The valuation index
What a point is actually worth.
Not the marketing rate. Not the cashback floor. Our house value is the ₹/point a disciplined traveller realistically gets on travel redemptions — usually via transfer partners. We publish the floor and the ceiling too, so the number is honest.
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All 159 house marks reviewed between 2026-06-01 and 2026-09-25 — every move logged in the tracker with the event that caused it.
Showing the currency the most cards in our index earn. Across the 93 a card here earns, the marks run 200× apart.
₹0.25 per point
- band (floor–ceiling) ₹0.05–₹0.33
- last move never moved on record
- nerf risk stable
The classic RBL currency (World Safari, Icon, Insignia, iGlobe, World Safari Lite/Plus and the whole legacy World/Platinum shelf) — ₹0.25/point on flights and hotels, ₹99 + GST per redemption day. READ THE BAND AS A LADDER, NOT A RANGE. RBL prices reward points per card AND per exit: its rewards-portal T&C says "the number of Reward Points required to make a redemption may vary depending on the category of redemption and Credit Card", and the one RBL page that prints numbers — World Safari Lite — splits them "INR 0.25 per point on Flights & Hotels bookings, INR 0.05 per point on all other redemptions". That ₹0.05 is the floor: book a flight or a hotel and you get ₹0.25, take a voucher or cashback instead and a fifth of it. RBL publishes no per-point value at all on World Safari, Icon, iGlobe or Insignia, so treat ₹0.25 as the travel rate you can verify and ₹0.05 as the drop you should assume everywhere else. One transfer door — Club ITC (Insignia and World Safari Plus 3:1 = ₹0.33/pt, iGlobe 4:1 = par; Icon and plain World Safari excluded) — and no airline partners.
67 cards earn it · 1 live route out
- POPcoins ₹0.10 +₹0.09 +900.0%
- Maximize MaxCoins ₹1.08 +₹0.44 +68.8%
- TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go ₹0.80 −₹0.20 −20.0%
- Aeroméxico Rewards ₹0.60 −₹0.40 −40.0%
- Axis EDGE Reward Points ₹0.40 −₹0.40 −50.0%
- Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer ₹1.10 −₹0.06 −5.2%
- Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) ₹1.00 −₹0.45 −31.0%
- Marriott Bonvoy ₹0.65 −₹0.59 −47.6%
- Air France-KLM Flying Blue ₹1.00 +₹0.20 +25.0%
- Accor Live Limitless (ALL) ₹2.15 +₹0.35 +19.4%
- IHG One Rewards ₹0.55 −₹0.05 −8.3%
- AirAsia Rewards ₹0.23 +₹0.03 +15.0%
- all 159 marks ↓
Biggest movers
Marriott Bonvoy ₹1.24 → ₹0.65 (−₹0.59) — Mar 2022, Marriott Bonvoy removes award charts and goes fully dynamic; the Cat-5 standard-night ceiling climbs from 40,000 pts (early 2022) to 76,000 pts (2025), a ~90% award-cost rise (Frequent Miler's reconstructed chart)
Shangri-La Circle ₹5.80 → ₹6.35 (+₹0.55) — Jul 2026, FX re-mark — rupee slide against pegged EUR/USD/MYR (audit 2026-07-10)
Avios (BA / Qatar / Finnair) ₹1.45 → ₹1.00 (−₹0.45) — Dec 2022, BA Avios long-haul redemptions jump up to 92% outside UK/US
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The board
29 quotes · 16 have moved on record · pips computed from each program's own history
Every figure is ₹ per point. Band runs from the floor — the zero-effort portal rate — to the ceiling, the realistic best redemption. Fixed means the program publishes one rate, so there is no spread to work. History plots each currency's % change from its own first mark, every row on one shared scale. How a house value is set →
