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Lucrative runs that have been reported under £3/TP - current availability not guaranteed
Route | Booking class | Fare | Booking channel | TPs | £/TP | credit
American Airlines
SFO-LAX-MIA-CUN | A/A/I | £498 return | aa.com | 620 TPs | £0.80/TP | chris1979
ORD-STL-DFW-SJU | A/A/I | £458 return | aa.com | 520 TPs | £0.88/TP | timezonehopper
SFO-LAX-MIA-CUN-MIA-LAX-LAS | A/A/I/I/A/A | £581 round trip | aa.com | 620 TPs | £0.94/TP | courtster
AMS-LHR-LAX-SFO-JFK-LHR-AMS | I/I/A/A/I/I | £1641 round trip | aa.com | 630 TPs | £2.60/TP | mccorry
IST-LHR/LCY-JFK-EZE-MIA-LHR-IST | I/I/I/I/I/I | £2106 round trip | aa.com | 790TPs | £2.61/TP | nth_utsera_sth_utsera
45 day advance purchase required, minimum stay 7 days.
British Airways
LGW-MLA | R | £248 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.55/TP | LDNConsultant
LGW-RAK | R | £280 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.75/TP | mfgr
Book by 31/12/13 for this price.
JER-LGW-AMS | J/R | £259 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.62/TP | joejet
LGW-JER | R | £181 return | ba.com | 80 TPs | £2.26/TP
LGW-AMS | R | £199 return | ba.com | 80 TPs | £2.49/TP
BRU-LHR//LCY-JFK-SEA (last bit on AA) and back | I/I/A | £1,529 return | probably have to phone up | 920 TPs | £1.66/TP | stifle
Outbound 12/4-27/4 or 25/6-24/8, min stay Sat night, ticket by 2/1/14
Royal Jordanian
BEY-AMM-AQJ | D | £255 return | rj.com | 160 TPs | £1.59/TP | DeanB
Malaysia Airlines
SIN-KUL-KCH | D | S$660 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 160 TPs | £2.12/TP |HPN-HRL
DEL-KUL-BKK | Z | INR41,666 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 360TPs| £1.15/TP| Seshy
DEL-KUL-NRT | Z | INR92,395 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 560TPs| £1.64/TP| Seshy
ICN-KUL-SYD/MEL | Z | KRW1,582,600 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 560TPs| £1.65/TP| armagebedar
SIN-KUL-DXB | Z | S$1084 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.50/TP | qasr (+long haul equipment on KUL-DXB)
SIN-KUL-TPE | Z | S$1078 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.49/TP | qasr
SIN-KUL-DEL | Z | S$1018 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.41/TP | qasr
SIN-KUL-KTM | Z | S$1006 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.39/TP | qasr
Qatar Airways
CAI-DOH-BKK | £759 return | D/D/D/A | 360 TPs | £2.10/TP ExpatSomchai
DME-DOH-SGN | I | £1255 return | qatarairways.com | 560 TPs | £2.25/TP |continentalclub
Lucrative runs that have been reported under £3/TP - current availability not guaranteed
Route | Booking class | Fare | Booking channel | TPs | £/TP | credit
American Airlines
SFO-LAX-MIA-CUN | A/A/I | £498 return | aa.com | 620 TPs | £0.80/TP | chris1979
ORD-STL-DFW-SJU | A/A/I | £458 return | aa.com | 520 TPs | £0.88/TP | timezonehopper
SFO-LAX-MIA-CUN-MIA-LAX-LAS | A/A/I/I/A/A | £581 round trip | aa.com | 620 TPs | £0.94/TP | courtster
AMS-LHR-LAX-SFO-JFK-LHR-AMS | I/I/A/A/I/I | £1641 round trip | aa.com | 630 TPs | £2.60/TP | mccorry
IST-LHR/LCY-JFK-EZE-MIA-LHR-IST | I/I/I/I/I/I | £2106 round trip | aa.com | 790TPs | £2.61/TP | nth_utsera_sth_utsera
45 day advance purchase required, minimum stay 7 days.
British Airways
LGW-MLA | R | £248 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.55/TP | LDNConsultant
LGW-RAK | R | £280 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.75/TP | mfgr
Book by 31/12/13 for this price.
