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Prospero
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Earning Tier Points

Unlike Avios points which can be earned through a multitude of activities, Tier Points can only be earned through the pursuit of flying and are earned on all commercial BA and oneworld fares (subject to a few exceptions). In very general terms, the longer the flight and higher the fare class the greater number of Tier Points you earn on each flight. When crediting Tier Points to your account, the Executive Club tracks the flight prefix and booking code.

Looking at the numbers of Tier Points earned per flight, these are general broken down into fixed range of flight distances: short haul (up to 2,000 miles), long haul (2,000 to 6,000 miles), and ultra long haul (over 6,000 miles and commonly referred to as Long haul plus) although there are three additional categories to consider:
  • BA flights between London and Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Madeira, Malta, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Sicily, and Turkey earn double the normal short haul Tier Point rates. This also applies to Finnair flights between the UK and Finland. These are commonly referred to as short haul plus (SH+) routes.
  • Iberia domestic flights, including flights between the Iberian peninsula and the Canary Islands, earn lower rates than other short haul flights, typically half the normal rate
  • BA and Qantas direct (one stop) flights between the UK and Australia earn 50% more Tier Points than long haul plus routes


Map indicating the majority of BA and Finnair short haul plus routes. There are other destinations in Greece not shown as well as seasonal routes to Turkey and Cyprus.


01 Earning Tier Points on Economy Class fares

On BA marketed flights, booked/ticketed with a BA-prefix
Tier Points earned on lowest price economy booking classes:


Tier Points earned on mid price economy booking classes:


Tier Points earned on Full (or "flexible") booking classes::


On oneworld partner marketed and operated flights in the following fare classes
Tier Points earned on lowest price economy booking classes:
  • American Airlines: B, G, N, O, and Q fares
  • Cathay Pacific: K, L, M, N, Q, S, and V fares
  • Finnair: A, G, N, O, Q, S, W, and Z fares
  • Iberia: A, O and Q fares
  • Japan Airlines: N and Q fares
  • Malaysia Airlines: L, N, S, and V fares. Note: G, O, and Q are not qualifying fare classes
  • Qantas: G, K, L, M, N, O, Q, S, and V fares. Note: E is not a qualifying fare class
  • Qatar Airlines: G, O, T, and W fares
  • Royal Air Maroc: G, P, and W fares
  • Royal Jordanian: H, K, L, M, N, O, Q, S, V, and W fares
  • S7 Airlines: L, M, N, O, Q, R, S, T, V, and W fares
  • SriLankan Airlines: N, O, and Q fares


Tier Points earned on mid price economy booking classes:
  • American Airlines: H, K, L, M, S, and V fares
  • Finnair: K, L, M, P, T, and V fares
  • Iberia: F, G, K, L, M, N, S, V, and Z fares
  • Japan Airlines: G, K, L, M, O, S, and V fares
  • Malaysia Airlines: K and M fares
  • Qatar Airlines: K, L, M, N, Q, S, and V
  • Royal Air Maroc: K, L, M, N, O, R, S, T, and V fares
  • SriLankan Airlines: L, R, S, and V fares


Tier Points earned on Full (or "flexible") booking classes:
  • American Airlines: Y fares
  • Cathay Pacific: B, H, and Y fares
  • Finnair: B, H, and Y fares
  • Iberia: B, H, and Y fares
  • Japan Airlines: B, H, and Y fares
  • Malaysia Airlines: B, H, and Y fares
  • Qantas: B, H, and Y fares
  • Qatar Airlines: B, H, and Y fares
  • Royal Air Maroc: B, H, and Y fares
  • Royal Jordanian: B and Y fares
  • S7 Airlines: B, H, K, and Y fares
  • SriLankan Airlines: B, E, H, K, M, P, W, and Y fares



02 Earning Tier Points on Premium Economy Class fares

On BA marketed flights, booked/ticketed with a BA-prefix
Tier Points earned on all Premium Economy fare classes:


On oneworld partner marketed and operated flights
Tier Points earned on all Premium Economy fare classes - including JL P class fares from 1 April 2021:



03 Earning Tier Points on Business Class fares

On BA marketed flights, booked/ticketed with a BA-prefix
Tier Points earned on all Business fare classes:


On oneworld partner marketed and operated flights
Tier Points earned on all Business fare classes:



04 Earning Tier Points on First Class fares

On BA marketed flights, booked/ticketed with a BA-prefix
Tier Points earned on all First fare classes:


On oneworld partner marketed and operated flights
Tier Points earned on all First fare classes:


Tier Points earned on flights operated by American Airlines within the United States are calculated per fare class rather than cabin. This means the Tier Points you earn for domestic First on AA two class services will be based on business class rates.


