In case anyone has been wondering how this would turn out...I never got to find out. There was an airport workers strike and our flight was canceled. We found out with only a little to time to spare before the property cancellation deadline (4 pm day of arrival, luckily). I have the 32,000 points back, but no way to realize even a tiny fraction of the value they would have been.

Several of the best travel deals I've ever scored (this room and €10 all-in flights on skyeurope) turned into hundreds of dollars lost on a prepaid tour, the extra expense of buying replacement airline tickets on one day's notice, and paying for two nights' hotel room in a totally different country.

I don't expect to ever be able to take the planned trip again and even if I do I sure don't expect to find an amazing deal like this available again.