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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below!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
Mar 16, 2017, 3:41 am
#901
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Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,968
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26716122-post2466.html - search on booking class
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26716155-post2469.html - search on booking class and connection time
Mar 16, 2017, 3:51 am
#902
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,262
Amazing thanks KARFA it worked 
I had tried a variation of this SFO::aa+ /f bc=V from the Travelcodex instructions which didn't work, but this one simpler !
I had tried a variation of this SFO::aa+ /f bc=V from the Travelcodex instructions which didn't work, but this one simpler !
Mar 16, 2017, 6:31 am
#903
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Nottingham, England
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 968
I am doing the LAS-SFO run again next month (I know, glutton for punishment)
A question, last time I did this I ended up in a hotel 6 at LAX because an earlier delayed flight threw everything out. At one point I was told at the lounge that they could get me back to LAS but only in coach as my seat had already been given to someone else as they thought I would miss the flight (they were able to do this because that flight was a late departure.
I explained that I needed to travel in F so that I got the TP's I required. So I declined.
On further reading am I now to assume that I could have taken that flight in Y and asked AA to give me the TP's and miles for the cabin I had paid for?
And would this then had been translated to my BAEC account?
A question, last time I did this I ended up in a hotel 6 at LAX because an earlier delayed flight threw everything out. At one point I was told at the lounge that they could get me back to LAS but only in coach as my seat had already been given to someone else as they thought I would miss the flight (they were able to do this because that flight was a late departure.
I explained that I needed to travel in F so that I got the TP's I required. So I declined.
On further reading am I now to assume that I could have taken that flight in Y and asked AA to give me the TP's and miles for the cabin I had paid for?
And would this then had been translated to my BAEC account?
Mar 16, 2017, 6:50 am
#904
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,968
I am doing the LAS-SFO run again next month (I know, glutton for punishment)
A question, last time I did this I ended up in a hotel 6 at LAX because an earlier delayed flight threw everything out. At one point I was told at the lounge that they could get me back to LAS but only in coach as my seat had already been given to someone else as they thought I would miss the flight (they were able to do this because that flight was a late departure.
I explained that I needed to travel in F so that I got the TP's I required. So I declined.
On further reading am I now to assume that I could have taken that flight in Y and asked AA to give me the TP's and miles for the cabin I had paid for?
And would this then had been translated to my BAEC account?
A question, last time I did this I ended up in a hotel 6 at LAX because an earlier delayed flight threw everything out. At one point I was told at the lounge that they could get me back to LAS but only in coach as my seat had already been given to someone else as they thought I would miss the flight (they were able to do this because that flight was a late departure.
I explained that I needed to travel in F so that I got the TP's I required. So I declined.
On further reading am I now to assume that I could have taken that flight in Y and asked AA to give me the TP's and miles for the cabin I had paid for?
And would this then had been translated to my BAEC account?
Mar 16, 2017, 7:14 am
#905
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Nottingham, England
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 968
Yes, in the case of IRROPS you should be able to claim for original routing credit. More details here https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...r-s-guide.html
Mar 16, 2017, 7:23 am
#906
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: DXB
Programs: Marriott Titanium Elite, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, BA Silver, A3 Gold, Sixt Diamond
Posts: 2,811
I will be flying to Japan on QR, CX and JL at the end of May.
As the F lounges are supposed to be really nice, I'd like to have BA Gold status by then, for which I still need 475 TP.
(I was originally going to fly with a friend who holds BA Gold status, but it now looks like he won't be able join me after all.)
More or less anywhere in Europe would be ok as a starting point.
April 25-May 16 would generally work, but I'd prefer to do this on a weekend.
April 28-May 1 would be perfect as May 1 is a public holiday here anyway.
Do you have any suggestions?
One option I have found is HEL-LHR-DOH-DXB-DWC-DOH-ARN-HEL (if I remember correctly), yielding about 600 TP.
But that ticket is 1200 €, and Dubai isn't really that exciting as a destination.
