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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Oct 10, 2018, 2:45 am
#4246
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
Oct 10, 2018, 3:14 am
#4247
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Beijing
Programs: SK EBG, BAEC Gold
Posts: 935
Oct 10, 2018, 3:52 am
#4248
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 255
I booked a xmas/new year trip to Tampa ex-DUB, with BA sectors on the dub-lhr bits and AA for the rest, it's an AA ticket too but guessed many here would have plenty of experience when AA schedule changes can mess around with a planned itinerary.
Basically, how flexible are AA to me now going back to them to route it a different way with different airports, or should a good deal come available in the next 6 weeks or so would they allow me to just cancel and refund it (as it wasn't that cheap in the first place tbh).
Outbound has stayed pretty much same and is fine, however coming back I'm doing TPA-CLT-JFK-LHR-DUB. I was hoping originally to do the TATL sector from either DFW or MIA on the 77W but couldn't get it to price out, so would AA be open to me changing the routing slightly to something like TPA-MIA-DFW-LHR-DUB or maybe TPA-CLT-MIA-LHR-DUB ? The changes made are that I am now leaving TPA at 10:13am rather than 11:52am which is actually very inconvenient for my plans. I also now have 4hrs at JFK rather than the original 90mins, and I also now only have 90mins at LHR landing at T3 to get over and make the flight to DUB from T5, rather than the original 130mins.
Just wanted to have an idea of what I probably could or couldn't ask them for, before giving them a call, as if they are usually flexible and open to changes I'll look into a preferred itinerary to give them before I call so I have all flight numbers etc ready
Basically, how flexible are AA to me now going back to them to route it a different way with different airports, or should a good deal come available in the next 6 weeks or so would they allow me to just cancel and refund it (as it wasn't that cheap in the first place tbh).
Outbound has stayed pretty much same and is fine, however coming back I'm doing TPA-CLT-JFK-LHR-DUB. I was hoping originally to do the TATL sector from either DFW or MIA on the 77W but couldn't get it to price out, so would AA be open to me changing the routing slightly to something like TPA-MIA-DFW-LHR-DUB or maybe TPA-CLT-MIA-LHR-DUB ? The changes made are that I am now leaving TPA at 10:13am rather than 11:52am which is actually very inconvenient for my plans. I also now have 4hrs at JFK rather than the original 90mins, and I also now only have 90mins at LHR landing at T3 to get over and make the flight to DUB from T5, rather than the original 130mins.
Just wanted to have an idea of what I probably could or couldn't ask them for, before giving them a call, as if they are usually flexible and open to changes I'll look into a preferred itinerary to give them before I call so I have all flight numbers etc ready
Oct 10, 2018, 3:54 am
#4249
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: HAJ
Programs: BA Bronze, AVIS Preferred Plus
Posts: 53
Hello Frequent-Flyers and others :-)
Unfortunately my last business flight this year was cancled, leaving me 125TPs short of Silver and my Collection Year ends 05.11.
I am based in HAJ (but can do HAM too) and was planing to position to LHR in the morning (5TPs economy with part pay avios) and then do sth like:
This woud leave me with 125TPs, exactly what I need and I would use a few more Avios for LHR>HAJ. Now this leaves me with a couple questions you guys might be able to help me with.
1.) First of all, any better ideas?
2.) Changing from LHR to LGW is not fun I have heard but 12 hrs should be more than doable on the first leg but on the way back it leaves me with an overnight stay in LON. Any suggestions for a good and cheap hotel, if the latter is actually possible in London?
3.) The way I d like to book I have to stay at MAD over night but I have read that the Lounge is open 24hrs and they have areas for a short nap. Does anyone have experiences with it?
4.) I tried to route back from BCN via MAD to HAM, but this will almost double the price. Any ideas on this part, as it would save me an extra flight, the corresponding avios and give me still enough TPs?
Sorry for all the questions and thank you all in advance. I've read a lot in this forum and now I am simply trying to make it to silver for the first time.
Regards, Maze
Unfortunately my last business flight this year was cancled, leaving me 125TPs short of Silver and my Collection Year ends 05.11.
I am based in HAJ (but can do HAM too) and was planing to position to LHR in the morning (5TPs economy with part pay avios) and then do sth like:
This woud leave me with 125TPs, exactly what I need and I would use a few more Avios for LHR>HAJ. Now this leaves me with a couple questions you guys might be able to help me with.
