Case study · City breakWith proof
Paris and Rome, October 2025
2 flights, 2 nights in 2 hotels, 3 days.
FranceItaly
France
Italy
Short answerParis and Rome in October 2025: 2 flights and 2 hotel nights for $46 paid, against a documented comparison value of $1,124. We used 31,500 points and miles, 3.4¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$46 paid, $1,124 documented comparison value. The 96% difference came from 31,500 points and miles.
Paid
$46
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$1,124
documented cash value
Difference
96%
$1,078 documented
Points and miles
31,500
3.4¢ per point
At a glance
- Airlines
- Air France
- Booking classes
- Economy (2)
- Flight numbers
- Outbound flight Airport → Paris
- AF1204 CDG → FCO
- Airports
- Paris (CDG), Rome (FCO)
- Hotels
- Hyatt House CDG, Paris (1 night)
- Quality Hotel Nova Domus, Rome (1 night)
Day by day
1 October 2025
AirportParis CDGEconomy
- Paid
- $23
- Value
- $406
- points
- 5,000
- per point
- 7.7¢
Hyatt House CDG
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $176
- points
- 9,500
- per point
- 1.9¢
2 October 2025
Paris CDGRome FCOEconomy
- Paid
- $23
- Value
- $242
- points
- 5,000
- per point
- 4.4¢
Quality Hotel Nova Domus
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $300
- points
- 12,000
- per point
- 2.5¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (2) | $46 | $648 | $602 93% | 10,000 |
| Hotels (2 stays, 2 nights) | $0 | $476 | $476 100% | 21,500 |
| Total (4 bookings) | $46 | $1,124 | $1,078 96% | 31,500 |
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.
- 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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