Case study · City break
Vienna, August 2025
1 night in 1 hotel, 2 days.
Austria
Austria
Short answerVienna in August 2025: 1 hotel night for $0 paid, against a documented comparison value of $150. We used 5,000 points and miles, 3.0¢ 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, $150 documented comparison value. The 100% difference came from 5,000 points and miles.
Paid
$0
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$150
documented cash value
Difference
100%
$150 documented
Points and miles
5,000
3.0¢ per point
At a glance
- Hotels
- Lindner Hotel Belvedere, Vienna (1 night)
Day by day
27 August 2025
Lindner Hotel Belvedere
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $150
- points
- 5,000
- per point
- 3.0¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotels (1 stay, 1 night) | $0 | $150 | $150 100% | 5,000 |
| Total (1 booking) | $0 | $150 | $150 100% | 5,000 |
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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