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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.

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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below!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 - Ł1,033, MIA - Ł1,133, ATL - Ł1,080, 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 - Ł1,252, see linked post for details
  • from AMS to BKK INCEU60 reported here, e.g. BKK - Ł1,216, 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 Ł3 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 Ł0.90/TP Ł400 440 TLL-BA/AY-HEL-LON-GLA-KOI-ABZ ; TLL-BA/AY-HEL-LON-GLA-SDZ-ABZ (see post #1221)
02NOV Ł1.33/TP Ł583 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 Ł1.33/TP Ł346 260 JER-LGW-RAK-LGW-RAK I/I/I/I BA.com ramops
14AUG Ł1.65/TP Ł593 360 OSL-HEL-AGP-HEL-OSL I-I-I-I ITA Flythe96flag SH J cabin + possible red-eye (!) AY
26JUL Ł1.81/TP Ł72.70 40 MAD-FRA Z lan.com Prospero 787 flat bed LA
1JAN Ł1.85/TP Ł444 240 JER-LGW/LHR-HEL J/I/I/J ITA Matrix flatlander Available most weekends first half of 2016, fare IM0R
23NOV Ł1.89/TP Ł377 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 Ł1.91/TP Ł765.00 400 BUD-DOH-SHJ I/A/I/A QR.com Wozza2404 A320 QR
11AUG Ł2.10/TP Ł420 200 AMS-LHR-GLA-LSI-ABZ-LSI-GLA-LHR-AMS I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I ITA Matrix --> Priceline.com MrMutton
13NOV Ł2.56/TP Ł410 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 Ł1.50/TP Ł960 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 Ł40 more - see post 388 AA
10MAY Ł2.50/TP Ł203 80 ORF-CLT-ORD I/I AA.com
21MAY Ł2.08/TP Ł250 120 YYZ-PHL/LGA-CLT-ORF/PHF I/I/I AA.com
22NOV Ł1.43/TP Ł172 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 Ł0.99/TP Ł356 360 TPE-xKUL-PEN(JHB)-xKUL-TPE Z http://www.malaysiaairlines.com ermen two day min stay, promo fare MH
04JAN Ł1.10/TP Ł44 40 KUL-PEN D http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/uk/en.html fitch Works in both directions, rtn Ł80 if you can make the timnings work MH
11Nov Ł0.85/TP Ł307 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 Ł300 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 Ł500.

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 Ł520. Also the BA fare for LHR-HEL-TLL at ~Ł235 is still available and would get 200 TPs for a return.

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Old Aug 29, 2017, 3:41 am
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Originally Posted by Wozza2404
On the MAN-SAT fares that were available earlier in the year, does the 767-300 from MAN-ORD tend to be the retrofitted ones, or do they still fly those angle flat ones as well?
A colleague of mine took the MAN-ORD recently and he got the dreadful angled seats in both directions.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 3:45 am
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Originally Posted by Tobias-UK
A colleague of mine took the MAN-ORD recently and he got the dreadful angled seats in both directions.
Yes, that was my concern. Thanks for the clarification.

The seat map shows 1-2-1, but of course I'm nervous about an equipment change.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 4:02 am
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The angled recliners are okay in the day time, in my view. Good for both lounging and working. It's when you want to sleep that they become a problem.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 4:33 am
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Originally Posted by Wozza2404
Yes, that was my concern. Thanks for the clarification.

