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Vienna and Rome, February 2026
5 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 5 days.
AustriaSwitzerlandItaly
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Short answerVienna and Rome in February 2026: 5 flights and 1 hotel night for $302 paid, against a documented comparison value of $1,794. We used 15,760 points and miles, 9.5¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$302 paid, $1,794 documented comparison value. The 83% difference came from 15,760 points and miles.
Paid
$302
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$1,794
documented cash value
Difference
83%
$1,492 documented
Points and miles
15,760
9.5¢ per point
At a glance
- Airlines
- Austrian Airlines, Swiss
- Booking classes
- Economy (5)
- Flight numbers
- Outbound flight Airport → Vienna
- OS135 VIE → ZRH
- LX1736 ZRH → FCO
- OS554 FCO → VIE
- Return flight Vienna → Airport
- Airports
- Vienna (VIE), Zurich (ZRH), Rome (FCO)
- Hotels
- Quality Hotel Nova Domus, Rome (1 night)
Day by day
26 February 2026
AirportVienna VIEEconomy
- Paid
- $34
- Value
- $109
- points
- 950
- per point
- 7.9¢
1 March 2026
Vienna VIEZurich ZRHEconomy
- Paid
- $45
- Value
- $954
- points
- 436
- per point
- 208.5¢
Zurich ZRHRome FCOEconomy
- Paid
- $45
- Value
- $364
- points
- 437
- per point
- 73.0¢
Quality Hotel Nova Domus
- Paid
- $72
- Value
- $179
- points
- 12,000
- per point
- 0.9¢
2 March 2026
Rome FCOVienna VIEEconomy
- Paid
- $46
- Value
- $120
- points
- 1,500
- per point
- 4.9¢
Vienna VIEAirportEconomy
- Paid
- $60
- Value
- $68
- points
- 437
- per point
- 1.8¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (5) | $230 | $1,615 | $1,385 86% | 3,760 |
| Hotels (1 stay, 1 night) | $72 | $179 | $107 60% | 12,000 |
| Total (6 bookings) | $302 | $1,794 | $1,492 83% | 15,760 |
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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