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Kuantan and Kuala Lumpur, February 2027
2 flights, 1 of them in business class, 18 nights in 4 hotels, 20 days.
DenmarkSwedenSingaporeMalaysia
Denmark
Sweden
Singapore
Malaysia
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Short answerKuantan, Kuala Lumpur and Malmö in February 2027: 2 flights and 18 hotel nights for $1,486 booked, against a documented comparison value of $14,477. We used 172,500 points and miles, 7.5¢ per point on average. Anything paid in cash appears without a comparison value. The comparison value is not money paid out.
Key figures
$1,486 booked, $14,477 comparison value at booking, 90% difference with 172,500 points and miles.
Paid
$1,486
flights, hotels and transfers
Comparison value
$14,477
documented cash value
Difference
90%
$12,991 documented
Points and miles
172,500
7.5¢ per point
At a glance
- Airlines
- Singapore Airlines
- Booking classes
- Economy (1), Business class (1)
- Flight numbers
- Outbound flight Airport → Copenhagen
- SQ351 CPH → SIN
- Airports
- Copenhagen (CPH), Singapore (SIN)
- Hotels
- Story Hotel Malmö, Malmö (1 night)
- Hyatt Regency Kuantan Resort, Kuantan (14 nights)
- Hyatt Centric City Centre Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur (3 nights)
Day by day
Day 1
AirportCopenhagen CPHEconomy
- Paid
- $49
- Value
- $415
- points
- 10,000
- per point
- 3.7¢
Story Hotel Malmö
- Paid
- $0
- Value
- $153
- points
- 6,000
- per point
- 2.6¢
Day 2
Copenhagen CPHSingapore SINBusiness
- Paid
- $1,137
- Value
- $6,758
- points
- 96,000
- per point
- 5.9¢
Day 3
Hyatt Regency Kuantan Resort
- Paid
- $100
- Value
- $3,107
- points
- 25,000
- per point
- 12.0¢
Day 10
Hyatt Regency Kuantan Resort
- Paid
- $100
- Value
- $3,107
- points
- 25,000
- per point
- 12.0¢
Day 17
Hyatt Centric City Centre Kuala Lumpur
- Paid
- $100
- Value
- $937
- points
- 10,500
- per point
- 8.0¢
The whole trip
| Category | Paid | Comparison value | Difference | Points and miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (2) | $1,186 | $7,173 | $5,987 83% | 106,000 |
| Hotels (4 stays, 18 nights) | $300 | $7,304 | $7,004 96% | 66,500 |
| Total (6 bookings) | $1,486 | $14,477 | $12,991 90% | 172,500 |
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.
- Cabin class: Cabin class is the physical section of an aircraft, economy, premium economy, business or first, each with its own seating and service.
- 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.
- Fifth night free: Fifth night free is an elite benefit under which an award stay of five or more consecutive nights is charged for four nights of points.
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