Europe Trip Review – The Overview
British Airways Club World (BA192) – DFW to LHR
Waldorf Hilton London
Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Mediterranee
Hilton Prague Old Town
Lufthansa domestic Europe experience
British Airways Club Europe – FRA to LCY
British Airways Club World (BA193) – LHR to DFW
Retail value = $30,680.64
Out-of-Pocket costs included:
118,000 BA Avios points + $2296.30 (for BA’s ridiculous taxes on reward tickets)
50,000 United MileagePlus points + $271.20 taxes
240,000 Hilton HHonors Points + $343.22 (paid cash for Prague hotel)
48,000 Hyatt Points
Places visited:
London – 5 nights
Nice, France – 4 nights
Prague – 3 nights
With booking business/first class during business summer months, especially using BA Companion Certificate for redemption, I’ve learned you’ve got to book this type of trip out at least 9-12 months. For me it was about 12 months to make sure I got the dates I needed.
We booked British Airways Club World (business) seats roundtrip from/to DFW (Dallas Fort Worth) to FRA (Frankfurt). Here is a screenshot of the retail price ($17464.04) for these segments: 
Due to limited availability with BA flights when booking, we then used United points to get where we wanted to around Europe on Lufthansa. Here is a screenshot of the retail price ($7119.90, yeah ridiculous) from FRA-NCE-PRG-FRA:
The hotels chosen were based upon trip reviews read online, and centralized locations. Plus whatever points were available. First up Waldorf Hilton London for 240,000 points, or pay $3145:
Then was the Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Mediterranee for 48,000 points, or pay $2503.61:
Last on our trip was the Hilton Prague Old Town. The price was just too low to use points, so opted for cash with this one. We paid $343.22 for 3 nights. Turned out to be a great value:
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