The seat map shows 1-2-1, but of course I'm nervous about an equipment change.
So did his! The seat-map changed on his outbound after check-in and about 3 days before his inbound.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 6:00 am
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Originally Posted by gcuk
I think wuileng was asking whether the BA coded flights on the LAX-JFK sectors of the LCA-LAS routing could booked via the AA website rather than calling BA and the answer is yes they can. I have previously booked such flights via AA.com and haven't come across a downside other than losing a few avios when paying with my BA amex card and not getting the enhanced avios multiplyer for BA bookings.
I booked a similar trip with AA and discovered one other downside - it isn't possible to use avios to upgrade one of the transatlantic legs to F even if booked on a BA flight. I guess I should have known this from reading other threads previously but it just didn't occur to me until the Gold line told me. All the other bookings that I had made direct with AA were for US domestic itineraries so the question never arose before.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 6:15 am
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The angled recliners are okay in the day time, in my view. Good for both lounging and working. It's when you want to sleep that they become a problem.
I guess this is what we refer to as First World Problems
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 6:19 am
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I guess this is what we refer to as First World Problems
This is a thread for people to spend thousands of pounds jetting across the world in exchange for magical corporate points ... I am unabashed.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 6:23 am
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Originally Posted by Wozza2404
On the MAN-SAT fares that were available earlier in the year, does the 767-300 from MAN-ORD tend to be the retrofitted ones, or do they still fly those angle flat ones as well?
Sleeping is possible in the old 767-300 version. More annoying is, that this aircraft type does not carry a proper entertainment system. They hand out IPads pre-loaded with movies. However, AA pays a compensation of 500USD in form of a transportation voucher for the downgrade.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 6:31 am
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However, AA pays a compensation of 500USD in form of a transportation voucher for the downgrade.
If that's true then I'll make do for 8 hours on a day flight.

Coming back from PHL so no issues there as it is the old US A330.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 6:42 am
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Originally Posted by Wozza2404
Coming back from PHL so no issues there as it is the old US A330.
I had a hugely comfortable sleep on the A330 out of PHL last night - slept like a baby from wheels up to about 45 minutes out.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 7:49 am
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Originally Posted by rossmacd
I had a hugely comfortable sleep on the A330 out of PHL last night - slept like a baby from wheels up to about 45 minutes out.
I found the A330 excellent too.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 7:55 am
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Originally Posted by Wozza2404
On the MAN-SAT fares that were available earlier in the year, does the 767-300 from MAN-ORD tend to be the retrofitted ones, or do they still fly those angle flat ones as well?
I flew the old angled flat 763 from KOA-DFW last year, it's a redeye flight and I arrived having had very little sleep indeed.

I'm off on this MAN-SAT fare in a couple of weeks, but routing via HEL & CDG to avoid the 763 in favour of AA's 789 and AY's A330.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 7:55 am
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Originally Posted by Tobias-UK
So did his! The seat-map changed on his outbound after check-in and about 3 days before his inbound.
Yes, unfortunately the new seats are on the majority of 767s now and those have fewer seats anyway, which is why you will always see the new seat layout. I never minded those older planes on internal flights, but the IFE really was a faff and still is, albeit slightly less so; pretty much not worth setting up if you're going to be on a night flight. The initial reckoning was that the planes would be around long enough that they would need a quick lie flat solution because of the JV agreement, but not long enough to warrant adding proper IFE. Ah well ... I really do try to avoid them as much as possible.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 8:04 am
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Originally Posted by dakaix
I flew the old angled flat 763 from KOA-DFW last year, it's a redeye flight and I arrived having had very little sleep indeed.

I'm off on this MAN-SAT fare in a couple of weeks, but routing via HEL & CDG to avoid the 763 in favour of AA's 789 and AY's A330.
As I'm not chasing TPs and actually had to be in SAT, this fare worked well for me as a straight MAN-ORD-SAT with a 20hr stop in ORD. Though as I'm leaving on Friday making it as far as SAT isn't guaranteed at this point!

Would prefer the new layout, obviously, as I'd like to get a couple of hours so I'm not too battered going out in ORD on Friday night with friends, but $500 will soften the blow somewhat if it does end up being the old one.
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Old Aug 29, 2017, 8:29 am
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Originally Posted by Wozza2404
As I'm not chasing TPs and actually had to be in SAT, this fare worked well for me as a straight MAN-ORD-SAT with a 20hr stop in ORD. Though as I'm leaving on Friday making it as far as SAT isn't guaranteed at this point!

Would prefer the new layout, obviously, as I'd like to get a couple of hours so I'm not too battered going out in ORD on Friday night with friends, but $500 will soften the blow somewhat if it does end up being the old one.
The sun is out in SAT. Not be any weather to mention here over the weekend.
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