Another option would be CAI-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL-LAX-JFK-LHR-CAI which would yield 1,120 TP for 1,700 €.
However, the feeder to CAI is 300 € and I can't even collect miles in the booking classes I found (at least not in any of the programs I use).
So it would basically be 2,000 € for 1,120 TP, plus hotels.
For that money I would rather fly to the US twice to collect the same number of TP...
I would prefer to just get the 475 TP as cheaply as possible, as long as it doesn't mean flying back and forth between dull places a thousand times.
Thanks!
As the F lounges are supposed to be really nice, I'd like to have BA Gold status by then, for which I still need 475 TP.
(I was originally going to fly with a friend who holds BA Gold status, but it now looks like he won't be able join me after all.)
More or less anywhere in Europe would be ok as a starting point.
April 25-May 16 would generally work, but I'd prefer to do this on a weekend.
April 28-May 1 would be perfect as May 1 is a public holiday here anyway.
Do you have any suggestions?
One option I have found is HEL-LHR-DOH-DXB-DWC-DOH-ARN-HEL (if I remember correctly), yielding about 600 TP.
But that ticket is 1200 €, and Dubai isn't really that exciting as a destination.
Another option would be CAI-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL-LAX-JFK-LHR-CAI which would yield 1,120 TP for 1,700 €.
However, the feeder to CAI is 300 € and I can't even collect miles in the booking classes I found (at least not in any of the programs I use).
So it would basically be 2,000 € for 1,120 TP, plus hotels.
For that money I would rather fly to the US twice to collect the same number of TP...
I would prefer to just get the 475 TP as cheaply as possible, as long as it doesn't mean flying back and forth between dull places a thousand times.
Thanks!
Last edited by ChocolateFactory; Mar 16, 2017 at 7:29 am
Mar 16, 2017, 7:53 am
#907
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 30
Weekend trip for 200TPs
Hi all
I'm floating between bronze and silver...it's been a quiet year this year with lots of short ET trips. I need 180-200 TPs before Sept to retain silver. Would like somewhere cheap and cheerful that I can do over a weekend (from LHR).
Any suggestions based on current fares?
Already going to TLL on a separate trip so count that one out.
Cheers in advance ^^^
I'm floating between bronze and silver...it's been a quiet year this year with lots of short ET trips. I need 180-200 TPs before Sept to retain silver. Would like somewhere cheap and cheerful that I can do over a weekend (from LHR).
Any suggestions based on current fares?
Already going to TLL on a separate trip so count that one out.
Cheers in advance ^^^
Mar 16, 2017, 8:01 am
#908
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mostly UK
Programs: Mucci Extraordinaire, Hilton Diamond, BA Gold (ex BD)
Posts: 11,209
Tbh I think you would struggle to book any TLL run never mind one with nested tickets to create a b2b in TLL from now until October. Availability of Y selling classes on the BA codeshares between HEL and TLL is very limited. Beyond November all dates seem available.
The principle would be:
Saturday week 1
LHR-HEL-TLL (outbound of ticket 1)
TLL-HEL-LHR (outbound of ticket 2) booked so TLL-HEL is returnn of the same aircraft as HEL-TLL above
Saturday week 2
LHR-HEL-TLL (inbound of ticket 2)
TLL-HEL-LHR (inboundof ticket 1) booked so TLL-HEL is return of the same aircraft as HEL-TLL above
The principle would be:
Saturday week 1
LHR-HEL-TLL (outbound of ticket 1)
TLL-HEL-LHR (outbound of ticket 2) booked so TLL-HEL is returnn of the same aircraft as HEL-TLL above
Saturday week 2
LHR-HEL-TLL (inbound of ticket 2)
TLL-HEL-LHR (inboundof ticket 1) booked so TLL-HEL is return of the same aircraft as HEL-TLL above
You can nest up to 3 tickets in a single weekend, see examples in the other post
The simplest option is to next two tickets and fly LHR-HEL-TLL-HEL-LHR on both Saturday and Sunday.
