Case study · City breakWith proof
Rome, November 2025
4 flights, 3 days.
AustriaItaly
Austria
Italy
Short answerRome in November 2025: 4 flights for $172 paid, against a documented comparison value of $390. We used 7,420 points and miles, 2.9¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$172 paid, $390 documented comparison value. The 56% difference came from 7,420 points and miles.
Paid
$172
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$390
documented cash value
Difference
56%
$218 documented
Points and miles
7,420
2.9¢ per point
At a glance
- Airlines
- Austrian Airlines
- Booking classes
- Economy (4)
- Flight numbers
- Outbound flight Airport → Vienna
- OS553 VIE → FCO
- OS554 FCO → VIE
- Return flight Vienna → Airport
- Airports
- Vienna (VIE), Rome (FCO)
Day by day
29 November 2025
AirportVienna VIEEconomy
- Paid
- $33
- Value
- $106
- points
- 945
- per point
- 7.7¢
Vienna VIERome FCOEconomy
- Paid
- $61
- Value
- $121
- points
- 875
- per point
- 6.9¢
1 December 2025
Rome FCOVienna VIEEconomy
- Paid
- $39
- Value
- $95
- points
- 2,800
- per point
- 2.0¢
Vienna VIEAirportEconomy
- Paid
- $39
- Value
- $68
- points
- 2,800
- per point
- 1.0¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (4) | $172 | $390 | $218 56% | 7,420 |
| Total (4 bookings) | $172 | $390 | $218 56% | 7,420 |
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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