Case study · Business class and hotelsWith proof
Dubai and Abu Dhabi, October 2025
4 flights, 3 of them in business class, 4 nights in 2 hotels, 7 days.
TürkiyeUnited Arab Emirates
Türkiye
United Arab Emirates
Short answerDubai and Abu Dhabi in October 2025: 4 flights and 4 hotel nights for $745 paid, against a documented comparison value of $6,747. We used 96,500 points and miles, 6.2¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$745 paid, $6,747 documented comparison value. The 89% difference came from 96,500 points and miles.
Paid
$745
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$6,747
documented cash value
Difference
89%
$6,002 documented
Points and miles
96,500
6.2¢ per point
At a glance
- Airlines
- Turkish Airlines
- Booking classes
- Business class (3), Economy (1)
- Flight numbers
- Outbound flight Airport → Istanbul
- TK866 IST → AUH
- TK869 AUH → IST
- Return flight Istanbul → Airport
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST), Abu Dhabi (AUH)
- Hotels
- Hyatt Regency Creek Heights, Dubai (3 nights)
- Grand Hyatt Hotel, Abu Dhabi (1 night)
- Tryp by Wyndham City Center, Abu Dhabi
Day by day
7 October 2025
AirportIstanbul ISTBusiness
- Paid
- $157
- Value
- $750
- points
- 13,500
- per point
- 4.4¢
8 October 2025
Istanbul ISTAbu Dhabi AUHBusiness
- Paid
- $157
- Value
- $1,472
- points
- 13,500
- per point
- 9.7¢
Hyatt Regency Creek Heights
- Paid
- $100
- Value
- $1,143
- points
- 24,000
- per point
- 4.3¢
11 October 2025
Grand Hyatt Hotel
- Paid
- $100
- Value
- $741
- points
- 15,000
- per point
- 4.3¢
12 October 2025
Tryp by Wyndham City Center
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $158
- points
- 7,500
- per point
- 2.1¢
13 October 2025
Abu Dhabi AUHIstanbul ISTBusiness
- Paid
- $204
- Value
- $2,013
- points
- 15,000
- per point
- 12.1¢
Istanbul ISTAirportEconomy
- Paid
- $27
- Value
- $470
- points
- 8,000
- per point
- 5.5¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (4) | $545 | $4,705 | $4,160 88% | 50,000 |
| Hotels (2 stays, 4 nights) | $200 | $2,042 | $1,842 90% | 46,500 |
| Total (7 bookings) | $745 | $6,747 | $6,002 89% | 96,500 |
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
- 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.
- 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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