Jan 1, 2018, 5:20 am
Last edit by: OWBA
Welcome to the thread. This is a continuation of the highly popular 2017 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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 #9 for a 2018 archive of exEU sale fare, and see this post in the 2017 thread for last years’ 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
From North, Central and South America
23Sep £1.48/TP £650 (US$853) 440 TPs JFK-CLT/BOS-LAX-LAS and return all I class aa.com
6Sep £1.50/TP US$457 240TPs RIC-CLT-DCA-BOS, BOS-LGA/PHL-CLT-RIC all I class aa.com
Jan/Feb wide open £1.94/TP £700(US$883) 360 TPs SEA-CLT-MCO-PHX-SEA all I class aa.com
From Middle East, Asia and Australasia
18Jan £1.58/TP £883 560 CMB-xHKG-CGK return I cathaypacific.com ermen CX
28Feb £1.44/TP £575 400 MCT-DOH-BKK-DOH-MCT A/R/R/A travel.americanexpress.co.uk QR
21Feb £1.53/TP £860 560 HKG-CMB-MEL return I Expedia.com.hk Firemin UL
16Mar £1.22/TP £687 560 CGK-CMB-DXB return I srilankan.com Firemin UL
01Apr £0.87/TP £314 360 PEN-KUL-KTM return Malaysian.com cgtechuk MH
01Apr £1.19/TP £335 280 KUL-PER return Malaysian.com cgtechuk MH
01Apr £1.28/TP £335 360 PEN-KUL-PER return Malaysian.com cgtechuk MH
05Apr £2.00/TP £320 160 CAN-HKG-TPE return CathayPacific.com littlevoices CX/KA (flexible fare, bookable up to 24 hours in advance, allows stopovers, book with CX directly)
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. Some information on how to use ITA matrix is in post #4 of this thread (or just click 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 along with UK domestic returns. Additionally you may find that trips in to mainland Europe require a one night stay whereas the cheapest domestic CE returns do not have any minimum stay so can be booked as a same day return. If doing a back to back AMS and JER can be easier than DUB for an immediate turnaround - more information can be found in the back to back thread listed in the forum dashboard. 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). UK domestic route, Bilbao, Jersey and Amsterdam seem 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 of this thread, 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.
DUB-LHR-HEL return (or return to LHR) is currently a very efficient way of hitting 200-240 TPs
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Historic information
2017 Archive
2016 Archive
2015 Archive (6 months Jul to Dec)
2015 Archive (6 months Jan to Jun)
2014 Archive
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 JER to PDX IKN8T1S6 reported in this post, e.g. PDX £1,082, needs to be booked by 8 May, see linked post for details
Advanced Promotion Fares
- from OTP to PHX ILN8C8S4 reported here, e.g. PHX - £1,296, see linked post for details
- from AMS to BKK INCEU60 reported here, e.g. BKK - £1,340, see linked post for details
See here in post #9 for a 2018 archive of exEU sale fare, and see this post in the 2017 thread for last years’ 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
Code:
3Feb 200TPs DUB-LHR-HEL/HEL-LHR all I class ba.com
23Sep £1.48/TP £650 (US$853) 440 TPs JFK-CLT/BOS-LAX-LAS and return all I class aa.com
6Sep £1.50/TP US$457 240TPs RIC-CLT-DCA-BOS, BOS-LGA/PHL-CLT-RIC all I class aa.com
Jan/Feb wide open £1.94/TP £700(US$883) 360 TPs SEA-CLT-MCO-PHX-SEA all I class aa.com
From Middle East, Asia and Australasia
18Jan £1.58/TP £883 560 CMB-xHKG-CGK return I cathaypacific.com ermen CX
28Feb £1.44/TP £575 400 MCT-DOH-BKK-DOH-MCT A/R/R/A travel.americanexpress.co.uk QR
21Feb £1.53/TP £860 560 HKG-CMB-MEL return I Expedia.com.hk Firemin UL
16Mar £1.22/TP £687 560 CGK-CMB-DXB return I srilankan.com Firemin UL
01Apr £0.87/TP £314 360 PEN-KUL-KTM return Malaysian.com cgtechuk MH
01Apr £1.19/TP £335 280 KUL-PER return Malaysian.com cgtechuk MH
01Apr £1.28/TP £335 360 PEN-KUL-PER return Malaysian.com cgtechuk MH
05Apr £2.00/TP £320 160 CAN-HKG-TPE return CathayPacific.com littlevoices CX/KA (flexible fare, bookable up to 24 hours in advance, allows stopovers, book with CX directly)
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. Some information on how to use ITA matrix is in post #4 of this thread (or just click 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 along with UK domestic returns. Additionally you may find that trips in to mainland Europe require a one night stay whereas the cheapest domestic CE returns do not have any minimum stay so can be booked as a same day return. If doing a back to back AMS and JER can be easier than DUB for an immediate turnaround - more information can be found in the back to back thread listed in the forum dashboard. 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). UK domestic route, Bilbao, Jersey and Amsterdam seem 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 of this thread, 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.
