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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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
#1231
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Like this !
#1232
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Mikeyfly s link above is working, the reason you are getting the 2 hour error is usually because you dont have the lhr to gla selected as the next day , the tool isnt clever enough to notice that the LAX - LHR Sector is an overnight and leaves that the domestic connection would be next day if that makes sense
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#1236
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Hi all, new here hope this question is ok!
My points collection ends on the 8th July this year and I've calculated I'll be about 200 tier points away from retaining silver. I really don't want to lose it so would love to fit in a really short trip between now and then for as cheap as possible to try and collect those points. I'm based in London and have free time in the middle-end of April, beginning of May, last week of June and first week of July. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great!
Thanks
My points collection ends on the 8th July this year and I've calculated I'll be about 200 tier points away from retaining silver. I really don't want to lose it so would love to fit in a really short trip between now and then for as cheap as possible to try and collect those points. I'm based in London and have free time in the middle-end of April, beginning of May, last week of June and first week of July. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great!
Thanks
#1237
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I’m new to this, but I would have thought there should be a stop off in New York as an example .... but I could be completely wrong
ignore what I said, I’ve read it properly now......doh!!!!!
ignore what I said, I’ve read it properly now......doh!!!!!
#1238
Join Date: Jan 2017
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Hi all, new here hope this question is ok!
My points collection ends on the 8th July this year and I've calculated I'll be about 200 tier points away from retaining silver. I really don't want to lose it so would love to fit in a really short trip between now and then for as cheap as possible to try and collect those points. I'm based in London and have free time in the middle-end of April, beginning of May, last week of June and first week of July. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great!
Thanks
My points collection ends on the 8th July this year and I've calculated I'll be about 200 tier points away from retaining silver. I really don't want to lose it so would love to fit in a really short trip between now and then for as cheap as possible to try and collect those points. I'm based in London and have free time in the middle-end of April, beginning of May, last week of June and first week of July. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great!
Thanks
LGW-MAD-BCN-MAD-LGW for £246 on IB, I think that should earn 120 as a start, plus a LHR-LUX for around £175 for the other 80TP
Last edited by Macwaz; Feb 26, 2018 at 5:46 pm
#1239
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This may help: https://goo.gl/flights/moy7P
LGW-MAD-BCN-MAD-LGW for £246 on IB, I think that should earn 120 as a start, plus a LHR-LUX for around £175 for the other 80TP
#1240
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Hi all, new here hope this question is ok!
My points collection ends on the 8th July this year and I've calculated I'll be about 200 tier points away from retaining silver. I really don't want to lose it so would love to fit in a really short trip between now and then for as cheap as possible to try and collect those points. I'm based in London and have free time in the middle-end of April, beginning of May, last week of June and first week of July. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great!
Thanks
My points collection ends on the 8th July this year and I've calculated I'll be about 200 tier points away from retaining silver. I really don't want to lose it so would love to fit in a really short trip between now and then for as cheap as possible to try and collect those points. I'm based in London and have free time in the middle-end of April, beginning of May, last week of June and first week of July. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great!
Thanks
#1241
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This looks great, thank you both! Although when I click book it's saying error on the Iberia website. I tried to search and select the flights on the Iberia website but it's saying £1,000 for the same flights! I also called Iberia but they said they won't sell those flights to me over the phone, maybe because of BA legs?
#1242
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This looks great, thank you both! Although when I click book it's saying error on the Iberia website. I tried to search and select the flights on the Iberia website but it's saying £1,000 for the same flights! I also called Iberia but they said they won't sell those flights to me over the phone, maybe because of BA legs?
Other options would be to search for the itinerary on Kayak or Skyscanner, and see if you can then buy from there.
https://travel.americanexpress.com/home is another option.
#1243
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There has been mention elsewhere on BA FT recently about BAEC overhaul and possible devaluation in the next month or so. Is that worth mentioning on wik or discussing (I can't see a specific thread for that), will be a bit of a git if you book to get gold by 5TPs or so, and find they've changed the rules...
Though to be fair recently, they tend to honour a bunch of stuff months after the announcement by deferred start, but TP runs are often months in advance. Indeed, any booking...
Though to be fair recently, they tend to honour a bunch of stuff months after the announcement by deferred start, but TP runs are often months in advance. Indeed, any booking...
#1244
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There has been mention elsewhere on BA FT recently about BAEC overhaul and possible devaluation in the next month or so. Is that worth mentioning on wik or discussing (I can't see a specific thread for that), will be a bit of a git if you book to get gold by 5TPs or so, and find they've changed the rules...
Though to be fair recently, they tend to honour a bunch of stuff months after the announcement by deferred start, but TP runs are often months in advance. Indeed, any booking...
Though to be fair recently, they tend to honour a bunch of stuff months after the announcement by deferred start, but TP runs are often months in advance. Indeed, any booking...
In fact thinking about it you could have a generic warning on any FFP related wiki saying this scheme is subject to change at any time
#1245
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Hi all, I require 40TP in the next week to get to Silver, does anybody know a good, cheap way of obtaining this? Currently in London.