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Glasgow and Amsterdam, December 2025
4 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 3 days.
NetherlandsScotland
Netherlands
Scotland
Short answerGlasgow and Amsterdam in December 2025: 4 flights and 1 hotel night for $134 paid, against a documented comparison value of $1,423. We used 31,000 points and miles, 4.2¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$134 paid, $1,423 documented comparison value. The 91% difference came from 31,000 points and miles.
Paid
$134
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$1,423
documented cash value
Difference
91%
$1,289 documented
Points and miles
31,000
4.2¢ per point
At a glance
- Airlines
- KLM
- Booking classes
- Economy (4)
- Flight numbers
- Outbound flight Airport → Amsterdam
- KL0945 AMS → GLA
- KL0942 GLA → AMS
- Return flight Amsterdam → Airport
- Airports
- Amsterdam (AMS), Glasgow (GLA)
- Hotels
- Hyatt Place Airport, Amsterdam (1 night)
Day by day
10 December 2025
AirportAmsterdam AMSEconomy
- Paid
- $29
- Value
- $204
- points
- 5,000
- per point
- 3.5¢
Amsterdam AMSGlasgow GLAEconomy
- Paid
- $29
- Value
- $377
- points
- 5,000
- per point
- 7.0¢
Hyatt Place Airport
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $209
- points
- 8,000
- per point
- 2.6¢
12 December 2025
Glasgow GLAAmsterdam AMSEconomy
- Paid
- $38
- Value
- $269
- points
- 6,500
- per point
- 3.6¢
Amsterdam AMSAirportEconomy
- Paid
- $38
- Value
- $364
- points
- 6,500
- per point
- 5.0¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (4) | $134 | $1,214 | $1,080 89% | 23,000 |
| Hotels (1 stay, 1 night) | $0 | $209 | $209 100% | 8,000 |
| Total (5 bookings) | $134 | $1,423 | $1,289 91% | 31,000 |
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.
- 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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