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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below!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
Nov 29, 2017, 9:46 am
#3976
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: London
Programs: Newbie BA Gold
Posts: 570
I'm 170TP short of reaching gold (thanks FT!), and have a little spare time next weekend 9th Dec. Is there any cheap way of achieving this? I was thinking maybe DUB-LHR-LAS in PE for £647 and hotels like Mandarin Oriental and 4 Seasons @ only ~ £170 a night! But I'd also have to get a flight and hotel in Dub.
Are there any other potential options? Would be travelling alone (yay!) so pretty flexible.
Are there any other potential options? Would be travelling alone (yay!) so pretty flexible.
Nov 29, 2017, 10:15 am
#3977
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,330
I'm 170TP short of reaching gold (thanks FT!), and have a little spare time next weekend 9th Dec. Is there any cheap way of achieving this? I was thinking maybe DUB-LHR-LAS in PE for £647 and hotels like Mandarin Oriental and 4 Seasons @ only ~ £170 a night! But I'd also have to get a flight and hotel in Dub.
Are there any other potential options? Would be travelling alone (yay!) so pretty flexible.
Are there any other potential options? Would be travelling alone (yay!) so pretty flexible.
if you're really that keen on getting Gold, then a LGW-RAK return in CE can be done for £298 next week, then you just need a cheap domestic return for the other 10TPs.
Nov 29, 2017, 11:07 am
#3978
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: london
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 79
I'm doing a TP run next month with 10 sectors and i want to skip the FINAL sector.
Can/will the airline [AA] make issues in crediting the points for the 'other' flights or it has no connection with skipping the last leg?
Thanks
Can/will the airline [AA] make issues in crediting the points for the 'other' flights or it has no connection with skipping the last leg?
Thanks
Nov 29, 2017, 11:08 am
#3979
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
No issues at all. You will be credited for all sectors you actually fly.
Nov 29, 2017, 11:12 am
#3980
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,266
I'm 170TP short of reaching gold (thanks FT!), and have a little spare time next weekend 9th Dec. Is there any cheap way of achieving this? I was thinking maybe DUB-LHR-LAS in PE for £647 and hotels like Mandarin Oriental and 4 Seasons @ only ~ £170 a night! But I'd also have to get a flight and hotel in Dub.
Are there any other potential options? Would be travelling alone (yay!) so pretty flexible.
Are there any other potential options? Would be travelling alone (yay!) so pretty flexible.
Save some money by doing DUB back to back night before and head home before long haul next day, if it’s just you why not save a load and stay in a cheaper less flash hotel ? You’ll get plenty at $50 plus resort fee and tax (not necessarily over Saturday night obviously...)
Nov 29, 2017, 11:22 am
#3981
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: london
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 79
Thank you for your quick help.
Nov 29, 2017, 3:18 pm
#3982
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 21
Evening all - not a fan of these requests but hoping to get some advice - my silver runs out soon and I'd like to renew it.
Any suggestions for an a points run to get my 600 tier points in one go? I'm based near Heathrow so don't mind where I position from really.
Free from the 24th til the 29th Jan.
Was looking at ams-lhr-hkg-bkk-kul-lhr-ams for £1600 but it only gets me 480 tp.
Any better itineries out there at the minute?
Thanks
Any suggestions for an a points run to get my 600 tier points in one go? I'm based near Heathrow so don't mind where I position from really.
Free from the 24th til the 29th Jan.
Was looking at ams-lhr-hkg-bkk-kul-lhr-ams for £1600 but it only gets me 480 tp.
Any better itineries out there at the minute?
Thanks
Nov 29, 2017, 3:21 pm
#3983
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,626
Evening all - not a fan of these requests but hoping to get some advice - my silver runs out soon and I'd like to renew it.
Any suggestions for an a points run to get my 600 tier points in one go? I'm based near Heathrow so don't mind where I position from really.
Free from the 24th til the 29th Jan.
Was looking at ams-lhr-hkg-bkk-kul-lhr-ams for £1600 but it only gets me 480 tp.
Any better itineries out there at the minute?
