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Rome and Amsterdam, October 2026
3 flights, 2 nights in 2 hotels, 4 days.
ItalyNetherlands
Italy
Netherlands
UpcomingThis trip is booked and not yet taken. The figures are the values at the time of booking.
Short answerRome and Amsterdam in October 2026: 3 flights and 2 hotel nights for $84 booked, against a documented comparison value of $1,002. We used 36,500 points and miles, 2.5¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$84 booked, $1,002 comparison value at booking, 92% difference with 36,500 points and miles.
Paid
$84
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$1,002
documented cash value
Difference
92%
$918 documented
Points and miles
36,500
2.5¢ per point
At a glance
- Airlines
- KLM
- Booking classes
- Economy (3)
- Flight numbers
- Outbound flight Airport → Rome
- KL1586 LIS → AMS
- Return flight Amsterdam → Airport
- Airports
- Rome (FCO), Lisbon (LIS), Amsterdam (AMS)
- Hotels
- Quality Hotel Nova Domus, Rome (1 night)
- Hyatt Place Airport, Amsterdam (1 night)
Day by day
Day 1
AirportRome FCOEconomy
- Paid
- $24
- Value
- $108
- points
- 8,000
- per point
- 1.1¢
Quality Hotel Nova Domus
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $110
- points
- 12,000
- per point
- 0.9¢
Day 3
Lisbon LISAmsterdam AMSEconomy
- Paid
- $30
- Value
- $264
- points
- 4,500
- per point
- 5.2¢
Hyatt Place Airport
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $173
- points
- 7,500
- per point
- 2.3¢
Day 4
Amsterdam AMSAirportEconomy
- Paid
- $30
- Value
- $347
- points
- 4,500
- per point
- 7.0¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (3) | $84 | $719 | $635 88% | 17,000 |
| Hotels (2 stays, 2 nights) | $0 | $283 | $283 100% | 19,500 |
| Total (5 bookings) | $84 | $1,002 | $918 92% | 36,500 |
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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