Case study · City breakWith proof
Vienna, November 2024
3 nights in 2 hotels, 3 days.
Austria
Austria
Short answerVienna in November 2024: 3 hotel nights for $0 paid, against a documented comparison value of $327. We used 10,500 points and miles, 3.1¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$0 paid, $327 documented comparison value. The 100% difference came from 10,500 points and miles.
Paid
$0
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$327
documented cash value
Difference
100%
$327 documented
Points and miles
10,500
3.1¢ per point
At a glance
- Hotels
- Lindner Hotel Belvedere, Vienna (3 nights)
Day by day
2 November 2024
Lindner Hotel Belvedere
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $135
- points
- 7,000
- per point
- 1.9¢
3 November 2024
Lindner Hotel Belvedere
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $192
- points
- 3,500
- per point
- 5.5¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotels (2 stays, 3 nights) | $0 | $327 | $327 100% | 10,500 |
| Total (2 bookings) | $0 | $327 | $327 100% | 10,500 |
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
- 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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