fuel surcharge) ~130,000 est. ₹1,30,000 1.7×
Emirates Skywards Emirates via DXB (one stop) — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced ~150,000 est. ₹1,35,000 1.8×

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. That surcharge is the airline's own cash charge on an award — YQ, as the notes below call it — and it is not the fuel-surcharge waiver your credit card advertises: that one hands back a hundred rupees or two at a petrol pump, this one runs to tens of thousands and decides whether the award is worth taking at all. “Dynamic” and estimated (~… est.) rows never compete for the play — the crown is always a verified, bookable price. Feed-ins come from the same transfer data as the optimizer, multi-hop chains included.

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21 options · 12 sourced charts
Economy

Copa Airlines ConnectMiles

the play 40,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — 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. Copa's partner chart is a strictly upper-triangular region matrix — one cell per unordered region pair, no direction axis at all — so 40,000 is the same published cell as amd-ewr, re-read off the official Copa PDF on 2026-08-06 rather than inferred.

Feed it: 105,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.63:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 210,000 RBL Reward Points (5.25:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 35,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.14 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of copaair.com
Economy

Air India Maharaja Points

~40,000 pts est.

Air India via DEL (Star Alliance) — no AI nonstop to Ahmedabad

Air India Star Alliance

US economy sits at the flat 40,000-point tier, via a Delhi connection on AI metal (AI serves both JFK and Newark from Delhi). Cheaper on points than Aeroplan's 60,000, but AI's award stacks fuel charges Aeroplan waives — a closer call than the headline suggests. Verify the connection prices at the tier. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 40,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

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. This direction is additionally mirrored from the reverse corridor — Maharaja prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel — and has not been sampled separately.

Feed it: 40,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 40,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)

as of magnify.club
Economy

Air China PhoenixMiles

~45,000 pts est.

Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), North America→India — Air China PhoenixMiles

LufthansaSingapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (India→Beijing, resumed Apr-2026) plus Star partners. North Asia is its only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges (why the currency sits at ₹0.90). India-origin levels are not published, so all values are estimated off trans-Pacific anchors. One-way (current PhoenixMiles). Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 45,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. PhoenixMiles' official zone division could not be reconciled with this corridor — Air China publishes no India-origin level, and its published zone tables do not map cleanly onto these city pairs. This value is extrapolated from the nearest published anchors, not a verified chart price.

Feed it: 56,250 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.67:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (5.33:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of ffp.airchina.com.cn
Economy

Avianca LifeMiles

~47,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Avianca LifeMiles (no fuel surcharge)

Star Alliance

LifeMiles prices Star partner metal with NO fuel surcharge — its edge; 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. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 47,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. 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: 141,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 282,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 94,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

as of awardtravelfinder.com
Economy

Aegean Miles+Bonus

50,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — 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. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so EWR → AMD and AMD → EWR resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. 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: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 40,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Economy

Air Canada Aeroplan

~60,000 pts est.

Air India via DEL (Star Alliance partner award) — no fuel surcharge

Air India Star Alliance

60,000 in the 6,001-8,000-mile band for economy, surcharge-free on the AI Delhi connection. A lot of points for a coach seat, but it undercuts Maharaja's 40,000-point tier only when you count that AI's own award adds fuel charges Aeroplan doesn't — price the total, not just the points. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 60,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — Air Canada Aeroplan prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 30,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 60,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 150,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of cardexpert.in
Economy

United MileagePlus

~60,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — United MileagePlus (no fuel surcharge)

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~60,000 is a typical Saver partner level to North America. United levies no fuel surcharge — taxes only, its real edge — but Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 60,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level (no fuel surcharge), India→North America 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: 30,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 150,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

as of awardwallet.com
Economy

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands

60,000 pts

Star Alliance metal (Air India — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), North America→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands

Air India Star Alliance

EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central/South Asia" zone; one-way = half round-trip). EVA own metal via Taipei covers Japan/N-Asia/SE-Asia/US/Europe; Gulf/Africa/Oceania are partner-metal only. India→US business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing). EVA's own Star Alliance requirement table is a triangular ORIGIN/DESTINATION REGIONAL ZONES matrix carrying one cell per region pair, so no second number exists for this heading.

