Qatar Airways and Royal Jordanian deals between the EU and the Far East
While at the time of writing, this option may not represent the best TP earner, RJ and QR do still offer amazing value for business class travel between the Continental Europe and Asia.
The example above would earn 140+140+140+140 = 560 TPs in total.
Examples from 2015:
£2.00/TP £1200 600 CPT-DOH-JFK-DOH-CPT I/I/I/I QR Website Calum QR J on the B788/A350 & 46hrs of flying QR
£1.91/TP £765.00 400 BUD-DOH-SHJ I/A/I/A QR.com Wozza2404 A320 QR
£2.19/TP £1231 560TPs CDG-DOH-KTM-DOH-CDG I/I/I/I qatarairways.com nth_utsera_sth_utsera QR
Business Class travel within Asia
Intra-Asia travel on CX or MH can sometimes represent good value TP earning as well.
The example above would earn 140+140+140+140 = 560 TPs in total.
Examples from 2015:
£1.25/TP £440.00 360 BKK-KUL-ICN Return Z
www.malaysiaairlines.com Wozza2404 A330 Angle Flat for long haul sectors MH
£1.43/TP £803 560 CTS-HKG-DPS-HKG-CTS I/I/I/I cathaypacific.com zeltergiset One 24hr+ stopover in HKG allowed CX
£1.86/TP £856 460 HND-HKG-DPS-HKG-CTS I/I/I/I cathaypacific.com Gastrocnemius One 24hr+ stopover in HKG allowed CX
£1.26/TP £707 560 KTM-KUL-TPE-KUL-KTM D/D/D/D malaysiaairlines.com zeltergiset MH
£1.68/TP £940 560 TPE-KUL-KTM-KUL-TPE D/D/D/D malaysiaairlines.com zeltergiset MH
Closer to London, BA's own premium leisure Club Europe fares are not to be sniffed at. In particular LGW short haul CE fares tend to be cheaper than LHR short haul fares. Same day hops between Gatwick, Amsterdam, and Jersey can be popular as they are often cheaper than equivalent LHR routes and can sometimes not require a Saturday night stay restrictions on many LGW discounted Club Europe fares. AMS sectors typically price out at around £100 per sector (in I class) and at around £90 to/from JER (again in I class).
The example above would earn 40+40+40+40 = 160 TPs in total.
Pro-active online upgrades (POUG) and airport upgrades offer additional opportunities to squeeze a few extra Tier Points out of deep discount economy BA tickets. Note that POUGs are not offered until at least 48 hours after the booking is made.
Also if you do need to overcome Saturday night restrictions or minimum connection times consider buying two singles in economy and hopefully getting a POUG, or nesting two return tickets like this:
Saturday week 1
JER-LGW-MLA (outbound ticket 1)
MLA-JER-LGW (outbound ticket 2)
Sunday week 2
LGW-JER-MLA (inbound ticket 2)
MLA-JER-LGW (inbound ticket 1)
Careful nesting of two tickets will solve both a Saturday night minimum stay problem and allow back to backs since you can circumvent the MCT.
Examples from 2015:
£1.33/TP £319 240TPs JER-LGW-MLA-LGW-JER J/R/R/J ba.com skipcool3 BA
£1.55/TP £248 160TPs LGW-MLA-LGW R/R ba.com LDNConsultant BA
£1.62/TP £259 160TPs JER-LGW-AMS-LGW-JER J/R/R/J ba.com joejet BA
£1.69/TP £270 160TPs LGW-RAK-LGW I/I ba.com nufnuf77 BA
£1.85/TP £444 240 JER-LGW/LHR-HEL J/I/I/J ITA Matrix flatlander Available most weekends first half of 2016, fare IM0R
£2.26/TP £181 80TPs LGW-JER-LGW R/R ba.com BA