Award flight · one-way
Seattle → Bengaluru on points: 38 options across the alliance backbones our cards can reach. The cheapest verified business seat on the board is 68,000 via ANA Mileage Club, and economy starts at 38,000 — Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong on Asia Miles' cumulative-distance chart, undercutting the flat 40,000 ANA/AAdvantage cells. ANA's partner chart prices the India ⇄ North America pair "to/from" and distance-blind, so 68,000 on Lufthansa via Frankfurt reads the same westbound; its own Tokyo metal doesn't serve Bengaluru, so economy is that same flat 40,000 cell. Aeroplan books Star metal at a fixed 12,984 km band and AAdvantage prices the oneworld routing off its region chart. Everything else is mirrored from blr-sea and renders "~X est."
The play · economy
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| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathay Asia Miles the play | Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong (oneworld), Standard award | 38,000 | — | ₹38,000 | the play |
| Air Europa SUMA | SkyTeam partner metal (AF), North America→India — Air Europa SUMA | ~48,000 est. | — | ₹38,400 | 1.0× |
| American Airlines AAdvantage | oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via NRT, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways via LHR | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 1.1× |
| ANA Mileage Club | Single-partner award on Lufthansa via Frankfurt (Star Alliance) — one-way | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 1.1× |
| Copa Airlines ConnectMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) | 40,000 | — | ₹40,000 | 1.1× |
| Air China PhoenixMiles | Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), North America→India — Air China PhoenixMiles | ~45,000 est. | — | ₹40,500 | 1.1× |
| Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards | Japan Airlines via HND (oneworld partner award), North America→India — Alaska Atmos | 42,500 | — | ₹42,500 | 1.1× |
| China Eastern Miles | SkyTeam metal (AF), North America→India — China Eastern Eastern Miles | ~55,000 est. | — | ₹46,750 | 1.2× |
| Avianca LifeMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Avianca LifeMiles | ~47,000 est. | — | ₹47,000 | 1.2× |
| SAS EuroBonus | SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM/KE/Saudia + SAS), North America→India — SAS's own Copenhagen–Seattle is seasonal (Seattle–Tacoma's operator table, checked 1-Aug-2026) and SAS has no Bengaluru station, so AF/KLM carry this pair year-round — SAS EuroBonus | ~54,000 est. | — | ₹48,600 | 1.3× |
| Aegean Miles+Bonus | Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Aegean Miles+Bonus | 50,000 | — | ₹50,000 | 1.3× |
| Air France-KLM Flying Blue | Air France / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via AMS, or Virgin Atlantic via LHR | ~55,000 est. | — | ₹55,000 | 1.4× |
| United MileagePlus | Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — United MileagePlus | ~60,000 est. | — | ₹60,000 | 1.6× |
| EVA Air Infinity MileageLands | Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), North America→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands | 60,000 | — | ₹60,000 | 1.6× |
| TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go | Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — TAP Miles&Go | ~80,000 est. | — | ₹64,000 | 1.7× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (12,984 km) — Lufthansa via FRA, or Singapore Airlines via SIN | 75,000 | — | ₹75,000 | 2.0× |
| Delta SkyMiles | SkyTeam partner metal (AF), North America→India — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) | ~75,000 est. | — | ₹75,000 | 2.0× |
| Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles | Virgin Atlantic via LHR (SEA–LHR–BLR) — Vietnam LotusMiles | 85,000 | — | ₹85,000 | 2.2× |
The play · business
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| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Mileage Club the play | Single-partner award on Lufthansa via Frankfurt (Star Alliance) — one-way | 68,000 | — | ₹68,000 | the play |
| Air China PhoenixMiles | Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ partner metal — CA itself flies only Delhi from India), North America→India — Air China PhoenixMiles | ~75,000 est. | — | ₹67,500 | 1.0× |
| American Airlines AAdvantage | oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via NRT, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways via LHR | 70,000 | — | ₹70,000 | 1.0× |
| Aegean Miles+Bonus | Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Aegean Miles+Bonus | 75,000 | — | ₹75,000 | 1.1× |
