France Trip Points Breakdown

Breaking down exactly how we used our points for our 10 day Trip to France and saved over $10,000!

We spent 10 EPIC days in France on a trip that I honestly never thought we could afford. You can see all the fun from our First 3 days in Paris and Days 4-9 in the South of France. I also breakdown exactly how we earned all these points in my Beginner’s Guide to Reward Travel.

Let’s start with Transportation:

Positioning Flight to Dallas from LCH – 12,000 points + $11.20 (6K + 5.60 each) – We flew American Airlines, so we used points from our Citi AAdvantage card. We also have Barclays Aviator Cards.
DFW to Paris (CDG) – 75,000 points + $276.40 (37,500 points + $138.20 each)
Positioning Flight Marseille to Paris – 17,000 points + 87.90 (8,500 points + $43.95 each)
Paris to Houston: 40,000 points + $486.10 (20K points + $243.05 each)
Train Tickets: Paris to Nice: $249.51, Nice to Aix-en-Provence: $115.22, Aix-en-Provence to Marseille: $26.68- All Booked through Trainline and paid cash*
Car Rental -Houston to Home: $217.58 paid cash – Cancelled our late flight.
Ubers: 134.66 and Metro: $159.84 (includes transporation from Airport)
Here’s the summary: Flights for 2 were $861.60, Trains for 2 were $391.41, Car Rental was $217.58, and Ubers/Metro were $295.50.
Our total cost for Transporation for all 10 days in France was $1547.51.

Let’s Breakdown Accomodations:

In Paris, we stayed at a great location, Hotel du Louvre (a Hyatt property)- Cash Value: $2,967.00 – We paid $0 and used a total of 105,000 points for 3 nights (35K points per night).
In Nice, we stayed in another great location right on the Promenade des Anglais: Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Mediterranee – Cash Value: $714.00 – We paid $0 and used 70,000 points for 2 nights (35K points per night).
In Aix-en-Provence, we stayed in an Airbnb for $272.47 for 2 nights and used 27,247 points to erase purchase on Capital One.
In Marseille, we stayed in an Airbnb for $206.57 for 2 nights and used 12,607 points to erase our initial payment on Capital One. We paid $80.49 cash for the remaining balance.
DFW Airport Hotel- The night before our big flight, we stayed close to the airport at the Hyatt Place DFW. Cash Price: $147 – We paid $0 and used 8,000 points.
Paris Airport Hotel – The night before our return flight home, we stayed close to the airport at the Hyatt Place CDG. Cash Price: $115 – We paid $0 and used 6,500 points.
Total Cost for Accomodations for 11 nights: $80.49

Here is how we spent 6 gorgeous days in the south of france where we toured many Villages, ate the wonderful foods of provence, and enjoyed the beautiful mediterranean on the french riviera!

Other Expenses:

Admission Tickets: $113.44 – Things like Louvre, Arc de Triomphe
Food/Drinks: $1,834.71
Souvenirs/Misc: $557.33
Tours: $1363.13 – We were able to do so much more tours because we saved so much using points. We would not have been able to spend this on tours without those savings.

Want to learn how we maximize our points and travel for nearly free? Here are all the details for how to get started earning tons of points and learning how to use them strategically in order to get the most value out of them!

Want to see how earned all of our points? Here is our Beginner’s Guide to Reward Travel which breaks down exactly how we EARN and then TRANSFER our points!

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