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from DUB to US IJN8S4Z1 reported here, e.g. JFK - €1,074, MIA - €1,119, LAS - €1,224, LAX - €1,296, HNL - €1,623, needs to be booked by 2 February, for outbound travel over Easter and summer 2016, see linked post for details
from DUB to US ILN8S4Z1 reported here, e.g. JFK - €920, MIA - €958, LAS - €1,048, LAX - €1,110, needs to be booked by 2 February, for outbound travel over November and Christmas & New Year 2016, see linked post for details
from DUB to US ILR28AP reported here, e.g. JFK - €1,538, MIA - €1,601, LAS - €1,751, LAX - €1,854, HNL - €1,834, this is an advanced purchase fare so no book by deadline, no stopovers, see linked post for details
from DUB to US ILN8S4E1 reported here, e.g. JFK - €1,538, MIA - €1,601, LAS - €1,751, LAX - €1,854, HNL - €1,834, this is an advanced purchase fare so no book by deadline, allows stopovers for €75, see linked post for details
from CPH to US ILR21AP reported here, e.g. JFK - £890, MIA - £1,132, ORD - £942, LAX - £1,277, HNL - £1,361, this is an advanced purchase fare so no book by deadline, no stopovers, see linked post for details
from CPH to US ILN2S4E1 reported here, JFK - £890, MIA - £1,132, ORD - £942, LAX - £1,277, HNL - £1,361, this is an advanced purchase fare so no book by deadline, allows stopovers for €75, see linked post for details
ILN2S4Z1 from OSL to HNL (19.5k/21.5k NOK (£1,520/£1,675) via. LON or via. HEL & LON)
PERMITTED 23NOV 15 THROUGH 28NOV 15 OR 22DEC 15 THROUGH
01JAN 16 OR 27MAR 16 THROUGH 31MAR 16 ON THE OUTBOUND
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.

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This thread lists attractive tier point (TP) runs under £3 per TP grouped within different (departure) geographies

Please note the following:

Current availability is not guaranteed.
All prices include taxes.

Convert currencies to GBP, rounding to the nearest pound.
Post full routes and full booking classes.
Note any restrictions on booking in the Notes section.
List in order of price per tier point within the relevant departure area.