1.) First of all, any better ideas?
2.) Changing from LHR to LGW is not fun I have heard but 12 hrs should be more than doable on the first leg but on the way back it leaves me with an overnight stay in LON. Any suggestions for a good and cheap hotel, if the latter is actually possible in London?
3.) The way I d like to book I have to stay at MAD over night but I have read that the Lounge is open 24hrs and they have areas for a short nap. Does anyone have experiences with it?
4.) I tried to route back from BCN via MAD to HAM, but this will almost double the price. Any ideas on this part, as it would save me an extra flight, the corresponding avios and give me still enough TPs?
Sorry for all the questions and thank you all in advance. I've read a lot in this forum and now I am simply trying to make it to silver for the first time.
Regards, Maze
Oct 10, 2018, 4:22 am
#4250
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Gateshead
Programs: BA Gold, ELAL Top Platinum
Posts: 851
Thanks, may be going to CMB to see some tea...
Oct 10, 2018, 4:34 am
#4251
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: BAEC Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 407
Disregard, I suck at math
Oct 10, 2018, 4:48 am
#4252
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver, LH Senator, SPG Plat
Posts: 26
Hello Frequent-Flyers and others :-)
Unfortunately my last business flight this year was cancled, leaving me 125TPs short of Silver and my Collection Year ends 05.11.
I am based in HAJ (but can do HAM too) and was planing to position to LHR in the morning (5TPs economy with part pay avios) and then do sth like:
This woud leave me with 125TPs, exactly what I need and I would use a few more Avios for LHR>HAJ. Now this leaves me with a couple questions you guys might be able to help me with.
1.) First of all, any better ideas?
2.) Changing from LHR to LGW is not fun I have heard but 12 hrs should be more than doable on the first leg but on the way back it leaves me with an overnight stay in LON. Any suggestions for a good and cheap hotel, if the latter is actually possible in London?
3.) The way I d like to book I have to stay at MAD over night but I have read that the Lounge is open 24hrs and they have areas for a short nap. Does anyone have experiences with it?
4.) I tried to route back from BCN via MAD to HAM, but this will almost double the price. Any ideas on this part, as it would save me an extra flight, the corresponding avios and give me still enough TPs?
Sorry for all the questions and thank you all in advance. I've read a lot in this forum and now I am simply trying to make it to silver for the first time.
Regards, Maze
Unfortunately my last business flight this year was cancled, leaving me 125TPs short of Silver and my Collection Year ends 05.11.
I am based in HAJ (but can do HAM too) and was planing to position to LHR in the morning (5TPs economy with part pay avios) and then do sth like:
This woud leave me with 125TPs, exactly what I need and I would use a few more Avios for LHR>HAJ. Now this leaves me with a couple questions you guys might be able to help me with.
1.) First of all, any better ideas?
2.) Changing from LHR to LGW is not fun I have heard but 12 hrs should be more than doable on the first leg but on the way back it leaves me with an overnight stay in LON. Any suggestions for a good and cheap hotel, if the latter is actually possible in London?
3.) The way I d like to book I have to stay at MAD over night but I have read that the Lounge is open 24hrs and they have areas for a short nap. Does anyone have experiences with it?
4.) I tried to route back from BCN via MAD to HAM, but this will almost double the price. Any ideas on this part, as it would save me an extra flight, the corresponding avios and give me still enough TPs?
Sorry for all the questions and thank you all in advance. I've read a lot in this forum and now I am simply trying to make it to silver for the first time.
Regards, Maze
Oct 10, 2018, 5:30 am
#4253
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold (woohoo)
Posts: 189
The Sri Lankan DXB to CGK seems to conk out around 12 December, but I went fishing and found AUH to BKK widely available on Sir Lankan in January for £739. Fare seems to not have a date range although most of December is blacked out. AUH to CGK was there for £932 and AUH to KUL for £928. MCT to CGK also there in Jan for £896. 560 TPs for £1.31? Needs to be sold in the UAE but I'm sure the combined wisdom on here has figured out how to do that?
EDIT - only 40tps from CMB to BKK even though its 2,400 kms…
EDIT - only 40tps from CMB to BKK even though its 2,400 kms…
Last edited by Keep it Riel; Oct 10, 2018 at 5:38 am Reason: TP fail
Oct 10, 2018, 5:47 am
#4254
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 847
Hello Frequent-Flyers and others :-)
Unfortunately my last business flight this year was cancled, leaving me 125TPs short of Silver and my Collection Year ends 05.11.