| Air Europa SUMA | SkyTeam partner metal (AF), North America→India — Air Europa SUMA | ~95,000 est. | — | ₹76,000 | 1.1× |
| Copa Airlines ConnectMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Copa ConnectMiles (fixed region chart) | 80,000 | — | ₹80,000 | 1.2× |
| Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards | Japan Airlines via HND (oneworld partner award), North America→India — Alaska Atmos | 85,000 | — | ₹85,000 | 1.3× |
| China Eastern Miles | SkyTeam metal (AF), North America→India — China Eastern Eastern Miles | ~100,000 est. | — | ₹85,000 | 1.3× |
| Avianca LifeMiles | Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — Avianca LifeMiles | ~90,000 est. | — | ₹90,000 | 1.3× |
| Air France-KLM Flying Blue | Air France / SkyTeam metal, Flying Blue (dynamic) — via AMS, or Virgin Atlantic via LHR | ~95,000 est. | — | ₹95,000 | 1.4× |
| SAS EuroBonus | SkyTeam metal (AF/KLM/KE/Saudia + SAS), North America→India — SAS's own Copenhagen–Seattle is seasonal (Seattle–Tacoma's operator table, checked 1-Aug-2026) and SAS has no Bengaluru station, so AF/KLM carry this pair year-round — SAS EuroBonus | ~108,000 est. | — | ₹97,200 | 1.4× |
| EVA Air Infinity MileageLands | Star Alliance metal (LH/SQ — EVA itself serves no Indian city; the award rides partner metal), North America→India — EVA Infinity MileageLands | 97,500 | — | ₹97,500 | 1.4× |
| TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go | Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — TAP Miles&Go | ~125,000 est. | — | ₹1,00,000 | 1.5× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (12,984 km) — Lufthansa via FRA, or Singapore Airlines via SIN | 110,000 | — | ₹1,10,000 | 1.6× |
| United MileagePlus | Star Alliance partner metal, North America→India — United MileagePlus | ~110,000 est. | — | ₹1,10,000 | 1.6× |
| Cathay Asia Miles | Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong (oneworld), Standard award | 119,000 | — | ₹1,19,000 | 1.8× |
| Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles | Virgin Atlantic via LHR (SEA–LHR–BLR) — Vietnam LotusMiles | 170,000 | — | ₹1,70,000 | 2.5× |
| Delta SkyMiles | SkyTeam partner metal (AF), North America→India — Delta SkyMiles (dynamic) | ~230,000 est. | — | ₹2,30,000 | 3.4× |
The play · first
Which card mints this?
+7 more ways in — the full funnel, ratios and ₹/mile side by side →
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| Program | Metal / routing | Points | Surcharge | All-in ₹ | vs play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantage the play | oneworld partner metal, AAdvantage region award — via NRT, or Qatar via DOH, or Cathay Pacific via HKG, or Qatar Airways via DOH, or British Airways via LHR | 115,000 | — | ₹1,15,000 | the play |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | Star Alliance partner metal, Aeroplan distance-band award (12,984 km) — Lufthansa via FRA, or Singapore Airlines via SIN | 165,000 | — | ₹1,65,000 | 1.4× |
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. That surcharge is the airline's own cash charge on an award — YQ, as the notes below call it — and it is not the fuel-surcharge waiver your credit card advertises: that one hands back a hundred rupees or two at a petrol pump, this one runs to tens of thousands and decides whether the award is worth taking at all. “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.
Chart-priced, not live seats. These prices are read off each programme’s published award chart and valued at our own house ₹/point. 37% of the 39,855 priced options on the board are stated estimates for programmes that publish no chart; they are marked ~ est. and never crowned the play. Nobody here can see whether a seat exists on your date — confirm the space with the programme before you transfer. Points that leave your issuer do not come back.
The cash on top of the miles. Cathay Asia Miles and Air France-KLM Flying Blue state that a carrier-imposed surcharge is charged on an award. American Airlines AAdvantage, Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards, China Eastern Miles, United MileagePlus and Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles make you liable for one if the operating airline levies it, without saying whether it does. Air Canada Aeroplan states it adds none on its own metal. Government taxes and airport charges are payable in every case. Almost no programme publishes the amount, so the desk carries each one’s policy in its own words — on its programme hub — rather than a number nobody published. 10 other programmes priced here publish nothing the desk could read.
