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Old Jan 4, 2018, 10:13 am
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florens
 
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Originally Posted by LondonTechTraveller
I'm trying to my other half up to Silver - 105 tier points needed by end Feb 2018. A quick jaunt around Europe should be fine. I see these options in Club Europe starting in London:

1. A pair of London to short haul returns at 4x40 - finding the time is proving tricky!
2. A short haul plus return at 2x80 - not many that we've not been to and actually want to go to.
3. An open jaw trip including a short haul plus (eg LON-VIE, SOF-LHR) taking a train or economy flight in between at 40+80. Makes for a long journey home but it is a TP run after all!
4. A three-legged journey at 3x40 eg LON-VIE-MAD-LON

So I'm trying to price up option four but can't get the prices below about £700 per person. I'd thought that BA out, then Iberia or Finnair and then BA home would be simple but the middle legs are coming out very expensive on a joint ticket or on a separate ticket for the middle flight (being one-way).

Any tips? Anything I'm missing?
What about those fares on BA/IB to Spain via MAD? Will yield 40+20+20+40, only a saturday night stay required. VLC? AGP? SVQ? You might even get to fly the IB A340.
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