Award flight · one-way

New York to Bengaluru on points

38,000 pts cheapest economy · Cathay Asia Miles JFK → BLR great-circle 13,347 km · 8,293 mi 24 programs priced as of

No nonstop, 8,293 miles, and forty-seven priced ways to do it anyway — with a verified crown that is no longer AAdvantage's. ANA prices the whole India ⇄ North America zone pair "to/from", one number in both directions, so its 68,000 for Air India business via Delhi is a chart read rather than a mirror, and it takes THE PLAY by 2,000 from the Qsuite via Doha. AAdvantage still owns economy at 40,000 and first at 115,000; Aeroplan asks 75,000/110,000 off its top band for the same alliance without the Qsuite. The other thirty-nine rows are still the BLR–JFK board mirrored back, uncrowned by design.

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Economy

The play · economy

Cathay Asia Miles

Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong (oneworld), Standard award

38,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹38,000 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
Cathay Asia Miles the play Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong (oneworld), Standard award 38,000 — ₹38,000 the play
Air India Maharaja Points Air India via DEL (JFK–DEL–BLR, mainline one award — Star Alliance), Value tier ~40,000 est. — ₹32,000 0.8×
Air Europa SUMA SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — Air Europa SUMA ~48,000 est. — ₹38,400 1.0×
American Airlines AAdvantage oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via LHR, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways via LHR 40,000 — ₹40,000 1.1×
ANA Mileage Club Star-partner award on Air India via Delhi — one-way bookable since 24-Jun-2025 40,000 — ₹40,000 1.1×
Copa Airlines ConnectMiles Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) 40,000 — ₹40,000 1.1×
Air China PhoenixMiles Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), North America→India — Air China PhoenixMiles ~45,000 est. — ₹40,500 1.1×
Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards British Airways via LHR (oneworld partner award), North America→India — Alaska Atmos 42,500 — ₹42,500 1.1×
China Eastern Miles SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — China Eastern Eastern Miles ~55,000 est. — ₹46,750 1.2×
Avianca LifeMiles Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Avianca LifeMiles ~47,000 est. — ₹47,000 1.2×
SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM/Saudia), North America→India — SAS EuroBonus ~54,000 est. — ₹48,600 1.3×
Aegean Miles+Bonus Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Aegean Miles+Bonus 50,000 — ₹50,000 1.3×
Air France-KLM Flying Blue Air France / KLM / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via AMS, or Saudia via JED, or Virgin Atlantic via LHR ~55,000 est. — ₹55,000 1.4×
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank Japan Airlines via Tokyo (oneworld) — JMB partner distance chart; Tokyo airport change (JL uses HND for New York, NRT for India) ~50,000 est. — ₹55,000 1.4×
United MileagePlus Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — United MileagePlus ~60,000 est. — ₹60,000 1.6×
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands Star Alliance metal (Air India/LH/SQ — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), North America→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands 60,000 — ₹60,000 1.6×
TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — TAP Miles&Go ~80,000 est. — ₹64,000 1.7×
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Singapore Airlines via SIN (Saver) — incl. the JFK–SIN ultra-long-haul nonstop 65,500 — ₹72,050 1.9×
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (13,347 km) — via BOM, or Ethiopian Airlines via ADD, or Singapore Airlines via SIN, or Air India via DEL 75,000 — ₹75,000 2.0×
Delta SkyMiles SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) ~75,000 est. — ₹75,000 2.0×
Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles KLM via AMS (JFK–AMS–BLR) — Vietnam LotusMiles 85,000 — ₹85,000 2.2×

Business

The play · business

ANA Mileage Club

Star-partner award on Air India via Delhi — one-way bookable since 24-Jun-2025

68,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹68,000 all-in at house ₹

Which card mints this?

