Jan 2, 2017, 6:09 pm
Last edit by: EsherFlyer
** AA Domestic First on two cabin will earn business TPs and avios for departures on or after 11 January 2017 - see reference posts for more details **
** Note that the practice of AA Domestic 3-class service flights booking into A for 210 TPs when I was no longer available ceased in September 2017. Discussion here. **
Welcome to the thread. This is a continuation of the highly popular 2016 Tier Point thread. We keep track of other prices, as well as useful reference information for those planning tier point runs.
Please read the first few posts in this thread first as it contains lots of information which may answer your question.
This is a community-maintained wiki post. Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below!
Current Promotions of Interest
Sale Fares
Advanced Promotion Fares
See here in post # 8 for a 2017 archive of exEU sale fare, and see here in post # 445 for a 2016 archive of exEU sale fares.
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This thread lists attractive tier point (TP) runs under £3 per TP grouped within different (departure) geographies
Please note that current availability is not guaranteed and all prices include taxes. Please use the following convention when adding tier point runs to this wiki post:
Date fare checked Price per Tier Point Total Price Total Tier Points Route Booking Classes Booking Channel Credit Notes (if applicable) Airlines
Please remember to:
Please see the links at the bottom of the wiki for archives of runs from previous years.
From Europe
24APR £0.90/TP £400 440 TLL-BA/AY-HEL-LON-GLA-KOI-ABZ ; TLL-BA/AY-HEL-LON-GLA-SDZ-ABZ (see post #1221)
02NOV £1.33/TP £583 440 LHR-HEL-TLL/TLL-HEL-LHR-NCL//NCL-LHR-HEL-TLL/TLL-HEL-LHR IIIIIIIIII Google Flights armouredant 2 nested tickets, both other a Saturday night. BA ticket, BA & AY metal, AY A350 possible LHR-HEL
08FEB £1.33/TP £346 260 JER-LGW-RAK-LGW-RAK I/I/I/I BA.com ramops
14AUG £1.65/TP £593 360 OSL-HEL-AGP-HEL-OSL I-I-I-I ITA Flythe96flag SH J cabin + possible red-eye (!) AY
26JUL £1.81/TP £72.70 40 MAD-FRA Z lan.com Prospero 787 flat bed LA
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
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)
24NOV £1.91/TP £765.00 400 BUD-DOH-SHJ I/A/I/A QR.com Wozza2404 A320 QR
11AUG £2.10/TP £420 200 AMS-LHR-GLA-LSI-ABZ-LSI-GLA-LHR-AMS I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I ITA Matrix --> Priceline.com MrMutton
13NOV £2.56/TP £410 160 LHR-HEL ? BA.com Lorcancoyle wide open as flight+hotel, can reduce with TCB cash back BA
From North, Central and South America
26Jan £1.50/TP £960 640 LGA-CMH-DCA-PHL-RDU-CLT-ATL-MIA-PTY and return I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I ITA Matrix--> BookWithMatrix dot com --> AA.com HPN-HRL other routings available; reverse routing is £40 more - see post 388 AA
10MAY £2.50/TP £203 80 ORF-CLT-ORD I/I AA.com
21MAY £2.08/TP £250 120 YYZ-PHL/LGA-CLT-ORF/PHF I/I/I AA.com
22NOV £1.43/TP £172 120 DCA-(LGA/BOS/PHL)-CLT-RDU (one way, reverse works as well) I/I/I ITA->BWM->priceline.com
From Middle East, Asia and Australasia
23Feb £0.99/TP £356 360 TPE-xKUL-PEN(JHB)-xKUL-TPE Z http://www.malaysiaairlines.com ermen two day min stay, promo fare MH
04JAN £1.10/TP £44 40 KUL-PEN D http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/uk/en.html fitch Works in both directions, rtn £80 if you can make the timnings work MH
11Nov £0.85/TP £307 360 TPE-KUL-SIN-KUL-TPE Z http://www.malaysiaairlines.com neofung
From Africa
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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. The guide to using ITA matrix in post #4 (see 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 fewer
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). Alternatively, booking a return to one of the 40 tier point destinations with one way in CE and the return in ET (or vice versa if cheaper). Bilbao, Jersey and Amsterdam seems the most cost effective for this.
