Case study · Business class and hotelsWith proof
Tbilisi, February 2024
3 flights, 3 of them in business class, 6 nights in 2 hotels, 19 days.
TürkiyeGeorgia
Türkiye
Georgia
Short answerTbilisi in February 2024: 3 flights and 6 hotel nights for $119 paid, against a documented comparison value of $2,036. We used 49,000 points and miles, 3.9¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$119 paid, $2,036 documented comparison value. The 94% difference came from 49,000 points and miles.
Paid
$119
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$2,036
documented cash value
Difference
94%
$1,917 documented
Points and miles
49,000
3.9¢ per point
At a glance
- Airlines
- Turkish Airlines
- Booking classes
- Business class (3)
- Flight numbers
- Outbound flight Airport → Istanbul
- TK378 IST → TBS
- Return flight Tbilisi → Airport
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST), Tbilisi (TBS)
- Hotels
- Tbilisi Chambers, Tbilisi (6 nights)
Day by day
19 February 2024
AirportIstanbul ISTBusiness
- Paid
- $58
- Value
- $663
- points
- 15,000
- per point
- 4.0¢
20 February 2024
Istanbul ISTTbilisi TBSBusiness
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $609
- points
- 5,000
- per point
- 12.2¢
Tbilisi Chambers
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $101
- points
- 4,500
- per point
- 2.2¢
5 March 2024
Tbilisi Chambers
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $101
- points
- 4,500
- per point
- 2.2¢
8 March 2024
Tbilisi TBSAirportBusiness
- Paid
- $61
- Value
- $562
- points
- 20,000
- per point
- 2.5¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (3) | $119 | $1,834 | $1,715 94% | 40,000 |
| Hotels (2 stays, 6 nights) | $0 | $202 | $202 100% | 9,000 |
| Total (5 bookings) | $119 | $2,036 | $1,917 94% | 49,000 |
Proof
Excerpts from the booking confirmations, personal data and booking codes made unreadable.
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Editorial noteThis case study is our own trip analysis and not tax, legal or financial advice. Award prices, availability and cash prices change all the time.
Terms in this trip
- Award ticket: An award ticket is a flight paid for with miles or points instead of cash; taxes, fees and surcharges almost always still have to be paid in money.
- Award availability: Award availability is the number of seats an airline releases on a given flight for redemption with miles, which is usually far smaller than the number of seats still on sale.
- Cabin class: Cabin class is the physical section of an aircraft, economy, premium economy, business or first, each with its own seating and service.
- Cents per point: Cents per point is the measure of a redemption's value: the cash price avoided, minus any co-payment, divided by the number of points spent.
- Hotel award category: A hotel award category is the price tier a loyalty programme assigns to a property, from which the points price per night follows.
- Fifth night free: Fifth night free is an elite benefit under which an award stay of five or more consecutive nights is charged for four nights of points.
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