Chennai to Sharjah on points
No verified price on this route yet. Every option is an estimate (from ~12,000 points) or priced on the day; each one says what it assumes.
- Economy
- ~12,000 est.
- estimate, no published chart
Prices checked 2 sources
Chennai to Sharjah at a glance
Chennai (MAA) to Sharjah (SHJ) is 2,922 km (1,816 mi) great-circle. We price 2 one-way award options on it across 2 programmes, none of them read off a published chart (2 estimates).
The seats priced here fly on Air Arabia and Air India Express.
Which card gets you there
There is no verified seat to aim for here, so there is no card to recommend. Each programme below lists its ways in.
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 via TRV (MAA–TRV–SHJ, one award on IX metal, not Star Alliance), Value tier |
| Air Arabia AirRewards, economy | ~15,000 est. | Estimate | not published | ₹14,250 | Air Arabia nonstop into its own Sharjah hub — AirRewards, fixed fare offset |
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
Air Arabia flies Chennai–Sharjah nonstop into its home hub, and AirRewards offsets that fare. The Maharaja seat is a one-stop on Air India Express over Thiruvananthapuram, inside the on-the-way limit, booked at the flat Middle-East economy tier. Neither carrier flies a business cabin, and Qatar via Doha sits just past the limit, so there is no Avios or AAdvantage row. Both options are estimates: compare against the cash fare.
Programme by programme
What each programme charges, which airline flies the seat, and the chart we read it from. 2 of the 2 prices are estimates for programmes that publish no chart.
The best way into each programme 2 programmes
- Best way into Air India Maharaja Points and Air Arabia AirRewards: RBL World Safari Plus, RBL Reward Points at 3:1, ₹0.75 per point landed.
Air India Maharaja Points
Economy: ~12,000 est. points
Air India Express via TRV (MAA–TRV–SHJ, one award on IX metal, not Star Alliance), Value tier
Air India Express
Sharjah sits on the flat 12,000-point Middle-East tier. Air India Express flies MAA–TRV and TRV–SHJ, so the whole routing is Air India Group metal and books as one Maharaja award at the zone rate; Thiruvananthapuram sits on the way (~1.22x the MAA–SHJ great-circle). Economy only: Air India Express flies no business cabin and Air India mainline does not serve Sharjah. Check the connection prices at the zone rate before transferring.
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
Air Arabia AirRewards
Economy: ~15,000 est. points
Air Arabia nonstop into its own Sharjah hub — AirRewards, fixed fare offset
Air Arabia
AirRewards is a fixed fare offset, not a chart: 100 points = US$1 against any seat, no blackouts, Cash+Points allowed (min 3,000 points to redeem). Points needed = the day's fare, so this is never a sweet spot, only a way to spend a balance. Mind the hard 24-month expiry.
Estimate: AirRewards is revenue-linked (100 pts = US$1), not a chart; ~= a typical one-way MAA-SHJ Air Arabia economy fare ~AED550 (~US$150) x100, read off published fare trackers on 2026-10-07; moves 1:1 with the live fare and runs far higher at festival and school-holiday peaks.
Checked · airarabia.com
Air Arabia AirRewards: what the points are worth and how to get them · Every way into Air Arabia AirRewards
Cash on top
None of the 2 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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Sources
The award charts and programme pages every price above was read from, and the day we read them.