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** 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.

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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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Old May 17, 2017, 3:59 am
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Originally Posted by dward85
I've done quite a bit of searching but having some issues with trying to get the last few points before silver.

I need 110points to hit silver and I'm based around London. I can easily get to LHR or LGW. Are there any very quick runs that I could hit 110 with? I know Club Europe from LGW is quite cheap but a return trip only gets the 80 points.
Read the last few pages, plenty of examples of doing runs on IB to Spain, 120 TP generally for ~£250.
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Old May 17, 2017, 4:16 am
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Originally Posted by woglet86
I've noticed that you can combine these fares.
- GVA/ZRH to SFO
- OTP to PHX

e.g. GVA-SFO outbound, PHX-OTP return.

Helpful if you want to connect in London one way (the OTP fare) or if the timings are better.

Sorry if this is a stupid question - is there any way to tell which fares you can combine like this? Should the assumption be that you can combine?

Thanks
You may examine the Combinations category of the fares in question.

You should check both; the most restrictive provisions in either prevail.

For a general rule, if you are looking at the joint venture fares across the Atlantic, you can combine freely with any other transatlantic fare offered by a carrier in the joint venture (so you can combine with AA/BA/IB/AY transatlantic fares).

For the transatlantic I- fares, the text is usually something as follows. I have highlighted the key words as there is a fair amount of text.

Code:
COMBINATIONS	    
    END-ON-END NOT PERMITTED. SIDE TRIPS PERMITTED WITH
    NO RESTRICTIONS.
   OPEN JAWS
     FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS
     -TO FORM SINGLE OR DOUBLE OPEN JAWS
      A MAXIMUM OF TWO INTERNATIONAL FARE COMPONENTS
      PERMITTED. MILEAGE OF THE OPEN SEGMENT MUST BE EQUAL/
      LESS THAN MILEAGE OF THE LONGEST FLOWN FARE
      COMPONENT.
     PROVIDED -
       COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER BA/IB/
       AY/US IN ANY RULE IN TARIFF
       AATBAR  - BETWEEN THE USA/CANADA-AREA 2/3 VIA ATL
       FBRA12P - BETWEEN AREA 1/2 EXCEPT USA/CA
       FBRA13P - BETWEEN AREA 1/3 EXCEPT USA/CA
       FBRINPV - BETWEEN USA/CA-AREA 1/2/3
       IPRA    - BETWEEN USA/CA-AREA 2/3 AND GUAM-AREA 2
       IPRAI   - BETWEEN THE USA/CANADA-AREA 2/3 VIA ATL
       IPRSAA2 - BETWEEN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE-AREA 2
       VIA ATL
       IPRSAA3 - SOUTH ATLANTIC/CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA/
       MEXICO/CARIBBEAN/GREENLAND/ST PIERRE ET MIQUELON -
       AREA 3
       SA2BAR  - BETWEEN WESTERN HEMISPHERE-AREA 2 VIA
       ATL
       SA3BAR  - BETWEEN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE-AREA 3
       VIA ATL
       TAFPBAR - BETWEEN AREA 1-AREA 2/3 AND GUAM-AREA 2.
   ROUND TRIPS/CIRCLE TRIPS
     FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS
     -TO FORM ROUND TRIPS
     -TO FORM CIRCLE TRIPS EXCEPT FOR AROUND-THE-WORLD
      FARES
      A MAXIMUM OF TWO INTERNATIONAL FARE COMPONENTS
      PERMITTED.
     PROVIDED -
       COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER BA/IB/
       AY/US IN ANY RULE IN TARIFF
       AATBAR  - BETWEEN THE USA/CANADA-AREA 2/3 VIA ATL
       FBRA12P - BETWEEN AREA 1/2 EXCEPT USA/CA
       FBRA13P - BETWEEN AREA 1/3 EXCEPT USA/CA
       FBRINPV - BETWEEN USA/CA-AREA 1/2/3
       IPRA    - BETWEEN USA/CA-AREA 2/3 AND GUAM-AREA 2
       IPRAI   - BETWEEN THE USA/CANADA-AREA 2/3 VIA ATL
       IPRSAA2 - BETWEEN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE-AREA 2
       VIA ATL
       IPRSAA3 - SOUTH ATLANTIC/CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA/
       MEXICO/CARIBBEAN/GREENLAND/ST PIERRE ET MIQUELON -
       AREA 3
       SA2BAR  - BETWEEN WESTERN HEMISPHERE-AREA 2 VIA
       ATL
       SA3BAR  - BETWEEN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE-AREA 3
       VIA ATL
       TAFPBAR - BETWEEN AREA 1-AREA 2/3 AND GUAM-AREA 2.
   OPEN JAWS
     FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS
     -TO FORM SINGLE OR DOUBLE OPEN JAWS
      A MAXIMUM OF TWO INTERNATIONAL FARE COMPONENTS
      PERMITTED. MILEAGE OF THE OPEN SEGMENT MUST BE EQUAL/
      LESS THAN MILEAGE OF THE LONGEST FLOWN FARE
      COMPONENT.
     PROVIDED -
       COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER AA IN
       ANY RULE IN TARIFF
       IPRA    - BETWEEN USA/CA-AREA 2/3 AND GUAM-AREA 2
       IPRAI   - BETWEEN THE USA/CANADA-AREA 2/3 VIA ATL
       IPRSAA2 - BETWEEN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE-AREA 2
       VIA ATL
       IPRSAA3 - SOUTH ATLANTIC/CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA/
       MEXICO/CARIBBEAN/GREENLAND/ST PIERRE ET MIQUELON -
       AREA 3.
   ROUND TRIPS/CIRCLE TRIPS
     FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS
     -TO FORM ROUND TRIPS
     -TO FORM CIRCLE TRIPS
      A MAXIMUM OF 2 FARE BREAK POINTS PERMITTED.
     PROVIDED -
       COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER AA IN
       ANY RULE IN TARIFF
       IPRA    - BETWEEN USA/CA-AREA 2/3 AND GUAM-AREA 2
       IPRAI   - BETWEEN THE USA/CANADA-AREA 2/3 VIA ATL
       IPRSAA2 - BETWEEN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE-AREA 2
       VIA ATL
       IPRSAA3 - SOUTH ATLANTIC/CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA/
       MEXICO/CARIBBEAN/GREENLAND/ST PIERRE ET MIQUELON -
       AREA 3.
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Old May 17, 2017, 6:22 am
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Originally Posted by flashware
Read the last few pages, plenty of examples of doing runs on IB to Spain, 120 TP generally for ~£250.
THanks!
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Old May 17, 2017, 9:07 am
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Originally Posted by dward85
I've done quite a bit of searching but having some issues with trying to get the last few points before silver.

