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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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
  • 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
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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Old Jul 12, 2018, 3:15 pm
  #2956  
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Originally Posted by SkyTeem
This may have already been covered (here or elsewhere) but I don't see "Z" listed as a fare that awards TPs, when flown on LA.
It vanished for a while, but it came back.

Latam Premium Business Z-fare No Longer Eligible for TPs/Avios?
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Old Jul 12, 2018, 3:41 pm
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Watch the MPM when creating runs on that fare... V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
1 ZEEEV56R Z R 1111.00 E16JL T17JL -/‡ 7/12M AT01
D31AU
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT AUTO PRICE-YES
FROM-MAD TO-IPC CXR-LA TVL-19AUG18 RULE-JEVR IPRSAA2/27
FARE BASIS-ZEEEV56R NORMAL FARE DIS-E VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-BR RT-BUSINESS CLASS RESTRICTED
EUR 947.00 CONS E16JUL18 D31AUG18 FC-ZEEEV56R FN-8G
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 06JUL18/1120 EXPIRES INFINITY

**** CONSTRUCTED ROUTING MAD-IPC/LA EF-07JUL18 DIS-INDEF
**PUBLISHED MAD-SCL SAARG/27 NO MAP ROUTING 6040
**ADDON DST IPC SAARG/27 NO MAP ROUTING 0000

/VIA THE ATLANTIC/ MPM 10791
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES BETWEEN ORIGIN AND DESTINATION
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES ORIGIN TO DESTINATION
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES ORIGIN TO DESTINATION
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Old Jul 12, 2018, 4:35 pm
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Originally Posted by teledude
Watch the MPM when creating runs on that fare... V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
1 ZEEEV56R Z R 1111.00 E16JL T17JL -/‡ 7/12M AT01
D31AU
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT AUTO PRICE-YES
FROM-MAD TO-IPC CXR-LA TVL-19AUG18 RULE-JEVR IPRSAA2/27
FARE BASIS-ZEEEV56R NORMAL FARE DIS-E VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-BR RT-BUSINESS CLASS RESTRICTED
EUR 947.00 CONS E16JUL18 D31AUG18 FC-ZEEEV56R FN-8G
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 06JUL18/1120 EXPIRES INFINITY

**** CONSTRUCTED ROUTING MAD-IPC/LA EF-07JUL18 DIS-INDEF
**PUBLISHED MAD-SCL SAARG/27 NO MAP ROUTING 6040
**ADDON DST IPC SAARG/27 NO MAP ROUTING 0000

/VIA THE ATLANTIC/ MPM 10791
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES BETWEEN ORIGIN AND DESTINATION
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES ORIGIN TO DESTINATION
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES ORIGIN TO DESTINATION

Need to get you to explain this one tomorrow night we are doing South America next month but lost the seats for IPC as the dates didnt work love an excuse to go back
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Old Jul 12, 2018, 5:52 pm
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Originally Posted by cgtechuk
Need to get you to explain this one tomorrow night we are doing South America next month but lost the seats for IPC as the dates didnt work love an excuse to go back
My fee's are high... (read - beer )

Just got one booked... Ended up with MAD-BCN//BCN-GRU-SCL-IPC//IPC-SCL-GRU-GIG//GIG-GRU-BCN-MAD - could have optimised more, but this is more of a holiday
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Old Jul 12, 2018, 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by teledude
Just got one booked... Ended up with MAD-BCN//BCN-GRU-SCL-IPC//IPC-SCL-GRU-GIG//GIG-GRU-BCN-MAD - could have optimised more, but this is more of a holiday
Could you share how you constructed that, either on Google Flights or ITA? Thanks!
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Old Jul 12, 2018, 11:48 pm
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Originally Posted by armouredant
Could you share how you constructed that, either on Google Flights or ITA? Thanks!
As simple as ITA multi city and then add in the cities

ITA struggles with phantom z class availability showing though so I won't post it as it's meaning less. Still waiting for AA to ticket mine....
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Old Jul 13, 2018, 10:42 am
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Thanks for the encouragement on PM! I have now booked the following: 1240 TPs for $2998 (a bit more than ITA thinks):



At GBP 2268, that is GBP 1.83/TP.

Also possible to go all out and get gold in one ticket, as I said before:


(This isn't possible over Christmas though - the QR codeshare loses availability.)

Note: HNL is consistently cheaper than other Hawaiian airports. The fare is loaded from other places (e.g. EBB and ADD) but I can't get a route out of ITA. Have fun!

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Old Jul 13, 2018, 12:08 pm
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Originally Posted by typical
Thanks for the encouragement on PM! I have now booked the following: 1240 TPs for $2998 (a bit more than ITA
Wow!

