World's tightest man needs 45 tier points
 

Can you help!?

I need 45 TPs to ensure I renew my Silver status. So I'm planning a points run, and would like to do the very cheapest possible booking. I live in Cambridge, so would ideally fly from LHR or LGW, but would consider another UK airport within a reasonable drive.

I'm hoping the expertise and hive mind here can help me out with an incredible bargain, that will win me my 45 points...

My own messy searching has so far only found lots of 40 point bookings for approx £200, but I'm hoping for 45 points and a bit cheaper than that!

I asked a similar question to this previously, but stupidly didn't book - Now I have my credit card in hand and I'm ready to jump on a bargain! All help very gratefully received.

LGW-AMS or JER is probably one of the cheapest.

Y with a CE online upgrade one way ?


cs

Best you will likely see is a £199 CE sale far for 80TP I think :)

When is your membership year end?

agree with the above comments.

you aren't going to find many flights with better value than £3 per TP ex UK.

depending on timescales and whether you might e.g. have a trip to the US coming up anyway, there are much better value trips in the US at £1 per TP (or below) though those tend to be about accumulating a lot of them - a single US F hop is 60 TPs.

more on that here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...er-thread.html though it doesnt sound like that fits your bill of "tightness, 45 only and ex UK"

I have to get this done before 8th December...

LGW-JER return outbound in ET inbound in CE is £133 on many dates and would earn 50 TP's.

Any of the other £199 CE fare routes such as AMS, ALC, etc should be around the same price.

Don't think you'll get any cheaper ex-UK.

London (LGW) to Jersey (JER) - Sat, Nov 8
British Airways p.l.c. British Airways p.l.c. 2770 Dep: 8:05AM Arr: 9:05AM 1h 0m Airbus A319 Business (I)


Jersey (JER) to London (LGW) - Sun, Nov 9
British Airways p.l.c. British Airways p.l.c. 2775 Dep: 5:35PM Arr: 6:35PM 1h 0m Airbus A319 Business (I)

Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) £197.39
Total cost for 1 passenger £197.39

A ET rtn and possible POUG might be cheaper but not guaranteed :)

You can get an ET return flight to BRU on 29 November for £87.78. That only gets you 20 tier points but online upgrades are often available for £50 or so one way to get an extra 30.

I'd have thought quite likely there will be upgrade capacity for those flights on a Saturday, it is a risk though so if you want to guarantee it I'd pay the £60 or so for one of the options above.

Focusing on LGW to JER, the best I can find going out in ET and back in CW is £155.71 - Can't seem to find a £133 option?

You need to find a £40 outbound fare which is only available from December onwards, but not the first Saturday in December. You also need a Saturday night stay to get the cheap CE return fare. So you'd need to request a 2 week membership year extension to get the cheapest price with only a Saturday stay, or have a few days in JER booking Wed 3rd outbound and Sunday return.

Of course, you will need to factor in a hotel in JER.

not sure if it would be better, but could you use Air berlin from Stanstead?

return to somewhwere with a stop?

are POUGs really as low as that?

lowest I've come across is £69 (both in person and on here).

My AUP to JER was £89 on Saturday, steep yes but was a treat :)

Just been on BA.com

Return to moscow in WT on sale for £139! thats 70TP's