Originally Posted by
spanishflea
Absolute nonsense. There are all sorts of variables people take into account for a TP run. To say that people can’t post an interesting fare that they think might benefit others earn a whole bunch of TPs easily is outrageous. 920 TPs is not to be sniffed at and not usually earned easily.
For me, this fare has a relatively small premium over an average ex-EU which allows you to travel in F, access FFD in JFK and book on almost any flight through the use of the F bucket rather than A. That could make a huge difference for someone who (a) wants to pay for a little more comfort/experience than J and (b) might not have the flexibility to fly a totally crazy routing at unsociable times but still needs the TPs.
I don’t think a TP run should be defined by how awful the routing is or that there should be some absolute minimum $ per TP limit to avoid castigation by other forum members.
Thank you to the OP for highlighting this fare.
920 TP for 2980 USD = 3.23 USD/ 3.15 EUR / 2.66 GBP per the TP. thats not near the usual 2 EUR/TP rate once might consider a TP run.
for example the BUD-HNL earns up to 1080 TP for some 1850ish EUR . thats 1,71 EUR per the TP. or 54 per cent of the above stated 3,15. close to "half the cost". and yes, thats - in my humble opinion - exactly the definition of a TP run. how to get the most TP out of a journey with a less costs as possible. anything else is "tier point optimized travel"
dont get me wrong, there is nothing wrong in optimizing a trip to earn more TP. but there is a difference in earning some additional TP by stopping in JFK also on a trip i have/ want to take anyway and a TP run