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Program Metal / routing Points Surcharge All-in ₹ vs play
ANA Mileage Club the play Star-partner award on Air India via Delhi — one-way bookable since 24-Jun-2025 68,000 — ₹68,000 the play
Air China PhoenixMiles Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), North America→India — Air China PhoenixMiles ~75,000 est. — ₹67,500 1.0×
American Airlines AAdvantage oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via LHR, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways via LHR 70,000 — ₹70,000 1.0×
Aegean Miles+Bonus Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Aegean Miles+Bonus 75,000 — ₹75,000 1.1×
Air Europa SUMA SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — Air Europa SUMA ~95,000 est. — ₹76,000 1.1×
Copa Airlines ConnectMiles Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) 80,000 — ₹80,000 1.2×
Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards British Airways via LHR (oneworld partner award), North America→India — Alaska Atmos 85,000 — ₹85,000 1.3×
China Eastern Miles SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — China Eastern Eastern Miles ~100,000 est. — ₹85,000 1.3×
Avianca LifeMiles Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Avianca LifeMiles ~90,000 est. — ₹90,000 1.3×
Air France-KLM Flying Blue Air France / KLM / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via AMS, or Saudia via JED, or Virgin Atlantic via LHR ~95,000 est. — ₹95,000 1.4×
SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM/Saudia), North America→India — SAS EuroBonus ~108,000 est. — ₹97,200 1.4×
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands Star Alliance metal (Air India/LH/SQ — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), North America→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands 97,500 — ₹97,500 1.4×
TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — TAP Miles&Go ~125,000 est. — ₹1,00,000 1.5×
Air India Maharaja Points Air India via DEL (JFK–DEL–BLR, mainline one award — Star Alliance), Value tier ~130,000 est. — ₹1,04,000 1.5×
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (13,347 km) — via BOM, or Ethiopian Airlines via ADD, or Singapore Airlines via SIN, or Air India via DEL 110,000 — ₹1,10,000 1.6×
United MileagePlus Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — United MileagePlus ~110,000 est. — ₹1,10,000 1.6×
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank Japan Airlines via Tokyo (oneworld) — JMB partner distance chart; Tokyo airport change (JL uses HND for New York, NRT for India) ~100,000 est. — ₹1,10,000 1.6×
Cathay Asia Miles Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong (oneworld), Standard award 119,000 — ₹1,19,000 1.8×
Etihad Guest Etihad via Abu Dhabi (one stop) — dynamic pricing ~120,000 est. — ₹1,20,000 1.8×
Emirates Skywards Emirates via Dubai — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced ~146,000 est. — ₹1,31,400 1.9×
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Virgin Atlantic via LHR (both legs VS metal) — dynamic since Oct 2024 ~135,000 est. — ₹1,35,000 2.0×
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Singapore Airlines via SIN (Saver) — incl. the JFK–SIN ultra-long-haul nonstop 147,500 — ₹1,62,250 2.4×
Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles KLM via AMS (JFK–AMS–BLR) — Vietnam LotusMiles 170,000 — ₹1,70,000 2.5×
Delta SkyMiles SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) ~230,000 est. — ₹2,30,000 3.4×

First

The play · first

American Airlines AAdvantage

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via LHR, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways via LHR

115,000 pts
surcharge not published
₹1,15,000 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
American Airlines AAdvantage the play oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via LHR, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways via LHR 115,000 — ₹1,15,000 the play
Air Canada Aeroplan Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (13,347 km) — via BOM, or Ethiopian Airlines via ADD, or Singapore Airlines via SIN, or Air India via DEL 165,000 — ₹1,65,000 1.4×

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.

Chart-priced, not live seats. These prices are read off each programme’s published award chart and valued at our own house ₹/point. 37% of the 39,855 priced options on the board are stated estimates for programmes that publish no chart; they are marked ~ est. and never crowned the play. Nobody here can see whether a seat exists on your date — confirm the space with the programme before you transfer. Points that leave your issuer do not come back.

The cash on top of the miles. Cathay Asia Miles, Air France-KLM Flying Blue, Etihad Guest and Emirates Skywards state that a carrier-imposed surcharge is charged on an award. Air India Maharaja Points, American Airlines AAdvantage, Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards, China Eastern Miles, United MileagePlus, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer and Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles make you liable for one if the operating airline levies it, without saying whether it does. Air Canada Aeroplan states it adds none on its own metal. Government taxes and airport charges are payable in every case. Almost no programme publishes the amount, so the desk carries each one’s policy in its own words — on its programme hub — rather than a number nobody published. 12 other programmes priced here publish nothing the desk could read.