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 VNO via HEL will get you 240 TPs, as will JER-LGW/LHR-HEL e.g. LHR-HEL-OSL for £520. Also the BA fare for LHR-HEL-TLL at ~£235 is still available and would get 200 TPs for a return.
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Historic information
2016 Archive
2015 Archive (6 months Jul to Dec)
2015 Archive (6 months Jan to Jun)
2014 Archive
.
** Note that the practice of AA Domestic 3-class service flights booking into A for 210 TPs when I was no longer available ceased in September 2017. Discussion here. **
Welcome to the thread. This is a continuation of the highly popular 2016 Tier Point thread. We keep track of other prices, as well as useful reference information for those planning tier point runs.
Please read the first few posts in this thread first as it contains lots of information which may answer your question.
This is a community-maintained wiki post. Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below!
Current Promotions of Interest
Sale Fares
- from AMS/RTM to US ILN4T7S6/INX6T7S6 reported in this post and this post, e.g. NYC - €1,461, ORD - €1,492, LAS - €1,460, needs to be booked by 25 September, see linked post for details
- from PRG to US ILN4T8S6 reported in this post, e.g. IAD - £1,033, MIA - £1,133, ATL - £1,080, needs to be booked by 21 September, see linked post for details
Advanced Promotion Fares
- from DUB to US ILN8C1S6 reported here, e.g. NYC - €1,472, MIA - €1,578, see linked post for details
- froM DUB to US ILN8S4C1 reported here, e.g. JFK - €1,427, MIA - €1,532, LAS - €1,667, LAX - €1,795, HNL - €2,095, this is an advanced purchase fare so no book by deadline, see linked post for details
- from OTP to PHX ILN8R4C1 reported here, e.g. PHX - £1,252, see linked post for details
- from AMS to BKK INCEU60 reported here, e.g. BKK - £1,216, see linked post for details
See here in post # 8 for a 2017 archive of exEU sale fare, and see here in post # 445 for a 2016 archive of exEU sale fares.
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This thread lists attractive tier point (TP) runs under £3 per TP grouped within different (departure) geographies
Please note that current availability is not guaranteed and all prices include taxes. Please use the following convention when adding tier point runs to this wiki post:
Date fare checked Price per Tier Point Total Price Total Tier Points Route Booking Classes Booking Channel Credit Notes (if applicable) Airlines
Please remember to:
- 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.
Please see the links at the bottom of the wiki for archives of runs from previous years.
From Europe
24APR £0.90/TP £400 440 TLL-BA/AY-HEL-LON-GLA-KOI-ABZ ; TLL-BA/AY-HEL-LON-GLA-SDZ-ABZ (see post #1221)
02NOV £1.33/TP £583 440 LHR-HEL-TLL/TLL-HEL-LHR-NCL//NCL-LHR-HEL-TLL/TLL-HEL-LHR IIIIIIIIII Google Flights armouredant 2 nested tickets, both other a Saturday night. BA ticket, BA & AY metal, AY A350 possible LHR-HEL
08FEB £1.33/TP £346 260 JER-LGW-RAK-LGW-RAK I/I/I/I BA.com ramops
14AUG £1.65/TP £593 360 OSL-HEL-AGP-HEL-OSL I-I-I-I ITA Flythe96flag SH J cabin + possible red-eye (!) AY
26JUL £1.81/TP £72.70 40 MAD-FRA Z lan.com Prospero 787 flat bed LA
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
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)
24NOV £1.91/TP £765.00 400 BUD-DOH-SHJ I/A/I/A QR.com Wozza2404 A320 QR
11AUG £2.10/TP £420 200 AMS-LHR-GLA-LSI-ABZ-LSI-GLA-LHR-AMS I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I ITA Matrix --> Priceline.com MrMutton
13NOV £2.56/TP £410 160 LHR-HEL ? BA.com Lorcancoyle wide open as flight+hotel, can reduce with TCB cash back BA
From North, Central and South America
26Jan £1.50/TP £960 640 LGA-CMH-DCA-PHL-RDU-CLT-ATL-MIA-PTY and return I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I ITA Matrix--> BookWithMatrix dot com --> AA.com HPN-HRL other routings available; reverse routing is £40 more - see post 388 AA
10MAY £2.50/TP £203 80 ORF-CLT-ORD I/I AA.com
21MAY £2.08/TP £250 120 YYZ-PHL/LGA-CLT-ORF/PHF I/I/I AA.com
22NOV £1.43/TP £172 120 DCA-(LGA/BOS/PHL)-CLT-RDU (one way, reverse works as well) I/I/I ITA->BWM->priceline.com
From Middle East, Asia and Australasia
23Feb £0.99/TP £356 360 TPE-xKUL-PEN(JHB)-xKUL-TPE Z http://www.malaysiaairlines.com ermen two day min stay, promo fare MH
04JAN £1.10/TP £44 40 KUL-PEN D http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/uk/en.html fitch Works in both directions, rtn £80 if you can make the timnings work MH
11Nov £0.85/TP £307 360 TPE-KUL-SIN-KUL-TPE Z http://www.malaysiaairlines.com neofung
From Africa
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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. The guide to using ITA matrix in post #4 (see 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 fewer
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). Alternatively, booking a return to one of the 40 tier point destinations with one way in CE and the return in ET (or vice versa if cheaper). Bilbao, Jersey and Amsterdam seems the most cost effective for this.
