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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Nov 12, 2018, 3:43 pm
#4591
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: YVR,TPE,LHR
Programs: CX Diamond, BA Gold
Posts: 48
To those who have done the DXB-CMB-CGK run.....any suggestions for a place to stay? I'm doing the run and staying there for a night.
Nov 12, 2018, 3:47 pm
#4592
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
If you mean Jakarta then you might want to take the train to Sudirman and walk 5 mins to the Holiday Inn Express Jakarta Thamrin. Easy and cheap and almost zero interaction with the traffic 
Nov 12, 2018, 5:47 pm
#4593
Join Date: Jan 2015
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 251
Managed to route via LHR JFK and LAX both ways for about £1150.
Nov 13, 2018, 2:08 am
#4595
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,610
CMB if in transit, use the airport transit hotel in the terminal. $65 per 6 hours.
Nov 13, 2018, 2:19 am
#4596
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 1,197
The OTP-PHX (with HEL) is still bookable via ITA Matrix.
Prices around £1310 (with HEL) and the regular £1160 (w/o HEL)
See attached for the codes to use (don't know how to upload directly)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BYV...ew?usp=sharing
(including HEL)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c-d...ew?usp=sharing
(without HEL)
It is also possible to play around with the dates between April 13 and April 20
Prices around £1310 (with HEL) and the regular £1160 (w/o HEL)
See attached for the codes to use (don't know how to upload directly)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BYV...ew?usp=sharing
(including HEL)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c-d...ew?usp=sharing
(without HEL)
It is also possible to play around with the dates between April 13 and April 20
Nov 13, 2018, 3:39 am
#4597
Join Date: Aug 2015
Programs: BA Gold/ Star Alliance Gold
Posts: 401
It also looks like that the fare has come back for many dates next year around £1300 (up from the 1160). You can find this with something like attached and then book with matrix, phone or other tools. Just change the departure dates and connection airports and you should see the different options.
Monthly search ITA
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D5a...ew?usp=sharing
Dates in August for example
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13Q_...ew?usp=sharing
Nov 13, 2018, 4:06 am
#4598
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The North
Posts: 1,847
RG1X I was in the exact same position some years ago :-)
It also looks like that the fare has come back for many dates next year around £1300 (up from the 1160). You can find this with something like attached and then book with matrix, phone or other tools. Just change the departure dates and connection airports and you should see the different options.
It also looks like that the fare has come back for many dates next year around £1300 (up from the 1160). You can find this with something like attached and then book with matrix, phone or other tools. Just change the departure dates and connection airports and you should see the different options.
Code:
Fare 1: Carrier BA ILX8C8S6 BUH to PHX (rules) Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code J, I Covers OTP-LHR (Business), LHR-HEL (Business), HEL-JFK (Business), JFK-PHX (First) £512.53 Fare 2: Carrier BA ILX8C8S6 PHX to BUH (rules) Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code I, J Covers PHX-JFK (First), JFK-HEL (Business), HEL-LHR (Business), LHR-OTP (Business) £512.53 US September 11th Security Fee (AY) £8.60 United States Immigration User Fee (XY) £5.40 United States Customs User Fee (YC) £4.50 United States APHIS Passenger Fee Passengers (XA) £3.10 Finland Air Transport Supervision Charge (XU) £2.00 Finland Passenger Fee International Transfer (WL) £7.40 US International Arrival Tax (US) £28.20 United Kingdom Passenger Service Charge Departures (UB) £37.08 Romania Security Charge (DC) £6.10 Romania Airport Departure Tax (RO) £12.50 Carrier-imposed surcharge (YQ) £264.20 US Passenger Facility Charge (XF)£3.50 Subtotal per passenger £1,407.58 Number of passengers x1 Subtotal For 1 adult £1,407.58 This ticket is non-refundable. No changes may be made to this ticket after purchase. Fare Construction (can be useful to travel agents) BUH BA X/LON BA X/HEL BA X/E/NYC AA PHX Q12.08 5M 661.98ILX8C8S6 AA X/E/NYC BA X/HEL BA X/LON BA BUH Q12.08 5M 661.98ILX8C8S6 NUC 1348.12 END ROE 0.869193 XT 6.10DC 12.50RO 37.08UB 7.40WL 2.00XU 4.50YC 5.40XY 3.10XA 28.20US 8.60AY 264.20YQ 3.50XF JFK4.50 Total Airfare & Taxes £1,407.58
Nov 13, 2018, 4:28 am
#4599
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Vantaa, Finland
Programs: BAEC GGL, Lounge Key, Accor basic, AY basic, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 163
Nov 13, 2018, 5:11 am
#4600
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The North
Posts: 1,847
The connections coming back from PHX are rather tight, which could get interesting if there are IRROPS or schedule changes (though the latter might enable some creative TP rerouting via the west coast), and obviously means you don't get much time to stretch legs in between.
