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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below!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
Sep 5, 2017, 12:00 pm
#3211
Join Date: Oct 2004
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,009
Hi Guys
I am new to this forum and I was wondering if someone can help me.
I am currently on silver with BA and I need 90 points to be upgraded to gold. Unfortunately, my tier point collection period ends on 8th Sep.
I spoke to the BA silver exec team and they said if I get 90 tier points before the 22nd Sep, they will upgrade me to gold.
Please can someone recommend flight from London that will get me the points. I was hoping to fly out on a Friday and return on the Saturday.
Many Thanks
I am new to this forum and I was wondering if someone can help me.
I am currently on silver with BA and I need 90 points to be upgraded to gold. Unfortunately, my tier point collection period ends on 8th Sep.
I spoke to the BA silver exec team and they said if I get 90 tier points before the 22nd Sep, they will upgrade me to gold.
Please can someone recommend flight from London that will get me the points. I was hoping to fly out on a Friday and return on the Saturday.
Many Thanks
https://goo.gl/flights/Fu3x
OR as per post #3183
Last edited by GavT_london; Sep 5, 2017 at 12:10 pm
Sep 5, 2017, 12:05 pm
#3212
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: LON
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 128
It's 6 city pairs, rather than legs. So on ITA matrix you can plug in (say) DUB-JFK as a pairing, and it will give you many options, including multiple legs. You can also force in LON as a connection point to give you only options via London.
Sep 5, 2017, 12:45 pm
#3213
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SFO, LON
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Bonvoy Tit, Hilton Dia etc etc
Posts: 2,354
There is a way as it's been pointed out, but it will return a whole lot of crud on top of what you're looking for, which is actually I fares which can book into A. With Expertflyer or some such tool it is possible to search JFK-LAX (or SFO) around interesting dates and look for flights with I0.
Sep 5, 2017, 3:25 pm
#3214
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,990
Hi Latecarrot,
Cheapest option I can see as close in is LHR-LBA out Sat 16th Sep and return Sun 17th in Club for 80 tier points and within this nest an economy LBA-LHR, lowest Tier points would be 5 each way. Saves you an overnight and also helps out the loads for LBA. (Karfa will be pleased
)
Cheapest option I can see as close in is LHR-LBA out Sat 16th Sep and return Sun 17th in Club for 80 tier points and within this nest an economy LBA-LHR, lowest Tier points would be 5 each way. Saves you an overnight and also helps out the loads for LBA. (Karfa will be pleased
)
Sep 5, 2017, 9:36 pm
#3215
Join Date: Mar 2015
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 689
Thanks to you guys on this thread, I booked a QR trip to Malaysia at a very good price, but more importantly no advance purchase necessary so I'm here in KL after booking the flights on Saturday. So I plan to go off exploring corners of SE Asia I haven't visited before as MH's regional flight prices look very reasonable, and then down to Singapore to visit friends and catch the F1 GP.
Thanks for they tip off guys.
Thanks for they tip off guys.
Sep 6, 2017, 12:21 am
#3216
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SIN
Posts: 196
Thanks to you guys on this thread, I booked a QR trip to Malaysia at a very good price, but more importantly no advance purchase necessary so I'm here in KL after booking the flights on Saturday. So I plan to go off exploring corners of SE Asia I haven't visited before as MH's regional flight prices look very reasonable, and then down to Singapore to visit friends and catch the F1 GP.
Thanks for they tip off guys.
Thanks for they tip off guys.
Sep 6, 2017, 12:47 am
#3217
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
Programs: BA Gold (ex-GGL, maybe future Silver), Hilton Diamond
Posts: 6,201
Apparently there is a very cheap KUL-PER fare at the moment - 280 TP for something like £400. Not sure if it's available at short notice though.
Sep 6, 2017, 3:02 am
#3218
Join Date: Mar 2015
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 689
I might keep that in mind if I am next this way. As it is off the cards this trip, since I'm a dual citizen, and that passport has expired, and from what I have read, if I was to apply for a visa on my UK Passport it would get flagged and get rejected (Everyone visiting Australia needs a visa, but Visa's can't be issued to Australian Citizens). Instead, they can at their discretion issue a Australian Declaratory Visa, which even the Australian Government says "An Australian Declaratory visa is not really a visa." And they will charge you a few hundred bucks for that too, even if they reject it. Not even the British Government stoops that low to screw it's own.
