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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below!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 29, 2017, 11:40 am
#4261
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Berkshire
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold, GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Accor Plat, Pucci Fan Club
Posts: 1,779
Really easy to overcome this 
Built the itinerary exactly as you want it in ITA Matrix, then use Powertools to book your itinerary with AA.com, or you can try bookwithmatrix.com hoping that AA will be a selected booking method (it usually is).
Either of these should work no problem. Please do let us know if you are successful, as there is no reason whatsoever you cannot achieve what you want.
Built the itinerary exactly as you want it in ITA Matrix, then use Powertools to book your itinerary with AA.com, or you can try bookwithmatrix.com hoping that AA will be a selected booking method (it usually is).
Either of these should work no problem. Please do let us know if you are successful, as there is no reason whatsoever you cannot achieve what you want.
To resolve the overnight challenge... used ITA Matrix multi city (I was using round trip before with the routing codes). This made it easy to specify the overnight in London and get exactly what I was looking for.
Copied the itinerary to BookwithMatrix. Followed the link through to AA.com. Everything looked spot on... but as soon as I change the country to UK for the credit card payment it throws me out saying ‘please restart your search’. It mentions making sure the country of residence matches the credit card... which it does already.
Dec 29, 2017, 11:54 am
#4262
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Berkshire
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold, GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Accor Plat, Pucci Fan Club
Posts: 1,779
To get around the 6 flights you use routing codes. So you are basically instructing it to go from A to B via C, D etc etc. This thread has quite a few screen shots of how to do this.
Dec 29, 2017, 12:04 pm
#4263
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,609
If you call AA they're very helpful. When this happened to me - I was booking an ex PRG - I paid with Paypal on the same screen as I came to from bookwithmatrix. Nothing happened, but I had a record locator, and calling up with that they were able to to figure out what had happened and I paid on the call with a card. The amount on paypal was reserved but eventually disappeared. It was all to do with having payment in the "wrong" currency for the displayed fare.
I was also able to choose seats for all legs on the same call. I found them extremely good, though as I recall it took a couple of calls to finalise the booking completely. In both cases the call was answered within a couple of rings once past the initial menus.
I was also able to choose seats for all legs on the same call. I found them extremely good, though as I recall it took a couple of calls to finalise the booking completely. In both cases the call was answered within a couple of rings once past the initial menus.
Dec 29, 2017, 1:16 pm
#4264
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Berkshire
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold, GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Accor Plat, Pucci Fan Club
Posts: 1,779
If you call AA they're very helpful. When this happened to me - I was booking an ex PRG - I paid with Paypal on the same screen as I came to from bookwithmatrix. Nothing happened, but I had a record locator, and calling up with that they were able to to figure out what had happened and I paid on the call with a card. The amount on paypal was reserved but eventually disappeared. It was all to do with having payment in the "wrong" currency for the displayed fare.
I was also able to choose seats for all legs on the same call. I found them extremely good, though as I recall it took a couple of calls to finalise the booking completely. In both cases the call was answered within a couple of rings once past the initial menus.
I was also able to choose seats for all legs on the same call. I found them extremely good, though as I recall it took a couple of calls to finalise the booking completely. In both cases the call was answered within a couple of rings once past the initial menus.
@ringingup... managed to use the $100 AA voucher I got for the LAX catering issues last month.
Dec 29, 2017, 4:35 pm
#4265
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,609
Just throwing this out there in case useful to anyone, being a £1.36 per TP routing at £217 for 160TP, it's the cheapest I've come across for BA Europe I think. Jersey to Bordeaux (two night stay).
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
There's also a Friday to Sunday routing but a much earlier start needed.
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
There's also a Friday to Sunday routing but a much earlier start needed.
Dec 29, 2017, 5:15 pm
#4266
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 49
You could fly LGW-CTA for 160TP as well for the same price. Bisonrav picked up on a JR-CTA fare for £297 which would earn 240TP. There are some good deals out there
I've booked trips to Barcelona (£140), Catania(£217) and Bordeaux (£128) in the coming months. They appear to be ex-UK only, so no opportunity for some very cheap B2B TP runs. I was pleasantly surprised to find dates around the Easter holidays available
I've booked trips to Barcelona (£140), Catania(£217) and Bordeaux (£128) in the coming months. They appear to be ex-UK only, so no opportunity for some very cheap B2B TP runs. I was pleasantly surprised to find dates around the Easter holidays available
Dec 29, 2017, 10:44 pm
#4267
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 42
I'm currently only a 160 term points away from gold this year and I was looking for suggestions.