Row by row

47 options · 26 sourced charts
Economy

Cathay Asia Miles

the play 38,000 pts

Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong (oneworld), Standard award

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Cathay stopped publishing charts in May 2026 — this is the reconstructed Standard table, which bands the distance FLOWN including layovers. Standard space is capped per flight and dynamic "Choice" pricing takes over once it is gone. SBI feeds Asia Miles 1:1. The distance flown is the same distance either way round, so that band prices this heading in either direction of travel.

Feed it: 76,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 38,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 198,000 RBL Reward Points (5.21:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of suitesmile.com
Economy

Air India Maharaja Points

~40,000 pts est.

Air India via DEL (JFK–DEL–BLR, mainline one award — Star Alliance), Value tier

Air India Star Alliance

Air India’s region-tier award — North America is a flat tier price with the domestic feeder included as one mainline award, not a leg-sum. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 40,000 is the blr-jfk 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 Europa SUMA

~48,000 pts est.

SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — Air Europa SUMA

Air FranceKLM SkyTeam

Air Europa SUMA prices SkyTeam partner metal off a five-band ONE-WAY distance chart; this corridor reads the over-3,500-mile band (48k economy / 95k business). Partner awards are SUMA call-centre only, paid entirely in Miles, and non-refundable. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 48,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Air Europa SUMA prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 48,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 96,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 240,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

as of aireuropa.com
Economy

American Airlines AAdvantage

40,000 pts

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via LHR, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways via LHR

Qatar AirwaysBritish AirwaysCathay Pacific oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.

Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of aa.com
Economy

ANA Mileage Club

40,000 pts

Star-partner award on Air India via Delhi — one-way bookable since 24-Jun-2025

Air India Star Alliance

ANA's partner chart prices the whole Zone 4 ⇄ Zone 6 pair — India to anywhere in North America, Canada and Mexico included — at 40,000 one-way in economy and 68,000 in business (80,000 / 136,000 round-trip), season-blind and distance-blind, with the one-way cell published since 24-Jun-2025. It wants a single Star partner end to end (Air India here); ANA's own metal via Tokyo is dearer in business at 71,500. The cell is written "to/from" — the same number in both directions. Fuel surcharges apply and Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only Indian road in; miles expire in 36 months.

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) · 70,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.75:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of ana.co.jp
Economy

Copa Airlines ConnectMiles

40,000 pts

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

Star Alliance

Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off a FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). 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 blr-jfk, 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) · 70,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.75:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of copaair.com
Economy

Air China PhoenixMiles

~45,000 pts est.

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

LufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance

PhoenixMiles publishes no India-origin level and its zone tables do not map cleanly onto this city pair, so the value is extrapolated off the nearest published anchors. North Asia is Air China’s only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 45,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk 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

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

42,500 pts

British Airways via LHR (oneworld partner award), North America→India — Alaska Atmos

British AirwaysQatar Airways oneworld

Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle, and this routing reads the Asia-Pacific chart’s 7,001–10,000-mile band — 42,500 economy / 85,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). The distance flown is the same distance either way round, so that band prices this heading in either direction of travel.

Feed it: 112,500 Amex Membership Rewards (2.65:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 225,000 RBL Reward Points (5.29:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 75,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.76:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Economy

China Eastern Miles

~55,000 pts est.

SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — China Eastern Eastern Miles

Air FranceKLM SkyTeam

Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin award matrix, so the level estimates off the nearest published China-anchored band. North Asia is China Eastern’s genuine strength on this end; everything else is inference. One-way. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 55,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — China Eastern Miles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin award matrix — this level estimates off the nearest published China-anchored band, as the row note states, not a verified chart price.

Feed it: 366,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,375,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 275,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Economy

Avianca LifeMiles

~47,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Avianca LifeMiles

Star Alliance

LifeMiles publishes no chart: Avianca withdrew its public zone table in 2023 and prices Star partner awards off an unpublished internal grid — its one real edge. Business is the value cabin here; economy is mediocre. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 47,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk 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

SAS EuroBonus

~54,000 pts est.

SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM/Saudia), North America→India — SAS EuroBonus

Air FranceKLMSaudia SkyTeam

SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal — only a €25–95 per-traveller booking fee, a real edge over Flying Blue on the same AF/KLM metal. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Air Europa/China Airlines/Vietnam Airlines metal. One-way = 60% of round-trip. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 54,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — SAS EuroBonus prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 378,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 378,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 945,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)

as of flysas.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 JFK → BLR and BLR → JFK 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) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Economy

Air France-KLM Flying Blue

~55,000 pts est.

Air France / KLM / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via AMS, or Saudia via JED, or Virgin Atlantic via LHR

Air FranceKLMSaudiaVirgin Atlantic SkyTeam

Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. Air France/KLM pass carrier (YQ) surcharges on own metal — typically €90–110 economy / €200–300 business one-way long-haul; intra-region SkyTeam ~€15–40. Typical one-way economy runs 45k–75k; award space and travel date drive the real number.

Estimate Dynamic program — estimate is the typical one-way level for this region-pair (range 45k–75k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Feed it: 55,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 27,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 55,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

as of flyingblue.com
Economy

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank

~50,000 pts est.

Japan Airlines via Tokyo (oneworld) — JMB partner distance chart; Tokyo airport change (JL uses HND for New York, NRT for India)

Japan Airlines oneworld

JMB’s partner distance chart reads the 10,001–12,000-mile band at 50,000 economy / 100,000 business one-way; JAL’s own sector charts sum slightly lower. Direct-fed from India (HSBC 1:1, Axis 1:2, SBI 2:1), with a Tokyo airport change — JL uses Haneda for New York and Narita for India. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 50,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Japan Airlines Mileage Bank prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 25,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 50,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 125,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of jal.co.jp
Economy

United MileagePlus

~60,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so this is a typical Saver partner level on Star metal between North America and India. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 60,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, 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/LH/SQ — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), North America→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands

Air IndiaLufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance

EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India sits in "Central/South Asia"; one-way = half round-trip). EVA serves no Indian city, so the award rides partner metal end to end. 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) · 400,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,500,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 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 Miles&Go prices Star partner metal off its region chart, and the 4-May-2026 devaluation lifted the India ⇄ "Canada, USA, Mexico and the Caribbean" cell to 80k/125k one-way. That is ONE cell and it holds only while the itinerary stays inside two TAP regions — a build that also crosses Europe spans a third and TAP then bills flight by flight and sums. Lufthansa-group metal carries the heaviest surcharges on Star. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 80,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk 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) · 130,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.63:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Economy

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

65,500 pts

Singapore Airlines via SIN (Saver) — incl. the JFK–SIN ultra-long-haul nonstop

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

Official Zone 6 ⇄ Zone 13 (USA East Coast) Saver on the 1-Nov-2025 chart, SQ metal the whole way through Changi including the ultra-long-haul JFK–SIN nonstop. The community pages’ 46,000 is the ex-Singapore table, not India’s, and the Changi backtrack is over-MPM and may reprice. The Saver chart is a symmetric zone matrix — each zone pair carries one cell — so it prices this heading in either direction of travel.

Feed it: 65,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 32,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 131,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

as of singaporeair.com
Economy

Air Canada Aeroplan

75,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (13,347 km) — via BOM, or Ethiopian Airlines via ADD, or Singapore Airlines via SIN, or Air India via DEL

Air IndiaEthiopian AirlinesSingapore Airlines Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.

Feed it: 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 75,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 187,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of aircanada.com
Economy

Delta SkyMiles

~75,000 pts est.

SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic)

Air FranceKLM SkyTeam

Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic — so this is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level; peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×. Kenya Airways (NBO) and Korean (ICN) are the strongest SkyTeam value on the India end. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 75,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Delta SkyMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk economy cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Delta SkyMiles is fully dynamic (no chart since 2015); ~75,000/230,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→North America on AF/KLM/KE/VN/MU metal — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.

Feed it: 225,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 450,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

as of awardfares.com
Economy

Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles

85,000 pts

KLM via AMS (JFK–AMS–BLR) — Vietnam LotusMiles

KLM SkyTeam

LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies this pair nonstop — so the price is a SUM of the two sectors, not one cell. India is "SW Asia" on that table. That partner table is a triangular From/To zone matrix carrying one cell per zone pair, so each sector has one published number whichever way it is flown.