Sep 6, 2017, 3:18 am
#3219
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: LHR
Programs: BAEC GGL & CCR / QF LTG
Posts: 829
I might keep that in mind if I am next this way. As it is off the cards this trip, since I'm a dual citizen, and that passport has expired, and from what I have read, if I was to apply for a visa on my UK Passport it would get flagged and get rejected (Everyone visiting Australia needs a visa, but Visa's can't be issued to Australian Citizens). Instead, they can at their discretion issue a Australian Declaratory Visa, which even the Australian Government says "An Australian Declaratory visa is not really a visa." And they will charge you a few hundred bucks for that too, even if they reject it. Not even the British Government stoops that low to screw it's own.
http://smartraveller.gov.au/guide/pa...nationals.aspx
Sep 6, 2017, 1:44 pm
#3220
Join Date: Dec 2015
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 19
Help on exUK to SFO/LAX
Hi all,
I am looking to book a business flight ex-UK (ideally Lon) to SFO or "nearby" (in California):
- pax 2
- week of 16th Dec-24thDec17 (can depart 2,3 days later)
- stopovers can be used for TP maximisation (ideally NYC/Vegas)
- ideally can use my companion voucher
Best I have found so far are rates around GBP 1500 with one stop (PHL), but out of Dublin.
Anyone has better results or advice on how to max-out TP on the trip?
Many thanks in advance!
I am looking to book a business flight ex-UK (ideally Lon) to SFO or "nearby" (in California):
- pax 2
- week of 16th Dec-24thDec17 (can depart 2,3 days later)
- stopovers can be used for TP maximisation (ideally NYC/Vegas)
- ideally can use my companion voucher
Best I have found so far are rates around GBP 1500 with one stop (PHL), but out of Dublin.
Anyone has better results or advice on how to max-out TP on the trip?
Many thanks in advance!
Sep 6, 2017, 2:29 pm
#3221
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,502
Hi all,
I am looking to book a business flight ex-UK (ideally Lon) to SFO or "nearby" (in California):
- pax 2
- week of 16th Dec-24thDec17 (can depart 2,3 days later)
- stopovers can be used for TP maximisation (ideally NYC/Vegas)
- ideally can use my companion voucher
Best I have found so far are rates around GBP 1500 with one stop (PHL), but out of Dublin.
Anyone has better results or advice on how to max-out TP on the trip?
Many thanks in advance!
I am looking to book a business flight ex-UK (ideally Lon) to SFO or "nearby" (in California):
- pax 2
- week of 16th Dec-24thDec17 (can depart 2,3 days later)
- stopovers can be used for TP maximisation (ideally NYC/Vegas)
- ideally can use my companion voucher
Best I have found so far are rates around GBP 1500 with one stop (PHL), but out of Dublin.
Anyone has better results or advice on how to max-out TP on the trip?
Many thanks in advance!
790 tier points a with better product on trans con (flat bed):
These are examples, you could add an overnight (up to 24h) layover in London and Los Angeles for convenience on both outbound and inbound.
Sep 6, 2017, 7:00 pm
#3223
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: LHR / LAS
Programs: BA GfL, GGL/CCR
Posts: 2,409
you did well to still get the A class on the a321 - I really thought they had gone forever on an intl biz ticket. Lucky you ! Enjoy - I love that plane.
Sep 6, 2017, 9:14 pm
#3224
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: PNW
Programs: BAEC Silver, DL GM, AA Plat, NEXUS
Posts: 467
Looks like only the outbound is in A, the return LAX-JFK books into I. Thus the TP count is 70TP less than what was calculated.
Sep 6, 2017, 11:57 pm
#3225
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2005
Programs: BA Gold, A3 Gold, FB Gold, Bonvoy Titanium / LTP, Accor Plat
Posts: 13,896
