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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below!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 17, 2017, 1:16 pm
#3661
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
Not the greatest deal in the world, but spurred on by a deal posted in the PFD forum, I was playing around with the HEL-PVR fare.
It may be useful to someone at £1.96/TP - total £1,570 for 800 TPs (first attachment).
I can squeeze this to 840 TPs with some creative routing in the US for a total £1,663 - £1.98/TP (second attachment).
You can optimise the itineraries for more optimum connections.
It may be useful to someone at £1.96/TP - total £1,570 for 800 TPs (first attachment).
I can squeeze this to 840 TPs with some creative routing in the US for a total £1,663 - £1.98/TP (second attachment).
You can optimise the itineraries for more optimum connections.
Oct 17, 2017, 1:21 pm
#3662
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
Programs: BA Gold (ex-GGL, maybe future Silver), Hilton Diamond
Posts: 6,201
Any reason to add an extra stop on HEL-XXX-LHR? HEL-LHR earns the same as HEL-ARN-LHR anyway, and you might be able to squeeze in another (e.g., SFO to keep the transcon metal) for an additional 40 TP each way?
Oct 17, 2017, 1:28 pm
#3663
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
Of course, HEL-LHR would yield the same in TPs, but the ZRH is at the expense of another sector elsewhere.
Plenty of options on this one I think
Oct 17, 2017, 1:34 pm
#3664
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
Something like this would yield 880 TPs for £1,728 or £1.96/TP.
Oct 18, 2017, 11:08 am
#3665
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 46
Having managed to sort Silver for another year, wouldn't mind making the leap to Gold once and for all. I used to see trips to HNL from DUB that could get almost 1000 TPs for not a crazy number of flights. I'm guessing do it in one might be a bit of a push, but 2 runs?
Ideas welcome :-)
(London based with time on my hands).
Ideas welcome :-)
(London based with time on my hands).
Oct 18, 2017, 11:47 am
#3666
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Plymouth, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,159
I'm in the same boat... made it to silver (well, will have done when I return from the trip I am currently on!!!) through flights I was doing anyway but now think Gold is possible with one or two TP runs. I won't do it through my normal flying... I don't fly for business.
Ideas also welcome.
(Live in Plymouth but consider myself London Based for the purposes of flying as not many affordable options out of Newquay, Exeter or Bristol)
PS I'll need 620 I think.
Ideas also welcome.
(Live in Plymouth but consider myself London Based for the purposes of flying as not many affordable options out of Newquay, Exeter or Bristol)
PS I'll need 620 I think.
Oct 18, 2017, 12:22 pm
#3667
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC Gold, IHG Gold, Virgin FC Red
Posts: 626
Qatar have just pushed a one night sale offer to me. Possible 560 TP for £1kish to destinations in Asia as long as you don't mind positioning London to EU. Fares are released at 8pm (but not sure whose 8pm!)
Oct 18, 2017, 1:06 pm
#3668
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Washington DC, USA / London, UK
Programs: BA Gold, VS, LH, Sixt Platinum
Posts: 43
Long Time Member who hasn't been active for many years and just looking through the latest threads with some amazing TP Runs.
I am planning a trip to PVG around 22/23.03.2018 staying there for 4-5 days and then spending 10 days in SGN returning back home to LHR around 7.04.2018 - any routing/offers in Business that pop in mind that could workout as a bargain and lots of TP? Trying to maintain Silver!!! Many thanks in advance
I am planning a trip to PVG around 22/23.03.2018 staying there for 4-5 days and then spending 10 days in SGN returning back home to LHR around 7.04.2018 - any routing/offers in Business that pop in mind that could workout as a bargain and lots of TP? Trying to maintain Silver!!! Many thanks in advance
Oct 18, 2017, 1:13 pm
#3669
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
Having managed to sort Silver for another year, wouldn't mind making the leap to Gold once and for all. I used to see trips to HNL from DUB that could get almost 1000 TPs for not a crazy number of flights. I'm guessing do it in one might be a bit of a push, but 2 runs?
Ideas welcome :-)
(London based with time on my hands).
Ideas welcome :-)
(London based with time on my hands).
I'm in the same boat... made it to silver (well, will have done when I return from the trip I am currently on!!!) through flights I was doing anyway but now think Gold is possible with one or two TP runs. I won't do it through my normal flying... I don't fly for business.
Ideas also welcome.
(Live in Plymouth but consider myself London Based for the purposes of flying as not many affordable options out of Newquay, Exeter or Bristol)
PS I'll need 620 I think.
Ideas also welcome.