DUB-LHR-HEL return (or return to LHR) is currently a very efficient way of hitting 200-240 TPs
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Historic information
2017 Archive
2016 Archive
2015 Archive (6 months Jul to Dec)
2015 Archive (6 months Jan to Jun)
2014 Archive
BA Tier Point Runs | 2018 master thread
Apr 8, 2018, 6:20 am
#1831
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
Ok, not strictly a TP run, but am looking to keep costs down so flexible with destination. Planning a trip over weekend of 11/12/13 August. Leaving from MAN via LHR to ???. Fairly flexible where I end up but needs to be somewhere in Europe rather than long haul. At the moment, apart from possibly LUX I’m not seeing anything of great value. Any suggestions? Can leave a few days before and return a few days later.
Apr 8, 2018, 6:26 am
#1832
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Wild Wiltshire
Programs: Demoted to gold, Cats protection
Posts: 3,455
Apr 8, 2018, 7:07 am
#1833
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: BA GGL & CCR, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 15
All help would be greatly appreciated. Need 270TP to renew CCR.
Looking for a weekend trip (thurs-sun ok) before the 8th May. Based in London
Thanks
Looking for a weekend trip (thurs-sun ok) before the 8th May. Based in London
Thanks
Apr 8, 2018, 7:07 am
#1834
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold (OW Emerald) & Jet Airways - Thank goodness i never got started.......most awful FF program
Posts: 2,385
Quick question - if you book an AA codeshare on BA metal, what miles do you get?
for example, the BA tier point calculator shows LHR JFK BA GOLD I class
BA - 8645 avios
AA - 7767 avios
for example, the BA tier point calculator shows LHR JFK BA GOLD I class
BA - 8645 avios
AA - 7767 avios
Apr 8, 2018, 7:10 am
#1835
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HAM
Programs: A3*G, BA Gold
Posts: 115
No, I´d like to do some overnight stays on my way to PTY (and back). As I am getting old and cannot stand sitting for 25 hours in a plane without a proper shower or a bed in between ;-) On my last run to PTY I could spend a night in MCO (and SFO on my way back), that was cool!
Apr 8, 2018, 7:36 am
#1836
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: BAEC Silver, IHG Diamond
Posts: 7,780
No, I´d like to do some overnight stays on my way to PTY (and back). As I am getting old and cannot stand sitting for 25 hours in a plane without a proper shower or a bed in between ;-) On my last run to PTY I could spend a night in MCO (and SFO on my way back), that was cool!
Half the time, it's the time of year that decides whether you get overnights. Sometimes the timings just don't work unless you drop a sector or two.
Last time I had an overnight at MCO, the airport Hyatt was over £200 for the night. Half that elsewhere though but not worth it to me for a few hours.
I've had a flight getting into SFO at 1:03am before that helped avoid a hotel but most times, they all arrive before midnight. Prices aren't that cheap to be honest and transport options become limited.
I'll sometimes try and get a flight getting into MIA in the early afternoon from PTY and the next flight around 9am. Gives a nice layover and a night out if you want it.
Or I'll try and get a good layover in MIA to use the showers there and get fed as the offerings aren't too bad.