From Europe
17DEC | £0.75/TP | £909 | 1200 | DUB-LHR-JFK-PHX-HNL-PHX-JFK-LHR-DUB | I/I/A/A/A/A/I/I | aa.com | perthflyer | BA AA
30JUL | £0.93/TP | £335 | 360 | JER-LGW-SSH-LGW-JER | J/I/I/J | ba.com | dom462 | CE | BA
01 NOV | £0.99/TP | £1343 | 1360 | CPH-HEL-LHR-JFK-PHX-HNL-PHX-JFK-LHR-HEL-CPH | I/I/I/A/P/P/A/I/I/I | ITA Matrix | MrMutton
19 AUG | £1.01/TP | £1,375 (1938 EUR) | 1360 | DUB-HEL-LON-JFK-PHX-HNL-PHX-JFK-LHR-HEL-DUB | IIIAAAAIII | OttoMH | J/F | AY BA AA
16 AUG | £1.22/TP | £1,675 (21.5k NOK) | 1360 | OSL-HEL-LON-JFK-PHX-HNL-PHX-JFK-LHR-HEL-OSL | IIIAAAAIII | OttoMH | J/F | AY BA AA
16 AUG | £1.27/TP | £1,518 (19.5k NOK) | 1200 | OSL-LON-JFK-PHX-HNL-PHX-JFK-LHR-OSL | IIAAAAII | OttoMH | J/F | BA AA
14AUG | £1.31/TP | £470 | 360 | OSL-HEL-AGP-HEL-OSL | I-I-I-I | ITA | Flythe96flag | SH J cabin + possible red-eye (!) | AY
04 SEP | £1.31/TP | £1,220 (1681 EUR) | 910 | DME-MAD-JFK-LAX-MIA-MAD-DME | all in I | iberia.com | henkybaby | J | BA AA IB | works till 6/16 so far
23AUG | £1.34/TP | £1148 | 860 | DUB-PHL-PHX-LAS-PHX-JFK-LHR,LCY-DUB | I/P/P/P/P/I/I | ticketed on aa.com | megaloman | AA & BA (UD on 747 JFK-LHR)
17AUG | £1.67/TP | £1408 |840 |BHX-JFK-PHX-LAS & back | I-A-A-A-A-I | aa.com |Swiss Tony | AA ski slope bed on TATL | AA
26JUL | £1.81/TP | £72.70 | 40 | MAD-FRA | Z | lan.com | Prospero | 787 flat bed | LA
23NOV | £1.89/TP | £377 | 200 | DUB-LHR-MAD-SVQ r/t | I-I-I-I-I-I | ITA | Lorcancoyle | IM0B IB DUB to SVQ | BA and IB flights (I2 for domestic under IB code), random dates in December available, A340 on some dates (helpfully pointed out by Temps that domestic Spain is only 20 TPs)
17 AUG | £1.89/TP | £1818 | 960 | OSL-LON-KUL//SIN-SYD/SYD-PER/PER-SYD-SIN/SIN-LHR-OSL | BugAlugs | J | BA QF | INCSALE ended 14thSep - (Applied GUF via TA (moves J to F on BA longhaul and scores 1260 TPS in total)
31 DEC | £1.91/TP | £1220 | 640 | AMS-LHR-MIA-SCL // EZE-JFK-LHR-BCN | J/I/I-I/I/J | AA.com | nufnuf77 (can also return to LHR for £20 less but 40TP less
13NOV | £2.56/TP | £410 | 160 | LHR-HEL | ? | BA.com | Lorcancoyle | wide open as flight+hotel, can reduce with TCB cash back | BA
1JAN | £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
24NOV | £1.91/TP | £765.00 | 400 | BUD-DOH-SHJ | I/A/I/A | QR.com | Wozza2404 | A320 | QR
7DEC | £2.24/TP | £942 | 420 | MAD-MIA-SXM-CLT-JFK-LHR | I/I/I/A/I | ticketed on aa.com | megaloman | other routings possible earning more TPs could have lower the price with added LHR-CDG leg to £865 (£2.06/TP)
22JAN | £2.29/TP | £640 | 280 | FCO-CMB-FCO | I/I | book on SriLankan website | theultimateflyer

From North, Central and South America
31JUL | £0.39/TP | £484 | 1240 | HNL-LAX-BOS-MIA-BAQ-MIA-PHL-LAX-HNL | AAAIIAAA | ITA Matrix | Pawel Siewko | AA
16OCT | £0.55/TP | £298.50 | 540 | JFK-LAX-DEN-LAX-JFK | P-P-P-P | aa.com | Calum | AA A321t F seat between JFK & LAX (FARE GONE)
16JUL | £0.57/TP | £554 | 980 | LAX-LAS-PHX-PHL-CLT-TPA-MIA-PTY-MIA-PHL-PHX-LAS-LAX | PPPPPPIIPPPP | aa.com | Airprox | AA + US
27JUL | £0.80/TP | £15.94 | 20 | VVC-BOG-MDE | A | lan.com | JohnnyColombia | A is economy on LA | LA
08NOV | £0.84/TP | £772.50 | 920 | KOA-LAX-CLT-SJU-CLT-LAX-KOA | AAIIAA | aa.com | Lappe | Same day turnarounds available
30SEP | £0.87/TP | £808.00 | 920 | BOG-MIA-LAX-HNL-LAX-MIA-BOG | I-P-P-P-P-I | aa.com | JohnnyColombia | No comments
20SEP | £1.00/TP | £663.20 | 660 | LGA-BOS-LAX-PHX-LAX-BOS-LGA | P-P-P-P-P-P | americanairlines.co.uk | njf63 | TCON on 737 so not too comfortable but good availability next Mar/Apr
21AUG | £1.05 | £253 | 240 | BOS-PHL-PIT-PHL-BOS | PPPP | aa.com | Simon Schus | AA op by US
02NOV | £1.27/TP | £1250 | 980 | MCO-MIA-LAX-HNL | A | AA | Mr 1A
05AUG | £1.37/TP | £578 | 420 | LAS-PHL-LAS | A/P | aa.com | Lucanesque | First | AA op by US
28JUL | £1.43/TP | £400 | 280 | SCL-IPC-SCL | Z | lan.com - Chilean version | moonman85 | 787 flat bed | LAN
06NOV | £1.67/TP | £66.00 | 40 | JFK-YYZ | Z | tam.com.br | frb98mf | Fifth Freedom flight every Wed/Fri/Sun, 767 flat bed
13NOV | £1.06/TP | £705 | 660 | RIC-CLT-PHL-PHX-PHL-CLT-RIC | A | AA.com | wenzlydale | 2 trips this year - mixture of A320s and B757s not a lot of food offered but all the G&Ts you could wish for
07JAN|£1.24/TP | £668 | 540 | SEA-MIA-ATL-CLT-SEA | P/P/P/P | aa.com | EsherFlyer | 24h transcon bounce. All I could fit in...