Feed it: 60,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 666,667 Amex Membership Rewards (11.11:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of evaair.com
Economy

TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go

~80,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

TAP's 4 May 2026 devaluation lifted India→North America (its "Canada, USA, Mexico and the Caribbean" zone) from 70k/115k to 80k/125k one-way. That is ONE chart cell, and it holds only while the itinerary stays inside two TAP regions — an Asian gateway onto the transpacific hop. Any build that also crosses Europe spans a third region, and TAP then bills flight by flight and sums: 80k/125k plus 65k/120k = 145k/245k. Lufthansa-group metal carries the heaviest surcharges on Star. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 80,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

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) · 65,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.23 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Economy

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

~65,000 pts est.

Alaska Airlines EWR-SEA, then Qatar Airways via DOH — Alaska Atmos (no fuel surcharge)

Qatar AirwaysAlaska Airlines oneworld

No Atmos partner reaches EWR from AMD, so the only legal build is ONE partner plus Alaska's own metal: Qatar AMD-DOH-SEA, then Alaska SEA-EWR. Atmos bands the TOTAL distance flown — ~11,126 miles here, the Asia-Pacific chart's 10,000+ mi band: 65,000 economy / 130,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026) and no fuel surcharge. The 7,542-mile nonstop great circle never applies, because nobody flies it. One-way. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 65,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. No Atmos partner serves EWR; priced as one partner plus Alaska own metal - Qatar AMD-DOH-SEA then Alaska SEA-EWR = ~11,126 mi summed great-circle, reading the Atmos Asia-Pacific partner chart's 10,000+ mi band (65,000 economy / 130,000 business one-way). Atmos prices partner awards on total distance flown; this routing is not calculator-verified (alaskaair.com blocks automated reads).

Feed it: 165,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.54:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 330,000 RBL Reward Points (5.08:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 55,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.18 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Business

Aegean Miles+Bonus

the play 75,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — 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. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so EWR → AMD and AMD → EWR resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. 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: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 60,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Business

Air China PhoenixMiles

~75,000 pts est.

Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ/TG partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), North America→India — Air China PhoenixMiles

LufthansaSingapore AirlinesThai Airways Star Alliance

Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (India→Beijing, resumed Apr-2026) plus Star partners. North Asia is its only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges (why the currency sits at ₹0.90). India-origin levels are not published, so all values are estimated off trans-Pacific anchors. One-way (current PhoenixMiles). Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 75,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. PhoenixMiles' official zone division could not be reconciled with this corridor — Air China publishes no India-origin level, and its published zone tables do not map cleanly onto these city pairs. This value is extrapolated from the nearest published anchors, not a verified chart price.

Feed it: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 93,750 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

as of ffp.airchina.com.cn
Business

Copa Airlines ConnectMiles

80,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — 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. Copa's partner chart is a strictly upper-triangular region matrix — one cell per unordered region pair, no direction axis at all — so 80,000 is the same published cell as amd-ewr, re-read off the official Copa PDF on 2026-08-06 rather than inferred.

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) · 65,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.23 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of copaair.com
Business

Air Canada Aeroplan

~90,000 pts est.

Air India via DEL (Star Alliance partner award) — no fuel surcharge

Air India Star Alliance

AMD-EWR routed via Delhi (~7,735 flown miles, Delhi on the polar great circle) books in Aeroplan's 6,001-8,000-mile band — 90,000 in business, fixed and with NO fuel surcharge, on Air India's own DEL-Newark widebody. The single most valuable Star redemption available to an Indian balance; 40,000 points under Maharaja for the identical seat. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 90,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — Air Canada Aeroplan prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 45,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 90,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 225,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of cardexpert.in
Business

Avianca LifeMiles

~90,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Avianca LifeMiles (no fuel surcharge)

Star Alliance

LifeMiles prices Star partner metal with NO fuel surcharge — its edge; 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. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 90,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. 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: 270,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 540,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)

as of awardtravelfinder.com
Business

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands

97,500 pts

Star Alliance metal (Air India — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), North America→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands

Air India Star Alliance

EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central/South Asia" zone; one-way = half round-trip). EVA own metal via Taipei covers Japan/N-Asia/SE-Asia/US/Europe; Gulf/Africa/Oceania are partner-metal only. India→US business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing). EVA's own Star Alliance requirement table is a triangular ORIGIN/DESTINATION REGIONAL ZONES matrix carrying one cell per region pair, so no second number exists for this heading.