I'm free during the week after January 20th.
I'm also Bristol based so it makes potential ideas a lot more costly once train fairs have been added in.
Here are things I have come up with:
1) LHR-IST-LHR (Total cost £473 or £2.96/TP)
Flights: £317.00
Hotel £96
Train to Heathrow £60
2) LHR-LUX-LHR-NCL-LHR-LUX (Total costs £447 or £2.48/TP)
Flights: £387.00
Accommodation: Free
Train to Heathrow £60
3) LHR-PMI-LHR (Total costs £409 or £2.55/TP)
Flights: £349
Accomdation : None - day return
Train to Heathrow: £60
I'm free during the week after January 20th.
I'm also Bristol based so it makes potential ideas a lot more costly once train fairs have been added in.
Here are things I have come up with:
1) LHR-IST-LHR (Total cost £473 or £2.96/TP)
Flights: £317.00
Hotel £96
Train to Heathrow £60
2) LHR-LUX-LHR-NCL-LHR-LUX (Total costs £447 or £2.48/TP)
Flights: £387.00
Accommodation: Free
Train to Heathrow £60
3) LHR-PMI-LHR (Total costs £409 or £2.55/TP)
Flights: £349
Accomdation : None - day return
Train to Heathrow: £60
Dec 30, 2017, 12:59 am
#4268
Join Date: Aug 2006
Programs: BAEC Gold/GGL, IHG Diamond AMB
Posts: 1,074
Megabus will take the £60 train down to £25! Plus it’s a good service from the West to T2 or T5
Dec 30, 2017, 1:04 am
#4269
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,609
Also some cheap fares to Dublin on Ryanair as an alternative starting point. Might look at dub to ams to jer return?
Dec 30, 2017, 1:28 am
#4270
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Newcastle UK
Posts: 1,114
Is it 600 TP or more than 600 for Silver
Hi. Bit of a basic question, but need to be sure on this one. If I achieve exactly 600 TP, am I correct in thinking that I immediately move to Silver and stay Silver for the whole of the next membership year? Would hate to think I need 601 TP and miss SIlver Tier by 1!!! Thanks.
Dec 30, 2017, 1:34 am
#4271
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,609
Hi. Bit of a basic question, but need to be sure on this one. If I achieve exactly 600 TP, am I correct in thinking that I immediately move to Silver and stay Silver for the whole of the next membership year? Would hate to think I need 601 TP and miss SIlver Tier by 1!!! Thanks.
Dec 30, 2017, 1:34 am
#4272
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,709
Hi. Bit of a basic question, but need to be sure on this one. If I achieve exactly 600 TP, am I correct in thinking that I immediately move to Silver and stay Silver for the whole of the next membership year? Would hate to think I need 601 TP and miss SIlver Tier by 1!!! Thanks.
Dec 30, 2017, 4:11 am
#4273
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,959
Hi. Bit of a basic question, but need to be sure on this one. If I achieve exactly 600 TP, am I correct in thinking that I immediately move to Silver and stay Silver for the whole of the next membership year? Would hate to think I need 601 TP and miss SIlver Tier by 1!!! Thanks.
Dec 30, 2017, 6:52 am
#4274
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold / OW Emerald
Posts: 753
I'd like to go do a weeklong LHR -> YUL trip sometime this year. I'd be paying 450 quid for the trip in Economy more or less, but I was thinking I could accrue some tier points at the same time. Any way to do this efficiently? I was searching fares from other places in Europe, but didn't come up with anything really interesting. I value TPs at around 1.5 GBP/TP, but that's without the 450 GBP I'd be paying for the flight anyway.
Dec 30, 2017, 7:15 am
#4275
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 148
Given that it will cost me about £200 to reserve 2 seats in CW (241 redemption) one way to Hong Kong, then probably roughly the same again on the way back from Singapore, although id probably only pay it on the outbound, would it be worth me trying to achieve bronze to get the 7 day advance seat reservations... is there usually 2 window/aisle seats (A380 outbound, 777 inbound) together at this point in time?
By the end of next week i will have about 190 points... any cheap ideas to get me up there or is the seat availability likely to be low and therefore not worth pursuing?
My CW flights are in sept, my tier point year ends in Oct
By the end of next week i will have about 190 points... any cheap ideas to get me up there or is the seat availability likely to be low and therefore not worth pursuing?
My CW flights are in sept, my tier point year ends in Oct
Last edited by GGla; Dec 30, 2017 at 7:26 am