It appears you are missing a LAX-SFO sector!
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Old Jul 13, 2018, 12:12 pm
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Originally Posted by linz36
Wow!

It appears you are missing a LAX-SFO sector!
Yep - I'll head up on an award ticket (or take the Amtrak, depending on my mood). The fare only allows two transfers in the US, but seems not to mind the surface sector.
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Old Jul 13, 2018, 2:08 pm
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For those in Asia, KTM-KUL-PEK on MH for £750, booking into class D/Z for 560 TPs at £1.34/TP.

Code:
Malaysia Airlines (MH) DBZ1YNP KTM to BJS
General notes
BUSINESS RESTRICTED FARES D FOR ROUND TRIP FARES FOR ADULT
Category 4: Flight restrictions
IF A FARE COMPONENT ON THE PRICING UNIT INCLUDES TRAVEL BETWEEN KTM AND KUL THEN THAT TRAVEL MUST BE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY MH FLIGHT OPERATED BY MH FOR OUTBOUND AND/OR INBOUND TRAVEL. AND THE FARE COMPONENT MUST BE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY MH FLIGHT ANY TL FLIGHT ANY QF FLIGHT OPERATED BY QF ANY CX FLIGHT OPERATED BY CX ANY JL FLIGHT OPERATED BY JL.
Category 5: Advanced reservation/ticketing restrictions
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL SECTORS.
Category 7: Maximum stay requirements
TRAVEL FROM LAST STOPOVER MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN 12 MONTHS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FARE ORIGIN.
Category 8: Stopover restrictions
UNLIMITED STOPOVERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT LIMITED TO 1 FREE AND UNLIMITED AT NPR 1500 EACH. 1 FREE IN KUL UNLIMITED IN AREA 3 AT NPR 1500 EACH. NOTE - STPC NOT APPLICABLE
Category 9: Transfer restrictions
UNLIMITED TRANSFERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT FARE BREAK AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED ON THE FARE COMPONENT.
Category 10: Combinability
END-ON-END NOT PERMITTED. SIDE TRIPS NOT PERMITTED APPLICABLE ADD-ON CONSTRUCTION IS ADDRESSED IN MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS - CATEGORY 23. OPEN JAWS FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS -TO FORM SINGLE OR DOUBLE OPEN JAWS. OPEN JAWS NOTE - THE CONDITION OF THE MOST RESTRICTIVE RULE FARE TYPE/COMPONENT WILL APPLY FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY. PROVIDED - COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER MH IN RULE NP01/NP20/NP30/NP40/NP60/NP61/NP62/NP63 IN ANY TARIFF. ROUND TRIPS/CIRCLE TRIPS FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS -TO FORM ROUND TRIPS CIRCLE TRIPS. ROUND TRIPS/CIRCLE TRIPS NOTE - THE CONDITION OF THE MOST RESTRICTIVE RULE FARE TYPE/COMPONENT WILL APPLY FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY. PROVIDED - COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER MH IN RULE NP01/NP20/NP30/NP40/NP60/NP61/NP62/NP63 IN ANY TARIFF.
Category 12: Surcharges
THE PROVISIONS BELOW APPLY ONLY AS FOLLOWS - TICKETS MAY ONLY BE SOLD IN NEPAL. OUTBOUND - FOR TRAVEL ON/AFTER 01OCT 18 AND ON/BEFORE 31OCT 18 A SURCHARGE OF USD 10.00 PER DIRECTION WILL BE ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE FOR TRAVEL. AND - A SURCHARGE OF USD 30.00 PER DIRECTION WILL BE ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE FOR TRAVEL.
Category 12: Surcharges
THE PROVISIONS BELOW APPLY ONLY AS FOLLOWS - TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON MH AND MAY ONLY BE SOLD IN AREA 1/AREA 2/AREA 3 THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR TRAVEL. OTHERWISE A SURCHARGE OF 12 PERCENT OF THE FARE PER DIRECTION WILL BE ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE FOR TRAVEL.
Category 14: Travel restrictions
VALID FOR TRAVEL COMMENCING ON/AFTER 04MAR 16.
Category 15: Sales restrictions
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/AFTER 04MAR 16.
Category 15: Sales restrictions
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON MH. NOTE - SALEABLE WORLDWIDE .
Category 16: Penalties
CHANGES ANY TIME CHARGE NPR 2000 FOR REISSUE. NOTE - GO SHOW FEE FOC CANCELLATIONS BEFORE DEPARTURE CHARGE NPR 8000 FOR CANCEL/REFUND. AFTER DEPARTURE CHARGE NPR 8000 FOR CANCEL/REFUND. NOTE - DEDUCT OW FARE PLUS FEE NPR 8000 CHARGE NPR 2500 FOR NO-SHOW.
Category 17: HIP exceptions
THE HIGHER INTERMEDIATE POINT RULE DOES NOT APPLY FOR STOPOVERS.
Category 18: Endorsements
THE ORIGINAL AND THE REISSUED TICKET MUST BE ANNOTATED - NONEND-SUBJ TO PENALTY - IN THE ENDORSEMENT BOX.
Category 19: Discounts
ACCOMPANIED CHILD 2-11 - CHARGE 85 PERCENT OF THE FARE. TICKETING CODE - BASE FARE CODE PLUS CH. NOTE - FOR CHILDREN TURNING 12 YEARS ENROUTE - ADULT FARE HAS TO BE USED FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY. OR - UNACCOMPANIED CHILD 5-11 - CHARGE 100 PERCENT OF THE FARE. TICKETING CODE - BASE FARE CODE PLUS CH. NOTE - UNACCOMPANIED CHILD UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR CARRIAGE. OR - INFANT UNDER 2 WITHOUT A SEAT - CHARGE 10 PERCENT OF THE FARE. TICKETING CODE - BASE FARE CODE PLUS IN OR - INFANT UNDER 2 WITH A SEAT - CHARGE 85 PERCENT OF THE FARE. TICKETING CODE - BASE FARE CODE PLUS CH.
Category 23: Miscellaneous Fare Tags
THIS FARE MUST NOT BE USED AS THE HIGH OR THE LOW FARE WHEN CALCULATING A DIFFERENTIAL. THIS FARE MUST NOT BE USED AS THE THROUGH FARE WHEN PRICING A FARE COMPONENT WITH A DIFFERENTIAL.
Category 31: Voluntary changes