From Middle East, Asia and Australasia
18AUG | £1.25/TP | £440.00 | 360 | BKK-KUL-ICN Return | Z | www.malaysiaairlines.com | Wozza2404 | A330 Angle Flat for long haul sectors | MH
12OCT | £1.68/TP | £1,546 | 920 | TLV-MAD-LHR-JFK-LAX-JFK-LHR-MAD-TLV | I/I/I/I/I/I/I | iberia.com | frb98mf | Business (bonus: A330/A340 on the TLV legs!) | IB
24NOV | £1.43/TP | £803 | 560 | CTS-HKG-DPS-HKG-CTS | I/I/I/I | cathaypacific.com | zeltergiset | One 24hr+ stopover in HKG allowed | CX
06JAN | £1.86/TP | £856 | 460 | HND-HKG-DPS-HKG-CTS | I/I/I/I | cathaypacific.com | Gastrocnemius | One 24hr+ stopover in HKG allowed | CX
11JAN | £1.26/TP | £707 | 560 | KTM-KUL-TPE-KUL-KTM | D/D/D/D | malaysiaairlines.com | zeltergiset | MH
11JAN | £1.68/TP | £940 | 560 | TPE-KUL-KTM-KUL-TPE | D/D/D/D | malaysiaairlines.com | zeltergiset | MH

From Africa
11AUG | £0.89/TP | £748 | 840 | ACC-LHR-MIA-LAX-MIA-LHR-ACC | I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I | iberia call centre | njf63 | CW / AA J | IB
15NOV | £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

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Need a year-end TP run (ex-LON) to make / retain status?

Some tips for searching for the year-end TP run for newcomers, the below is indicative only, but hopefully provides a bit of guidance for relatively straightforward runs ex-LON. Prospero's guide to using ITA matrix in post 3 (here along with these ideas, might come in handy. Feel free to share results, problems or general questions in the thread as these may not always work and there might be better deals out there...

For overnight trips remember to check BA and Iberia for their flights and hotel option as well, can get hotel for almost no extra cost at times

Need 80 TPs or less
Club Europe return somewhere close by is best - DUB, AMS and JER usually cheapest. AMS and JER easier than DUB for an immediate turnaround. The BA.com low fare finder can be very useful.

If you need as few as 45 TPs you might consider booking economy flights and hoping for a proactive online upgrade offer - but they're not guaranteed to materialise (so not one if you have no more time left in your TP collection year)

Or a slightly more interesting fun run

Need 85-120 TPs
Iberia flights via MAD to regional Spanish airports will get you 120 TPs as the domestic Spanish flights are 20 TPs in business. Under £300 including hotel can be available. Check BIO, GRX, VLC, BCN, SVQ etc. Example here

Need 125-160 TPs
Take a look at the shorthaul plus routes earning 80 TPs each way in business listed in the first post (here) MLA, IST, HEL and RAK are usually available. If time sensitive take a look at BA flight and hotel option to HEL, where you can usually get the last BA flight out on a Saturday, airport hotel and first return Sunday for well under £500.