JER-LGW-AMS | J/R | £259 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.62/TP | joejet
LGW-JER | R | £181 return | ba.com | 80 TPs | £2.26/TP
LGW-AMS | R | £199 return | ba.com | 80 TPs | £2.49/TP
BRU-LHR//LCY-JFK-SEA (last bit on AA) and back | I/I/A | £1,529 return | probably have to phone up | 920 TPs | £1.66/TP | stifle
Outbound 12/4-27/4 or 25/6-24/8, min stay Sat night, ticket by 2/1/14
Royal Jordanian
BEY-AMM-AQJ | D | £255 return | rj.com | 160 TPs | £1.59/TP | DeanB
Malaysia Airlines
SIN-KUL-KCH | D | S$660 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 160 TPs | £2.12/TP |HPN-HRL
DEL-KUL-BKK | Z | INR41,666 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 360TPs| £1.15/TP| Seshy
DEL-KUL-NRT | Z | INR92,395 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 560TPs| £1.64/TP| Seshy
ICN-KUL-SYD/MEL | Z | KRW1,582,600 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 560TPs| £1.65/TP| armagebedar
SIN-KUL-DXB | Z | S$1084 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.50/TP | qasr (+long haul equipment on KUL-DXB)
SIN-KUL-TPE | Z | S$1078 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.49/TP | qasr
SIN-KUL-DEL | Z | S$1018 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.41/TP | qasr
SIN-KUL-KTM | Z | S$1006 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.39/TP | qasr
Qatar Airways
CAI-DOH-BKK | £759 return | D/D/D/A | 360 TPs | £2.10/TP ExpatSomchai
DME-DOH-SGN | I | £1255 return | qatarairways.com | 560 TPs | £2.25/TP |continentalclub
BA Tier Point runs | 2013 master thread
#151
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Hopefully on-topic for this thread.
AA appear to be cutting Caribbean routes according to some recent threads in another place, e.g.
AA Cancels 8 More SJU Routes - Hub Closed
I don't see anything on the AA FT forum, but I haven't delved into any of their mega-threads.
Source is http://airlineroute.net/2013/01/09/aa-sju-apr13/
AA appear to be cutting Caribbean routes according to some recent threads in another place, e.g.
AA Cancels 8 More SJU Routes - Hub Closed
I don't see anything on the AA FT forum, but I haven't delved into any of their mega-threads.
Source is http://airlineroute.net/2013/01/09/aa-sju-apr13/
...Dont do that to me this early in the morning!
I thought for a moment that they were cancelling US to SJU routes, turns out its the intra caribbean flights they are cancelling.
Perhaps I need a second cup of coffee after that!
#152
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Mia-lax-mia aa 777
On a related point has anyone ever managed to book into the F cabin on this once-daily three-class operated with the long haul cabin. Despite being able to book into A (with availability) on any number of itins, I've never been able to get higher than I on this leg without a substantially higher re-price.
#153
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: BAEC Silver, IHG Diamond
Posts: 7,757
Just booked another TP run from LAS-SJU. Checked it in ITA Matrix and fine, went to put it into AA and it came up as £458. Changed the settings to "schedule" instead of "price", selected the flights and all is well.
Did come up with some error at the end about seats.
"We are experiencing technical difficulties with your seat assignment at this time. Please try again later"
Not sure if this is good or bad. Did tell me this after I'd paid.
Added: Seems fine. Went into AA and changed the seats from the 6F it had allocated me on every flight.
So now I've got an itinery of:
MAN-LHR (BA)
LHR-AMS (BA)
AMS-LHR (BA)
LHR-BOS (Ba)
BOS-SJU (JetBlue)
SJU-MIA-MCO-LAX-LAS (AA)
LAS-LAX-MCO-MIA-SJU (AA)
SJU-BOS (AA)
BOS-LHR (BA)
Not sure whether to add a LHR-MAN at the end just for the hell of it.
Would have been better if I hadn't booked a few things prior to booking my BA flights and then finding they wanted £902 each way in WT+ rather than the £384 the following week.
Did come up with some error at the end about seats.
"We are experiencing technical difficulties with your seat assignment at this time. Please try again later"
Not sure if this is good or bad. Did tell me this after I'd paid.
Added: Seems fine. Went into AA and changed the seats from the 6F it had allocated me on every flight.