IN THE EVENT OF CHANGES TO TICKETED FLIGHTS BEFORE DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY - APPLIES WITHIN TKT VALIDITY CERTAIN DOMESTIC REISSUE PROVISIONS MAY BE OVERRIDDEN BY THOSE OF MH INTERNATIONAL FARES CHARGE NPR 2000 OR HIGHEST FEE OF ALL CHANGED FARE COMPONENTS - INFANT W/O SEAT DISCOUNTS APPLY AND REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. CHANGE IS BEFORE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 3. MH DBZ- FARE FAMILY IS USED 4. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 5. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. CHANGE IS BEFORE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 3. MH CBZ- FARE FAMILY IS USED 4. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 5. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. CHANGE IS BEFORE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 3. MH JBZ- FARE FAMILY IS USED 4. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 5. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. CHANGE IS BEFORE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 3. MH -FR FARE FAMILY IS USED 4. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 5. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT REFUND VIA MCO ENDORSEMENT BOX- HIGHER NON-REF AMT AND NEW ENDORSEMENTS. OR - BEFORE DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY - APPLIES WITHIN TKT VALIDITY CERTAIN DOMESTIC REISSUE PROVISIONS MAY BE OVERRIDDEN BY THOSE OF MH INTERNATIONAL FARES CHARGE NPR 4500 OR HIGHEST FEE OF ALL CHANGED FARE COMPONENTS - INFANT W/O SEAT DISCOUNTS APPLY AND REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. CHANGE IS AFTER ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 3. MH DBZ- FARE FAMILY IS USED 4. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 5. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. CHANGE IS AFTER ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 3. MH CBZ- FARE FAMILY IS USED 4. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 5. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. CHANGE IS AFTER ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 3. MH JBZ- FARE FAMILY IS USED 4. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 5. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. CHANGE IS AFTER ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 3. MH -FR FARE FAMILY IS USED 4. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 5. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT REFUND VIA MCO ENDORSEMENT BOX- HIGHER NON-REF AMT AND NEW ENDORSEMENTS. IN THE EVENT OF CHANGES TO TICKETED FLIGHTS AFTER DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY - APPLIES WITHIN TKT VALIDITY CERTAIN DOMESTIC REISSUE PROVISIONS MAY BE OVERRIDDEN BY THOSE OF MH INTERNATIONAL FARES CHARGE NPR 2000 OR HIGHEST FEE OF ALL CHANGED FARE COMPONENTS - INFANT W/O SEAT DISCOUNTS APPLY AND REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT WHEN TKT WAS ISSUED PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. NO CHANGE TO STOPOVERS AND CONNECTIONS/FARE BREAKS 2. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 3. FULLY FLOWN FARE NOT REPRICED TO FURTHER POINT 4. CHANGE IS BEFORE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 5. MH FARES ARE USED 6. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 7. ALL RULE AND BOOKING CODE PROVISIONS ARE MET 8. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM ORIGINAL TKT DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. FULLY FLOWN FARE NOT REPRICED TO FURTHER POINT 3. CHANGE IS BEFORE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 4. MH DBZ- FARE FAMILY IS USED 5. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 6. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. FULLY FLOWN FARE NOT REPRICED TO FURTHER POINT 3. CHANGE IS BEFORE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 4. MH CBZ- FARE FAMILY IS USED 5. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 6. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. FULLY FLOWN FARE NOT REPRICED TO FURTHER POINT 3. CHANGE IS BEFORE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 4. MH JBZ- FARE FAMILY IS USED 5. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 6. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. FULLY FLOWN FARE NOT REPRICED TO FURTHER POINT 3. CHANGE IS BEFORE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 4. MH -FR FARE FAMILY IS USED 5. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 6. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT REFUND VIA MCO ENDORSEMENT BOX- HIGHER NON-REF AMT AND NEW ENDORSEMENTS. OR - AFTER DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY - APPLIES WITHIN TKT VALIDITY CERTAIN DOMESTIC REISSUE PROVISIONS MAY BE OVERRIDDEN BY THOSE OF MH INTERNATIONAL FARES CHARGE NPR 4500 OR HIGHEST FEE OF ALL CHANGED FARE COMPONENTS - INFANT W/O SEAT DISCOUNTS APPLY AND REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT WHEN TKT WAS ISSUED PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. NO CHANGE TO STOPOVERS AND CONNECTIONS/FARE BREAKS 2. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 3. FULLY FLOWN FARE NOT REPRICED TO FURTHER POINT 4. CHANGE IS AFTER ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 5. MH FARES ARE USED 6. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 7. ALL RULE AND BOOKING CODE PROVISIONS ARE MET 8. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM ORIGINAL TKT DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. FULLY FLOWN FARE NOT REPRICED TO FURTHER POINT 3. CHANGE IS AFTER ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT 4. MH DBZ- FARE FAMILY IS USED 5. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS TKT 6. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM REISSUE DATE TO DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT OR - REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT TODAY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET- 1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL MUST BE DOMESTIC 2. FULLY FLOWN FARE NOT REPRICED TO FURTHER POINT 3. 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Old Jul 14, 2018, 4:38 am
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Hello all,