Matrix multi city search:
Matrix output:
Code:
Fare 1: Carrier AA ILX8C8S6 BUH to PHX (rules) Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code J, I Covers OTP-LHR (Business), LHR-HEL (Business), HEL-LHR (Business), LHR-JFK (Business), JFK-PHX (First) £575.25 Fare 2: Carrier AA ILX8C8S6 PHX to BUH (rules) Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code I, J Covers PHX-JFK (First), JFK-LHR (Business), LHR-HEL (Business), HEL-LHR (Business), LHR-OTP (Business) £575.25 United Kingdom Passenger Service Charge Departures (UB)£97.83 Romania Security Charge (DC)£6.10 Romania Airport Departure Tax (RO)£12.50 US September 11th Security Fee (AY)£8.60 United States Immigration User Fee (XY)£5.40 United States Customs User Fee (YC) £4.50 United States APHIS Passenger Fee Passengers (XA)£3.10 Carrier-imposed surcharge (YR)£264.20 US International Arrival Tax (US)£28.20 Finland Air Transport Supervision Charge (XU)£2.00 Finland Passenger Fee International Transfer (WL)£7.40 US Passenger Facility Charge (XF) £3.50 Subtotal per passenger £1,594.33 Number of passengers x1 Subtotal For 1 adult £1,594.33 This ticket is non-refundable. No changes may be made to this ticket after purchase. Fare Construction (can be useful to travel agents) BUH BA X/LON AY X/HEL AY X/LON AA X/NYC AA PHX 20M 756.55ILX8C8S6 AA X/NYC AA X/LON AA X/HEL AY X/LON BA BUH 20M 756.55ILX8C8S6 NUC 1513.10 END ROE 0.869193 XT 6.10DC 12.50RO 97.83UB 7.40WL 2.00XU 4.50YC 5.40XY 3.10XA 28.20US 8.60AY 264.20YR 3.50XF JFK4.50 Total Airfare & Taxes £1,594.33
Nov 13, 2018, 7:16 am
#4601
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: BA Silver VS EI
Posts: 162
Flights to and from OTP from your home airport obviously to be factored in and hotel overnights adding the price up a good bit!!
Nov 13, 2018, 11:24 am
#4602
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 375
so is there any other TP runs that are still available at a decent price?
Nov 13, 2018, 12:11 pm
#4603
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: London, UK
Programs: Virtuoso, FSPP, Hyatt Prive, Hilton Impressario, Marriott Stars/Luminous, Roswood Elite, MO Fan Club
Posts: 561
Hi all
I need 75TP till 8th Dec to reach Gold
unfortunately it’s limited to the UK as my schengen visa has expired
cheapest is the best. Currently got c £200 ish to EDI return in CE
any ideas ?
I need 75TP till 8th Dec to reach Gold
unfortunately it’s limited to the UK as my schengen visa has expired
cheapest is the best. Currently got c £200 ish to EDI return in CE
any ideas ?
Nov 13, 2018, 12:54 pm
#4604
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510