Case study · City breakWith proof
Munich, November 2025
2 flights, 3 nights in 2 hotels, 4 days.
Germany
Germany
Short answerMunich in November 2025: 2 flights and 3 hotel nights for $411 paid, against a documented comparison value of $949. We used 12,000 points and miles, 4.5¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$411 paid, $949 documented comparison value. The 57% difference came from 12,000 points and miles.
Paid
$411
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$949
documented cash value
Difference
57%
$538 documented
Points and miles
12,000
4.5¢ per point
At a glance
- Booking classes
- Economy (2)
- Flight numbers
- Outbound flight Airport → Munich
- Return flight Munich → Airport
- Airports
- Munich (MUC)
- Hotels
- Premier Inn City Schwabing, Munich (1 night)
- Le Méridien, Munich (2 nights)
Day by day
13 November 2025
AirportMunich MUCEconomy
- Paid
- $25
- Value
- $273
- points
- 6,000
- per point
- 4.1¢
Premier Inn City Schwabing
- Paid
- $66
- Value
- $80
- points
- cash
- per point
- ·
14 November 2025
Le Méridien
- Paid
- $259
- Value
- $431
- points
- cash
- per point
- ·
16 November 2025
Munich MUCAirportEconomy
- Paid
- $61
- Value
- $165
- points
- 6,000
- per point
- 1.7¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (2) | $86 | $438 | $352 80% | 12,000 |
| Hotels (2 stays, 3 nights) | $325 | $511 | $186 36% | none |
| Total (4 bookings) | $411 | $949 | $538 57% | 12,000 |
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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