Case study · City break
Rome, September 2024
2 nights in 2 hotels, 13 days.
Italy
Italy
Short answerRome in September 2024: 2 hotel nights for $110 paid, against a documented comparison value of $776. We used 16,000 points and miles, 4.2¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$110 paid, $776 documented comparison value. The 86% difference came from 16,000 points and miles.
Paid
$110
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$776
documented cash value
Difference
86%
$666 documented
Points and miles
16,000
4.2¢ per point
At a glance
- Hotels
- Quality Hotel Nova Domus, Rome (2 nights)
Day by day
25 September 2024
Quality Hotel Nova Domus
- Paid
- $55
- Value
- $382
- points
- 8,000
- per point
- 4.1¢
6 October 2024
Quality Hotel Nova Domus
- Paid
- $55
- Value
- $394
- points
- 8,000
- per point
- 4.2¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotels (2 stays, 2 nights) | $110 | $776 | $666 86% | 16,000 |
| Total (2 bookings) | $110 | $776 | $666 86% | 16,000 |
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
- 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.
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