Award route card · one-way
Air France skips Chennai, so Paris is a one-stop story. AA books Qatar's Qsuite via Doha for 42,500 — the cheapest business chart, since Avios can't price the routing (DOH–CDG is 3,088 miles, past the 3,000-mile partner ceiling). Air India via Delhi carries the fixed Maharaja Europe tier (35,000/100,000), but Aeroplan books the same metal for 70,000 surcharge-free. Emirates via Dubai is calculator-only.
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 Airways Qsuite via DOH (oneworld partner award) | 42,500 | — | ₹42,500 | the play |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Air India mainline via DEL (Star Alliance partner award) | 70,000 | — | ₹70,000 | 1.6× |
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India mainline via DEL (Star Alliance), Value tier — MAA-DEL-CDG | 1,00,000 | — | ₹80,000 | 1.9× |
| Emirates Skywards | Emirates via DXB (one stop) — Classic Rewards, calculator-priced | 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 DOH (oneworld partner award) | 20,000 | — | ₹20,000 | the play |
| Air India Maharaja Points | Air India mainline via DEL (Star Alliance), Value tier — MAA-DEL-CDG | 35,000 | — | ₹28,000 | 1.4× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Air India mainline via DEL (Star Alliance partner award) | 42,500 | — | ₹42,500 | 2.1× |
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's Qsuite via Doha to Paris — the cheapest business chart on the corridor, if you can feed AAdvantage from Bonvoy 3:1 (127,500 points; see /transfers/to/american-aadvantage).
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 in the 4,001-6,000-mile band, fixed and surcharge-free, booking Air India's Delhi-Paris nonstop after a Chennai feeder. Half Maharaja's points for the identical seat; SBI feeds Aeroplan 1:1.
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)
Europe business, 100,000 points on the A350 via Delhi. Exactly double Aeroplan's ₹-equivalent for the same routing — listed so the gap is visible; transfer to Aeroplan instead.
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)
MAA-DXB-CDG on Emirates, calculator-priced with no chart, premium cabins up ~15% since 20-May-2026 and heavy surcharges. Against Aeroplan's fixed 70,000 on Air India's nonstop, the detour needs the A380 to justify it.
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
Indian Subcontinent → Europe, 20,000 AA miles MAA-DOH-CDG on Qatar — 60,000 Bonvoy at 3:1 (see /transfers/to/american-aadvantage). Avios can't price this routing (DOH-CDG is 3,088 mi, past the 3,000-mi partner ceiling), so AA is the oneworld number to Paris.
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)
No Air France at Chennai, so the fixed way to Paris is Air India mainline via Delhi at the flat 35,000-point Europe economy tier (MAA-DEL-CDG, a 4% detour). ₹28,000 at house value — cheaper to mint than Aeroplan's economy.
Feed it: 35,000 IndusInd Reward Points (1:1) · 17,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 35,000 ICICI Reward Points (1:1)
MAA-DEL-CDG on Air India mainline is ~5,174 flown miles — the 4,001-6,000-mile within-Atlantic band, 42,500 economy. The business row below is the reason to hold Aeroplan here.
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)