Alternative options include positioning to JER and flying JER-LGW-XXX (AMS usually works well and avoids switching airports)

Need more than 160 TPs
You'll most likely be heading north then - OSL or VLL via HEL will get you 240 TPs, as will JER-LGW/LHR-HEL e.g. LHR-HEL-OSL for £520
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Jul 30, 2015, 5:47 am

#3541

Cymro

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: Gloucestershire

Programs: BA Gold (ex-GGL, maybe future Silver), Hilton Diamond

Posts: 6,198

Just found a nice ARN - DOH - BKK for £986 return in February on QR (560TP or £1.76).

Or if you want to do ARN - DOH - BKK - DOH - LHR, with BKK - DOH - LHR in economy (for 320 TP it's £722) - business is better value but the flight times are much better as you can avoid an overnight.

Jul 30, 2015, 5:55 am

#3542

ukdelinquent

Join Date: Apr 2015

Location: Reading

Programs: BAEC GOLD HH GOLD

Posts: 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukdelinquent

Yeah I was looking at for example flights to ALC from LGW around the 25 Oct for 6 days, ITA was coming up 216 pounds and nothing else was anywhere near. The same applied yesterday when looking at LHR-HEL to grab some points this week, ITA was coming out 400 ish but cheapest I could find when trying to book was 800 plus!

I have just tried to build headingwest quote above

And cant get anywhere near its price on the BA site?

Jul 30, 2015, 5:58 am

#3543

headingwest

Join Date: Jul 2014

Location: Wedged somewhere between BTS and VIE ✈

Programs: Star Alliance Gold (A3 Gold), Oneworld Emerald (BA Gold), Hilton Diamond

Posts: 6,338

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukdelinquent

I have just tried to build headingwest quote above

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/pjoudrqru...me9PJuUa?raw=1

And cant get anywhere near its price on the BA site?

I looked at Google Flights to find the best dates for prices and then I had to use the multi-trip search on ba.com

That JER-SSH/SSH-LGW at £306 is very tempting for 320 Tier Points! That's Bronze status for just over £300, and halfway to Silver.

Last edited by headingwest; Jul 30, 2015 at 6:06 am Reason: Added comment

Jul 30, 2015, 6:05 am

#3544

dom462

Join Date: Feb 2015

Location: LBA

Programs: BAEC

Posts: 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by headingwest

That JER-SSH/SSH-LGW at £306 is very tempting for 320 Tier Points!

Couldn't see it as a next day or same day return so there will be some hotel costs to add on.

Jul 30, 2015, 6:11 am

#3545

headingwest

Join Date: Jul 2014

Location: Wedged somewhere between BTS and VIE ✈

Programs: Star Alliance Gold (A3 Gold), Oneworld Emerald (BA Gold), Hilton Diamond

Posts: 6,338

Quote:

Originally Posted by dom462

Couldn't see it as a next day or same day return so there will be some hotel costs to add on.

For those in the South-East they'd only need the a hotel for the early start at JER. Isn't that the case with most of this Tier Point runs though?

Jul 30, 2015, 6:15 am

#3546

nufnuf77

Join Date: Feb 2014

Location: ±38,000 feet

Programs: LH HON, BA GGL, AF Plat, EK Plat

Posts: 6,428

Quote:

Originally Posted by headingwest

Good find! You can add a connection to MAN/LBA/EDI/GLA for additional £38 on the return, which might be useful for some of us to get back home

Jul 30, 2015, 6:17 am

#3547

dom462

Join Date: Feb 2015

Location: LBA

Programs: BAEC

Posts: 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by headingwest

For those in the South-East they'd only need the a hotel for the early start at JER. Isn't that the case with most of this Tier Point runs though?

Sorry, I meant in SSH.