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 VNO via HEL will get you 240 TPs, as will JER-LGW/LHR-HEL e.g. LHR-HEL-OSL for £520. Also the BA fare for LHR-HEL-TLL at ~£235 is still available and would get 200 TPs for a return.
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Historic information
2016 Archive
2015 Archive (6 months Jul to Dec)
2015 Archive (6 months Jan to Jun)
2014 Archive
.
BA Tier Point Runs | 2017 master thread
May 1, 2017, 4:57 pm
#1561
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 105
Hi,
Firstly I found this site via google and there is a real nice lot of good info here, thanks for putting it all together.
I am after a bit of specific advice if possible. I have never done a TP run before and I hit silver last year more from luck than design. My TP year ends on the 8th June and I need 325 TP to retain it.
I have to travel to the US in both May and June and I was looking at the MAN-BOS AA offer at the moment as I cant see anything else about for the US.
I was just going to take it for May, as I think it gets me 360 TP since it goes either via JFK or PHL for 140+40+40+140 (please let me know if I got that wrong) at a cost of £1006.
But then I started thinking I might be better off trying straight for 600 TP (or as near as poss) in June but I cant seem to get anything to work route wise that doesn't double or triple the cost using MAN-BOS. I tried several suggestions on here with no luck. Does anyone know of a good TP route for this run?
Thanks for any help with this
Firstly I found this site via google and there is a real nice lot of good info here, thanks for putting it all together.
I am after a bit of specific advice if possible. I have never done a TP run before and I hit silver last year more from luck than design. My TP year ends on the 8th June and I need 325 TP to retain it.
I have to travel to the US in both May and June and I was looking at the MAN-BOS AA offer at the moment as I cant see anything else about for the US.
I was just going to take it for May, as I think it gets me 360 TP since it goes either via JFK or PHL for 140+40+40+140 (please let me know if I got that wrong) at a cost of £1006.
But then I started thinking I might be better off trying straight for 600 TP (or as near as poss) in June but I cant seem to get anything to work route wise that doesn't double or triple the cost using MAN-BOS. I tried several suggestions on here with no luck. Does anyone know of a good TP route for this run?
Thanks for any help with this
May 1, 2017, 5:56 pm
#1562
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,050
But then I started thinking I might be better off trying straight for 600 TP (or as near as poss) in June but I cant seem to get anything to work route wise that doesn't double or triple the cost using MAN-BOS. I tried several suggestions on here with no luck. Does anyone know of a good TP route for this run?
Thanks for any help with this
If you can't find a decent TP route from MAN, you could just take a day or two in BOS and fly BOS-LGA-DCA (or similar) once or twice. Just use Google Flights and figure out what 1-stop AA flights are cheapest in First/Business...
May 1, 2017, 9:20 pm
#1563
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: PNW
Programs: BAEC Silver, DL GM, AA Plat, NEXUS
Posts: 467
I just booked SEA-LAX-CUN-MIA-SEA in J for $509 or 394GBP, yields 360TP or 1.1GBP/TP.
Plenty of dates in August/September/October.
Plenty of dates in August/September/October.
May 1, 2017, 10:49 pm
#1564
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Little dot in Asia
Programs: AA-EP, TK-*G, HL-DM, HY-GLO, MR-LTP
Posts: 25,932
Tier Point collection year ends on 08 Jun 2017
Card expiry date 31 Jul 2017
Card expiry date 31 Jul 2017
To date I have 1520 TPs... but still Blue because I haven't done my 4 BA flights yet.