Feed it: 97,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 1,083,334 Amex Membership Rewards (11.11:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of evaair.com
Business

TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go

~125,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — TAP Miles&Go

Star Alliance

TAP's 4 May 2026 devaluation lifted India→North America (its "Canada, USA, Mexico and the Caribbean" zone) from 70k/115k to 80k/125k one-way. That is ONE chart cell, and it holds only while the itinerary stays inside two TAP regions — an Asian gateway onto the transpacific hop. Any build that also crosses Europe spans a third region, and TAP then bills flight by flight and sums: 80k/125k plus 65k/120k = 145k/245k. Lufthansa-group metal carries the heaviest surcharges on Star. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 125,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 300,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 600,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 100,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Business

Air India Maharaja Points

~130,000 pts est.

Air India via DEL (Star Alliance) — no AI nonstop to Ahmedabad

Air India Star Alliance

US/Canada business holds at 130,000 on the April-2026 chart, booking AI's own Delhi-New York metal via a Delhi connection. 40,000 points more than Aeroplan books the same seat for — on this corridor Maharaja is simply the costlier way to fly Air India's own widebody. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 130,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

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. This direction is additionally mirrored from the reverse corridor — Maharaja prices the zone pair, not the direction of travel — and has not been sampled separately.

Feed it: 130,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 65,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 130,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)

as of awardwallet.com
Business

United MileagePlus

~110,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — United MileagePlus (no fuel surcharge)

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~110,000 is a typical Saver partner level to North America. United levies no fuel surcharge — taxes only, its real edge — but Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 110,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level (no fuel surcharge), India→North America 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: 55,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 275,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 240,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.18:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)

as of awardwallet.com
Business

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

~130,000 pts est.

Alaska Airlines EWR-SEA, then Qatar Airways via DOH — Alaska Atmos (no fuel surcharge)

Qatar AirwaysAlaska Airlines oneworld

No Atmos partner reaches EWR from AMD, so the only legal build is ONE partner plus Alaska's own metal: Qatar AMD-DOH-SEA, then Alaska SEA-EWR. Atmos bands the TOTAL distance flown — ~11,126 miles here, the Asia-Pacific chart's 10,000+ mi band: 65,000 economy / 130,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026) and no fuel surcharge. The 7,542-mile nonstop great circle never applies, because nobody flies it. One-way. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 130,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. No Atmos partner serves EWR; priced as one partner plus Alaska own metal - Qatar AMD-DOH-SEA then Alaska SEA-EWR = ~11,126 mi summed great-circle, reading the Atmos Asia-Pacific partner chart's 10,000+ mi band (65,000 economy / 130,000 business one-way). Atmos prices partner awards on total distance flown; this routing is not calculator-verified (alaskaair.com blocks automated reads).

Feed it: 315,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.42:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 630,000 RBL Reward Points (4.85:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 105,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.24 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Business

Emirates Skywards

~150,000 pts est.

Emirates via DXB (one stop) — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced

Emirates

Emirates flies AMD-DXB nonstop then DXB-Newark, but Skywards prices it off a calculator (lifted ~15% in May-2026) with heavy carrier surcharges on top. Whatever it quotes, Aeroplan's fixed, surcharge-free 90,000 on AI is the seat to beat. Mirrored from amd-ewr: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 150,000 is the amd-ewr number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of amd-ewr — Emirates Skywards prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the amd-ewr business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Emirates Skywards Saver calculator estimate for ~7,804 mi ex-India (India-DXB + DXB-destination summed); dynamic - no published chart, Saver space thin, peak/demand move it +-~20%.

Feed it: 300,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 720,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 300,000 SBI Travel Credits (2:1)

as of awardwallet.com

More corridors

13 from EWR · 3 to AMD

Or take the whole region: every corridor we price into South Asia — 360 of them. Or pick any two hubs — 2,430 corridors priced.