So now I've got an itinery of:
MAN-LHR (BA)
LHR-AMS (BA)
AMS-LHR (BA)
LHR-BOS (Ba)
BOS-SJU (JetBlue)
SJU-MIA-MCO-LAX-LAS (AA)
LAS-LAX-MCO-MIA-SJU (AA)
SJU-BOS (AA)
BOS-LHR (BA)
Not sure whether to add a LHR-MAN at the end just for the hell of it.
Would have been better if I hadn't booked a few things prior to booking my BA flights and then finding they wanted £902 each way in WT+ rather than the £384 the following week.
Last edited by xenole; Jan 10, 2013 at 2:14 am
#154
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 5,596
On a related point has anyone ever managed to book into the F cabin on this once-daily three-class operated with the long haul cabin. Despite being able to book into A (with availability) on any number of itins, I've never been able to get higher than I on this leg without a substantially higher re-price.
#155
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 140
Thank for that, Wozza2404! I retried it with the dates I'd looked at before, and I think I see now it was the choice of Premium Economy instead of Business that made all the difference. Now BRU-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL-LAX-JFK-LHR-BRU is coming in at £1699 in business.
#156
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Are you looking on ITA, or on an airline website? If you're booking it, then don't book with BA online as it will book you into I fare bucket on the JFK-LAX and LAX-HNL routes and you'll receive fewer TPs.
#157
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: LGW
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I'm going to be in TPE for 3 weeks in May on vacation and need a further 320 tier points to move to Gold.
Any good ideas for a tier point run from TPE? I'm planning on taking a side trip to somewhere else in Asia for a few days so good opportunity to get some tier points
Any good ideas for a tier point run from TPE? I'm planning on taking a side trip to somewhere else in Asia for a few days so good opportunity to get some tier points
#158
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,328
Can anyone get the EU-HNL fare to price with a stopover of more than 24 hours in mainland USA?
I can't get anything on ITA without a +£500 fare increase.
Edit: Never mind, found the fare rules. Stopovers not permitted.
I can't get anything on ITA without a +£500 fare increase.
Edit: Never mind, found the fare rules. Stopovers not permitted.
Last edited by Wozza2404; Jan 10, 2013 at 3:04 am
#159
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You could do BRU-LHR-XXX as I7SALE and combine with XXX-HNL and HNL-LHR-BRU on I7SALE again. You'd be paying the cost of the one-way XXX-HNL as an additional amount, though that would be offset somewhat be the reduced cost from BRU to XXX. e.g. €2140 for BRU-LAX, stopover, LAX-HNL, HNL-BRU, but the LAX-HNL flight is in economy for that price. That's only about £40 more than your original price.
#160
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Not booked a HNL trip for a few years, am I being thick? I can't get anything like those prices on AA.com with a LUX/BRU start in March.
#161
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Make sure you include a Saturday night stay, and no stopovers. Don't force any connections, just ask for a simple return flight LUX/BRU-HNL.
#163
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Location: BHX
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You could do BRU-LHR-XXX as I7SALE and combine with XXX-HNL and HNL-LHR-BRU on I7SALE again. You'd be paying the cost of the one-way XXX-HNL as an additional amount, though that would be offset somewhat be the reduced cost from BRU to XXX. e.g. €2140 for BRU-LAX, stopover, LAX-HNL, HNL-BRU, but the LAX-HNL flight is in economy for that price. That's only about £40 more than your original price.
Wouldn't fancy LAX-HNL in Economy, but it's something I can work with, thanks. Might see if the wife fancies a couple of nights in Vegas and then a trip to SJU instead...
#164
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Alternatively, just do it as an OJ (BRU-LAX, HNL-BRU), and book a one-way on DL in F, it seems a lot cheaper.
#165
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I'm going to be in TPE for 3 weeks in May on vacation and need a further 320 tier points to move to Gold.
Any good ideas for a tier point run from TPE? I'm planning on taking a side trip to somewhere else in Asia for a few days so good opportunity to get some tier points
Any good ideas for a tier point run from TPE? I'm planning on taking a side trip to somewhere else in Asia for a few days so good opportunity to get some tier points
All other > 2,000 miles sectors i've looked at from HKG are significantly more expensive, but my search was by no means exhaustive so YMMV.