Mar 16, 2017, 8:04 am
#909
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: DXB
Programs: Marriott Titanium Elite, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, BA Silver, A3 Gold, Sixt Diamond
Posts: 2,811
Thanks for the suggestion!
That doesn't sound that tempting though... Ok, maybe on the A350, but other than that...
I think with hotels this would probably land in the 700-900 € range, if I'm not mistaken?
Then I'd rater pay a little more and go some place interesting, instead of just flying back and forth...
That doesn't sound that tempting though... Ok, maybe on the A350, but other than that...
I think with hotels this would probably land in the 700-900 € range, if I'm not mistaken?
Then I'd rater pay a little more and go some place interesting, instead of just flying back and forth...
Mar 16, 2017, 9:04 am
#910
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 99
I will be flying to Japan on QR, CX and JL at the end of May.
As the F lounges are supposed to be really nice, I'd like to have BA Gold status by then, for which I still need 475 TP.
(I was originally going to fly with a friend who holds BA Gold status, but it now looks like he won't be able join me after all.)
More or less anywhere in Europe would be ok as a starting point.
April 25-May 16 would generally work, but I'd prefer to do this on a weekend.
April 28-May 1 would be perfect as May 1 is a public holiday here anyway.
Do you have any suggestions?
One option I have found is HEL-LHR-DOH-DXB-DWC-DOH-ARN-HEL (if I remember correctly), yielding about 600 TP.
But that ticket is 1200 €, and Dubai isn't really that exciting as a destination.
Another option would be CAI-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL-LAX-JFK-LHR-CAI which would yield 1,120 TP for 1,700 €.
However, the feeder to CAI is 300 € and I can't even collect miles in the booking classes I found (at least not in any of the programs I use).
So it would basically be 2,000 € for 1,120 TP, plus hotels.
For that money I would rather fly to the US twice to collect the same number of TP...
I would prefer to just get the 475 TP as cheaply as possible, as long as it doesn't mean flying back and forth between dull places a thousand times.
Thanks!
As the F lounges are supposed to be really nice, I'd like to have BA Gold status by then, for which I still need 475 TP.
(I was originally going to fly with a friend who holds BA Gold status, but it now looks like he won't be able join me after all.)
More or less anywhere in Europe would be ok as a starting point.
April 25-May 16 would generally work, but I'd prefer to do this on a weekend.
April 28-May 1 would be perfect as May 1 is a public holiday here anyway.
Do you have any suggestions?
One option I have found is HEL-LHR-DOH-DXB-DWC-DOH-ARN-HEL (if I remember correctly), yielding about 600 TP.
But that ticket is 1200 €, and Dubai isn't really that exciting as a destination.
Another option would be CAI-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL-LAX-JFK-LHR-CAI which would yield 1,120 TP for 1,700 €.
However, the feeder to CAI is 300 € and I can't even collect miles in the booking classes I found (at least not in any of the programs I use).
So it would basically be 2,000 € for 1,120 TP, plus hotels.
For that money I would rather fly to the US twice to collect the same number of TP...
I would prefer to just get the 475 TP as cheaply as possible, as long as it doesn't mean flying back and forth between dull places a thousand times.
Thanks!
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...AA54;sc=b;eo=e
That gets you 440TP, and with positioning from your location to Manchester that should get you to 475? I have seen some other examples with more domestic US flights on the above that would yield even more TP. I think some examples are in the 'Premium Fare Deals' thread.
Mar 16, 2017, 11:30 am
#911
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Herts, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL, HH Diamond.
Posts: 3,178
Going to South Africa in June.
I can see a good CW fare from AMS €1800, and the WT+ fare from LHR is almost £1600
does anyone know of any good QR deals currently that could take the TP haul much higher?
