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Old Jan 6, 2013, 5:41 am
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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 6, 2013, 8:20 am
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Here's my cheap and cheerful TP excursion suggestion for the wiki
ORD-STL-DFW-SJU-DFW-STL-ORD £478 for 520TP
note the DFW-SJU is in business and earns 140
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 9:50 am
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Bit OT but i'd just like to say to Prospero that the first post is very well written and helpful. Good job
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 10:27 am
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Originally Posted by pinkcat
Here's my cheap and cheerful TP excursion suggestion for the wiki
ORD-STL-DFW-SJU-DFW-STL-ORD £478 for 520TP
note the DFW-SJU is in business and earns 140
Yes, I spotted this a few days ago and flagged it up in the 2012 thread. At £0.91/TP it's not as good an earner as the LAS-LAX-MCO-MIA-SJU run that's been regularly mentioned but it's a nice way of starting a TP run in the US without having to position over in LAS. There's a choice of 2 daytime routings per day but you can't avoid overnighting in SJU.
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 10:32 am
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How about JER-LGW-AMS-LGW-JER for £259.04 can be done in 1 day for 160TP
£1.62/TP

J for the JER connections R for AMS

JER-LGW-AMS | JR | £259.04 return | ba.com | 160TP | £1.62/TP
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 10:38 am
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Originally Posted by happeemonkee
Do you mind me asking what dates those flights were Rapidex?
Dates available in March.I booked a wt+ in the sale to EWR for £378 I think.Uua and then go EWR-MIA-SJU next day a reasonably cheap A fare,for 100tp.
I slip in an extra LAX-LAS sector which increases the round trip to 980 tier points for the same price.The BA ticket is booked in the current sale,same price to return,and the AA flights on AA.com.
Its a bit of a grind if you try to do it in one hit,but a couple of days on the beach at each end makes life much easier.
Also has the potential to earn a divorce if one is not careful
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 11:08 am
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Having done intra Europe TP runs, and just possibly tempted by the AA based ones I'm curious as to whether anyone has had any problems at US immigration as to the reason for their "vacation"?
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 11:09 am
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Originally Posted by timezonehopper
Yes, I spotted this a few days ago and flagged it up in the 2012 thread. At £0.91/TP it's not as good an earner as the LAS-LAX-MCO-MIA-SJU run that's been regularly mentioned but it's a nice way of starting a TP run in the US without having to position over in LAS. There's a choice of 2 daytime routings per day but you can't avoid overnighting in SJU.
I flew it a couple of years ago for a laugh and at the time you could get back the same evening
we had to wait 24 hours between landing and picking up an RV so we just flew some more

I think you can tack on AZO, LEX or SBN somewhere too
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 11:16 am
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Originally Posted by kipperman
Having done intra Europe TP runs, and just possibly tempted by the AA based ones I'm curious as to whether anyone has had any problems at US immigration as to the reason for their "vacation"?
I've had a comment at check-in and at the AA offfice in LAS about my weird routing but nothing from customs / immigration.
Someone did have some bother in Aruba as he mentioned it in his trip report and I'm sure BingBongBoy had a bit of questioning at one point as well.

Suppose it depends on where you go. A single male traveller popping over to somewhere popular for drug smuggling may make alarm bells ring.
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 11:24 am
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Landing at LAX from MIA and the FA was reading out the connection gates ....
"this cant be right... Orlando gate xx" half the cabin had a chuckle, when I left I just said "I thought it was a long flight"
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 11:54 am
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LAS-LAX-MCO-MIA-SJU and return is available for £515 at the moment = 740 TP at £0.70/point.

Might have to force AA site to choose certain flights. Find your routing using ITA first.
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 12:23 pm
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You can JER to LGW-RAK-LGW for just a resonable price, advances the ratio a bit.

JER-LGW-RAK r/t should be 340GBP which means 1,42 GBP/TP

Other domestic destinations are also avaible but I dont know how many TPs you get, as there as no C class on board.
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 12:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Valley_MUC
Other domestic destinations are also avaible but I dont know how many TPs you get, as there as no C class on board.
20 TPs per UK Domestic leg on a CE/CW/F booking.
10 TPs per UK Domestic leg on a ET/WT/WTP booking.
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 12:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Genius1
20 TPs per UK Domestic leg on a CE/CW/F booking.
10 TPs per UK Domestic leg on a ET/WT/WTP booking.
Not quite:

20 TPs per UK Domestic leg on a WTP/CE/CW/F booking.
10 TPs per UK Domestic leg on a ET/WT booking

UK Dom sector bookings into J when coupled with a WTP sector. (Although in some rare occurrences, some TAs will book in to Y, however this still qualifies for 20 TPs).
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 12:34 pm
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Originally Posted by Genius1
20 TPs per UK Domestic leg on a CE/CW/F booking.
10 TPs per UK Domestic leg on a ET/WT/WTP booking.
Nope it's 20 on the domestic leg of a long-haul WTP itinerary (there's got to be some benefit of living out in the regions and having to connect via LON for onward destinations!)
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Old Jan 6, 2013, 12:36 pm
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That's interesting. Can you tell I've never flown WTP/WT?
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