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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Aug 30, 2018, 1:49 am
#3541
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
Departure Airport: LHR/LGW/LCY (or can go from anywhere in Europe)
Miles Needed: 1540TP
Required Spend or Budget: 1800GBP max, ideally much less
Available Travel Dates: Aug 31 to Sept 20 (needs to be many short trips)
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: yes. Had good Qatar deals before.
BA/AA Need 1540TP before Sept 8I presume I can ask for the 2 week grace period (so, say between now and Sept ~26). Budget limited... 1800 max? I can stretch but I'd really rather limit at 1500 or actually as little as possible.
Based in London, right by LCY but obviously can go anywhere. Can go absolutely anywhere. Had GGL for years and would be absolutely gutted to miss out — this year's just been an absolute personal nightmare so both work and personal travel mostly went out the window. I'm just short of gold, as you can see.
If there's anything else I can provide please do let me know. I can be flexi with work but cramming this into a weekend or couple of days would be good.
I am free this weekend (Sept 1-2) — any run I could do to grab a few? I'm a bit clueless.
Miles Needed: 1540TP
Required Spend or Budget: 1800GBP max, ideally much less
Available Travel Dates: Aug 31 to Sept 20 (needs to be many short trips)
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: yes. Had good Qatar deals before.
BA/AA Need 1540TP before Sept 8I presume I can ask for the 2 week grace period (so, say between now and Sept ~26). Budget limited... 1800 max? I can stretch but I'd really rather limit at 1500 or actually as little as possible.
Based in London, right by LCY but obviously can go anywhere. Can go absolutely anywhere. Had GGL for years and would be absolutely gutted to miss out — this year's just been an absolute personal nightmare so both work and personal travel mostly went out the window. I'm just short of gold, as you can see.
If there's anything else I can provide please do let me know. I can be flexi with work but cramming this into a weekend or couple of days would be good.
I am free this weekend (Sept 1-2) — any run I could do to grab a few? I'm a bit clueless.
Aug 30, 2018, 1:58 am
#3542
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold / Hilton Diamond / IHG Diamond Ambassador / Marriot Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 2,536
ahhh that brings back memories. Did TIP twice. Once for Hong Kong in F for about £450 and the DPS via SIN and PER for around £800. Seeing TIP was s bonus and my family and I were treated so well by the hotels and everyone we met in Libya.
Aug 30, 2018, 2:49 am
#3543
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,246
pinksocks, look at trips to HEL and trips within trips from HEL. Also positioning to DUB and dub-LHR-HEL-lhr.
Look at Lhr-Lux as well.
Look at Lhr-Lux as well.
Aug 30, 2018, 3:10 am
#3544
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, Kris Flyer, Skywards, Accor Gold, Radisson Gold
Posts: 98
Going for gold need 595TP’s by 8 October
Been silver for a few years, now within a TP run away from gold.
Decided I am going to go for it as I will be flying a lot next year.
Can anyone recommend the most cost effective route to secure 595 TP’s by 8th October? Ideally an interesting ‘all in one hit’ either state side or Far East would be preferred to multiple runs to the same destination (LHR - HEL x 4 does not fill me with joy...)
if anyone else wants to join me get in touch, always good to travel with fellow FTer’s
Decided I am going to go for it as I will be flying a lot next year.
Can anyone recommend the most cost effective route to secure 595 TP’s by 8th October? Ideally an interesting ‘all in one hit’ either state side or Far East would be preferred to multiple runs to the same destination (LHR - HEL x 4 does not fill me with joy...)
if anyone else wants to join me get in touch, always good to travel with fellow FTer’s
Aug 30, 2018, 3:16 am
#3545
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 175
I think the problem is that there is only 1 week left, and the 2 weeks grace period won't apply to GGL re-qualification. 1540 TPs = 11 long-haul flights in J, so 6 return trips to Moscow
Aug 30, 2018, 3:22 am
#3546
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LCY
Programs: BA, GGL
Posts: 18
I can up it if needed. Such a shame to have (almost) wasted the opp to keep GGL at 3000.