| Currency | Our value₹ per point | Movelast change | Bandfloor–ceiling | Trend | Nerf risk | History% from first mark, one scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDFC Bank | ₹1.00 band ₹0.30–₹1.80 | unmoved | ₹0.30–₹1.80 | down | high | |
| Axis Bank | ₹2.00 band ₹1.00–₹2.20 | unmoved | ₹1.00–₹2.20 | down | stable | |
| Axis Bank | ₹0.40 band ₹0.20–₹0.88 | −₹0.40 −50.0% Sept 2023 | ₹0.20–₹0.88 | down | stable | |
| American Express | ₹0.50 band ₹0.25–₹1.10 | unmoved | ₹0.25–₹1.10 | flat | high | |
| ICICI Bank | ₹1.00 band ₹0.25–₹1.00 | unmoved | ₹0.25–₹1.00 | down | elevated | |
| Singapore Airlines | ₹1.10 band ₹0.60–₹2.50 | −₹0.06 −5.2% Nov 2025 | ₹0.60–₹2.50 | down | high | |
| British Airways / Qatar / Finnair | ₹1.00 band ₹0.50–₹2.20 | −₹0.45 −31.0% Dec 2022 | ₹0.50–₹2.20 | down | high | |
| HSBC | ₹1.00 band ₹0.25–₹1.80 | unmoved | ₹0.25–₹1.80 | flat | high | |
| Marriott | ₹0.65 band ₹0.35–₹0.90 | −₹0.59 −47.6% Mar 2022 | ₹0.35–₹0.90 | down | high | |
| Air France-KLM | ₹1.00 band ₹0.40–₹1.70 | +₹0.20 +25.0% Jul 2026 | ₹0.40–₹1.70 | up | high | |
| Accor | ₹2.15 band ₹2.05–₹2.25 | +₹0.35 +19.4% Jul 2026 | ₹2.05–₹2.25 | up | high | |
| SBI Card | ₹1.00 band ₹0.50–₹1.80 | unmoved | ₹0.50–₹1.80 | flat | stable | |
| IHG | ₹0.55 band ₹0.38–₹1.20 | −₹0.05 −8.3% Jul 2024 | ₹0.38–₹1.20 | flat | high | |
| RBL Bank | ₹0.25 band ₹0.05–₹0.33 | unmoved | ₹0.05–₹0.33 | flat | stable | |
| RBL Bank | ₹1.00 band ₹0.50–₹1.00 | unmoved | ₹0.50–₹1.00 | flat | stable | |
| Kotak Mahindra Bank | ₹1.00 band ₹0.50–₹1.00 | unmoved | ₹0.50–₹1.00 | flat | stable | |
| IndusInd Bank | ₹0.80 band ₹0.40–₹1.70 | unmoved | ₹0.40–₹1.70 | up | watch | |
| AU Small Finance Bank | ₹0.25 band ₹0.20–₹0.67 | unmoved | ₹0.20–₹0.67 | flat | stable | |
| YES Bank | ₹0.25 band ₹0.10–₹0.25 | unmoved | ₹0.10–₹0.25 | down | stable | |
| AirAsia (Capital A) | ₹0.23 band ₹0.15–₹0.24 | +₹0.03 +15.0% Jul 2026 | ₹0.15–₹0.24 | up | stable | |
| Air Arabia | ₹0.95 band ₹0.80–₹1.00 | +₹0.10 +11.8% Jul 2026 | ₹0.80–₹1.00 | up | stable | |
| Shangri-La | ₹6.35 band ₹6.15–₹6.55 | +₹0.55 +9.5% Jul 2026 | ₹6.15–₹6.55 | up | stable | |
| Wyndham | ₹0.65 band ₹0.45–₹0.95 | +₹0.05 +8.3% Jul 2026 | ₹0.45–₹0.95 | flat | stable | |
| TAP Air Portugal | ₹0.80 band ₹0.30–₹1.20 | −₹0.20 −20.0% Aug 2026 | ₹0.30–₹1.20 | down | high | |
| Aeroméxico | ₹0.60 band ₹0.30–₹1.00 | −₹0.40 −40.0% Apr 2023 | ₹0.30–₹1.00 | flat | stable | |
| SBI Card | ₹0.25 band ₹0.25–₹0.44 | unmoved | ₹0.25–₹0.44 | flat | stable | |
| Maximize (Maximize Pay Solutions) | ₹1.08 band ₹1.00–₹1.60 | +₹0.44 +68.8% Aug 2026 | ₹1.00–₹1.60 | up | stable | |
| POP (POPclub) · issued on YES Bank | ₹0.10 band ₹0.10–₹1.00 | +₹0.09 +900.0% Sept 2026 | ₹0.10–₹1.00 | flat | stable | |
| InterMiles (Jet Privilege Private Limited, majority-owned by Etihad Airways) | ₹0.20 band ₹0.17–₹0.33 | −₹0.14 −41.2% Oct 2023 | ₹0.17–₹0.33 | down | stable |
The bank programs you earn and transfer from, plus every currency whose value has moved. The 67 destination programs pinned to the ₹1 anchor are one tap down, in the desk, and the 63 closed loops that reach neither are below them.
Open the whole deskFold the desk back up 29 house-value notes · the 67 programs pinned to the ₹1 anchor
· all 161 transfer routes · why ₹2.00 and ₹0.40 are the same opinion
The desk's written notes didn't load just now. Every value, band, ratio and status below is still the desk's own — each program's hub carries its note, and each route's sweet spot.