I am based in HAJ (but can do HAM too) and was planing to position to LHR in the morning (5TPs economy with part pay avios) and then do sth like:
This woud leave me with 125TPs, exactly what I need and I would use a few more Avios for LHR>HAJ. Now this leaves me with a couple questions you guys might be able to help me with.
1.) First of all, any better ideas?
2.) Changing from LHR to LGW is not fun I have heard but 12 hrs should be more than doable on the first leg but on the way back it leaves me with an overnight stay in LON. Any suggestions for a good and cheap hotel, if the latter is actually possible in London?
3.) The way I d like to book I have to stay at MAD over night but I have read that the Lounge is open 24hrs and they have areas for a short nap. Does anyone have experiences with it?
4.) I tried to route back from BCN via MAD to HAM, but this will almost double the price. Any ideas on this part, as it would save me an extra flight, the corresponding avios and give me still enough TPs?
Sorry for all the questions and thank you all in advance. I've read a lot in this forum and now I am simply trying to make it to silver for the first time.
Regards, Maze
Unfortunately my last business flight this year was cancled, leaving me 125TPs short of Silver and my Collection Year ends 05.11.
I am based in HAJ (but can do HAM too) and was planing to position to LHR in the morning (5TPs economy with part pay avios) and then do sth like:
This woud leave me with 125TPs, exactly what I need and I would use a few more Avios for LHR>HAJ. Now this leaves me with a couple questions you guys might be able to help me with.
1.) First of all, any better ideas?
2.) Changing from LHR to LGW is not fun I have heard but 12 hrs should be more than doable on the first leg but on the way back it leaves me with an overnight stay in LON. Any suggestions for a good and cheap hotel, if the latter is actually possible in London?
3.) The way I d like to book I have to stay at MAD over night but I have read that the Lounge is open 24hrs and they have areas for a short nap. Does anyone have experiences with it?
4.) I tried to route back from BCN via MAD to HAM, but this will almost double the price. Any ideas on this part, as it would save me an extra flight, the corresponding avios and give me still enough TPs?
Sorry for all the questions and thank you all in advance. I've read a lot in this forum and now I am simply trying to make it to silver for the first time.
Regards, Maze
Oct 10, 2018, 5:54 am
#4255
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, Avis PC
Posts: 262
Looks like a good price to me. Note though that your MAD-BCN domestic flight will depart from T4 in Madrid and the Iberia lounge there is currently closed for refurbishment. It's supposed to reopen 'mid October' but no guarantees. In any case it closes at 23.00 (the T4S lounge is open 24 hrs but this won't be of any help). There is a Priority Pass / Lounge Club / payment lounge in T4 but that also closes overnight.
Oct 10, 2018, 5:55 am
#4256
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
Oct 10, 2018, 7:54 am
#4257
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: HAJ
Programs: BA Bronze, AVIS Preferred Plus
Posts: 53
Looks like a good price to me. Note though that your MAD-BCN domestic flight will depart from T4 in Madrid and the Iberia lounge there is currently closed for refurbishment. It's supposed to reopen 'mid October' but no guarantees. In any case it closes at 23.00 (the T4S lounge is open 24 hrs but this won't be of any help). There is a Priority Pass / Lounge Club / payment lounge in T4 but that also closes overnight.
Thanks for the hint. I missed that Velazque is in T4S. But same question as thomasd21: I ve read that T4S is for international flights, so i can use it on the the way TO LGW but not in the other direction when I arrive in MAD?
Oct 10, 2018, 8:15 am
#4258
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 31
You may try the Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Airport at Hatton Cross. They are just a few stops on the tube from LHR. Usually you can get a room for around GBP 65 for Sundays.
Oct 10, 2018, 9:46 am
#4259
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 847
Good luck with your trip!
Oct 10, 2018, 9:51 am
#4260
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 847
If you just want a quick crash pad for the night, the Thistle Heathrow T5 is currently GBP 52 for the night you want. It's connected to T5 via the parking pods which is fun / convenient (depending on how you see it) - the hotel charges GBP 5 each way for the journey, per person. The hotel is nothing fancy but it's clean, efficient and comfortable. It also has a bar and terrace with good views over the airport.