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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below!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
Dec 6, 2017, 1:20 am
#4051
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,991
EDIT: just for illustrations here was my itinerary, stopover inKUL on outbound, 2 hrs in BKK passing through on inbound, and routing via HKG (not stopping over) on inbound. All booked on the AMS-BKK INCEU60 fare:
BA428 29 Aug 2017 06:40 LHR AMS
BA32 28 Aug 2017 23:10 HKG LHR
CX754 28 Aug 2017 12:40 BKK HKG
MH784 28 Aug 2017 09:05 KUL BKK
BA33 24 Aug 2017 20:15 LHR KUL
BA439 24 Aug 2017 16:20 AMS LHR
Last edited by KARFA; Dec 6, 2017 at 3:16 am
Dec 6, 2017, 1:32 am
#4052
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: GGL/CCR
Posts: 1,899
Right I have now signed myself up for 72 hours of punishment.
Ticket 1 - BA CE LHR-FRA rtn (positioning)
Ticket 2 - QR/UL J FRA-DOH-CMB-CGK rtn
Ticket 3 - UL J CGK-CMB-DXB
Ticket 4 - UL J DXB-CMB-CGK
Yes its risky - but hey should be an adventure
1480TP @ £1.58/TP
Ticket 1 - BA CE LHR-FRA rtn (positioning)
Ticket 2 - QR/UL J FRA-DOH-CMB-CGK rtn
Ticket 3 - UL J CGK-CMB-DXB
Ticket 4 - UL J DXB-CMB-CGK
Yes its risky - but hey should be an adventure
1480TP @ £1.58/TP
Dec 6, 2017, 1:46 am
#4053
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 122
Can anyone suggest a good TP run to do in February to go from no status to Silver.
Ideally flying between Tuesday - Sunday
Starting and finishing in London (happy to do relocation flight though, if needed)
Trying to allow for a short period (say arrive early pm leave next morning) to explore the overnight stop locations
Budget - As little as possible!
Many thanks in advance
Ideally flying between Tuesday - Sunday
Starting and finishing in London (happy to do relocation flight though, if needed)
Trying to allow for a short period (say arrive early pm leave next morning) to explore the overnight stop locations
Budget - As little as possible!
Many thanks in advance
Dec 6, 2017, 2:47 am
#4054
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,629
There's one above - ex AMS to DOH on BA (£315 in economy, £550 or so in WT+) then sri Lankan to HKG for about £750. With positioning flights it gets you 4 flights and silver status in one go. I think it's available in Feb, I'll have a look in a bit.
Dec 6, 2017, 3:05 am
#4055
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,629
Bit awkward fitting it into February, but you have
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...446;a=ONEWORLD
Into which you can nest
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
You can do the DOH flights in WT+ for a little more,£523 v. £350 and that would be sensible for comfort.
In practice what you would probably do is to take a positioning flight to AMS, then enter the sequence, and skip the last flight from LHR-AMS, That gives you 4 flights and some TP plus the 560 for the Sri Lankan flights, so you'll get silver in one go for not all that much. You may want to fiddle around on TP matrix to make the final flight LGW or LCY (I think( to AMS so you can collect your baggage at LHR and go home, and it may be possible to start the sequence to AMS the day before the LHR->DOH flight so that's a quick day trip and you can check bags to DOH in at LHR..
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...446;a=ONEWORLD
Into which you can nest
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
You can do the DOH flights in WT+ for a little more,£523 v. £350 and that would be sensible for comfort.
In practice what you would probably do is to take a positioning flight to AMS, then enter the sequence, and skip the last flight from LHR-AMS, That gives you 4 flights and some TP plus the 560 for the Sri Lankan flights, so you'll get silver in one go for not all that much. You may want to fiddle around on TP matrix to make the final flight LGW or LCY (I think( to AMS so you can collect your baggage at LHR and go home, and it may be possible to start the sequence to AMS the day before the LHR->DOH flight so that's a quick day trip and you can check bags to DOH in at LHR..
