Jan 2, 2017, 6:09 pm
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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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below!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
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
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BA Tier Point Runs | 2017 master thread
Oct 24, 2017, 3:37 am
#3721
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: London
Programs: Newbie BA Gold
Posts: 570
Assuming you want to do it with flights you're already taking the family on plus one trip away, you might as well book the AMS trip to get to 170/140.
Then you have a choice of LGW to Malta for £271 from a Tuesday to Friday, LGW to FNC for two or three nights from £322, or LCY to REK £332, Thu to Sunday, all available throughout February, all giving 160. Malta would be my preference, it's a nice destination with interesting things to see, and very easy and cheap to get around, hotels should be reasonable in Feb too. That means they'd be gold in the "extension" period so would get some immediate benefits.
That clears the family before the end of the TP year, and leaves you 10 to go, which is pretty easy - quick day return to Madrid from LGW maybe, £65.
Then you have a choice of LGW to Malta for £271 from a Tuesday to Friday, LGW to FNC for two or three nights from £322, or LCY to REK £332, Thu to Sunday, all available throughout February, all giving 160. Malta would be my preference, it's a nice destination with interesting things to see, and very easy and cheap to get around, hotels should be reasonable in Feb too. That means they'd be gold in the "extension" period so would get some immediate benefits.
That clears the family before the end of the TP year, and leaves you 10 to go, which is pretty easy - quick day return to Madrid from LGW maybe, £65.
Oct 24, 2017, 3:54 am
#3722
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,626
Malta's not a bad place to go. There's a fair bit to do and explore, and Valletta is being done up very nicely with a lot of EU investment. The nice thing is that it's cheap and easy to get around and the hotels are fairly cheap off season (though attractions aren't cheap). But it depends on your child obviously - for what it's worth, I'm going with a 2 year old in December.
Oct 24, 2017, 4:36 am
#3723
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL/GFl, HH Diamond, BW Diamond, Virgin Voyages Deep Blue Extra, Blue Peter Badge Holder
Posts: 3,937
Just as a reminder for those who may have missed this fare, and prompted by a question by a FTer via PM, I was playing around with the AA/BA ILN8C8S4 fare for OTP-PHX which is still available - possible 1,040 TPs for £1,559 - £1.50/TP.
If you get a schedule change, I see no reason why AA would deny you routing HEL-LHR-JFK-LAX-PHX or PHX-LAX-JFK-LHR-HEL in order to squeeze in another sector and enjoy the A321 Transcon product instead of the recliners - I have seen this done, but of course not allowed as part of the fare rules so you would have to hope for a schedule change and a cooperative agent. BA would not be as accommodating or flexible.
If you get a schedule change, I see no reason why AA would deny you routing HEL-LHR-JFK-LAX-PHX or PHX-LAX-JFK-LHR-HEL in order to squeeze in another sector and enjoy the A321 Transcon product instead of the recliners - I have seen this done, but of course not allowed as part of the fare rules so you would have to hope for a schedule change and a cooperative agent. BA would not be as accommodating or flexible.
Oct 24, 2017, 5:42 am
#3724
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL. HH Diamond. CC, SPG, MR Gold.
Posts: 59
PERMITTED 01JUL THROUGH 31AUG OR 22NOV THROUGH 29NOV OR
24DEC THROUGH 31DEC OR 24MAR THROUGH 08APR FOR EACH
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
24DEC THROUGH 31DEC OR 24MAR THROUGH 08APR FOR EACH
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
Last edited by memorex; Oct 24, 2017 at 5:51 am
Oct 24, 2017, 6:14 am
#3726
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,266
Good to see you're continuing to be unhelpful rossmacd 
Oct 24, 2017, 10:03 am
#3727
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Plymouth, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,159
Ha Ha!
Looks like it is just me he's unhelpful to.
Looks like it is just me he's unhelpful to.
Last edited by snaxmuppet; Oct 24, 2017 at 11:30 am
Oct 24, 2017, 10:35 am
#3728
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,950
Oct 24, 2017, 11:24 am
#3729
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 6
There's a few fare bases... TLBNES, THNCEUR, TLNCEUR and another I think. Saturday night stay required, too, I believe
This was the BCN-LHR-MCT in Premium economy at around £299. I'm not allowed to post urls yet so no helpful picture.