(Live in Plymouth but consider myself London Based for the purposes of flying as not many affordable options out of Newquay, Exeter or Bristol)
PS I'll need 620 I think.
Long Time Member who hasn't been active for many years and just looking through the latest threads with some amazing TP Runs.
I am planning a trip to PVG around 22/23.03.2018 staying there for 4-5 days and then spending 10 days in SGN returning back home to LHR around 7.04.2018 - any routing/offers in Business that pop in mind that could workout as a bargain and lots of TP? Trying to maintain Silver!!! Many thanks in advance
I am planning a trip to PVG around 22/23.03.2018 staying there for 4-5 days and then spending 10 days in SGN returning back home to LHR around 7.04.2018 - any routing/offers in Business that pop in mind that could workout as a bargain and lots of TP? Trying to maintain Silver!!! Many thanks in advance
Oct 18, 2017, 1:36 pm
#3670
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Plymouth, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,159
Whilst there are many people in this thread very willing to help, it is good when posters take a 'help yourself first' type of approach. Search for the deals, or use the ones already posted, and come back with some ideas and we are happy to assist in refining the routing and fares to optimise. Openly asking someone else to do all of the legwork for you is a bit off, in my opinion
I am not asking for others to do the legwork instead of me doing it... I have spent hours and hours on itaMatrix looking... and not finding. Yes, there are some ideas already posted but when I look for them on them online I can't find them so I assume they are no longer available. I was going to book a CAI - HNL then they pulled the plug on that (see my posts to that thread).
I thought this was a friendly forum with people willing to help and for the most part that is true... except you it seems.
So... rather than having a go at me when you have absolutely no idea how hard I have tried to find something already perhaps you could just leave it for those that do want to help us beginners without the unfriendly attitude.
Thanks.
Oct 18, 2017, 1:55 pm
#3671
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
Then don't help us!
I am not asking for others to do the legwork instead of me doing it... I have spent hours and hours on itaMatrix looking... and not finding. Yes, there are some ideas already posted but when I look for them on them online I can't find them so I assume they are no longer available. I was going to book a CAI - HNL then they pulled the plug on that (see my posts to that thread).
I thought this was a friendly forum with people willing to help and for the most part that is true... except you it seems.
So... rather than having a go at me when you have absolutely no idea how hard I have tried to find something already perhaps you could just leave it for those that do want to help us beginners without the unfriendly attitude.
Thanks.
I am not asking for others to do the legwork instead of me doing it... I have spent hours and hours on itaMatrix looking... and not finding. Yes, there are some ideas already posted but when I look for them on them online I can't find them so I assume they are no longer available. I was going to book a CAI - HNL then they pulled the plug on that (see my posts to that thread).
I thought this was a friendly forum with people willing to help and for the most part that is true... except you it seems.
So... rather than having a go at me when you have absolutely no idea how hard I have tried to find something already perhaps you could just leave it for those that do want to help us beginners without the unfriendly attitude.
Thanks.
Oct 18, 2017, 2:15 pm
#3672
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,266
rossmacd’s help for others maximising TPs is quite extraordinary - that’s not on
Oct 18, 2017, 2:16 pm
#3673
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Plymouth, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,159
Whilst there are many people in this thread very willing to help, it is good when posters take a 'help yourself first' type of approach. Search for the deals, or use the ones already posted, and come back with some ideas and we are happy to assist in refining the routing and fares to optimise. Openly asking someone else to do all of the legwork for you is a bit off, in my opinion
Not a lot of willingness to help there was there. I know you help others... just wonder what we have done to deserve such a rebuke.
Anyway... enough of this idle chitchat... I am currently in Doha after a failed attempt to book a TP run resulted in me running out of time and so I booked a WT+ fare DOH - LHR and UuA to CW just to get away. When I am back next week I shall stop pestering you and get down to find something on my own.
Last time I ask for help here if that is how we are treated when we do
Oct 18, 2017, 2:18 pm
#3674
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Mucci de l'Arbitrage
Posts: 927
Starting to look into TP runs for the first time in my life and this thread is incredibly helpful. I tend to have time on my hands at short notice only so planning trips for March 2018 does not work for me.
In your experience, how short in advance can you book to get sub £2 per TP? Can something ever be found at a week’s notice, a month?
In your experience, how short in advance can you book to get sub £2 per TP? Can something ever be found at a week’s notice, a month?
Oct 18, 2017, 2:20 pm
#3675
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 834
yes and yes - keep reading the forum - and do your own homework too (plus share when you strike gold)!! Good luck! :-)