Originally Posted by Roger

I'll have a go.

There seems to be no blanket rule about TP/miles earning redemptions with Airmiles. Remember that Airmiles has links with airlines other than BA. They can often offer alternatives which can make them attractive.

In all cases, you can check the fare rules before you buy by clicking on Fare rules. Often, they will be in X, U or Z if on BA, so no miles or TPs there. I have just made dummy bookings for LHR-JFK in February in G class (25% TPs and BA Miles) and LHR-EDI in February on O class (25% TPs and BA Miles). Caveat: I haven't flown BA on such bookings so don't know from experience whether the miles and TPs actually turn up.

We used Airmiles to fly CO to EWR, ensuring credit to and extension to validity of our Flying Blue miles. That was before they moved to *A, but I'm sure the same would apply to *A accounts. We have also used LX LCY-ZRH in E with *A credit (sadly not BD but Miles & Less, but credit anyway).

As ever with Airmiles, YMMV.