Cathay Pacific oneworld
Cathay flies Hong Kong–Seattle, so India–HKG–SEA is one Standard award in the 7,501+ band — 38,000 one-way. SBI feeds Asia Miles 1:1.
Feed it: 76,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 38,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 198,000 RBL Reward Points (5.21:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air France SkyTeam
Air Europa SUMA prices SkyTeam partner metal off a five-band ONE-WAY distance chart: 0–600 mi 6k/12k · 601–1,250 12k/24k · 1,251–1,750 15k/30k · 1,751–3,500 32k/64k · over 3,500 48k/95k (economy/business). This corridor reads the over-3,500 mi band. The 2020 chart that made India→Europe a 51k business steal is gone — the short Gulf hops are where SUMA is now cheap. Partner awards are SUMA call-centre only, paid entirely in Miles, and non-refundable.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — Air Europa SUMA's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 48,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 96,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 240,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Qatar AirwaysJapan AirlinesCathay PacificBritish Airways oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Lufthansa Star Alliance
ANA's partner chart prices the whole Zone 4 ⇄ Zone 6 pair — India to anywhere in North America, Canada and Mexico included — at 40,000 one-way in economy and 68,000 in business (80,000 / 136,000 round-trip), season-blind and distance-blind, with the one-way cell published since 24-Jun-2025. It wants a single Star partner end to end (Lufthansa here); ANA's own metal via Tokyo is dearer in business at 71,500. The cell is written "to/from" — the same number in both directions. Fuel surcharges apply and Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only Indian road in; miles expire in 36 months.
Feed it: 105,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.63:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 210,000 RBL Reward Points (5.25:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 70,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.75:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance
Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off its FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). Standout value — India→Europe 45k business, India→Sub-Saharan Africa 17.5k economy on Ethiopian (Cairo is a dearer 20k Middle East cell) — but NO Indian card feeds ConnectMiles (buy-miles or a US co-brand only), so treat it as a reference benchmark, not a wallet-reachable route.
Feed it: 105,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.63:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 210,000 RBL Reward Points (5.25:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 70,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.75:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
LufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance
Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (India→Beijing, resumed Apr-2026) plus Star partners. North Asia is its only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges (why the currency sits at ₹0.90). India-origin levels are not published, so all values are estimated off trans-Pacific anchors. One-way (current PhoenixMiles).
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — Air China PhoenixMiles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 56,250 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.67:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (5.33:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Japan AirlinesCathay PacificQatar AirwaysBritish Airways oneworld
Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Japan Airlines via HND, ~8,921 flown miles against a 8,068-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 7,001-10,000 mi band — 42,500 economy / 85,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way.
Feed it: 112,500 Amex Membership Rewards (2.65:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 225,000 RBL Reward Points (5.29:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 75,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.76:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air France SkyTeam
China Eastern prices its own metal (India→Shanghai/Kunming nonstop) plus SkyTeam partners. North Asia is its genuine ex-India strength; other regions estimate off the nearest published China-anchored band (Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin matrix). All one-way.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — China Eastern Miles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 366,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,375,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 275,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)
Star Alliance
LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; India→Europe business ~63k is the headline sweet spot (beats Aeroplan). Business is the value cabin here; economy is mediocre. The chart is semi-fixed/unpublished, so some bands are estimates.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — Avianca LifeMiles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 141,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 282,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 94,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
Air FranceKLMKorean AirSaudiaSAS SkyTeam
SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal. Ex-India sweet spot: intra-"CESA" business to North Asia/Japan at ~30k. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Air Europa/China Airlines/Vietnam Airlines (UX/CI/VN) metal. One-way = 60% of round-trip.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — SAS EuroBonus's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 378,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 378,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 945,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)
Star Alliance
Aegean Miles+Bonus prices Star partner metal off one region chart published as ROUND TRIPS — its own rule is that a one-way costs exactly half, and the halved figure is what we show. India sits in the "Near East & Central Asia" zone: the Far East is a flat 30k/45k one-way (Tokyo costs the same as Bangkok), Europe 35k/55k, North America 50k/75k. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so SEA → BLR and BLR → SEA resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. No Indian card feeds it — Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only road in, and awards only display once you hold the full balance.
