Lucknow to Riyadh on points
The cheapest seat is economy: 17,500 points with American Airlines AAdvantage. Business from 30,000 with American Airlines AAdvantage.
- Economy
- 17,500
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- Business
- 30,000
- American Airlines AAdvantage
Prices checked 3 sources
Lucknow to Riyadh at a glance
Lucknow (LKO) to Riyadh (RUH) is 3,417 km (2,123 mi) great-circle. We price 5 one-way award options on it across 3 programmes: 4 read off a published chart and 1 estimate.
The seats priced here fly on Oman Air and Air India Express.
Which card gets you there
The economy seat takes 17,500 points with American Airlines AAdvantage. The easiest way to get them with a card a new cardholder can get today: 105,000 RBL Reward Points, moved at 6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy.
- Economy, 17,500 points with American Airlines AAdvantage. Best way in: RBL World Safari Plus, 105,000 RBL Reward Points at 6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy, ₹1.50 per point landed. Every way into American Airlines AAdvantage (11)
- Business, 30,000 points with American Airlines AAdvantage. Best way in: RBL World Safari Plus, 180,000 RBL Reward Points at 6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy, ₹1.50 per point landed.
Every option
| Programme and cabin | Points | Price | Cash surcharge | Total at our value | Flies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air India Maharaja Points, economy | ~12,000 est. | Estimate | not published | ₹12,000 | Air India Express nonstop (not Star Alliance), Value tier |
| American Airlines AAdvantage, economy | 17,500 | Verified, cheapest | not published | ₹17,500 | Oman Air via Muscat (oneworld) — AAdvantage region award |
| American Airlines AAdvantage, business | 30,000 | Verified, cheapest | not published | ₹30,000 | Oman Air via Muscat (oneworld) — AAdvantage region award |
| Oman Air Sindbad, economy | 22,000 | Verified | not published | ₹22,000 | Oman Air via MCT — Sindbad own-metal award, two sectors |
| Oman Air Sindbad, business | 42,000 | Verified | not published | ₹42,000 | Oman Air via MCT — Sindbad own-metal award, two sectors |
Total = points × what we value that programme's points at, plus the cash surcharge (counted ₹0 where not published). An estimate (~) never counts as the cheapest.
Our take on this route
Lucknow → Riyadh on points: 5 options across 3 programmes, and the play is a fixed chart, not a dynamic one. AAdvantage prices India to the Middle East flat at 17,500 economy and 30,000 business one-way on Oman Air via Muscat; the hub sits on the straight line. Sindbad's own two-sector sum (22,000 / 42,000) is the other published price. Air India Express and flynas fly it nonstop; Qatar Airways and Etihad do not serve Lucknow, so Oman Air via Muscat is the oneworld routing. Saudia does not fly this pair, so Alfursan's own-metal chart and the SkyTeam programmes that ride it are left off rather than routed back through Jeddah.
Programme by programme
What each programme charges, which airline flies the seat, and the chart we read it from. 1 of the 5 prices are estimates for programmes that publish no chart.
The best way into each programme 3 programmes
- Best way into Air India Maharaja Points: RBL World Safari Plus, RBL Reward Points at 3:1, ₹0.75 per point landed.
- Best way into American Airlines AAdvantage: RBL World Safari Plus, RBL Reward Points at 6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy, ₹1.50 per point landed.
- Best way into Oman Air Sindbad: HDFC Infinia Metal, HDFC Reward Points at 5.33:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL), ₹5.33 per point landed.
Air India Maharaja Points
Economy: ~12,000 est. points
Air India Express nonstop (not Star Alliance), Value tier
Air India Express
Riyadh sits in Maharaja's flat Middle-East tier and Air India Express flies LKO–RUH nonstop — no hub, no connection. An estimate, so AAdvantage's verified 17,500 one-stop is the price you can count on. Air India Express is economy-only, so no business award here.
Estimate: Air India publishes no award chart. How we estimate Air India Maharaja Points
Checked · magnify.club
Air India Maharaja Points: what the points are worth and how to get them · Every way into Air India Maharaja Points
American Airlines AAdvantage
Every cabin
Oman Air via Muscat (oneworld) — AAdvantage region award
Oman Air oneworld
Economy: 17,500 points
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart, and India to the Middle East is one flat cell: 17,500 economy one-way, the same from Lucknow as from Mumbai. The connection costs nothing extra and stays on the way (LKO–MCT–RUH 1.02× the great circle). The cheapest verified seat to Riyadh from Lucknow.
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Business: 30,000 points
30,000 for business one-way off the same flat India→Middle East cell, on Oman Air via Muscat. Fixed, published, and the cheapest verified business seat on this page.
Checked · aa.com
American Airlines AAdvantage: what the points are worth and how to get them · Every way into American Airlines AAdvantage
Oman Air Sindbad
Every cabin
Oman Air via MCT — Sindbad own-metal award, two sectors
Oman Air oneworld
Economy: 22,000 points
Sindbad prices each sector off Muscat and sums them: 14,000 (LKO–MCT) plus 8,000 (MCT–RUH) = 22,000 one-way, both cells quoted by Oman Air's own mileage calculator. Taxes and carrier charges are extra. AAdvantage's 17,500 on the same Oman Air flights is 4,500 cheaper; Sindbad is the answer for a balance already sitting there.
Checked · sindbad.omanair.com
Business: 42,000 points
24,000 (LKO–MCT) plus 18,000 (MCT–RUH) = 42,000 in business, per sector from Oman Air's calculator — 12,000 over AAdvantage's flat 30,000 for the same Oman Air seats.
Checked · sindbad.omanair.com
Oman Air Sindbad: what the points are worth and how to get them · Every way into Oman Air Sindbad
Cash on top
None of the 3 programmes here publishes a cash figure for this route, so the totals above count it as ₹0; government taxes are still payable on every award. How we count cash on top
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Questions
How many points is an economy award from Lucknow to Riyadh?
The cheapest verified economy seat is 17,500 points with American Airlines AAdvantage one way, read off the published chart on 6 Aug 2026. 2 programmes an Indian card reaches publish a verified economy price here; at our point values the same seat costs ₹17,500 through the cheapest and ₹22,000 through the dearest.
How many points is a business-class award from Lucknow to Riyadh?
The cheapest verified business seat is 30,000 points with American Airlines AAdvantage one way, read off the published chart on 6 Aug 2026. 2 programmes an Indian card reaches publish a verified business price here; at our point values the same seat costs ₹30,000 through the cheapest and ₹42,000 through the dearest.
Which credit card points get me from Lucknow to Riyadh?
For the economy seat (17,500 points with American Airlines AAdvantage), 11 ways in from Indian card points reach American Airlines AAdvantage. The easiest for a new cardholder is 105,000 RBL Reward Points, moved at 6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy, earned on RBL World Safari Plus and RBL Insignia Preferred Banking World Card.
Sources
The award charts and programme pages every price above was read from, and the day we read them.