Award flight · one-way
Lucknow → Jeddah is the honest one-airline corridor: Saudia flies it nonstop and is the ONLY alliance carrier at Lucknow — no Star, no oneworld metal at all, so the backbone programs that blanket the metros simply cannot price this seat. Alfursan's North-India zone (the chart names Lucknow) makes it 9,000 miles in economy and 34,000 in business each way, and SBI Travel Credits reach Alfursan at 2:1. One door, honestly priced, which beats twenty invented ones.
The play · business
Feed it: 81,600 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 1,63,200 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 27,200 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudia Alfursan | Saudia nonstop — Alfursan 13-zone own-metal chart (verified current) — nonstop | 34,000 | — | ₹34,000 | the play |
The play · economy
Feed it: 21,601 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 43,201 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 7,200 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudia Alfursan | Saudia nonstop — Alfursan 13-zone own-metal chart (verified current) — nonstop | 9,000 | — | ₹9,000 | the play |
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” 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.
Saudia SkyTeam
Alfursan own-metal REWARD level, one-way — the 13-zone chart's own footnote names Lucknow in the North-India zone (spec: docs/research/hub-grid/specs/saudia-alfursan.json, chart fetched live 2026-07-26). Reward+ doubles the price for wider seat access.
Feed it: 81,600 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 1,63,200 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 27,200 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Saudia SkyTeam
Alfursan own-metal REWARD level, one-way — the 13-zone chart's own footnote names Lucknow in the North-India zone (spec: docs/research/hub-grid/specs/saudia-alfursan.json, chart fetched live 2026-07-26). Reward+ doubles the price for wider seat access.
Feed it: 21,601 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 43,201 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 7,200 Axis EDGE Miles (1:1.25 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Or pick any two hubs — 2,154 corridors priced.