Ok ok relax guys
First up, i flew BOM-BLR Friday evening, my 133 miles have already posted in my Flying returns account!

Now the reason i said they are valuable is because i only redeem Econ & mostly domestic, and e.g. 4500 miles with Rs 300 as tax sure beats 1k+ taxes that 9W charges for a GOI-BOM redemption. The tax difference is the same for all sectors ive checked - DEL-BOM, BLR-BOM etc...

Also for 19k miles to SIN or 25k miles to LHR is decent value considering they dont charge insane fuel surcharges (AFAIK) a la 9W.