Apr 8, 2018, 7:53 am
#1837
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
Apr 8, 2018, 9:19 am
#1838
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Glasgow, UK
Programs: Seigneur des Tarifs Utils First Class Mucci with Honours :) - BA GGL / CCR
Posts: 1,551
I try and minimise the MCO layover. Had a couple of flights getting in towards midnight and leaving by 5-6am. Don't really want to pay for a hotel there to be honest and it's an easy airport to stay overnight in. 24hr McDonald's and Dunkin Donuts and always a load of people sleeping over.
Half the time, it's the time of year that decides whether you get overnights. Sometimes the timings just don't work unless you drop a sector or two.
Last time I had an overnight at MCO, the airport Hyatt was over £200 for the night. Half that elsewhere though but not worth it to me for a few hours.
I've had a flight getting into SFO at 1:03am before that helped avoid a hotel but most times, they all arrive before midnight. Prices aren't that cheap to be honest and transport options become limited.
I'll sometimes try and get a flight getting into MIA in the early afternoon from PTY and the next flight around 9am. Gives a nice layover and a night out if you want it.
Or I'll try and get a good layover in MIA to use the showers there and get fed as the offerings aren't too bad.
Half the time, it's the time of year that decides whether you get overnights. Sometimes the timings just don't work unless you drop a sector or two.
Last time I had an overnight at MCO, the airport Hyatt was over £200 for the night. Half that elsewhere though but not worth it to me for a few hours.
I've had a flight getting into SFO at 1:03am before that helped avoid a hotel but most times, they all arrive before midnight. Prices aren't that cheap to be honest and transport options become limited.
I'll sometimes try and get a flight getting into MIA in the early afternoon from PTY and the next flight around 9am. Gives a nice layover and a night out if you want it.
Or I'll try and get a good layover in MIA to use the showers there and get fed as the offerings aren't too bad.
easiest solution is to split the itinerary using multicity but use the advance control option of MINCONNECT 500 for example it will only show suggestions over a certain connection time (E.g overnight) this will force the overnights to be where you want them to be and is what I did when I did my LAX - PTY 2 years back
Apr 8, 2018, 10:08 am
#1839
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Gateshead
Programs: BA Gold, ELAL Top Platinum
Posts: 851
Why is it, that all TP runs ex-OTP, make you travel on saturday? Is there anyway to do a good TP run without flying on saturday?
Apr 8, 2018, 10:20 am
#1840
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
Apr 8, 2018, 10:20 am
#1841
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
That being said, you can start on any day of the week, pending availability, but your return TATL must be on/after a Sunday - you'll just be away for longer.
Apr 8, 2018, 10:25 am
#1842
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,629
Have a look at Malta or Catania ex JER. Should get you 240 TP, plus positioning, I haven't checked your dates but there's usually something. Malta is probably the better destination.
Apr 8, 2018, 10:28 am
#1843
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Gateshead
Programs: BA Gold, ELAL Top Platinum
Posts: 851
The fare rules mean that the inbound transatlantic must start on a Sunday (sometimes known as the "Saturday night rule), hence people are reducing their time away from home base by starting on Friday/Saturday.
That being said, you can start on any day of the week, pending availability, but your return TATL must be on/after a Sunday - you'll just be away for longer.
That being said, you can start on any day of the week, pending availability, but your return TATL must be on/after a Sunday - you'll just be away for longer.
Apr 8, 2018, 10:34 am
#1844
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
Officially "yes" (and weekend means Saturday night only), but....you can in fact not stay in PHX at all. You can go in and out on the same day.
It just means that as long as your outbound transatlantic is on the Saturday or before, and your return transatlantic is on the Sunday or after.
If you tell us what you would like to achieve, we can help to piece it together
It just means that as long as your outbound transatlantic is on the Saturday or before, and your return transatlantic is on the Sunday or after.
If you tell us what you would like to achieve, we can help to piece it together
Apr 8, 2018, 11:03 am
#1845
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
You can then leave Saturday evening, but obviously that means breaking a little earlier than you'd like.
M