Feed it: 85,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 85,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 85,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

as of vietnamairlines.com
Business

ANA Mileage Club

the play 68,000 pts

Star-partner award on Air India via Delhi — one-way bookable since 24-Jun-2025

Air India Star Alliance

ANA's partner chart prices the whole Zone 4 ⇄ Zone 6 pair — India to anywhere in North America, Canada and Mexico included — at 40,000 one-way in economy and 68,000 in business (80,000 / 136,000 round-trip), season-blind and distance-blind, with the one-way cell published since 24-Jun-2025. It wants a single Star partner end to end (Air India here); ANA's own metal via Tokyo is dearer in business at 71,500. The cell is written "to/from" — the same number in both directions. Fuel surcharges apply and Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only Indian road in; miles expire in 36 months.

Feed it: 174,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.56:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 348,000 RBL Reward Points (5.12:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 116,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.71:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of ana.co.jp
Business

Air China PhoenixMiles

~75,000 pts est.

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

LufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance

PhoenixMiles publishes no India-origin level and its zone tables do not map cleanly onto this city pair, so the value is extrapolated off the nearest published anchors. North Asia is Air China’s only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 75,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Air China PhoenixMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk 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

American Airlines AAdvantage

70,000 pts

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via LHR, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways via LHR

Qatar AirwaysBritish AirwaysCathay Pacific oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.

Feed it: 210,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 420,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 140,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of aa.com
Business

Aegean Miles+Bonus

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 JFK → BLR and BLR → JFK 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) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Business

Air Europa SUMA

~95,000 pts est.

SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — Air Europa SUMA

Air FranceKLM SkyTeam

Air Europa SUMA prices SkyTeam partner metal off a five-band ONE-WAY distance chart; this corridor reads the over-3,500-mile band (48k economy / 95k business). Partner awards are SUMA call-centre only, paid entirely in Miles, and non-refundable. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 95,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Air Europa SUMA prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 95,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 190,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 475,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

as of aireuropa.com
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 a FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). 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 blr-jfk, 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) · 130,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.63:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of copaair.com
Business

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards

85,000 pts

British Airways via LHR (oneworld partner award), North America→India — Alaska Atmos

British AirwaysQatar Airways oneworld

Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle, and this routing reads the Asia-Pacific chart’s 7,001–10,000-mile band — 42,500 economy / 85,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). The distance flown is the same distance either way round, so that band prices this heading in either direction of travel.

Feed it: 210,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.47:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 420,000 RBL Reward Points (4.94:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 140,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.65:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Business

China Eastern Miles

~100,000 pts est.

SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — China Eastern Eastern Miles

Air FranceKLM SkyTeam

Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin award matrix, so the level estimates off the nearest published China-anchored band. North Asia is China Eastern’s genuine strength on this end; everything else is inference. One-way. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 100,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — China Eastern Miles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin award matrix — this level estimates off the nearest published China-anchored band, as the row note states, not a verified chart price.

Feed it: 666,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 2,500,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 500,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)

as of upgradedpoints.com
Business

Avianca LifeMiles

~90,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Avianca LifeMiles

Star Alliance

LifeMiles publishes no chart: Avianca withdrew its public zone table in 2023 and prices Star partner awards off an unpublished internal grid — its one real edge. Business is the value cabin here; economy is mediocre. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 90,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Avianca LifeMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk 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

Air France-KLM Flying Blue

~95,000 pts est.

Air France / KLM / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via AMS, or Saudia via JED, or Virgin Atlantic via LHR

Air FranceKLMSaudiaVirgin Atlantic SkyTeam

Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. Air France/KLM pass carrier (YQ) surcharges on own metal — typically €90–110 economy / €200–300 business one-way long-haul; intra-region SkyTeam ~€15–40. India–US business saver seats price at 95,000 miles one-way (Jul-2026 datapoint); popular dates run 120k–175k or more.

Estimate Dynamic program — estimate is the saver-level one-way for the India–North America pair (saver 95k; popular dates run 120k–175k+); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Feed it: 95,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 47,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 95,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)

as of livefromalounge.com
Business

SAS EuroBonus

~108,000 pts est.

SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM/Saudia), North America→India — SAS EuroBonus

Air FranceKLMSaudia SkyTeam

SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal — only a €25–95 per-traveller booking fee, a real edge over Flying Blue on the same AF/KLM metal. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Air Europa/China Airlines/Vietnam Airlines metal. One-way = 60% of round-trip. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 108,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — SAS EuroBonus prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 756,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 756,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 1,890,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)

as of flysas.com
Business

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands

97,500 pts

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

Air IndiaLufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance

EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India sits in "Central/South Asia"; one-way = half round-trip). EVA serves no Indian city, so the award rides partner metal end to end. 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) · 650,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 2,437,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 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 Miles&Go prices Star partner metal off its region chart, and the 4-May-2026 devaluation lifted the India ⇄ "Canada, USA, Mexico and the Caribbean" cell to 80k/125k one-way. That is ONE cell and it holds only while the itinerary stays inside two TAP regions — a build that also crosses Europe spans a third and TAP then bills flight by flight and sums. Lufthansa-group metal carries the heaviest surcharges on Star. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 125,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk 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) · 200,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

Business

Air India Maharaja Points

~130,000 pts est.

Air India via DEL (JFK–DEL–BLR, mainline one award — Star Alliance), Value tier

Air India Star Alliance

Air India’s region-tier award — North America is a flat tier price with the domestic feeder included as one mainline award, not a leg-sum. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 130,000 is the blr-jfk 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

Air Canada Aeroplan

110,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (13,347 km) — via BOM, or Ethiopian Airlines via ADD, or Singapore Airlines via SIN, or Air India via DEL

Air IndiaEthiopian AirlinesSingapore Airlines Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.

Feed it: 55,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 110,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 275,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of aircanada.com
Business

United MileagePlus

~110,000 pts est.

Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — United MileagePlus

Star Alliance

United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so this is a typical Saver partner level on Star metal between North America and India. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 110,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — United MileagePlus prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. United MileagePlus Saver partner level, 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

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank

~100,000 pts est.

Japan Airlines via Tokyo (oneworld) — JMB partner distance chart; Tokyo airport change (JL uses HND for New York, NRT for India)

Japan Airlines oneworld

JMB’s partner distance chart reads the 10,001–12,000-mile band at 50,000 economy / 100,000 business one-way; JAL’s own sector charts sum slightly lower. Direct-fed from India (HSBC 1:1, Axis 1:2, SBI 2:1), with a Tokyo airport change — JL uses Haneda for New York and Narita for India. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 100,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Japan Airlines Mileage Bank prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction.

Feed it: 50,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 100,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 250,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of jal.co.jp
Business

Cathay Asia Miles

119,000 pts

Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong (oneworld), Standard award

Cathay Pacific oneworld

Cathay stopped publishing charts in May 2026 — this is the reconstructed Standard table, which bands the distance FLOWN including layovers. Standard space is capped per flight and dynamic "Choice" pricing takes over once it is gone. SBI feeds Asia Miles 1:1. The distance flown is the same distance either way round, so that band prices this heading in either direction of travel.

Feed it: 238,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 119,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 594,000 RBL Reward Points (4.99:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of suitesmile.com
Business

Etihad Guest

~120,000 pts est.

Etihad via Abu Dhabi (one stop) — dynamic pricing

Etihad Airways

Etihad publishes no award chart today — GuestSeat became Saver Award on 13-Nov-2025 and pricing lives in the Miles Calculator — so this is the last published distance-band floor, which real availability rarely touches (documented quotes "never below 140,000") on top of heavy carrier charges. Printed so nobody learns it with their own miles. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 120,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Etihad Guest prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Etihad Guest Saver Award starting level for the ~8,547-mile flown itinerary (via AUH), read off Etihad's last published one-way distance-band structure (top 6,001+ mile band). Etihad publishes no award chart today - GuestSeat became Saver Award on 13-Nov-2025 and pricing lives in the Miles Calculator - so fixed-rate space is limited and real quotes often run well above this floor.

Feed it: 60,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 120,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 300,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

as of pointsdojo.com
Business

Emirates Skywards

~146,000 pts est.