I need 110points to hit silver and I'm based around London. I can easily get to LHR or LGW. Are there any very quick runs that I could hit 110 with? I know Club Europe from LGW is quite cheap but a return trip only gets the 80 points.
BA £279 return to Istanbul in club, 160TP, Outbound Saturday return Sunday over various weekends in June. I did it last year to make up a shortfall in TP and used a few avios to bring the price down.
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Old May 17, 2017, 2:04 pm
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Booked OTP-LHR-HEL-LHR-JFK-PHX-PHL-LHR-HEL-LHR-OTP for £1,480 last week of August. 1,040 TPs in one week. Many thanks to all the tips and ideas - TP runs like this have all but disappeared!
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Old May 17, 2017, 2:25 pm
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Looks like the TLL J run is over? Can anyone confirm if the fare has been pulled? I just got my leave approved and it is gone...
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Old May 17, 2017, 2:27 pm
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Originally Posted by unileeds
Looks like the TLL J run is over? Can anyone confirm if the fare has been pulled? I just got my leave approved and it is gone...
It (IM0R) is still filed in Expertflyer. Maybe it is an availability issue?

Paging KARFA's or anyone else's knowledge!

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Old May 17, 2017, 2:48 pm
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Originally Posted by florens
It (IM0R) is still filed in Expertflyer. Maybe it is an availability issue?

Paging KARFA's or anyone else's knowledge!
So looks like I bucket not available on returns.
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Old May 17, 2017, 3:00 pm
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Originally Posted by unileeds
So looks like I bucket not available on returns.
Something odd must be going on. I checked on ITA and get £323. Kayak and google flights are more expensive. The IM0R fare is around and there is both I and Y availability.
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Old May 17, 2017, 3:42 pm
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Originally Posted by florens
It (IM0R) is still filed in Expertflyer. Maybe it is an availability issue?

Paging KARFA's or anyone else's knowledge!
Originally Posted by unileeds
So looks like I bucket not available on returns.
Looked at some example dates in November. IMOR is still there and there are flights with I and Y class out and back. Oddly BA.com is pricing the flights between HEL and LHR in D though which is increasing the price even though the flights show I9 under the BA codeshare.
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Old May 17, 2017, 4:16 pm
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TLL fare is gone for the purposes of going via HEL on any BA codeshare. In theory still workable on BA prime flights connecting with AY codes to/from TLL, with the additional fuel surcharge.

Code:
THE FARE COMPONENT MUST NOT BE ON
       ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
         BA FLIGHTS 8200 THROUGH 8299.
   AND
   THE FARE COMPONENT MUST NOT BE ON
       ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
         BA FLIGHTS 2040 THROUGH 2060.
   AND
   THE FARE COMPONENT MUST NOT BE ON
       ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
         BA FLIGHTS 6000 THROUGH 6099.
   AND
   THE FARE COMPONENT MUST NOT BE ON
       ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
         BA FLIGHTS 8196 THROUGH 8199.
   AND
   THE FARE COMPONENT MUST BE ON
       ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
         ANY BA FLIGHT
         ANY AY FLIGHT.
Bolding mine.
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Old May 17, 2017, 4:23 pm
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Well spotted Beaulieu.
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Old May 17, 2017, 4:26 pm
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Originally Posted by Beaulieu
TLL fare is gone for the purposes of going via HEL on any BA codeshare. In theory still workable on BA prime flights connecting with AY codes to/from TLL, with the additional fuel surcharge.

THE FARE COMPONENT MUST NOT BE ON
ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
BA FLIGHTS 6000 THROUGH 6099.
I always wonder how much revenue management play with TP runners. This route has had exceptional volumes of J seats filled at a time when there is likely to be little (real) business travel LON-HEL and TLL is a LCC stag destination.
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Old May 17, 2017, 4:48 pm
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Old May 17, 2017, 11:15 pm
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Of course, as soon as I needed and wanted to book one...
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