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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
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Old Jan 10, 2013, 3:30 pm
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Good AA Deal
Very Good Deal

640 TPs

Your Itinerary NOTE: This is not a ticket or electronic receipt
Carrier Flight
Number Departing Arriving Cabin
Booking Code Seats Meals
City Date & Time City Date & Time

AMERICAN AIRLINES OPERATED BY IBERIA 5649 LIS Lisbon Feb 13, 2013 07:45 AM MAD Madrid Feb 13, 2013 10:15 AM Business
I 2F

AMERICAN AIRLINES 37 MAD Madrid Feb 13, 2013 01:00 PM DFW Dallas/ Fort Worth Feb 13, 2013 05:30 PM Business
I 4B Lunch Snack

AMERICAN AIRLINES 963 DFW Dallas/ Fort Worth Feb 13, 2013 08:35 PM GRU Sao Paulo Feb 14, 2013 10:30 AM Business
I 3J Dinner Breakfast

AMERICAN AIRLINES 966 GRU Sao Paulo Feb 25, 2013 08:45 AM JFK New York Feb 25, 2013 04:40 PM Business
I 9H Breakfast Lunch

AMERICAN AIRLINES OPERATED BY IBERIA 5680 JFK New York Feb 25, 2013 08:45 PM MAD Madrid Feb 26, 2013 10:05 AM Business
I 1L Breakfast Lunch

AMERICAN AIRLINES OPERATED BY IBERIA 5516 MAD Madrid Feb 26, 2013 03:45 PM LIS Lisbon Feb 26, 2013 03:55 PM Business
I 3F

Fare Summary
Average Fare per Person - 1285.40 £
Passenger Type Used in Pricing Fare per Person Additional Taxes and Fees per Person Total Price
1 Adult 1285.40 £ 91.30 £ 1376.70 £
Total Price 1376.70 £
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Old Jan 10, 2013, 5:10 pm
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Originally Posted by shorthauldad
Originally Posted by alanjrobertson
So are we wanting TATL flights to be booked on BA numbers/codeshares but domestic US on AA numbers to maximise TPs?
That's basically it. Apparently neither BA.com nor AA.com will do this by default!
Ah cool now I get it
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Old Jan 11, 2013, 4:16 pm
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Small AA TP runs
It seems to me that all the USA based TP runs are aimed at collecting hundreds of TPs for a few £hundred, i.e. ~£1/TP.

But are there any good USA based TP runs with the same £1/TP for collecting only ~1-200 TPs?

Ideally starting from ORD, WAS or NYC.
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Old Jan 12, 2013, 8:46 am
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Originally Posted by binman
I can't book a trip to HNL till feb 1st so miss out on these deals ...
Most of the ex-EU sale fares I've been looking at can be booked until 5 February. (The UK T+Cs say book by 22 January.)

Perhaps there'll still be availability on 1 February, depending on where you want to start from?
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Old Jan 12, 2013, 12:36 pm
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GLA-LGW-JER run and back seems difficult to book with LGW-JER Club Europe on a single booking, any suggestions ? Seems to only give Economy as option for class. Not really sure how to make muti city tool work for this. Had a hunt for the answer but gave up.
I suppose phoning is the quickest solution !
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Old Jan 12, 2013, 4:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Roger
Most of the ex-EU sale fares I've been looking at can be booked until 5 February. (The UK T+Cs say book by 22 January.)

Perhaps there'll still be availability on 1 February, depending on where you want to start from?
Roger, thank you I did not know that and this information will help greatly. Cheers
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Old Jan 14, 2013, 1:18 pm
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Please help !

I do not have much understanding of AA Domestic Flights.

I am trying to put together a RTW Ticket in First Class and one of the sectors is going to be JFK-LAX, the AA website says that First is available on this route on certain flights but when I put this in the BA calculator I get the following...

-The class of travel that you have selected is not available on this route. Please select a different class of travel.

Will this route credit 210 TP or 140 TP ?

