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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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
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
#4186
Join Date: Mar 2015
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 2,447
The problem I have with that is that the IB website doesn't show all the flight options.
Or more exactly: I can't get it to show the connecting options on IB/I2, only the direct flights on BA.
If I use multi-city then I can force the connections but it doesn't show the prices until the end, and it never prices up the same as GF.
I'm only interested in the connecting flights (for the extra TP) and only interested in IB/I2 codes so I can use part-pay with avios.
Hopefully gonna turn some of those IB 90k promo avios into TPs...
Or more exactly: I can't get it to show the connecting options on IB/I2, only the direct flights on BA.
If I use multi-city then I can force the connections but it doesn't show the prices until the end, and it never prices up the same as GF.
I'm only interested in the connecting flights (for the extra TP) and only interested in IB/I2 codes so I can use part-pay with avios.
Hopefully gonna turn some of those IB 90k promo avios into TPs...
#4187
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: BA Gold, Tesco, Nectar
Posts: 313
Can anyone get the BCN via MAD fare on the BA 777s?
Would honestly love a weekend flub!!
Would honestly love a weekend flub!!
#4188
Join Date: Jan 2016
Programs: BAEC Silver, Avis Preferred, Hilton Gold
Posts: 521
I see, so you specifically want IB not BA. It's doable, but I can only find the £183 rate. Example (connects via MAD both ways, minimum two nights for this fare - you could nest two of the same across two weekends for 200TP at £368 / £1.84/TP): https://www.iberia.com/web/partnerLink.do?Adult=1&PointOfSaleCountry=GB&UserC urrency=GBP&DisplayedPrice=184.00&DisplayedPriceCu rrency=GBP&UserLanguage=en&ReferralId=GoogleFlight Search&TripType=RoundTrip&Slice1=1,2&Slice2=3,4&Ca bin1=Business&Carrier1=IB&DepartureDate1=2018-11-10&Origin1=LGW&Destination1=MAD&BookingCode1=R&Fli ghtNumber1=3715&Cabin2=Business&Carrier2=IB&Depart ureDate2=2018-11-10&Origin2=MAD&Destination2=BCN&BookingCode2=R&Fli ghtNumber2=1546&Cabin3=Business&Carrier3=IB&Depart ureDate3=2018-11-12&Origin3=BCN&Destination3=MAD&BookingCode3=R&Fli ghtNumber3=1515&Cabin4=Business&Carrier4=IB&Depart ureDate4=2018-11-12&Origin4=MAD&Destination4=LGW&BookingCode4=R&Fli ghtNumber4=3718&utm_source=GB.cpc.LGWBCN.FLIGHTSEA RCH&utm_medium=com&utm_campaign=FLIGHTSEARCH
Thanks, unfortunately I'm getting the message "We're sorry but the option to use your Avios to save is not available for this flight"
Have IB pulled the ability to part-pay with avios on certain flights or something? It used to be available on everything, provided all flights in the itenerary were operated by IB/I2.
In any case if I can't discount with Avios then I'm sitting this one out because £1.84/TP is too much for me...
#4189
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, Avis PC
Posts: 261
Bucharest to Marrakech
Bucharest to Marrakech, believe it to be 320 tier points round trip, total £549 booked via BA. Looked for dates in November and December but seems to work in February 2019 too
Last edited by thomasd21; Oct 4, 2018 at 3:29 pm
#4190
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: BA Bronze, Hilton Gold, IHG Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 454
LON-RAK is short-haul+ so only 80TP's.
I'd have thought this trip would earn 240TP's, unless you're doing a creative route?
I'd have thought this trip would earn 240TP's, unless you're doing a creative route?
#4191
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#4194
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: LON
Programs: BA Gold; LH FTL; IHG Diamond; Marriott Gold; ALL Gold
Posts: 1,758
You can open-jaw back to LHR though, although the price goes up a bit. It's on GF for £259 on a random long weekend I tried in December: https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#fl...196*.GBP.25826
Still not bad for 120TPs, if you really want the B777.
Still not bad for 120TPs, if you really want the B777.
#4195
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 109
With the 777 on the way out and A340 on the way back.
#4196
Join Date: Jan 2016
Programs: BAEC Silver, Avis Preferred, Hilton Gold
Posts: 521
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#fl...660*.GBP.35260
With the 777 on the way out and A340 on the way back.
With the 777 on the way out and A340 on the way back.
#4197
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: West Sussex, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold (11/Dec/18)
Posts: 262
After a bit of inspiration...
I've just totted up my TP for this year and after the Gibraltar 'DO' I will level out at 1155, and it seems rude to not try and head for the finish line at 1500 (too many CE sale fares and POUG's).
I've never done a TATL - never left Europe - and have a wish to visit America at some point.
I suspect there'll be a good sale in the new year but ideas for a trip which would earn me the 345TP needed are welcomed. :-)
I've just totted up my TP for this year and after the Gibraltar 'DO' I will level out at 1155, and it seems rude to not try and head for the finish line at 1500 (too many CE sale fares and POUG's).
I've never done a TATL - never left Europe - and have a wish to visit America at some point.
I suspect there'll be a good sale in the new year but ideas for a trip which would earn me the 345TP needed are welcomed. :-)
#4198
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Helsinki
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 143
After a bit of inspiration...
I've just totted up my TP for this year and after the Gibraltar 'DO' I will level out at 1155, and it seems rude to not try and head for the finish line at 1500 (too many CE sale fares and POUG's).
I've never done a TATL - never left Europe - and have a wish to visit America at some point.
I suspect there'll be a good sale in the new year but ideas for a trip which would earn me the 345TP needed are welcomed. :-)
I've just totted up my TP for this year and after the Gibraltar 'DO' I will level out at 1155, and it seems rude to not try and head for the finish line at 1500 (too many CE sale fares and POUG's).
I've never done a TATL - never left Europe - and have a wish to visit America at some point.
I suspect there'll be a good sale in the new year but ideas for a trip which would earn me the 345TP needed are welcomed. :-)