Barcelona (BCN) to London (LHR) — Sat, Jan 27
Iberia 7452
Dep: 11:45 am
Arr: 1:15 pm
2h 30m
Airbus A320
Economy (K)
OPERATED BY BRITISH AIRWAYS
London (LHR) to Muscat (MCT) — Sat, Jan 27
Overnight flight
Iberia 4807
Dep: 7:45 pm
Arr: 7:10 am
7h 25m
Boeing 787
Premium economy (T)
OPERATED BY BRITISH AIRWAYS
Sun, Jan 28
Muscat (MCT) to London (LHR) — Thu, Feb 1
Iberia 4808
Dep: 9:20 am
Arr: 1:40 pm
8h 20m
Boeing 787
Premium economy (T)
OPERATED BY BRITISH AIRWAYS
London (LGW) to Barcelona (BCN) — Fri, Feb 2
Iberia 5199
Dep: 9:45 am
Arr: 12:55 pm
2h 10m
Airbus A320
Economy (K)
Food and Beverages for Purchase
OPERATED BY VUELING
Mileage
8,647 total miles
Airport Information
Barcelona (BCN)
London Heathrow (LHR)
Muscat International (MCT)
London Gatwick (LGW)
Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees)
£298.35
Total cost for 1 passenger
£298.35
If you're crafty, you could fly this on the once-daily MAD-LHR IB A340, or BA 777 (sometimes 787!) in each direction.
You can price it up on Kayak easiest, or, Expedia, maybe BA.com or Iberia.com too.
Code:
PERMITTED 15SEP17 THROUGH 07DEC17 OR 09JAN18 THROUGH 27MAR18
Code:
PERMITTED 24APR18 THROUGH 23MAY18 ON THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SECTOR. SEASON IS BASED ON DATE OF ORIGIN.
Barcelona (BCN) to London (LHR) — Sat, Jan 27
Iberia 7452
Dep: 11:45 am
Arr: 1:15 pm
2h 30m
Airbus A320
Economy (K)
OPERATED BY BRITISH AIRWAYS
London (LHR) to Muscat (MCT) — Sat, Jan 27
Overnight flight
Iberia 4807
Dep: 7:45 pm
Arr: 7:10 am
7h 25m
Boeing 787
Premium economy (T)
OPERATED BY BRITISH AIRWAYS
Sun, Jan 28
Muscat (MCT) to London (LHR) — Thu, Feb 1
Iberia 4808
Dep: 9:20 am
Arr: 1:40 pm
8h 20m
Boeing 787
Premium economy (T)
OPERATED BY BRITISH AIRWAYS
London (LGW) to Barcelona (BCN) — Fri, Feb 2
Iberia 5199
Dep: 9:45 am
Arr: 12:55 pm
2h 10m
Airbus A320
Economy (K)
Food and Beverages for Purchase
OPERATED BY VUELING
Mileage
8,647 total miles
Airport Information
Barcelona (BCN)
London Heathrow (LHR)
Muscat International (MCT)
London Gatwick (LGW)
Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees)
£298.35
Total cost for 1 passenger
£298.35
If you're crafty, you could fly this on the once-daily MAD-LHR IB A340, or BA 777 (sometimes 787!) in each direction.
You can price it up on Kayak easiest, or, Expedia, maybe BA.com or Iberia.com too.
If anyone knows how to still get it or of anything similar to the ME in early 2018 I'd be very grateful.
Last edited by oldnick; Oct 24, 2017 at 12:05 pm
Oct 24, 2017, 11:54 am
#3730
Join Date: Jan 2016
Programs: BAEC Silver, Avis Preferred, Hilton Gold
Posts: 521
Finally got my holiday apporved (boss on leave and no-one else can do it!) and this great fare to Oman appears to have been pulled. Checking on ITA and Iberia puts at £1290 for the whole of Jan/Feb/Mar. Most annoying.
If anyone knows how to still get it or of anything similar to the ME in early 2018 I'd be very grateful.
If anyone knows how to still get it or of anything similar to the ME in early 2018 I'd be very grateful.
You need to book with BA not Iberia. Example search:
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...eo=e;q=flights
If going to Muscat you can also turn it into an open jaw by dropping the last LHR-AMS which gets the price down to about £397:
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...eo=e;q=flights
Let me know if you beat these prices or figure out how to make an OJ work with any of the other destinations!