Thanks
Any suggestions for an a points run to get my 600 tier points in one go? I'm based near Heathrow so don't mind where I position from really.
Free from the 24th til the 29th Jan.
Was looking at ams-lhr-hkg-bkk-kul-lhr-ams for £1600 but it only gets me 480 tp.
Any better itineries out there at the minute?
Thanks
Nov 29, 2017, 4:06 pm
#3985
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,683
Nov 29, 2017, 4:21 pm
#3986
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,626
OK, how about getting yourself to Doha in economy for £316 - assuming you get out at LHR on the end leg rather than going back to Amsterdam, that gives you 3 BA flights, which will be 4 if you use BA to position to AMS. [EDIT] This itinerary is set up so the last ->AMS flight is from Gatwick which means if you have luggage you can pick it up at LHR and skip the last leg.
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...762;a=ONEWORLD
Then this will give you 560TP for £744:
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#search;f=DOH;t=HKG;d=2018-01-25;r=2018-01-27;sel=DOHCMB0UL220-CMBHKG1UL898;sc=b;a=ONEWORLD
So silver for just over a grand in one trip without too brutal an itinerary, inside your dates.
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...762;a=ONEWORLD
Then this will give you 560TP for £744:
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#search;f=DOH;t=HKG;d=2018-01-25;r=2018-01-27;sel=DOHCMB0UL220-CMBHKG1UL898;sc=b;a=ONEWORLD
So silver for just over a grand in one trip without too brutal an itinerary, inside your dates.
Last edited by bisonrav; Nov 29, 2017 at 4:37 pm
Nov 30, 2017, 12:11 am
#3987
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
Just in case you were unaware. Seems that AA have muddled pilot scheduling - Thousands of December AA flights scheduled without pilots? for December. May be relevant to others that have AA TP runs.
Nov 30, 2017, 1:33 am
#3988
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 21
OK, how about getting yourself to Doha in economy for £316 - assuming you get out at LHR on the end leg rather than going back to Amsterdam, that gives you 3 BA flights, which will be 4 if you use BA to position to AMS. [EDIT] This itinerary is set up so the last ->AMS flight is from Gatwick which means if you have luggage you can pick it up at LHR and skip the last leg.
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...762;a=ONEWORLD
Then this will give you 560TP for £744:
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#search;f=DOH;t=HKG;d=2018-01-25;r=2018-01-27;sel=DOHCMB0UL220-CMBHKG1UL898;sc=b;a=ONEWORLD
So silver for just over a grand in one trip without too brutal an itinerary, inside your dates.
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...762;a=ONEWORLD
Then this will give you 560TP for £744:
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#search;f=DOH;t=HKG;d=2018-01-25;r=2018-01-27;sel=DOHCMB0UL220-CMBHKG1UL898;sc=b;a=ONEWORLD
So silver for just over a grand in one trip without too brutal an itinerary, inside your dates.
Nov 30, 2017, 3:29 am
#3989
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
It looks worse than I thought originally, after seeing the WSJ article yesterday. No travel advisory yet on AA.com (they are usually very fast at issuing alerts), so it looks like this one may take some days to work out with the APA. Worrying times for anyone with a AA mainline flight in December indeed. I would expect international longhaul to be protected (thankfully) but domestic flying may crumble.
Ryanair had similar Pilot issues, and it barely had an effect on their schedules, so what's the worst that go wrong
M
Nov 30, 2017, 3:31 am
#3990
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
I love Vegas so would say definitely
Save some money by doing DUB back to back night before and head home before long haul next day, if it’s just you why not save a load and stay in a cheaper less flash hotel ? You’ll get plenty at $50 plus resort fee and tax (not necessarily over Saturday night obviously...)
Save some money by doing DUB back to back night before and head home before long haul next day, if it’s just you why not save a load and stay in a cheaper less flash hotel ? You’ll get plenty at $50 plus resort fee and tax (not necessarily over Saturday night obviously...)
No idea if that was solely because it was Thanksgiving, so the city was empty of conventions, but worth looking at if you want to do things as cheaply as possible.
M