--- title: "Case studies: real trips, real numbers | Benefit Systems" description: "Our own trips on points and miles, run through the numbers: what we paid, which comparison value the bookings document and where the leverage was." source: "aus dem gebauten HTML abgeleitet" --- # Case Studies ## All case studies 84 On our own trips we recorded the costs and documented the comparison value of each booking. We also identified which factors influenced the costs. Every figure comes from a completed booking. ## 84 case studies in 30 countries Clear all filters Switch between countries, airports and cities above the map. Click a country or a point to show its case studies; “Clear filter” shows all of them again. - [Kraków, April 2027](/en/case-studies/2027-04-krakow) April 2027 · 100% - [Kraków, November 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-11-krakow) November 2026 · 100% - [Kraków, April 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-04-krakow) Sat 25 Apr to Sun 26 Apr · 100% - [Kraków, March 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-03-krakow) Sat 14 Mar to Mon 16 Mar · 100% - [Kraków, July 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-07-krakow) Thu 31 Jul to Fri 8 Aug · 100% - [Kraków, August 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-08-krakow) Sat 5 Aug to Sun 6 Aug · 38% - [Kuantan and Kuala Lumpur, February 2027](/en/case-studies/2027-02-kuantan) February 2027 to March 2027 · 90% - [Copenhagen, February 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-02-copenhagen) Wed 5 Feb to Sat 8 Feb · 92% - [Kuantan and Kuala Lumpur, February 2027](/en/case-studies/2027-02-kuantan) February 2027 to March 2027 · 90% - [Kuantan and Kuala Lumpur, February 2027](/en/case-studies/2027-02-kuantan) February 2027 to March 2027 · 90% - [Bali and Singapore, February 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-02-bali) Sun 26 Feb to Sat 20 May · 52% - [Vienna, January 2027](/en/case-studies/2027-01-vienna) January 2027 · 60% - [Linz, December 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-12-linz) December 2026 · 35% - [Rome, December 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-12-rome) December 2026 · 84% - [Vienna, November 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-11-vienna) November 2026 · 59% - [Vienna, October 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-10-vienna-2) October 2026 · 60% - [Vienna, October 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-10-vienna) October 2026 · 56% - [Vienna, September 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-09-vienna) Fri 11 Sept to Mon 14 Sept · 70% - [Vienna, August 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-08-vienna) Tue 25 Aug to Wed 26 Aug · 71% - [Vienna, July 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-07-vienna) Fri 17 Jul to Mon 20 Jul · 61% - [Tarifa and Vienna, May 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-05-tarifa) Fri 8 May to Mon 18 May · 72% - [Klagenfurt and Vienna, May 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-05-klagenfurt) Fri 1 May to Sat 2 May · 42% - [Vienna, April 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-04-vienna) Thu 9 Apr to Mon 13 Apr · 55% - [Rome, March 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-03-rome) Wed 18 Mar to Fri 20 Mar · 76% - [Vienna and Rome, February 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-02-vienna) Thu 26 Feb to Mon 2 Mar · 83% - [Vienna, January 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-01-vienna) Wed 21 Jan to Mon 26 Jan · 15% - [Vienna, December 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-12-vienna-2) Tue 23 Dec to Wed 24 Dec · 50% - [Vienna, December 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-12-vienna) Wed 17 Dec to Thu 18 Dec · 66% - [Rome, November 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-11-rome) Sat 29 Nov to Mon 1 Dec · 56% - [Vienna, November 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-11-vienna) Fri 21 Nov to Tue 25 Nov · 70% - [Vienna, August 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-08-vienna-2) Wed 27 Aug to Thu 28 Aug · 100% - [Vienna, August 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-08-vienna) Sat 16 Aug to Tue 19 Aug · 74% - [Vienna, July 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-07-vienna) Mon 28 Jul to Thu 31 Jul · 83% - [Bratislava, June 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-06-bratislava) Wed 11 Jun to Fri 13 Jun · 83% - [Vienna, December 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-12-vienna) Mon 23 Dec to Sun 29 Dec · 58% - [Vienna, November 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-11-vienna-2) Fri 22 Nov to Wed 27 Nov · 49% - [Vienna, November 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-11-vienna) Sat 2 Nov to Mon 4 Nov · 100% - [Vienna, August 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-08-vienna) Tue 27 Aug to Wed 11 Sept · 81% - [Málaga and Vienna, May 