Case study · City breakWith proof
Vienna, September 2026
2 flights, 1 night in 1 hotel, 4 days.
Austria
Austria
Short answerVienna in September 2026: 2 flights and 1 hotel night for $189 paid, against a documented comparison value of $635. We used 10,274 points and miles, 4.3¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$189 paid, $635 documented comparison value. The 70% difference came from 10,274 points and miles.
Paid
$189
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$635
documented cash value
Difference
70%
$446 documented
Points and miles
10,274
4.3¢ per point
At a glance
- Booking classes
- Economy (2)
- Flight numbers
- Outbound flight Airport → Vienna
- Return flight Vienna → Airport
- Airports
- Vienna (VIE)
- Hotels
- Lindner Hotel Belvedere, Vienna (1 night)
Day by day
11 September 2026
AirportVienna VIEEconomy
- Paid
- $66
- Value
- $180
- points
- 1,900
- per point
- 6.0¢
13 September 2026
Lindner Hotel Belvedere
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $132
- points
- 7,500
- per point
- 1.8¢
14 September 2026
Vienna VIEAirportEconomy
- Paid
- $123
- Value
- $323
- points
- 874
- per point
- 22.9¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (2) | $189 | $503 | $314 62% | 2,774 |
| Hotels (1 stay, 1 night) | $0 | $132 | $132 100% | 7,500 |
| Total (3 bookings) | $189 | $635 | $446 70% | 10,274 |
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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