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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below!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
Oct 7, 2017, 9:04 am
#3541
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 325
My turn to ask for help! I find myself suddenly with some time on my hands late-Oct (and into Nov) and seriously considering a first TR as I'm expecting a lot of flying next year that would benefit from lounge access. Where should I start looking? The highest priority criterion is the lowest £/TP i.e. best value, and ideally (but not essentially) to somewhere it's worth spending a few days for R&R. UK-based so ex-EU is ok, but I'm likely to end up in the US for work around then anyway so could easily start there instead if it's better value. I wouldn't mind a heavy PTY or equivalent if it's still an option. [And there's a small chance I could swap a meeting with a colleague to be in KUL instead if there's any MH bargains...] I've looked around the wiki but it's pretty cluttered with outdated options and I've got myself confused. TIA 
Oct 7, 2017, 9:31 am
#3542
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 46
210 TP run ideas required
Premium economy to the Middle East would do it.
GVA-LHR-MCT and MCT-LHR for £379 would get you 190 TP, plus 5 (or 10 if you book N or S class or higher - you may have to phone up to get anything other than the cheapest class) for the positioning flight will take you to 195/200. Or you could fly back to Geneva and book the positioning flight as a return.
Other destinations in the ME (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain and possibly Doha) are similar and it's likely that other starting points in Switzerland would be similarly priced.
It's a three-night minimum stay on these fares, but in the case of Dubai that can be a late departure from the UK, arriving at 8 a.m. or so on a Saturday (for example), followed by a 1 or 2 a.m. departure on "Monday morning" (to arrive in the UK at 6 a.m.)
Availability to upgrade to business is also quite good as a rule.
GVA-LHR-MCT and MCT-LHR for £379 would get you 190 TP, plus 5 (or 10 if you book N or S class or higher - you may have to phone up to get anything other than the cheapest class) for the positioning flight will take you to 195/200. Or you could fly back to Geneva and book the positioning flight as a return.
Other destinations in the ME (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain and possibly Doha) are similar and it's likely that other starting points in Switzerland would be similarly priced.
It's a three-night minimum stay on these fares, but in the case of Dubai that can be a late departure from the UK, arriving at 8 a.m. or so on a Saturday (for example), followed by a 1 or 2 a.m. departure on "Monday morning" (to arrive in the UK at 6 a.m.)
Availability to upgrade to business is also quite good as a rule.
Oct 7, 2017, 9:42 am
#3543
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,623
Get yourself to Doha, and there's a great DOH->HKG deal, about £760 for 560 TP on Sri Lankan. Might be possible to figure out an itinerary that straddles the TP year so you can get a head start next collection year.
EDIT - there's a WT+ AMS to DOH for about £530, so I make that about 1.72 per TP if you nest one within another. I haven't worked through practicalities on dates etc.
EDIT - there's a WT+ AMS to DOH for about £530, so I make that about 1.72 per TP if you nest one within another. I haven't worked through practicalities on dates etc.
Last edited by bisonrav; Oct 7, 2017 at 9:53 am
Oct 7, 2017, 9:48 am
#3544
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: ±38,000 feet
Programs: LH HON, BA GGL, AF Plat, EK Plat
Posts: 6,428
Oct 7, 2017, 9:58 am
#3545
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,623
Note that I edited the post with the actual price - £760, plus a WT+ option to get to DOH. TYO is just over a grand, e.g.
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
I'd say that's still a reasonable deal assuming both long haul hops from Doha are 140 points per segment. About 1600 for 750 TP to TYO if I'm correct.
Oct 7, 2017, 11:07 am
#3546
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Plymouth, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,159
That plan calls for a 1hr 10min stop at Colombo... isn't that too tight?
Oct 7, 2017, 11:14 am
#3547
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,623
Oct 7, 2017, 12:51 pm
#3548
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BA CCR, HHonors Diamond, Starwood Platinum, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 49
Oct 7, 2017, 2:21 pm
#3550
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: The greatest wee nation on earth.
Programs: Iron Maiden FC, GE, Rapidly falling down the Tiers to oblivion.
Posts: 2,604
You rang? CMB connection 1hrish- if arriving on time at gate it will be fine if you are in j. Even bus gate you get a j only bus and deposited in to departures quickly. Security is at gate so they know you are there to get that flight, if a B gate they are bus gates (i think anyway as all seemed to be downstairs could be wrong) and one security check for all those holding pens so can be 2-3 leaving at one time, but it goes quick. Numbered gates can be 2 gates to one secuirty machine/line.The terminal is not huge...
ps my biggest delay was a security chap just before the b section and main sri lankan j lounge - if you nip up the steps towards the numbered gates and turn left down the ramp you simply pop out the other side / behind the guy!
oh keep an eye on sri lankan - they have fra-doh-cmb-mle return for as little as 1,100 quid return popping up here and there; i did fra-doh-cmb-mle-cmb-lhr for 1,500 on two one way tickets (i'm sure already discussed as length, apologies if so).
ps my biggest delay was a security chap just before the b section and main sri lankan j lounge - if you nip up the steps towards the numbered gates and turn left down the ramp you simply pop out the other side / behind the guy!
oh keep an eye on sri lankan - they have fra-doh-cmb-mle return for as little as 1,100 quid return popping up here and there; i did fra-doh-cmb-mle-cmb-lhr for 1,500 on two one way tickets (i'm sure already discussed as length, apologies if so).
Last edited by jcm9000; Oct 7, 2017 at 2:38 pm
Oct 7, 2017, 2:40 pm
#3551
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Ayrshire
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, IHG Spire Ambassador, HH Diamond, Scandic Top Floor
Posts: 139
Oct 7, 2017, 2:51 pm
#3552
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,624
If I book a cheapish HBO round trip to London how likely is it that I will get offered a POUG? I am just wondering how much I can rely on it to gain a few extra TPs. The point of departure would be GVA or ZRH. In the last couple of years I have flown very few flights on BA and only once accepted a POUG, about 3 or 4 years ago.
Oct 7, 2017, 3:09 pm
#3553
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 46
Was looking in the next couple of weeks. Had even found it for similar price for Abu Dhabi (as have a friend there). Now showing £620 (vs £400). Have played with dates to no avail.
Oct 7, 2017, 4:26 pm
#3554
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,295
BOS Based TP runs
Searching around for some BOS based TPs seeing
AA, I class, BOS-PHL-CLT-LAX-PVR for $428 USD each way several sdates
= 260 TPs each way
= converts to 1.26 GBP / TP (or $1.65 USD/TP)
Curious to know if there are better runs from BOS out there!
Thanks
-Surgee
AA, I class, BOS-PHL-CLT-LAX-PVR for $428 USD each way several sdates
= 260 TPs each way
= converts to 1.26 GBP / TP (or $1.65 USD/TP)
Curious to know if there are better runs from BOS out there!
Thanks
-Surgee
Oct 7, 2017, 5:15 pm
#3555
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 46
Was looking in the next couple of weeks. Had even found it for similar price for Abu Dhabi (as have a friend there). Now showing £620 (vs £400). Have played with dates to no avail.