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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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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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Old Jan 31, 2018, 1:13 am
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Originally Posted by mirfield
Iberia MAN-LHR-MAD-VLC and back earns 200 TP in business and prices available from £354.00 = £1.77/TP
Also works to other Spanish cities.... Can route with the 789 out and 346 back and get it done over a weekend too
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Old Jan 31, 2018, 4:06 am
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Thanks to the_banking_scot and madfish that's exactly the news I wanted to hear i didn't want to risk all the TP but I don't mind the last lot
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Old Jan 31, 2018, 4:42 am
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Originally Posted by teledude
Also works to other Spanish cities.... Can route with the 789 out and 346 back and get it done over a weekend too
From memory I think BIO, SVQ, ALC, AGP, and SVQ are all usually at the cheaper end of the range for this fare.
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Old Jan 31, 2018, 4:59 am
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Not a TP run, but am looking at an open-jaw ex-EU with mixed booking classes (something like GVA-LHR in ET, LHR-XXX in WT+, YYY-LHR in WT) - I can get a price etc in ITA, using f bc=t to force the WT+ leg, but don't know if there's any easy way to book this online... will I need to call BA etc and book over the phone?
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Old Jan 31, 2018, 5:27 am
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Originally Posted by Stewie Mac
Not a TP run, but am looking at an open-jaw ex-EU with mixed booking classes (something like GVA-LHR in ET, LHR-XXX in WT+, YYY-LHR in WT) - I can get a price etc in ITA, using f bc=t to force the WT+ leg, but don't know if there's any easy way to book this online... will I need to call BA etc and book over the phone?
You would have to call. The multi-city tool can do an open jaw, but it can't do mixed classes.
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Old Jan 31, 2018, 7:46 am
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Originally Posted by teledude
Good luck sir! Waiting for your outcome before I compose my letter to UL
I'll keep you posted, may as well run a live trip report on here. I've got 2 turnarounds booked 48 hours apart, so my biggest fear is making the first and then missing the second which gets me stuck in CGK with no contingency and missing my connecting flight DOH-LHR. If I miss the first then I just check into a hotel for 2 days and get my return flight home as planned (albeit 560TP short)
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Old Jan 31, 2018, 2:19 pm
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Hi Fters,

I will be around 200-220 TP short this year to renew gold and I was looking for the most cost effective way to get them in 1 or 2 weekends. Any ideas?

Thanks!
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Old Jan 31, 2018, 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Etxebas
Hi Fters,

I will be around 200-220 TP short this year to renew gold and I was looking for the most cost effective way to get them in 1 or 2 weekends. Any ideas?

Thanks!
MAN-LHR-MAD-BIO is a decent one for 200 or LHR-HEL-OSL would net you 240. Both under £500,
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Old Jan 31, 2018, 4:01 pm
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Originally Posted by teledude
MAN-LHR-MAD-BIO is a decent one for 200 or LHR-HEL-OSL would net you 240. Both under £500,
and you can do LHR-HEL-OSL with the overnight in HEL, same aircraft turnaround in OSL. Could work well with IHG pointsbreak offering...

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Old Jan 31, 2018, 4:07 pm
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My mileage year expires in August - and looks unfortunately like I might be ~150 TPs away from gold - though ultimately it is heavily dependent on how work pans out over the next few months, so I'd prefer to wait before booking.

- How likely am I to be able to find 'short notice' Short Haul+ CE returns around the £300 / £400 mark in the summer? (i.e. can I wait, or do I need to buy now?)
- Are there any refundable Short Haul+ CE return fares out there that aren't a million miles away from £300 / £400?
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Old Jan 31, 2018, 4:16 pm
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A couple of Luxembourgs would do that, or you have some of the 120TP Spanish flights. I wouldn't worry about it to be honest, there'll be something available.

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Old Feb 1, 2018, 2:29 am
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I haven't seen this reported elsewhere, but there are some interesting fares AMS-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL, return to BRU:.£2127 in First (A).
American (AA) ILN8C1S4 AMS to HNLPERMITTED 20NOV THROUGH 26NOV OR 18DEC THROUGH 01JAN OR 01JUL THROUGH 31AUG ON THE OUTBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
Book before 4 Feb. Also available as a shorter run to LAX. And for a small premium there is something to/from HEL.
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Old Feb 1, 2018, 2:41 am
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Originally Posted by markle
My mileage year expires in August - and looks unfortunately like I might be ~150 TPs away from gold - though ultimately it is heavily dependent on how work pans out over the next few months, so I'd prefer to wait before booking.

- How likely am I to be able to find 'short notice' Short Haul+ CE returns around the £300 / £400 mark in the summer? (i.e. can I wait, or do I need to buy now?)
- Are there any refundable Short Haul+ CE return fares out there that aren't a million miles away from £300 / £400?
There are boat loads: https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...c=b;a=ONEWORLD

That gives you 160TP for sub-£400.

Edit: admittedly it's not very exciting, but does the job. You can do LHR-HEL-TLL on Finnair and TLL-LHR on BA for £435, netting the A350 LHR-HEL flight. Worth it for the extra £40 as it's lie-flat seats (and 20TP more; fewer Avios though). Staying in Tallinn is cheaper than Helsinki by a mile, too, and it's rather nice.

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Old Feb 1, 2018, 2:44 am
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I am seeing in business LUX/FRA-HNL for EUR 1760/1800 with AA via DFW and LAX. Not bad, nope?

Seems this gets even cheaper as open jaw with eg, leaving from LUX and returning to DUS. Perhaps there are some cheaper combinations out there?
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Old Feb 1, 2018, 2:55 am
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Great spot !

It's been a long time since in the £1,400s

https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
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