expiry: 2 years from accrual is the DEFAULT, not 3 — HDFC's MITC sets the clock per card variant. 3 years only on Infinia / Infinia Metal / Diners Black / Diners Black Metal / H.O.G Diners Club / BizBlack Metal; 1 year on Easy EMI — but NOT on the PhonePe co-brands, which this line got wrong until 2026-08-15: HDFC's own PhonePe Ultimo Reward Points TnCs and FAQ v2.2 (28-Jul-2026) both say "Unredeemed Reward Points will expire/lapse after 2 years from the date of accumulation", and the Uno documents match; everything else — Regalia Gold and BizPower included, both confirmed in their own reward-programme T&Cs — expires at 2 years. An upgrade, replacement, renewal or re-issue restarts the clock from the transfer date, and the whole balance nullifies if the card sits unused 365 days (official T&C)
expiry: no accrual expiry; forfeited 30 days after card closure or once dues run 90+ days overdue (Oct-2025 rule)
expiry: no accrual expiry; forfeited 30 days after card closure or once dues run 90+ days overdue (Oct-2025 rule)
expiry: never — as long as one MR-earning card stays open
expiry: 3 years from issuance
expiry: hard 3 years, and the clock lands on the MONTH not the day — official T&C §K: miles "expire after three years... at 23:59 hours Singapore time on the last day of the equivalent month in which they were earned" (contest miles die in one year). Account activity never extends it, but a PAID extension does exist and our old "no extension" line was wrong: miles due to expire for the first time can be extended once for a fee — six months for KrisFlyer members, one year for Elite Silver and Elite Gold — bookable up to five months ahead in blocks of up to three consecutive months. Once they have actually expired they cannot be extended. PPS Club members' miles do not expire at all while they hold the tier
expiry: activity-based — lapse after 36 months with no earning or spending
expiry: 3 years from the end of the month earned (official rewards T&C)
expiry: activity-based — forfeited after 24 months without earning activity
expiry: activity-based — any earn every 24 months keeps the balance alive
expiry: lapse after 365 days without points activity
expiry: 24 months from accrual (official T&C) — the shortest fuse on this index
expiry: lapse after 12 months of inactivity (elite members exempt)
expiry: hard 3 years from the date of credit (official rewards page)
expiry: 24 months from accrual (official Tiger MITC)
expiry: 24 months from the transaction date (points earned from 11-Apr-2023)
expiry: 36 months from the date of earning
expiry: hard 24 months from the date earned — no extension (official T&C §5.1)
expiry: 4 years hard; sooner after 18 months of inactivity
expiry: hard 3 years from accrual — and some bonus/promo miles die in 12 months
expiry: never — points don't expire once accrued (official)
expiry: not published — terms defer to the in-app rewards dashboard
expiry: 365 days from the date each coin is credited — POP's FAQ says so under both the app and the credit-card sections, and the coin has no transfer partner to escape into
expiry: no fixed expiry date, but an 18-month INACTIVITY fuse, and it is the programme's own rule: clause 11.4.1 of the T&C effective 12 January 2026 says InterMiles accrued after 1 July 2018 "will not have an expiry date, provided that the accruing member has successfully completed at least 1 eligible accrual or redemption (award) Activity … in the preceding 18 months". Accounts are reviewed at the end of every calendar month; a new member's whole balance is reviewed in month 17. Platinum-tier balances are exempt (11.4.12), and anything accrued BEFORE 1 July 2018 expired on its own stamped date regardless of activity.
The ₹1 anchor
Destination programs
Airline and hotel programs you redeem into, priced to the ₹1-per-partner-mile standard (or their own peg). No independent house-value history to chart — the number is the number. Tap through to a program hub for ways in, sweet spots and its nerf log.
No exit
Closed loops
Coins that never leave the issuer — 63 of them. Each redeems inside one app, one catalogue or one statement at a rate the issuer sets and can change, and none of them reaches an airline or a hotel. The rate is the whole product, so we carry it: a closed loop can still be nerfed, and when one is, it lands in the tracker like any other.
Show the 63 closed-loop rates
Not on this page at all: 5 statement-cashback currencies. A rupee of cashback is worth a rupee — no floor, no ceiling, no history — so there is nothing to value and we will not print a band to look busy. What a cashback card is worth is its rate and its caps, and those are on the card.
The routes
Transfer partners
Ratios read our points : partner miles — 2:1 means 2 points become 1 mile, never the other way round. Sourced from each program's live transfer table.
HDFC Reward Points
22 live routesAxis EDGE Miles
27 live routes · 2 removedAxis EDGE Reward Points
27 live routes · 2 removedAmex Membership Rewards
8 live routes · 1 removedICICI Reward Points
2 live routesHSBC Reward Points
20 live routesSBI Travel Credits
25 live routes · 1 removedRBL Reward Points
1 live routeRBL Reward Points (Nova/Lumière)
5 live routesKotak Air Miles
10 live routesIndusInd Reward Points
2 live routesAU Reward Points
0 live routes · 1 removedYES Rewardz (YES CC Rewardz)
1 live routeAURUM Reward Points
4 live routesStraight answers
How much is one credit card reward point worth in India?
It depends entirely on the currency, which is the whole reason this page exists. Across the 93 currencies an Indian credit card actually earns, our house values run from ₹0.01 a point (Uni Coins) to ₹2.00 (Axis EDGE Miles) — a 200× spread, which is why "how many points does it earn" is the wrong question. Airline miles anchor at about ₹1 per partner mile; hotel points are priced to what a night actually costs. The house value is what a disciplined traveller realistically gets on travel redemptions — usually through a transfer partner — and every row also carries a floor and a ceiling, because a single number would be a lie in both directions.
How often are these valuations updated?
Every mark on this board carries the date it was last reviewed: the oldest here is 2026-06-01, the newest 2026-09-25. A house value moves when the data forces it — a devaluation, a ratio change, a chart republished — and each move is logged in the tracker with the event that caused it, then re-priced across every card that earns the currency.