Award route card · one-way
No Air France from Hyderabad, so Paris is a one-stop. Aeroplan books Air India via Delhi at 42,500/70,000 surcharge-free; Maharaja is 35,000/100,000 via Delhi; AA's Qsuite via Doha is the cheapest business at 42,500. Avios can't price it — DOH–CDG is 3,088 miles, past the 3,000-mile partner ceiling — so it's an honest null. Cathay via Hong Kong covers it on Asia Miles and JMB.
The play · business
Feed it: 1,27,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 2,55,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 42,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantage | Qatar Qsuite via Doha (oneworld partner award) | 42,500 | — | ₹42,500 | the play |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Air India via Delhi (Star Alliance) — surcharge-free; no AF nonstop from Hyderabad | 70,000 | — | ₹70,000 | 1.6× |
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India via DEL (HYD-DEL-CDG, mainline one award — Star Alliance), Value tier | 1,00,000 | — | ₹80,000 | 1.9× |
| Japan Airlines Mileage Bank | Cathay Pacific via HKG (HYD-HKG-CDG, oneworld partner distance) | 85,000 | — | ₹93,500 | 2.2× |
| Cathay Asia Miles | Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld), Standard award | 1,19,000 | — | ₹1,19,000 | 2.8× |
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | Qatar Qsuite via DOH (oneworld), route-based Avios — over the ceiling | dynamic | — | — | — |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Singapore Airlines via Singapore — Zone 6 to 11 calculator-only | dynamic | — | — | — |
| Emirates Skywards | Emirates via Dubai (HYD-DXB-CDG) — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced | dynamic | — | — | — |
| Etihad Guest | Etihad via Abu Dhabi (HYD-AUH-CDG) — GuestSeats, dynamic | dynamic | — | — | — |
The play · economy
Feed it: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 1,20,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantage | Qatar Airways via Doha (oneworld partner award) | 20,000 | — | ₹20,000 | the play |
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India via DEL (HYD-DEL-CDG, mainline one award — Star Alliance), Value tier | 35,000 | — | ₹28,000 | 1.4× |
| Cathay Asia Miles | Cathay Pacific via HKG (oneworld), Standard award | 38,000 | — | ₹38,000 | 1.9× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Air India via Delhi (Star Alliance) — surcharge-free; no AF nonstop from Hyderabad | 42,500 | — | ₹42,500 | 2.1× |
| Japan Airlines Mileage Bank | Cathay Pacific via HKG (HYD-HKG-CDG, oneworld partner distance) | 47,000 | — | ₹51,700 | 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.
42,500 AA miles for Qatar Qsuite via Doha — 127,500 Bonvoy at 3:1, the cheapest business chart to Paris and the best hard product. Bonvoy-only.
Feed it: 1,27,500 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 2,55,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 42,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
70,000 business in the 4,001-6,000-mile band, surcharge-free, on Air India via Delhi — the cleanest flat bed to Paris an Indian balance funds, via HDFC 2:1 / Bonvoy 3:1.
Feed it: 35,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 70,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 1,75,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
100,000 Europe business via Delhi — but Aeroplan books the same Air India seat for 70,000. Maharaja's own metal, overpriced in its own currency.
Feed it: 1,00,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 50,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 1,00,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
85,000 business on the JMB partner chart via Hong Kong — above Aeroplan's 70,000, and JMB is hard to fund from India. Completeness row.
Feed it: 42,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 85,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 2,12,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
119,000 business via Hong Kong — Cathay's excellent product, but a huge detour and well above Aeroplan's 70,000 direct-ish via Delhi.
Feed it: 2,38,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 1,19,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 5,71,200 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Avios can't price Paris: the DOH-CDG leg is 3,088 miles, 88 over the 3,000-mile partner-segment ceiling, so the itinerary has no published band and we print no number. AA prices the identical Qsuite routing at 42,500.
Ways in: HDFC Reward Points 1:1 · Amex Membership Rewards 2:1 · HSBC Reward Points 1:1
Zone 6 to Zone 11 (Europe) Saver is calculator/waitlist-only from India, and via Singapore it's a long detour anyway — no clean fixed Saver to publish. Unpriced.
Ways in: HDFC Reward Points 1:1 · Axis EDGE Miles 1:2 · Amex Membership Rewards 2:1
The Miles Calculator prices HYD-DXB-CDG per date; premium cabins rose ~15% in the 20-May-2026 devaluation, plus heavy surcharges. No chart, no fixed number.
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
GuestSeats price dynamically off demand with no published Paris datapoint, plus carrier surcharges. Via Abu Dhabi, no number to quote.
Ways in: Axis EDGE Miles 1:2 · HSBC Reward Points 1:1 · SBI Travel Credits 1:1
20,000 AA miles Indian Subcontinent to Europe via Qatar/Doha — 60,000 Bonvoy at 3:1, the cheapest economy points to Paris, and AA prices the region so the over-ceiling Doha-Paris leg that kills Avios is no problem.
Feed it: 60,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 1,20,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 20,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Flat 35,000-point Europe economy tier via a Delhi connection on Air India — cheaper on points than Aeroplan's 42,500, same metal and routing, light taxes. A genuine economy option.
Feed it: 35,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 17,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 35,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
HYD-HKG-CDG on Cathay is ~8,288 flown miles — the 7,501+-mile band, 38,000 economy. A large eastward detour via Hong Kong, but both legs are Cathay metal.
Feed it: 76,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 38,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 1,82,401 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air France's nonstop is SkyTeam and only flies from Delhi/Bengaluru, so Aeroplan routes Air India HYD-DEL-CDG (~4,867 flown miles, 4,001-6,000 band) at 42,500 economy, surcharge-free.
Feed it: 21,250 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 42,500 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 1,06,250 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
JMB partner distance on the Cathay routing (~8,288 miles, 8,001-10,000 band) — 47,000 economy. One-way partner bookability unconfirmed; priced for completeness above Asia Miles' own 38,000.
Feed it: 23,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 47,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 1,17,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)