Once I have booked my flights , confirmed and ticketed, do you think BA will give me Gold first (if I ask politely) or am I SOL till I do my 4 flights?
May 2, 2017, 12:15 am
#1566
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
If my
Will my membership when I qualify by 08 June 2017 be valid for one year or 2?
To date I have 1520 TPs... but still Blue because I haven't done my 4 BA flights yet.
Once I have booked my flights , confirmed and ticketed, do you think BA will give me Gold first (if I ask politely) or am I SOL till I do my 4 flights?
Will my membership when I qualify by 08 June 2017 be valid for one year or 2?
To date I have 1520 TPs... but still Blue because I haven't done my 4 BA flights yet.
Once I have booked my flights , confirmed and ticketed, do you think BA will give me Gold first (if I ask politely) or am I SOL till I do my 4 flights?
Don't think they will even entertain the idea of just giving you gold even with the flights booked.
May 2, 2017, 1:21 am
#1567
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Diamond, BA Silver, IHG Spire, AMEX Plat
Posts: 608
If my
Will my membership when I qualify by 08 June 2017 be valid for one year or 2?
To date I have 1520 TPs... but still Blue because I haven't done my 4 BA flights yet.
Once I have booked my flights , confirmed and ticketed, do you think BA will give me Gold first (if I ask politely) or am I SOL till I do my 4 flights?
Will my membership when I qualify by 08 June 2017 be valid for one year or 2?
To date I have 1520 TPs... but still Blue because I haven't done my 4 BA flights yet.
Once I have booked my flights , confirmed and ticketed, do you think BA will give me Gold first (if I ask politely) or am I SOL till I do my 4 flights?
May 2, 2017, 4:28 am
#1568
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,050
If my
Will my membership when I qualify by 08 June 2017 be valid for one year or 2?
To date I have 1520 TPs... but still Blue because I haven't done my 4 BA flights yet.
Once I have booked my flights , confirmed and ticketed, do you think BA will give me Gold first (if I ask politely) or am I SOL till I do my 4 flights?
Will my membership when I qualify by 08 June 2017 be valid for one year or 2?
To date I have 1520 TPs... but still Blue because I haven't done my 4 BA flights yet.
Once I have booked my flights , confirmed and ticketed, do you think BA will give me Gold first (if I ask politely) or am I SOL till I do my 4 flights?
My other comment might have been a bit confusing, although it's a common theme throughout this thread. If you do 600 or 1500 TPs within a month or two of your new TP year, you get the rest of that TP year as well as all of the following year. (i.e. almost 2 years of status)
Therefore, if you're not close at all to your TP target (such as the person I was replying to), it can makes sense to just push a TP run into the next TP year. As others have stated, you still have your existing status for almost 2 months.
May 2, 2017, 8:29 am
#1569
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Little dot in Asia
Programs: AA-EP, TK-*G, HL-DM, HY-GLO, MR-LTP
Posts: 25,932
That's what I thought. So if i am to requalify for Gold in say, Sept, then I will get Gold till 2019.
May 2, 2017, 9:18 am
#1570
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: British Air Ways
Posts: 6
Uk - Argentina
I need to make a trip to Buenos Aires at some point over the summer months (July-Aug) and Im wondering if there is a good TP route I could use to obtain lots of points. Does anyone know if a route that could get 3 or even 4 140TP legs in exists? I am based in London and can be away for up to 10 days. I need to have a min of 4 days in Buenos Aires.
Ie:
ExUK> LON > JFK > LAX > MIA > EZE RT
Any help would be much appreciated
Ie:
ExUK> LON > JFK > LAX > MIA > EZE RT
Any help would be much appreciated
May 2, 2017, 9:26 am
#1571
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
I need to make a trip to Buenos Aires at some point over the summer months (July-Aug) and Im wondering if there is a good TP route I could use to obtain lots of points. Does anyone know if a route that could get 3 or even 4 140TP legs in exists? I am based in London and can be away for up to 10 days. I need to have a min of 4 days in Buenos Aires.