First post, after a few months of lurking. Apologies if this isn't the most relevant thread to post this question.

Thanks to suggestions from you helpful folk, I booked LHR/HEL/OSL/HEL/LHR all I class, to secure the 180TP I need to reach BA Gold. I priced the trip on ITA Matrix, phoned BA who couldn't match the fare so ended up booking over the phone with Finnair.
I added the booking to BA MMB, which last week showed the expected 240TP. However, I happened to check MMB again this morning and it is now showing 100TP for the booking. I phoned BAEC and spoke to a very nice, but ultimately quite unhelpful customer service rep who couldn't explain where the 100TP comes from, that she calculates the booking at 240TP as well, told me the full 240TP would credit after I complete all legs, but wasn't 'able' to provide written confirmation of this, or even a reference number for my call.

I know there are a few others completing the same TP run - has anyone else seen the same mistake in MMB?
Any of you clever folk have any ideas what might be going wrong here?

Thanks in advance

Last edited by tara.jade; Jul 14, 2018 at 4:48 am
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Old Jul 14, 2018, 5:36 am
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MMB is a bit of an approximation when other airlines are involved. What to do is to go through all of the legs and note the booking class. If you post that here someone will check the maths and reassure you.
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Old Jul 14, 2018, 5:51 am
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Thanks for your reply, bisonrav. Details of each leg is below.

LHR > HEL : Flight AY5904 operated by BA; booked as class I; fare basis IBU2GB; showing in BA MMB as selling class R
HEL > OSL : Flight AY0917 operated by Nordic Regional Airlines; booked as class I; fare basis IBU2GB; showing in BA MMB as selling class I
OSL > HEL : Flight AY0918 operated by Nordic Regional Airlines; booked as class I; fare basis IBU2GB; showing in BA MMB as selling class I
HEL > LHR : Flight AY5905 operated by BA; booked as class I; fare basis IBU2GB; showing in BA MMB as selling class R
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Old Jul 14, 2018, 6:02 am
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Yup definitely 240
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Old Jul 14, 2018, 6:18 am
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Phew! Thanks teledude.
I still have no idea where 100TP comes from, or why the figures on MMB would have changed in the last couple of days, but at least I can be (a little more) confident I haven't incorrectly booked!
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