Dec 6, 2017, 3:18 am
#4056
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 122
Bit awkward fitting it into February, but you have
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...446;a=ONEWORLD
Into which you can nest
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
You can do the DOH flights in WT+ for a little more,£523 v. £350 and that would be sensible for comfort.
In practice what you would probably do is to take a positioning flight to AMS, then enter the sequence, and skip the last flight from LHR-AMS, That gives you 4 flights and some TP plus the 560 for the Sri Lankan flights, so you'll get silver in one go for not all that much. You may want to fiddle around on TP matrix to make the final flight LGW or LCY (I think( to AMS so you can collect your baggage at LHR and go home, and it may be possible to start the sequence to AMS the day before the LHR->DOH flight so that's a quick day trip and you can check bags to DOH in at LHR..
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...446;a=ONEWORLD
Into which you can nest
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
You can do the DOH flights in WT+ for a little more,£523 v. £350 and that would be sensible for comfort.
In practice what you would probably do is to take a positioning flight to AMS, then enter the sequence, and skip the last flight from LHR-AMS, That gives you 4 flights and some TP plus the 560 for the Sri Lankan flights, so you'll get silver in one go for not all that much. You may want to fiddle around on TP matrix to make the final flight LGW or LCY (I think( to AMS so you can collect your baggage at LHR and go home, and it may be possible to start the sequence to AMS the day before the LHR->DOH flight so that's a quick day trip and you can check bags to DOH in at LHR..
Dec 6, 2017, 6:44 am
#4057
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: BA Gold, DL PM, , Hilton Diamond (from being in a bed), SPG Plat, MR Plat
Posts: 922
Love it. Just looking at the first ticket seems you can also go to SIN,BKK (less tp's) and mix it up a bit. Lots of permutations but seems like PEK, HKG,CGK,PVG and even TYO (slightly more) can be thrown in the mix . Open jaws work also.
Dec 6, 2017, 6:45 am
#4058
Join Date: Nov 2010
Programs: HHonors Diamond, BA Gold, IHG Spire
Posts: 33
Please forgive me if that has been answered elsewhere. I have tried using search, but my terms may not have been correct.
For no reason at all
I am wanting to use Matrix to price a roundtrip from DUB, via LHR,JFK,LAX to LAS. On the return, I would like to fly into LHR, but fly out of LCY/LGW.
Is there any way I can code this in Matrix for complete pricing?
For no reason at all
I am wanting to use Matrix to price a roundtrip from DUB, via LHR,JFK,LAX to LAS. On the return, I would like to fly into LHR, but fly out of LCY/LGW.Is there any way I can code this in Matrix for complete pricing?
Dec 6, 2017, 7:12 am
#4059
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,992
Dec 6, 2017, 7:22 am
#4060
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,502
Please forgive me if that has been answered elsewhere. I have tried using search, but my terms may not have been correct.
For no reason at all I am wanting to use Matrix to price a roundtrip from DUB, via LHR,JFK,LAX to LAS. On the return, I would like to fly into LHR, but fly out of LCY/LGW.
Is there any way I can code this in Matrix for complete pricing?
For no reason at all
I am wanting to use Matrix to price a roundtrip from DUB, via LHR,JFK,LAX to LAS. On the return, I would like to fly into LHR, but fly out of LCY/LGW.Is there any way I can code this in Matrix for complete pricing?
Dec 6, 2017, 7:26 am
#4061
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: GGL/CCR
Posts: 1,899
Dec 6, 2017, 7:37 am
#4062
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Berkshire
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold, GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Accor Plat, Pucci Fan Club
Posts: 1,779
There is also a hybrid option of something similar to bisonrav’s suggestion and yours.
AMS-LHR-DXB for 600 Euro return in WT+
DXB-CMB-CGK/SIN/HKG etc return for about £850-900
Dec 6, 2017, 9:05 am
#4065
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,991
Yes. The AMS-BKK fare INCEU60 is still available and you can use it for travel in 2018 - I happened to be pricing something up earlier today under it for August 2018. There are some more details on the fare in the post linked to in the wiki.