Ie:
ExUK> LON > JFK > LAX > MIA > EZE RT
Any help would be much appreciated
Ie:
ExUK> LON > JFK > LAX > MIA > EZE RT
Any help would be much appreciated
A couple of things to consider:
May be easier to do this as two separate tickets. The first being the TATL and then a second ticket around US down to EZE.
There are some rules about total journey length that can impact on tickets? I wonder if the route you suggested would fall into this carergory. Therefore you may be better looking at something like AMS, HEL, LHR, JFK, MIA, EZE.
May 2, 2017, 9:27 am
#1572
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
Hi,
Firstly I found this site via google and there is a real nice lot of good info here, thanks for putting it all together.
I am after a bit of specific advice if possible. I have never done a TP run before and I hit silver last year more from luck than design. My TP year ends on the 8th June and I need 325 TP to retain it.
I have to travel to the US in both May and June and I was looking at the MAN-BOS AA offer at the moment as I cant see anything else about for the US.
I was just going to take it for May, as I think it gets me 360 TP since it goes either via JFK or PHL for 140+40+40+140 (please let me know if I got that wrong) at a cost of £1006.
But then I started thinking I might be better off trying straight for 600 TP (or as near as poss) in June but I cant seem to get anything to work route wise that doesn't double or triple the cost using MAN-BOS. I tried several suggestions on here with no luck. Does anyone know of a good TP route for this run?
Thanks for any help with this
Firstly I found this site via google and there is a real nice lot of good info here, thanks for putting it all together.
I am after a bit of specific advice if possible. I have never done a TP run before and I hit silver last year more from luck than design. My TP year ends on the 8th June and I need 325 TP to retain it.
I have to travel to the US in both May and June and I was looking at the MAN-BOS AA offer at the moment as I cant see anything else about for the US.
I was just going to take it for May, as I think it gets me 360 TP since it goes either via JFK or PHL for 140+40+40+140 (please let me know if I got that wrong) at a cost of £1006.
But then I started thinking I might be better off trying straight for 600 TP (or as near as poss) in June but I cant seem to get anything to work route wise that doesn't double or triple the cost using MAN-BOS. I tried several suggestions on here with no luck. Does anyone know of a good TP route for this run?
Thanks for any help with this
I cannot be if specific help so hopefully somebody will come along later who can.
May 2, 2017, 9:35 am
#1573
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: HAN
Programs: BA Executive Club (Silver)
Posts: 12
For my TP run this year I am planning to fly BKK-KUL in J on Royal Jordanian. They offer a same day return with 2hr 40min turn around in KUL. Any reason that this would cause problems with Malaysian immigration? I originally figured that I could just get my return boarding card at the KUL transfer desk, but then I would arrive back in Thailand without a departure stamp which I think would raise suspicion from Thai immigration. Anyone ever done this?
May 2, 2017, 9:39 am
#1574
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: British Air Ways
Posts: 6
Have you tried looking on itamatrix as a starting point? If you can give some more detail in terms of more precise dates and nudget you may get more of a response.
A couple of things to consider:
May be easier to do this as two separate tickets. The first being the TATL and then a second ticket around US down to EZE.
There are some rules about total journey length that can impact on tickets? I wonder if the route you suggested would fall into this carergory. Therefore you may be better looking at something like AMS, HEL, LHR, JFK, MIA, EZE.
A couple of things to consider:
May be easier to do this as two separate tickets. The first being the TATL and then a second ticket around US down to EZE.
There are some rules about total journey length that can impact on tickets? I wonder if the route you suggested would fall into this carergory. Therefore you may be better looking at something like AMS, HEL, LHR, JFK, MIA, EZE.
- Looking for best TP to £ ratio I can find. Sub £2 is the target
- Dates within the July/Aug window are flexible but the last two weeks of July would be best
- I have played around with itamatrix but struggling to get it to give me any unconventional routings
I will have another go and look at the option of two separate bookings as you suggested.
If anyone else has any experience in trying to achieve what I am aiming for please let me know
May 2, 2017, 9:47 am
#1575
Join Date: May 2016
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, Accor Gold
Posts: 1,430
Lots of expats spending a long holiday in Thailand with their 'sweethearts' do a visa run to the border. As long as you exit, then you'll be fine to re-enter.
Not sure why Malaysia would care, as you won't officially enter or exit the country.
Last edited by bhbloke; May 2, 2017 at 9:51 am Reason: malaysia update