Case study · City breakWith proof
Copenhagen, February 2025
2 flights, 3 nights in 1 hotel, 4 days.
Denmark
Denmark
Short answerCopenhagen in February 2025: 2 flights and 3 hotel nights for $632 paid, against a documented comparison value of $7,658. We used 26,000 points and miles, 27.0¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$632 paid, $7,658 documented comparison value. The 92% difference came from 26,000 points and miles.
Paid
$632
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$7,658
documented cash value
Difference
92%
$7,026 documented
Points and miles
26,000
27.0¢ per point
At a glance
- Airlines
- TAP
- Booking classes
- Economy (2)
- Flight numbers
- TP752 LIS → CPH
- Return flight Copenhagen → Airport
- Airports
- Lisbon (LIS), Copenhagen (CPH)
- Hotels
- Radisson Collection Royal Hotel, Copenhagen (3 nights)
Day by day
5 February 2025
Lisbon LISCopenhagen CPHEconomy
- Paid
- $80
- Value
- $203
- points
- 21,000
- per point
- 0.6¢
Radisson Collection Royal Hotel
- Paid
- $489
- Value
- $7,233
- points
- cash
- per point
- ·
8 February 2025
Copenhagen CPHAirportEconomy
- Paid
- $63
- Value
- $222
- points
- 5,000
- per point
- 3.2¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (2) | $143 | $425 | $282 66% | 26,000 |
| Hotels (1 stay, 3 nights) | $489 | $7,233 | $6,744 93% | none |
| Total (3 bookings) | $632 | $7,658 | $7,026 92% | 26,000 |
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.
- 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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