Last edited by mickeyjaw; Oct 24, 2017 at 1:23 pm Reason: Forgot about open jaw possibility
Oct 24, 2017, 1:50 pm
#3731
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 6
Should still be flights available for around £490ish from AMS,BRU,MAD.
You need to book with BA not Iberia. Example search:
If going to Muscat you can also turn it into an open jaw by dropping the last LHR-AMS which gets the price down to about £397:
Let me know if you beat these prices or figure out how to make an OJ work with any of the other destinations!
You need to book with BA not Iberia. Example search:
If going to Muscat you can also turn it into an open jaw by dropping the last LHR-AMS which gets the price down to about £397:
Let me know if you beat these prices or figure out how to make an OJ work with any of the other destinations!
Last edited by oldnick; Oct 26, 2017 at 3:39 pm Reason: Spelling
Oct 26, 2017, 12:43 am
#3732
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
Just found this fare LCA-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL, which may be of interest to London residents, as you can get to overnight at home on the way out:
Comes in at £1.63/TP for 1,000 TP.
Fare details:
Fare basis: INX9T7S6
* PERMITTED MON THROUGH THU.
* TRAVEL FROM INBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR MUST COMMENCE NO
EARLIER THAN THE FIRST SUN AFTER DEPARTURE OF THE OUTBOUND
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
(i.e. Saturday night stay required)
* VALID FOR TRAVEL COMMENCING ON/BEFORE 30APR 18.
* TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/BEFORE 16NOV 17.
A similar routing is available out of OTP for about £100 more.
Comes in at £1.63/TP for 1,000 TP.
Fare details:
Fare basis: INX9T7S6
* PERMITTED MON THROUGH THU.
* TRAVEL FROM INBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR MUST COMMENCE NO
EARLIER THAN THE FIRST SUN AFTER DEPARTURE OF THE OUTBOUND
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
(i.e. Saturday night stay required)
* VALID FOR TRAVEL COMMENCING ON/BEFORE 30APR 18.
* TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/BEFORE 16NOV 17.
A similar routing is available out of OTP for about £100 more.
You can in fact push this fare to 1,160 TPs for £1,730 or £1.49/TP but slotting in a couple of HEL sectors, see below. Please note, this is not optimised for connections - so you can probably do better with a little bit of searching.
Oct 27, 2017, 1:11 am
#3733
Join Date: May 2014
Programs: BAEC, A3 M&B
Posts: 268
The LATAM dreamliner flight sector (SCL-)MAD-FRA will be cut from 7 to 4 weekly, so unless you good people use it more for your TP runs, I fear it will eventually terminate at MAD every day 
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/...from-nov-2017/
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/...from-nov-2017/
Oct 28, 2017, 4:13 am
#3734
Join Date: Aug 2014
Programs: BA Executive Club and OnBusiness
Posts: 721
Anyone in London looking to add a few TPs to keep status by the end of the year - BA is currently offering LHR to LUX return in CE for as low as £173 return on weekends in December, and LUX to LHR return for as low as £140
Nest these together and you could have 4 x 40 = 160 TPs for £313, sleep in you own bed as LUX is good for back2back, and enjoy the T3 CX lounge experience
Nest these together and you could have 4 x 40 = 160 TPs for £313, sleep in you own bed as LUX is good for back2back, and enjoy the T3 CX lounge experience
Oct 28, 2017, 5:21 am
#3735
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
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Anyone in London looking to add a few TPs to keep status by the end of the year - BA is currently offering LHR to LUX return in CE for as low as £173 return on weekends in December, and LUX to LHR return for as low as £140
Nest these together and you could have 4 x 40 = 160 TPs for £313, sleep in you own bed as LUX is good for back2back, and enjoy the T3 CX lounge experience
Nest these together and you could have 4 x 40 = 160 TPs for £313, sleep in you own bed as LUX is good for back2back, and enjoy the T3 CX lounge experience
This has been a fairy long running CE fare but absolutely worth highlighting. Also having been to Luxembourg for a weekend recently I can recommend it for a short break as well so don’t feel obliged to just do a back to back.
If you do need to do a back to back though it does involve going landside, but the airport is relatively small and efficient that it really isn’t an issue. Also when you exit security the lounge is on the same floor, don’t head down the escalators.