Feed it: 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 240,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 80,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air FranceVirgin Atlantic SkyTeam
Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. Air France/KLM pass carrier (YQ) surcharges on own metal — typically €90–110 economy / €200–300 business one-way long-haul; intra-region SkyTeam ~€15–40. Typical one-way economy runs 45k–75k; award space and travel date drive the real number.
Estimate Dynamic program — estimate is the typical one-way level for this region-pair (range 45k–75k); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Feed it: 55,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 27,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 55,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Star Alliance
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~60,000 is a typical Saver partner level to North America. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — United MileagePlus's pricing runs off the same region pair in both directions. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 30,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 150,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 120,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
LufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance
EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central/South Asia" zone; one-way = half round-trip). EVA own metal via Taipei covers Japan/N-Asia/SE-Asia/US/Europe; Gulf/Africa/Oceania are partner-metal only. India→US business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing).
Feed it: 60,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 400,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 1,500,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
Star Alliance
TAP's 4 May 2026 devaluation lifted India→North America (its "Canada, USA, Mexico and the Caribbean" zone) from 70k/115k to 80k/125k one-way. That is ONE chart cell, and it holds only while the itinerary stays inside two TAP regions — an Asian gateway onto the transpacific hop. Any build that also crosses Europe spans a third region, and TAP then bills flight by flight and sums: 80k/125k plus 65k/120k = 145k/245k. Lufthansa-group metal carries the heaviest surcharges on Star.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 195,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.44:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 390,000 RBL Reward Points (4.88:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 130,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.63:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
LufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance
Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.
Feed it: 37,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 75,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 187,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Air France SkyTeam
Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~75,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level to North America; peak dates and 2026 partner hikes can swing business 1.5–3×. Kenya Airways (NBO) and Korean (ICN) are the strongest ex-India SkyTeam value.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — Delta SkyMiles's pricing runs off the same region pair in both directions. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 225,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 450,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 150,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Virgin Atlantic SkyTeam
LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies BLR–SEA nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is Virgin Atlantic BLR–LHR–SEA — per-segment: BLR–LHR 35,000 (SW Asia × Europe) + LHR–SEA 50,000 (Europe × North America) = 85,000. India is SW Asia on that table; LotusMiles' own SGN/HAN metal runs off a separate chart (25k/60k one-way). One-way.
Feed it: 85,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 85,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 85,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
Lufthansa Star Alliance
ANA's partner chart prices the whole Zone 4 ⇄ Zone 6 pair — India to anywhere in North America, Canada and Mexico included — at 40,000 one-way in economy and 68,000 in business (80,000 / 136,000 round-trip), season-blind and distance-blind, with the one-way cell published since 24-Jun-2025. It wants a single Star partner end to end (Lufthansa here); ANA's own metal via Tokyo is dearer in business at 71,500. The cell is written "to/from" — the same number in both directions. Fuel surcharges apply and Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only Indian road in; miles expire in 36 months.
Feed it: 174,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.56:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 348,000 RBL Reward Points (5.12:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 116,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.71:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
LufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance
Air China PhoenixMiles prices its own metal (India→Beijing, resumed Apr-2026) plus Star partners. North Asia is its only genuine strength; elsewhere it is a weak Star pricer with heavy fuel surcharges (why the currency sits at ₹0.90). India-origin levels are not published, so all values are estimated off trans-Pacific anchors. One-way (current PhoenixMiles).
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — Air China PhoenixMiles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 93,750 HSBC Reward Points (1.25:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Qatar AirwaysJapan AirlinesCathay PacificBritish Airways oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 210,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 420,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 140,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Star Alliance
Aegean Miles+Bonus prices Star partner metal off one region chart published as ROUND TRIPS — its own rule is that a one-way costs exactly half, and the halved figure is what we show. India sits in the "Near East & Central Asia" zone: the Far East is a flat 30k/45k one-way (Tokyo costs the same as Bangkok), Europe 35k/55k, North America 50k/75k. That chart is a single upper-triangular ZONE-PAIR matrix — 45 published cells for 9 zones, exactly one per unordered pair — so SEA → BLR and BLR → SEA resolve to the same cell. Re-read against the chart and promoted from mirror-estimate to chart read on 2026-08-06. No Indian card feeds it — Marriott Bonvoy 3:1 is the only road in, and awards only display once you hold the full balance.