Emirates via Dubai — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced

Emirates

Emirates prices Classic Rewards off its calculator, not a chart, and the 20-May-2026 devaluation lifted premium cabins ~15%. Saver space is thin and Flex/Flex Plus price well above; connecting corridors are summed per leg. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 146,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Emirates Skywards prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Emirates Skywards one-way Saver estimate, re-marked 01-Aug-2026 to the official miles-calculator pull of 25-Jul-2026 (post the 20-May-2026 devaluation, premium cabins +~15%; connecting corridors summed per leg); dynamic - no published chart, Saver space thin, Flex/Flex Plus price well above.

Feed it: 292,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 720,000 RBL Reward Points (4.93:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 292,000 SBI Travel Credits (2:1)

as of awardwallet.com
Business

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club

~135,000 pts est.

Virgin Atlantic via LHR (both legs VS metal) — dynamic since Oct 2024

Virgin Atlantic SkyTeam

Flying Club has had no chart since October 2024 — each leg tracks the cash fare, and UK APD plus carrier charges are levied twice through London. Amex MR 2:1 is the only Indian feed. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 135,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Virgin Atlantic Flying Club prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Virgin Atlantic is dynamic since Oct-2024 (no chart); India-LHR Upper practical off-peak 65-75k for ~8,293 mi, beyond-LHR a summed through-award. Heavy ex-UK carrier surcharges; Amex MR 2:1 is the only Indian feed.

Feed it: 168,750 Amex Membership Rewards (5:4) · 660,000 RBL Reward Points (4.89:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 220,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.63:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

as of headforpoints.com
Business

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

147,500 pts

Singapore Airlines via SIN (Saver) — incl. the JFK–SIN ultra-long-haul nonstop

Singapore Airlines Star Alliance

Official Zone 6 ⇄ Zone 13 (USA East Coast) Saver on the 1-Nov-2025 chart, SQ metal the whole way through Changi including the ultra-long-haul JFK–SIN nonstop. The community pages’ 46,000 is the ex-Singapore table, not India’s, and the Changi backtrack is over-MPM and may reprice. The Saver chart is a symmetric zone matrix — each zone pair carries one cell — so it prices this heading in either direction of travel.

Feed it: 147,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 73,750 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 295,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1)

as of singaporeair.com
Business

Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles

170,000 pts

KLM via AMS (JFK–AMS–BLR) — Vietnam LotusMiles

KLM SkyTeam

LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies this pair nonstop — so the price is a SUM of the two sectors, not one cell. India is "SW Asia" on that table. That partner table is a triangular From/To zone matrix carrying one cell per zone pair, so each sector has one published number whichever way it is flown.

Feed it: 170,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 170,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 170,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)

as of vietnamairlines.com
Business

Delta SkyMiles

~230,000 pts est.

SkyTeam partner metal (AF/KLM), North America→India — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic)

Air FranceKLM SkyTeam

Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic — so this is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level; peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×. Kenya Airways (NBO) and Korean (ICN) are the strongest SkyTeam value on the India end. Mirrored from blr-jfk: the chart cell is the same in either direction, so 230,000 is the blr-jfk number read back the other way — an estimate until this direction is re-read, and never crowned THE PLAY.

Estimate Reverse of blr-jfk — Delta SkyMiles prices the zone pair, not the direction, so this mirrors the blr-jfk business cell one-for-one; the desk has not separately re-read the chart for this direction. Delta SkyMiles is fully dynamic (no chart since 2015); ~75,000/230,000 is a representative SkyTeam partner saver level India→North America on AF/KLM/KE/VN/MU metal — peak dates and the 2026 partner hikes swing business 1.5–3×.

Feed it: 690,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 1,380,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 460,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))

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American Airlines AAdvantage

the play 115,000 pts

oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via LHR, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways via LHR

Qatar AirwaysBritish AirwaysCathay Pacific oneworld

AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.

Feed it: 345,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 690,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 230,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)

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Air Canada Aeroplan

165,000 pts

Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (13,347 km) — via BOM, or Ethiopian Airlines via ADD, or Singapore Airlines via SIN, or Air India via DEL

Air IndiaEthiopian AirlinesSingapore Airlines Star Alliance

Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.

Feed it: 82,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 165,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 412,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)

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