Case study · Business classWith proof
Tbilisi and Istanbul, January 2025
4 flights, 4 of them in business class, 9 days.
TürkiyeGeorgia
Türkiye
Georgia
Short answerTbilisi and Istanbul in January 2025: 4 flights for $332 paid, against a documented comparison value of $2,439. We used 24,000 points and miles, 8.8¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$332 paid, $2,439 documented comparison value. The 86% difference came from 24,000 points and miles.
Paid
$332
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$2,439
documented cash value
Difference
86%
$2,107 documented
Points and miles
24,000
8.8¢ per point
At a glance
- Airlines
- Turkish Airlines
- Booking classes
- Business class (4)
- Flight numbers
- Outbound flight Airport → Istanbul
- TK378 IST → TBS
- TK387 TBS → IST
- Return flight Istanbul → Airport
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST), Tbilisi (TBS)
Day by day
1 January 2025
AirportIstanbul ISTBusiness
- Paid
- $80
- Value
- $663
- points
- 6,000
- per point
- 9.7¢
2 January 2025
Istanbul ISTTbilisi TBSBusiness
- Paid
- $80
- Value
- $609
- points
- 6,000
- per point
- 8.8¢
9 January 2025
Tbilisi TBSIstanbul ISTBusiness
- Paid
- $86
- Value
- $671
- points
- 6,000
- per point
- 9.8¢
Istanbul ISTAirportBusiness
- Paid
- $86
- Value
- $496
- points
- 6,000
- per point
- 6.8¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (4) | $332 | $2,439 | $2,107 86% | 24,000 |
| Total (4 bookings) | $332 | $2,439 | $2,107 86% | 24,000 |
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.
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