Also would like to try their product, Currently the only long haul business product i have flown is BA and I am unable to join in slagging off every day :-)
I can see a good CW fare from AMS €1800, and the WT+ fare from LHR is almost £1600
does anyone know of any good QR deals currently that could take the TP haul much higher?
Also would like to try their product, Currently the only long haul business product i have flown is BA and I am unable to join in slagging off every day :-)
Mar 16, 2017, 12:12 pm
#912
Join Date: Apr 2006
Programs: BA (GGL, CCR & G4LIFE), VS (Gold4life), Hilton (Diamond), IHG (Spire Elite), SPG (Plat)
Posts: 83
Fortunately or not the GBP is not en par with the EUR. So it is just £3,80 per tier point 
and it does make sense for me - this might be the difference.
Compared to the cheapest QF C-Fare the cheapest QF F-Fare is quite a bargain - just a 300 EUR difference for each long distance segment.
and it does make sense for me - this might be the difference. Compared to the cheapest QF C-Fare the cheapest QF F-Fare is quite a bargain - just a 300 EUR difference for each long distance segment.
Mar 16, 2017, 2:28 pm
#913
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: IC Amb :-(, UA silver, BA Gold, SPG Plat, A-Club Plat, Marriott Plat
Posts: 913
ENJOY - Funnily enough I have just done a similar journey ex DUBLIN in First Class on Emirates/Qantas - for EUR5400 and 1160 TPs - 4 emirates sectors in F and 1 Qantas in F (DUB-DXB-SYD-MEL-BKK-DXB-LHR-DUB) and well worth it and soooo much cheaper than what BA were quoting in FIRST and the food, service, showers on A380, and limo transfers make it all the much better than BA could ever hope to achieve - to be fair even QF First blew BA way out of the water in every respect!
I may have been unusually lucky with having the entire F cabin to ourselves from LHR to MEL last year but the QF F experience (soft & hard product combined) was beyond that I've experienced elsewhere, including BA, DL(IIRC?), UA,, AA, AF, LH and TG.
I've had nicer seats, and nicer service levels (just) - but my QF flights in F are a clear head and shoulders above any other flights I've had as a combination of the two.
I really need to try JL and CX to compare....
Oh and to state the obvious, the on the ground experience with QF was not great compared to AF, TG and LH, but still 'good enough' to feel special - (i.e. a lounge host walked us to the gate and we were met in person at the gate in MEL and escorted all the way to our chauffeur) - which BA first certainly doesn't manage... this is a real problem area for BA - arriving in london off an F flight does not feel at all special
Mar 17, 2017, 12:47 am
#914
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 3
Hi I need to fly to LAX (or somewhere close by) on 19 May and want to make a tier run out of it. Need 475 TP to get gold.
Have seen the LIT, SAT, OKC deals but not great for onward connections into LAX - £300 rtn in coach.
Any other itineraries people have booked to LAX I should consider?
Not fussed if I get a bit less than 475 TP as will probably do a couple of Europe flighs this summer as well.
thanks
Have seen the LIT, SAT, OKC deals but not great for onward connections into LAX - £300 rtn in coach.
Any other itineraries people have booked to LAX I should consider?
Not fussed if I get a bit less than 475 TP as will probably do a couple of Europe flighs this summer as well.
thanks
Mar 17, 2017, 2:10 am
#915
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: DXB
Programs: Marriott Titanium Elite, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, BA Silver, A3 Gold, Sixt Diamond
Posts: 2,811
How about something like this:
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...AA54;sc=b;eo=e
That gets you 440TP, and with positioning from your location to Manchester that should get you to 475? I have seen some other examples with more domestic US flights on the above that would yield even more TP. I think some examples are in the 'Premium Fare Deals' thread.
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...AA54;sc=b;eo=e
That gets you 440TP, and with positioning from your location to Manchester that should get you to 475? I have seen some other examples with more domestic US flights on the above that would yield even more TP. I think some examples are in the 'Premium Fare Deals' thread.
Somewhat fewer TP than DXB on QR, but then again, I've never been to Texas before...