Thanks
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Old Jan 14, 2013, 1:20 pm
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Originally Posted by easterisland
Please help !

I do not have much understanding of AA Domestic Flights.

I am trying to put together a RTW Ticket in First Class and one of the sectors is going to be JFK-LAX, the AA website says that First is available on this route on certain flights but when I put this in the BA calculator I get the following...

-The class of travel that you have selected is not available on this route. Please select a different class of travel.

Will this route credit 210 TP or 140 TP ?

Thanks

Hi,

I think this is a glitch with the BA calculator ( several posters have commented on this)

AA F JFK-LAX will earn 210 tps


( However if booked on a BA flight code it could end up as a BA buisness fare code ( even though you are sitting in F) and would earn 140tps)

Regards

TBS
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Old Jan 14, 2013, 1:40 pm
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Originally Posted by The _Banking_Scot
AA F JFK-LAX will earn 210 tps

( However if booked on a BA flight code it could end up as a BA buisness fare code ( even though you are sitting in F) and would earn 140tps)
However, JFK-LAX is usually 3-class I believe, so if you book it as BA J you will actually be sat in AA J. If you book it in BA F you'll get 210 TPs too.
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Old Jan 14, 2013, 1:44 pm
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Originally Posted by The _Banking_Scot
Hi,

I think this is a glitch with the BA calculator ( several posters have commented on this)

AA F JFK-LAX will earn 210 tps


( However if booked on a BA flight code it could end up as a BA buisness fare code ( even though you are sitting in F) and would earn 140tps)

Regards

TBS
Thanks TBS

This sector will have a QF code share flight number.
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Old Jan 14, 2013, 2:05 pm
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Originally Posted by angatol
However, JFK-LAX is usually 3-class I believe, so if you book it as BA J you will actually be sat in AA J. If you book it in BA F you'll get 210 TPs too.
So if the RTW ticket is First it should credit as First. I just need to make sure that I am on a three class aircraft then.

I think the travel agent mentioned A class, we are currently waiting for some A class to open up where it is currently only showing F class.

Thanks for the help.
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Old Jan 14, 2013, 4:55 pm
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Originally Posted by easterisland
So if the RTW ticket is First it should credit as First. I just need to make sure that I am on a three class aircraft then.

I think the travel agent mentioned A class, we are currently waiting for some A class to open up where it is currently only showing F class.

Thanks for the help.
You don't need to be on a 3 class service. On a first class RTW it'll be booked in F as The top class in US domestics is always F.

If you had a business class RTW it'll book in F on a 2 class domestic and J on a 3 class domestic. This is because it'd book under the AA codes and there's no business fare bucket on a 2 class flight.

However, when using the BA codes they book as business class fares by default if connecting to a business class fare bucket, but in the F buckets if connecting to an F transatlantic.
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Old Jan 14, 2013, 11:11 pm
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Originally Posted by layz
On a first class RTW it'll be booked in F as The top class in US domestics is always F.
While the RTW pax will travel in the First cabin, the booking class is invariably A which represents discounted availability. The F booking class is fully unrestricted First
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Old Jan 15, 2013, 12:06 am
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Not sure if it's worth mentioning or not, but STT-HNL is a bit cheaper than SJU-HNL, and there's always the possibility of routing STT-SJU-MIA for a few extra TPs before American Eagle cans SJU-STT. St. Thomas has the same passport requirements as San Juan.

(Also, JFK-SAN is missing from the master list of AA domestic routes >2K mi. Often flown with the 763.)
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Old Jan 15, 2013, 8:33 am
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I am looking to book flights to USA this Easter and would like to maximise my Tier Points - I am currently Silver but have not flown on any flights this year and so would like to earn at least 600 to maintain Silver status. I am looking to book in Business and would be starting from Newcastle. Would like to end up at Honolulu or Las Vegas with stops in NYC perhaps. Is there a program I could download to work out the best price combination for this trip?

Or is it just a case of looking up different combinations on BA or AA?

Many thanks
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