Aug 30, 2018, 3:24 am
#3547
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,990
Aug 30, 2018, 3:28 am
#3548
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
In all honesty I will be surprised if you can do it without paying really daft money. I would justbstart to look to next year and look to regain GGL and CCR at 5k points. It will probably be cheaper than doing anything before the end of your collection year in September
Aug 30, 2018, 3:58 am
#3549
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 16
If you increase your budget then it will be possible, but you would need to get all the flights competed by the end of 8th September. LHR/HEL/ARN will earn 240 for around £500 (or it was) with no minimum stay. But you would be looking at having to do 6 of these so would still struggle with time. Time wise you would be better off flying B2B to JFK/BOS in F. But that would be ridiculously expensivez
In all honesty I will be surprised if you can do it without paying really daft money. I would justbstart to look to next year and look to regain GGL and CCR at 5k points. It will probably be cheaper than doing anything before the end of your collection year in September
some possibilites available before sep 8th for ~£630 earning 360TP (HEL-LIS is 140)
still need a few trips though and its all shorthaul aircraft
Aug 30, 2018, 5:02 am
#3550
Join Date: Jan 2016
Programs: BAEC Silver, Avis Preferred, Hilton Gold
Posts: 521
ex-JER is technically the cheapest but requires an LGW-LHR transfer which would make the overall cost higher
Aug 30, 2018, 5:18 am
#3551
Join Date: Jul 2018
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 143
NEW-LHR-HEL-LHR with a Saturday night stop currently showing as £288 for 200 TP from October 
Aug 30, 2018, 5:35 am
#3552
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,266
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...744*.GBP.28744
Aug 30, 2018, 6:08 am
#3553
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: LON
Programs: BA GFL, OW Gold, CX/MP Diamond, SPG Plat
Posts: 258
Been silver for a few years, now within a TP run away from gold.
Decided I am going to go for it as I will be flying a lot next year.
Can anyone recommend the most cost effective route to secure 595 TP’s by 8th October? Ideally an interesting ‘all in one hit’ either state side or Far East would be preferred to multiple runs to the same destination (LHR - HEL x 4 does not fill me with joy...)
if anyone else wants to join me get in touch, always good to travel with fellow FTer’s
Decided I am going to go for it as I will be flying a lot next year.
Can anyone recommend the most cost effective route to secure 595 TP’s by 8th October? Ideally an interesting ‘all in one hit’ either state side or Far East would be preferred to multiple runs to the same destination (LHR - HEL x 4 does not fill me with joy...)
if anyone else wants to join me get in touch, always good to travel with fellow FTer’s
Aug 30, 2018, 7:40 am
#3554
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 12
Hi guys,
I need to be in Miami on the 27th Sep 18. I'm in London and wanted to know the best way to incorporate that into a points run to get Gold on BA?
I see the just realised a lot of deals today so is that something that can be incorporated?
Really appreciae the help and you guys are awesome. Finally starting to enjoy flying and turned it into a personal mission
Thanks
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I need to be in Miami on the 27th Sep 18. I'm in London and wanted to know the best way to incorporate that into a points run to get Gold on BA?
I see the just realised a lot of deals today so is that something that can be incorporated?
Really appreciae the help and you guys are awesome. Finally starting to enjoy flying and turned it into a personal mission
Thanks
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Aug 30, 2018, 8:14 am
#3555
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: LON
Programs: BA GFL, OW Gold, CX/MP Diamond, SPG Plat
Posts: 258
Hi guys,
I need to be in Miami on the 27th Sep 18. I'm in London and wanted to know the best way to incorporate that into a points run to get Gold on BA?
I see the just realised a lot of deals today so is that something that can be incorporated?
Really appreciae the help and you guys are awesome. Finally starting to enjoy flying and turned it into a personal mission
Thanks
Badge
I need to be in Miami on the 27th Sep 18. I'm in London and wanted to know the best way to incorporate that into a points run to get Gold on BA?
I see the just realised a lot of deals today so is that something that can be incorporated?
Really appreciae the help and you guys are awesome. Finally starting to enjoy flying and turned it into a personal mission
Thanks
Badge