Award route card · one-way
The cheapest Avios seat leaving India: MAA–CMB is a single 402-mile Zone-1 segment on SriLankan, 6,500 Avios one-way — under 90 minutes for the price of a domestic hop, and business is only 14,000. Six issuers feed Avios directly. IndiGo flies it too on dynamic BluChip; contrary to older notes, no Air India metal serves Chennai–Colombo, so there's no Maharaja or Aeroplan here.
The play · business
Feed it: 14,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 28,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 14,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | SriLankan business nonstop (oneworld) — Avios partner chart, single segment Zone 1 | 14,000 | — | ₹14,000 | the play |
The play · economy
Feed it: 6,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 13,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 6,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) | SriLankan nonstop (oneworld) — Avios partner chart, single segment Zone 1 | 6,500 | — | ₹6,500 | the play |
| IndiGo BluChip | IndiGo nonstop — BluChip, dynamic (revenue-priced) | dynamic | — | — | — |
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.
14,000 Avios (Zone 1) for SriLankan's regional business on the 402-mile MAA-CMB nonstop — a lounge, a meal and a flat-ish seat for less than most programs want for economy. Directly feedable from Amex/Axis/HDFC.
Feed it: 14,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 28,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 14,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
The cheapest Avios seat leaving India: MAA-CMB is 402 mi, a single Zone-1 segment — 6,500 Avios one-way on SriLankan's own nonstop, no connection. Six issuers feed Avios directly. Under an hour and a half in the air for the price of a domestic hop.
Feed it: 6,500 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 13,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 6,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
IndiGo flies MAA-CMB nonstop, but BluChip tracks the live fare (~₹0.40-0.60 per point) with taxes cash-only — no chart. On a ₹6-10k cash route the fixed 6,500 Avios one row up is the plan; BluChip just zeroes an expiring balance.
Ways in: HSBC Reward Points 1.5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL) · Axis EDGE Reward Points 5:1 · HDFC Reward Points 3:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)