Jul 30, 2015, 6:19 am

#3548

headingwest

Join Date: Jul 2014

Location: Wedged somewhere between BTS and VIE ✈

Programs: Star Alliance Gold (A3 Gold), Oneworld Emerald (BA Gold), Hilton Diamond

Posts: 6,338

Quote:

Originally Posted by nufnuf77

Good find! You can add a connection to MAN/LBA/EDI/GLA for additional £38 on the return, which might be useful for some of us to get back home

Sure, instead of spending 4000 Avios + £17.50 on the unpositioning flight, you can actually earn Avios/TPs for a little more cash outlay. If I lived in the UK I'd be seriously thinking about this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dom462

Sorry, I meant in SSH.

Oh yeah, sorry, I see what you mean.

Jul 30, 2015, 6:20 am

#3549

timezonehopper

Join Date: Aug 2009

Location: SZD

Programs: BAEC Gold

Posts: 674

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cymro

Very similar prices ex-AMS too, arguably an easier positioning flight. Sadly TYO seems to be excluded from this week's QR sale. I picked up ARN-DOH-NRT return for £1017 in June.

Jul 30, 2015, 6:23 am

#3550

travelwithross

formerly rxfleming

Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: AUH, DXB (and GLA)

Programs: BA GGL, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Plat Elite

Posts: 2,455

You wouldn't catch me dead in a Club Europe seat for over 5 hours to SSH (sometimes, if you're lucky, just shy of, or over, 6 hours!). You've got to be absolutely off your head (or absolutely desperate for TPs) to spend over 11 hours in one of these seats doing a TR. The AA F seats on a 757/737 are luxury compared to this.

Last edited by travelwithross; Jul 30, 2015 at 6:31 am

Jul 30, 2015, 6:25 am

#3551

timezonehopper

Join Date: Aug 2009

Location: SZD

Programs: BAEC Gold

Posts: 674

Quote:

Originally Posted by headingwest

Sure, instead of spending 4000 Avios + £17.50 on the unpositioning flight

I like that! I've not seen it referred to that way before

Jul 30, 2015, 6:27 am

#3552

rossmacd

Join Date: Jan 2010

Posts: 7,464

Quote:

Originally Posted by rxfleming

You wouldn't catch me dead in a Club Europe seat for over 5 hours to SSH. You've got to be absolutely off your head to spend over 10 hours in one of these seats doing a TR. The AA F seats on a 757/737 are luxury compared to this.

Sanest post in this thread ^

Jul 30, 2015, 6:30 am

#3553

headingwest

Join Date: Jul 2014

Location: Wedged somewhere between BTS and VIE ✈

Programs: Star Alliance Gold (A3 Gold), Oneworld Emerald (BA Gold), Hilton Diamond

Posts: 6,338

Quote:

Originally Posted by rossmacd

Sanest post in this thread ^

Since when did sanity have a place on this forum?

If I really needed the Tier Points my tolerance level would be quite high, even CE for 5 hours non-stop would be doable.

Jul 30, 2015, 6:35 am

#3554

Flythe96flag

Join Date: Sep 2011

Location: London

Programs: BA Gold

Posts: 1,464

Quote:

Originally Posted by rxfleming

The old CE seats? I could do it.

New ones? Wouldn't even consider it, even in row 1. The seats are not as comfortable IMO, regardless of the recline or leg/knee room.

Jul 30, 2015, 6:36 am

#3555

snuffi

Join Date: Jun 2014

Location: London

Programs: BA GGL

Posts: 1,406

Quote:

Originally Posted by KARFA

I must say I am really tempted by this, just trying to see if I can work it in to a weekend somewhere. More details on this fare:

LAN ZEEEV205 MAD to FRA

It’s great way to get 80TPs, and I’ve wanted to go on a 787 for a while now – I would really like to do this. It seems to work best FRA-MAD-FRA, with an overnight in Madrid, but there is no particularly cheap way to get to FRA, and when you add on a BA or ABerlin flight it starts getting to not that great in terms of £ per TP. The other way around leaves you in Madrid at 10pm, so a longer trip. For those that care, it seems to only get 2208 avios.

Does anyone have a good/cheap way of getting to FRA AM on day 1, then back in the evening of day 2?