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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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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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2015 Archive (6 months Jul to Dec)
2015 Archive (6 months Jan to Jun)
2014 Archive
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Old Sep 13, 2018, 12:44 pm
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HI,

so I currently have a Manchester to chiang mai on Qatar and paid for on BA in november, however I need to be back in the uk during the trip so am looking at buying a chiang mai to lhr ticket with Qatar airways. i.e. a nested ticket, does anyone know if Qatar allow nested ticket or if I will have any issues doing this?

Thanks in advance
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Old Sep 13, 2018, 12:46 pm
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Originally Posted by n4ynx
HI,
so I currently have a Manchester to chiang mai on Qatar and paid for on BA in november, however I need to be back in the uk during the trip so am looking at buying a chiang mai to lhr ticket with Qatar airways. i.e. a nested ticket, does anyone know if Qatar allow nested ticket or if I will have any issues doing this?

Thanks in advance
Isnt the existing ticket with BA tho rather that QR? You arent nesting two QR tickets if so.
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Old Sep 13, 2018, 12:52 pm
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Originally Posted by KARFA


Isnt the existing ticket with BA tho rather that QR? You arent nesting two QR tickets if so.
yes I paid on the BA website and ticketed by them with the flights are Qatar metal
sorry Karfa I didn't realise that's how it would work.
I thought as its on Qatar metal I might have issues.
thanks this is good to know.
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Old Sep 13, 2018, 3:03 pm
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Originally Posted by n4ynx
yes I paid on the BA website and ticketed by them with the flights are Qatar metal
sorry Karfa I didn't realise that's how it would work.
I thought as its on Qatar metal I might have issues.
thanks this is good to know.

Depends how youve routed it, I have the Chiang Mai fare but did Man-LHR-DOH-CNX therefore getting two BA CE for around 60 extra!

Getting BA domestic legs isnt too tricky to be fair and shouldnt be expensive
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Old Sep 13, 2018, 3:25 pm
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[QUOTE=mtikky;30200058]240TP for JER - MLA in J in the sale fares. 1.33/TP, I'm tempted. Sorry but I can't put it into the Wiki as I've not posted enough (too many years of lurking!)

30 dearer from GLA, still a bargain - booked!
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Old Sep 13, 2018, 3:53 pm
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Originally Posted by IAANN
Not perfect but.. you have MAN - SYD via HKG for 650...

You do realise this is the TP runs thread, not a silly let's fly economy for 24h thread?
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Old Sep 13, 2018, 8:43 pm
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SO I still seem to be able to get the fare to work on those dates at EUR 1764.

My question is that if I look at the BKK-HKG flights on CX on the 9-Feb, they are all zeroed out in "I" class (except one flight). I guess I should just call up BA and try and book, but wondering what other people think of this? Or does booking via BA allow them to get the I inventory through some fancy married segment thing?


Just to report back - it seems that even though Matrix / Google Flights will report that an itinerary is available, there are some quirks to it reporting it correctly. This BKK-HKG sector tripped me up, and I could only book the fare on the sector that shows "I" availability on the CX flight.

Looks like you need to double check availability on this INCEU60 fare for the non-BA sectors before trying to book.
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Old Sep 13, 2018, 11:14 pm
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Hi all, my membership year ends 8 October. By 22 September I will have 1495. That's 5 tier points short of Gold (renewal)... This is really annoying. My trip that will take me to 1495 is DXB-LHR in PE and then LHR-BRU in ET (100 points)... So what can I do to get those damn 5 points knowing that I am based in Paris?
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Old Sep 13, 2018, 11:21 pm
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Hi all, my membership year ends 8 October. By 22 September I will have 1495. That's 5 tier points short of Gold (renewal)... This is really annoying. My trip that will take me to 1495 is DXB-LHR in PE and then LHR-BRU in ET (100 points)... So what can I do to get those damn 5 points knowing that I am based in Paris?
See if there's a POUG offer available for your LHR-BRU flight? If not, you could try AUP it? Otherwise do a BRU-LHR or ORY/CDG-LON day trip.
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Old Sep 14, 2018, 12:09 am
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I'd just like thank KARFA for doing this amazingly helpful thread. Thank You
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Old Sep 14, 2018, 12:41 am
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Originally Posted by flashware
See if there's a POUG offer available for your LHR-BRU flight? If not, you could try AUP it? Otherwise do a BRU-LHR or ORY/CDG-LON day trip.
Thanks Flashware!!! How much does a POUG upgrade to CE usally cost on a LHR-BRU flight?
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Old Sep 14, 2018, 1:09 am
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Thanks Flashware!!! How much does a POUG upgrade to CE usally cost on a LHR-BRU flight?
Looks like anywhere from 89 to 129 as per https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/1812059-pro-active-online-upgrade-poug-tracking-discussion-2017-18-thread-new-post.html
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Old Sep 14, 2018, 1:52 am
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Looks like anywhere from 89 to 129 as per https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...-new-post.html
Excellent! Thanks
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Old Sep 14, 2018, 2:38 am
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Originally Posted by Hannibal Lecter
Also possible to add some UK domestic segments eg. HEL-LHR-MAN, HEL-LON-GLA-KOI-ABZ, HEL-LON-GLA-BEB-GLA, HEL-LON-GLA-KOI-GLA etc.
but Loganair books into Y/K so 20TPs for those.
Out of curiosity I've tried this on Matrix but don't seem to be able to get any which double back through GLA to work. Alas, the ones which do work (ABZ-LSI/KOI-GLA-LHR-HEL and return) are also 1208 at the cheapest, as far as I can see
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Old Sep 14, 2018, 2:41 am
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Originally Posted by linz36

Originally Posted by IAANN
Not perfect but.. you have MAN - SYD via HKG for 650...

You do realise this is the TP runs thread, not a silly let's fly economy for 24h thread?
The comment by @linz36 is more than relevant. CX economy O class earns neither TPs nor Avios
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