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-05-malaga) Fri 31 May to Thu 27 Jun · 84% - [Vienna and Stuttgart, May 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-05-vienna) Fri 3 May to Sun 5 May · 90% - [Bratislava, January 2027](/en/case-studies/2027-01-bratislava) January 2027 · 100% - [Bratislava, June 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-06-bratislava) Wed 11 Jun to Fri 13 Jun · 83% - [Linz, December 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-12-linz) December 2026 · 35% - [Rome, December 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-12-rome) December 2026 · 84% - [Rome and Amsterdam, October 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-10-rome) October 2026 · 92% - [Rome, August 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-08-rome) Mon 24 Aug to Tue 25 Aug · 85% - [Rome, March 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-03-rome) Wed 18 Mar to Fri 20 Mar · 76% - [Vienna and Rome, February 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-02-vienna) Thu 26 Feb to Mon 2 Mar · 83% - [Rome, November 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-11-rome) Sat 29 Nov to Mon 1 Dec · 56% - [Paris and Rome, October 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-10-paris) Wed 1 Oct to Fri 3 Oct · 96% - [Rome, April 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-04-rome) Sun 6 Apr to Mon 7 Apr · 76% - [Rome, March 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-03-rome) Thu 6 Mar to Fri 7 Mar · 74% - [Rome, October 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-10-rome) Sun 20 Oct to Mon 21 Oct · 73% - [Rome, September 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-09-rome) Wed 25 Sept to Mon 7 Oct · 86% - [Rome, April 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-04-rome) Mon 22 Apr to Tue 23 Apr · 35% - [Rome, April 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-04-rome-2) Thu 18 Apr to Fri 19 Apr · 71% - [Dubai and Rome, October 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-10-dubai) Tue 31 Oct to Sun 12 Nov · 96% - [Rouen and Paris, November 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-11-rouen) November 2026 · 95% - [Paris and Rome, October 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-10-paris) Wed 1 Oct to Fri 3 Oct · 96% - [Dubai, June 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-06-dubai) Sun 25 Jun to Fri 21 Jul · 91% - [Rouen and Paris, November 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-11-rouen) November 2026 · 95% - [Manchester, November 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-11-manchester) November 2026 · 100% - [Rome and Amsterdam, October 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-10-rome) October 2026 · 92% - [Glasgow and Amsterdam, December 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-12-glasgow) Wed 10 Dec to Fri 12 Dec · 91% - [Vienna and Stuttgart, May 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-05-vienna) Fri 3 May to Sun 5 May · 90% - [Rome and Amsterdam, October 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-10-rome) October 2026 · 92% - [Portugal, July 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-07-portugal) Mon 27 Jul to Mon 10 Aug · 95% - [Ponta Delgada and Lisbon, August 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-08-ponta-delgada) Thu 21 Aug to Tue 2 Sept · 65% - [Copenhagen, February 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-02-copenhagen) Wed 5 Feb to Sat 8 Feb · 92% - [Osterhofen and Munich, October 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-10-osterhofen) October 2026 · 71% - [Munich, November 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-11-munich) Thu 13 Nov to Sun 16 Nov · 57% - [Rome, April 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-04-rome) Sun 6 Apr to Mon 7 Apr · 76% - [Munich, March 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-03-munich) Sat 15 Mar to Sat 15 Mar · 53% - [Athens, September 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-09-athens) Tue 8 Sept to Wed 9 Sept · 82% - [Prague, August 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-08-prague) Sun 30 Aug to Sun 6 Sept · 97% - [Prague, November 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-11-prague) Fri 7 Nov to Mon 10 Nov · 40% - [Vilnius and Klaipėda, August 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-08-vilnius) Wed 19 Aug to Mon 24 Aug · 84% - [Vilnius, June 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-06-vilnius) Fri 16 Jun to Mon 19 Jun · 58% - [Vilnius and Klaipėda, August 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-08-vilnius) Wed 19 Aug to Mon 24 Aug · 84% - [Portugal, July 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-07-portugal) Mon 27 Jul to Mon 10 Aug · 95% - [Sofia, June 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-06-sofia) Mon 22 Jun to Tue 30 Jun · 86% - [Plovdiv and Sofia, August 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-08-plovdiv) Sun 10 Aug to Sat 16 Aug · 85% - [Sofia, May 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-05-sofia) Sat 10 May to Tue 13 May · 100% - [Berlin, June 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-06-berlin) Thu 4 Jun to Sun 7 Jun · 92% - [Tarifa and Vienna, May 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-05-tarifa) Fri 8 May to Mon 18 May · 72% - [Málaga and Vienna, May 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-05-malaga) Fri 31 May to Thu 27 Jun · 84% - [Klagenfurt and Vienna, May 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-05-klagenfurt) Fri 1 May to Sat 2 May · 42% - [Budapest, April 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-04-budapest) Fri 3 Apr to Mon 6 Apr · 91% - [Helsinki, March 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-03-helsinki) Fri 20 Mar to Tue 24 Mar · 85% - [Rome, March 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-03-rome) Wed 18 Mar to Fri 20 Mar · 76% - [Vienna and Rome, February 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-02-vienna) Thu 26 Feb to Mon 2 Mar · 83% - [Milan, February 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-02-milan) Tue 3 Feb to Thu 5 Feb · 81% - [Milan and Barcelona, January 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-01-milan) Tue 27 Jan to Thu 29 Jan · 74% - [Milan and Barcelona, January 2026](/en/case-studies/2026-01-milan) Tue 27 Jan to Thu 29 Jan · 74% - [Glasgow and Amsterdam, December 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-12-glasgow) Wed 10 Dec to Fri 12 Dec · 91% - [Stockholm, October 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-10-stockholm) Fri 31 Oct to Sun 2 Nov · 90% - [Dubai and Abu Dhabi, October 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-10-dubai) Tue 7 Oct to Mon 13 Oct · 89% - [Maldives, February 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-02-maldives) Sun 16 Feb to Sun 2 Mar · 87% - [Tbilisi and Istanbul, January 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-01-tbilisi) Wed 1 Jan to Thu 9 Jan · 86% - [Tbilisi and Istanbul, December 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-12-tbilisi) Mon 2 Dec to Wed 11 Dec · 88% - [Tbilisi, February 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-02-tbilisi) Mon 19 Feb to Fri 8 Mar · 94% - [Dubai and Rome, October 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-10-dubai) Tue 31 Oct to Sun 12 Nov · 96% - [Dubai, June 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-06-dubai) Sun 25 Jun to Fri 21 Jul · 91% - [Dubai and Abu Dhabi, October 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-10-dubai) Tue 7 Oct to Mon 13 Oct · 89% - [Maldives, February 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-02-maldives) Sun 16 Feb to Sun 2 Mar · 87% - [Dubai and Rome, October 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-10-dubai) Tue 31 Oct to Sun 12 Nov · 96% - [Dubai, June 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-06-dubai) Sun 25 Jun to Fri 21 Jul · 91% - [Dubai and Abu Dhabi, October 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-10-dubai) Tue 7 Oct to Mon 13 Oct · 89% - [Dubai and Rome, October 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-10-dubai) Tue 31 Oct to Sun 12 Nov · 96% - [Dubai, June 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-06-dubai) Sun 25 Jun to Fri 21 Jul · 91% - [Valletta, September 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-09-valletta) Sun 7 Sept to Sun 14 Sept · 96% - [Cologne, September 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-09-cologne) Wed 3 Sept to Fri 5 Sept · 95% - [Ponta Delgada and Lisbon, August 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-08-ponta-delgada) Thu 21 Aug to Tue 2 Sept · 65% - [Poznań, June 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-06-poznan) Thu 19 Jun to Sun 22 Jun · 82% - [Bratislava, June 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-06-bratislava) Wed 11 Jun to Fri 13 Jun · 83% - [Venice, June 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-06-venice) Tue 10 Jun to Wed 11 Jun · 100% - [Maldives, February 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-02-maldives) Sun 16 Feb to Sun 2 Mar · 87% - [Tbilisi and Istanbul, January 2025](/en/case-studies/2025-01-tbilisi) Wed 1 Jan to Thu 9 Jan · 86% - [Tbilisi and Istanbul, December 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-12-tbilisi) Mon 2 Dec to Wed 11 Dec · 88% - [Tbilisi, February 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-02-tbilisi) Mon 19 Feb to Fri 8 Mar · 94% - [Tbilisi, August 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-08-tbilisi) Sun 27 Aug to Wed 6 Sept · 100% - [Vienna, August 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-08-vienna) Tue 27 Aug to Wed 11 Sept · 81% - [Vienna and Stuttgart, May 2024](/en/case-studies/2024-05-vienna) Fri 3 May to Sun 5 May · 90% - [Bali and Singapore, February 2023](/en/case-studies/2023-02-bali) Sun 26 Feb to Sat 20 May · 52% 30 countries 29 airports 53 cities Clear filter ### 2027 ### Kraków, April 2027 2 nights in 2 hotels, 2 days. ### Kuantan and Kuala Lumpur, February 2027 2 flights, 1 of them in business class, 18 nights in 4 hotels, 20 days. ### Vienna, January 2027 2 flights, 2 days. ### Bratislava, January 2027 7 nights in 1 hotel, 8 days. ### 2026 ### Linz, December 2026 2 flights, 6 nights in 1 hotel, 7 days. ### Rome, December 2026 2 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 3 days. ### Rouen and Paris, November 2026 2 flights, 7 nights in 2 hotels, 8 days. ### Kraków, November 2026 4 nights in 1 hotel, 5 days. ### Vienna, November 2026 ### Manchester, November 2026 2 nights in 1 hotel, 3 days. ### Vienna, October 2026 ### Rome and Amsterdam, October 2026 3 flights, 2 nights in 2 hotels, 4 days. ### Osterhofen and Munich, October 2026 2 flights, 4 days. ### Vienna, September 2026 2 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 4 days. ### Athens, September 2026 ### Prague, August 2026 6 nights in 2 hotels, 8 days. ### Vienna, August 2026 ### Rome, August 2026 1 night in 1 hotel, 2 days. ### Vilnius and Klaipėda, August 2026 2 flights, 3 nights in 2 hotels, 6 days. ### Portugal, July 2026 Porto, Lisbon and the Algarve, with four hotels, economy flights and a rental car for 13 days. ### Vienna, July 2026 ### Sofia, June 2026 2 flights, 9 days. ### Berlin, June 2026 2 flights, 3 nights in 1 hotel, 4 days. ### Tarifa and Vienna, May 2026 3 flights, 2 nights in 2 hotels, 11 days. ### Klagenfurt and Vienna, May 2026 3 flights, 2 days. ### Kraków, April 2026 ### Vienna, April 2026 2 flights, 5 days. ### Budapest, April 2026 1 flight, 3 nights in 2 hotels, 4 days. ### Helsinki, March 2026 4 flights, 2 nights in 1 hotel, 5 days. ### Rome, March 2026 5 flights, 3 days. ### Kraków, March 2026 ### Vienna and Rome, February 2026 5 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 5 days. ### Warsaw, February 2026 ### Milan, February 2026 2 flights, 3 days. ### Milan and Barcelona, January 2026 ### Vienna, January 2026 2 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 6 days. ### 2025 ### Vienna, December 2025 2 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 2 days. ### Glasgow and Amsterdam, December 2025 4 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 3 days. ### Rome, November 2025 4 flights, 3 days. ### Vienna, November 2025 ### Munich, November 2025 2 flights, 3 nights in 2 hotels, 4 days. ### Prague, November 2025 3 nights in 1 hotel, 4 days. ### Stockholm, October 2025 2 flights, 2 nights in 1 hotel, 3 days. ### Dubai and Abu Dhabi, October 2025 4 flights, 3 of them in business class, 4 nights in 2 hotels, 7 days. ### Paris and Rome, October 2025 2 flights, 2 nights in 2 hotels, 3 days. ### Valletta, September 2025 ### Cologne, September 2025 ### Vienna, August 2025 ### Ponta Delgada and Lisbon, August 2025 4 flights, 12 nights in 4 hotels, 13 days. ### Plovdiv and Sofia, August 2025 2 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 7 days. ### Kraków, July 2025 8 nights in 1 hotel, 9 days. ### Vienna, July 2025 ### Poznań, June 2025 2 nights in 2 hotels, 4 days. ### Bratislava, June 2025 1 flight, 2 nights in 1 hotel, 3 days. ### Venice, June 2025 1 night in a junior suite at Ca' di Dio in Venice, redeemed with a free night certificate instead of 110,000 Hilton points. ### Sofia, May 2025 ### Rome, April 2025 3 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 2 days. ### Munich, March 2025 2 flights, 1 day. ### Rome, March 2025 2 flights, 1 of them in business class, 2 days. ### Maldives, February 2025 9 nights at the Park Hyatt Maldives in a Beach Pool Villa, combined with Etihad business class and points. ### Copenhagen, February 2025 ### Tbilisi and Istanbul, January 2025 4 flights, 4 of them in business class, 9 days. ### 2024 ### Vienna, December 2024 2 flights, 7 days. ### Tbilisi and Istanbul, December 2024 4 flights, 4 of them in business class, 10 days. ### Vienna, November 2024 2 flights, 6 days. 3 nights in 2 hotels, 3 days. ### Rome, October 2024 1 flight, 1 night in 1 hotel, 2 days. ### Rome, September 2024 2 nights in 2 hotels, 13 days. ### Vienna, August 2024 2 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 16 days. ### Málaga and Vienna, May 2024 2 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 28 days. ### Vienna and Stuttgart, May 2024 3 flights, 3 days. ### Rome, April 2024 ### Tbilisi, February 2024 3 flights, 3 of them in business class, 6 nights in 2 hotels, 19 days. ### 2023 ### Dubai and Rome, October 2023 3 flights, 2 of them in business class, 13 days. ### Warsaw, September 2023 ### Tbilisi, August 2023 9 nights in 3 hotels, 11 days. ### Kraków, August 2023 ### Dubai, June 2023 5 flights, 3 of them in business class, 15 nights in 3 hotels, 27 days. ### Vilnius, June 2023 ### Bali and Singapore, February 2023 6 flights, 2 of them in business class, 2 nights in 1 hotel, 84 days. ## What could your spending do? In a strategy call we run the numbers on your spending profile before anything is applied for.