Feed it: 180,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 360,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 120,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air France SkyTeam
Air Europa SUMA prices SkyTeam partner metal off a five-band ONE-WAY distance chart: 0–600 mi 6k/12k · 601–1,250 12k/24k · 1,251–1,750 15k/30k · 1,751–3,500 32k/64k · over 3,500 48k/95k (economy/business). This corridor reads the over-3,500 mi band. The 2020 chart that made India→Europe a 51k business steal is gone — the short Gulf hops are where SUMA is now cheap. Partner awards are SUMA call-centre only, paid entirely in Miles, and non-refundable.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — Air Europa SUMA's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 95,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 190,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) · 475,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Star Alliance
Copa ConnectMiles prices Star partner metal off its FIXED region chart (India sits in Copa’s "Central Asia" zone). Standout value — India→Europe 45k business, India→Sub-Saharan Africa 17.5k economy on Ethiopian (Cairo is a dearer 20k Middle East cell) — but NO Indian card feeds ConnectMiles (buy-miles or a US co-brand only), so treat it as a reference benchmark, not a wallet-reachable route.
Feed it: 195,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.44:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 390,000 RBL Reward Points (4.88:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 130,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.63:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Japan AirlinesCathay PacificQatar AirwaysBritish Airways oneworld
Alaska Atmos bands the TOTAL DISTANCE FLOWN, not the nonstop great circle: the cheapest Atmos routing is Japan Airlines via HND, ~8,921 flown miles against a 8,068-mile nonstop, which reads the Asia-Pacific chart's 7,001-10,000 mi band — 42,500 economy / 85,000 business one-way, plus the $20 partner booking fee per person each way (up from $12.50 on 1-Jul-2026). One-way.
Feed it: 210,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.47:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 420,000 RBL Reward Points (4.94:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 140,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.65:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Air France SkyTeam
China Eastern prices its own metal (India→Shanghai/Kunming nonstop) plus SkyTeam partners. North Asia is its genuine ex-India strength; other regions estimate off the nearest published China-anchored band (Eastern Miles publishes no India-origin matrix). All one-way.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — China Eastern Miles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 666,667 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 2,500,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors) · 500,000 Axis EDGE Miles (5:1 via Hilton Honors)
Star Alliance
LifeMiles prices Star partner metal off an unpublished grid; India→Europe business ~63k is the headline sweet spot (beats Aeroplan). Business is the value cabin here; economy is mediocre. The chart is semi-fixed/unpublished, so some bands are estimates.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — Avianca LifeMiles's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 270,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 540,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 180,000 HDFC Reward Points (2:1)
Air FranceVirgin Atlantic SkyTeam
Flying Blue prices dynamically — no fixed chart. Air France/KLM pass carrier (YQ) surcharges on own metal — typically €90–110 economy / €200–300 business one-way long-haul; intra-region SkyTeam ~€15–40. India–US business saver seats price at 95,000 miles one-way (Jul-2026 datapoint); popular dates run 120k–175k or more.
Estimate Dynamic program — estimate is the saver-level one-way for the India–North America pair (saver 95k; popular dates run 120k–175k+); not a fixed chart price, and never crowned THE PLAY.
Feed it: 95,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 47,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 95,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1)
Air FranceKLMKorean AirSaudiaSAS SkyTeam
SAS joined SkyTeam on 1-Sept-2024, so EuroBonus now prices SkyTeam metal. Ex-India sweet spot: intra-"CESA" business to North Asia/Japan at ~30k. Watch the ×2 multiplier on Air Europa/China Airlines/Vietnam Airlines (UX/CI/VN) metal. One-way = 60% of round-trip.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — SAS EuroBonus's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 756,000 HDFC Reward Points (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 756,000 SBI Travel Credits (7:1 via Radisson Rewards) · 1,890,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (17.5:1 via Radisson Rewards)
LufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance
EVA Infinity MileageLands prices Star metal off its zone chart (India = "Central/South Asia" zone; one-way = half round-trip). EVA own metal via Taipei covers Japan/N-Asia/SE-Asia/US/Europe; Gulf/Africa/Oceania are partner-metal only. India→US business ~97.5k (possibly ~55-60k on a fully-EVA routing).