05 Earning Avios and Tier Points with upgrades

If you are travelling in a cabin higher than the original ticketed class, the number of Avios and Tier Points awarded for that flight does vary, depending on the circumstances of the upgrade. Here are some common upgrade examples and what you should expect to earn for each category:
  • If you upgrade your ticket using Avios (UuA) then you get the Tier Points and Avios of the purchased ticket, so if you upgrade a World Traveller Plus ticket to Club World, you get the World Traveller Plus Tier Points and Avios.
  • If you purchase an upgrade on a BA flight - either through Manage My Booking or at the airport, you will get the higher level of Tier Points. So going from World Traveller Plus to Club World, you would get the Club World Avios and Tier Points.
  • If you receive an operational upgrade, you don't get the extra Tier Points and Avios of the upgraded sector, just those in accordance with the paid class of service.
  • If you pay for an upgrade, and then get a further operational upgrade (e.g. World Traveller Plus to Club World to First), you should receive the paid for Tier Points and Avios (here Club World).
  • If you receive an operational upgrade and then pay for a further upgrade, you should only get the initial ticket level, in the above example World Traveller Plus Avios and Tier Points, but there are reports of passengers actually getting First Tier Points and Avios.
  • In general for most oneworld airlines no extra TPs are given for paid upgrades, but there do seem to be some exceptions. In order to help provide some clarity here is a list of oneworld carriers and their approach to awarding additional Tier Points on paid upgrades. "Yes" means you earn the upgraded Tier Points and Avios, "No" means the flight will credit at the originally booked level.



    American Airlines: No 

    Finnair: No 

    Cathay Pacific: Yes but CX bid upgrades are a no
    Iberia: No

    Japan Airlines: Yes on domestic (done at a standard supplementary amount), other JL flights won't get additional benefits

    Malaysia Airlines: No

    Qantas: No (Bid Now), however there seem to be cases where higher TPs were awarded
    
Qatar Airlines: No
    
Royal Jordanian: Yes (bid system). RJ often do not post Tier Points and Avios anyway and may well require retro-claiming.
    
S7 Airlines: No
    SriLankan Airlines: Yes (bid system)


06 Checks and follow throughs

It is important to check your account afterwards since you may not be automatically awarded the correct amount, and you may need to make a claim for the missing Avios and Tier Points. Depending on where your BAEC account is based, there may be an online webform for submitting these claims. There is a separate webform for BA partner airlines. Alternatively, erroneous credits or credits that normally post automatically but have not may be corrected on request by contacting your local Executive Club service centre.

General notes:
If booking class does not appear on ba.com lists, it earns nothing.
Check ba.com lists for details of route and flight exceptions.
Marketing airline, not operating airline, governs earning.

There is a known issue affecting flights Upgraded using Avios where the Avios and Tier Points do not post automatically. This issue is known to occur with bookings made through offline channels and/or when the booking has been changed after the booking has been upgraded. This can range from date and time changes to purchasing a seat number or adding/amending a special meal request. The problem here is with the booking system as it renders the keyword BA uses to track the flight booking unrecognisable. This is easily resolved post travel by contacting your local Executive Club service centre. After reporting this issue to the Executive Club, the correct Avios and Tier Points usually follow within ten working days.


Introduction and overview of the Executive Club | Avios and Tier Points explained | Membership Tiers | Earning Tier Points | Earning Avios on flights | Earning Avios on hotel stays | Credit card partners | Earning through everyday spending | Exchanging other points for Avios

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