Ah! A piece of solid information as opposed to speculation. Thank you for sharing. Now let’s wait to see how that shows in the Tier Point calculator. Thank you for sharing.

ISTFlyer makes the point about flying point to point on similar pricing. There’s the rub. TK may be the bees knees but it comes at a cost. I plucked two dates out of the air for September and compared. BA wanted £630 or so and for similar timings TK wanted £1260. That’s a huge difference. Yes, you could reduce the TK price by £200 or so by choosing to fly at less convenient times (06.30 for the outbound). This may well explain why BA have huge Club sections.

Would I go on flying BA if the Tier Points had been confirmed as 40 rather than 80? Indeed I would. At £600 each, one can stay in excellent hotels and still have change. I suspect that most people who pay their own fares or their employers will prefer the much lower fares rather than double Tier Points.