Feed it: 97,500 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 650,000 Amex Membership Rewards (6.67:1 via Hilton Honors) · 2,437,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (25:1 via Hilton Honors)
Star Alliance
TAP's 4 May 2026 devaluation lifted India→North America (its "Canada, USA, Mexico and the Caribbean" zone) from 70k/115k to 80k/125k one-way. That is ONE chart cell, and it holds only while the itinerary stays inside two TAP regions — an Asian gateway onto the transpacific hop. Any build that also crosses Europe spans a third region, and TAP then bills flight by flight and sums: 80k/125k plus 65k/120k = 145k/245k. Lufthansa-group metal carries the heaviest surcharges on Star.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go's chart prices the zone pair, not the direction. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 300,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.4:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 600,000 RBL Reward Points (4.8:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 200,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (1.6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
LufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance
Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.
Feed it: 55,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 110,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 275,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Star Alliance
United went fully dynamic in 2020 (no fixed chart), so ~110,000 is a typical Saver partner level to North America. But Aeroplan often prices the same Star seat lower, so compare before burning United miles.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — United MileagePlus's pricing runs off the same region pair in both directions. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 55,000 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 275,000 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2) · 240,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2.18:1 via Marriott Bonvoy)
Cathay Pacific oneworld
119,000 Standard business both legs on Cathay via HKG — the fixed business option, an eastbound Pacific routing.
Feed it: 238,000 Amex Membership Rewards (2:1) · 119,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 594,000 RBL Reward Points (4.99:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
Virgin Atlantic SkyTeam
LotusMiles deducts miles PER FLIGHT SEGMENT on its SkyTeam partner table (official chart, effective 1-Aug-2025), and no SkyTeam carrier flies BLR–SEA nonstop — so the price is a SUM, not one cell. Cheapest verified SkyTeam build is Virgin Atlantic BLR–LHR–SEA — per-segment: BLR–LHR 70,000 (SW Asia × Europe) + LHR–SEA 100,000 (Europe × North America) = 170,000. India is SW Asia on that table; LotusMiles' own SGN/HAN metal runs off a separate chart (25k/60k one-way). One-way.
Feed it: 170,000 HDFC Reward Points (1:1) · 170,000 HSBC Reward Points (1:1) · 170,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1)
Air France SkyTeam
Delta has had no award chart since 2015 — fully dynamic, so ~230,000 is a representative saver-ish partner level to North America; peak dates and 2026 partner hikes can swing business 1.5–3×. Kenya Airways (NBO) and Korean (ICN) are the strongest ex-India SkyTeam value.
Estimate Reverse of blr-sea — Delta SkyMiles's pricing runs off the same region pair in both directions. This row mirrors the blr-sea price rather than a direction-specific chart read, so it is shown as an estimate.
Feed it: 690,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 1,380,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 460,000 HSBC Reward Points (2:1 via Accor Live Limitless (ALL))
Qatar AirwaysJapan AirlinesCathay PacificBritish Airways oneworld
AAdvantage prices partner awards on a fixed region-to-region chart. A valid oneworld routing is assumed.
Feed it: 345,000 Amex Membership Rewards (3:1 via Marriott Bonvoy) · 690,000 RBL Reward Points (6:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy) · 230,000 RBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière) (2:1 via Club ITC → Marriott Bonvoy)
LufthansaSingapore Airlines Star Alliance
Aeroplan prices Star partner awards by total distance FLOWN. This row is the direct great-circle band; a connecting routing that flies farther can land in the next band up. A valid Star routing (nonstop or via a Star hub within the maximum permitted mileage) is assumed.
Feed it: 82,500 Axis EDGE Miles (1:2) · 165,000 SBI Travel Credits (1:1) · 412,500 Axis EDGE Reward Points (5:2)
Flying back? Bengaluru to Seattle on points (BLR–SEA). Or take the whole region: every corridor we price into South Asia — 380 of them. Or pick any two hubs — 2,450 corridors priced.