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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Mar 14, 2018, 10:23 am
#1471
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: BA exec, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 556
Hi,
Looking to treat my eldest son for recent academic succes who loves flying (his choice honest!).
He's about to embark on his professional journey and recently joined the BA exec.
looking at this initially - any better ideas/ price point (destination/departure v flexible) appreciated - cheers.
Looking to treat my eldest son for recent academic succes who loves flying (his choice honest!).
He's about to embark on his professional journey and recently joined the BA exec.
looking at this initially - any better ideas/ price point (destination/departure v flexible) appreciated - cheers.
Mar 14, 2018, 10:35 am
#1472
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Glasgow, UK
Programs: Seigneur des Tarifs Utils First Class Mucci with Honours :) - BA GGL / CCR
Posts: 1,551
Hi,
Looking to treat my eldest son for recent academic succes who loves flying (his choice honest!).
He's about to embark on his professional journey and recently joined the BA exec.
looking at this initially - any better ideas/ price point (destination/departure v flexible) appreciated - cheers.
Looking to treat my eldest son for recent academic succes who loves flying (his choice honest!).
He's about to embark on his professional journey and recently joined the BA exec.
looking at this initially - any better ideas/ price point (destination/departure v flexible) appreciated - cheers.
Save yourself the hassle of getting to CPH and leave from DUB for £554, It can also be the same cost to open jaw and finish back at London for £550 also so Dub => LHR => DXB =>LHR for same price as adding DUB onto the end, Depends if you want the TPs
Mar 14, 2018, 10:40 am
#1473
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HAM
Programs: A3*G, BA Gold
Posts: 115
Any suggestions how far in advance one should book this? I´d like to do my next trip in December but I am quite sure AA will change their schedule until then for several times...
Mar 14, 2018, 11:05 am
#1474
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
Best to book now, so you get the fare locked. And when the (inevitable!) schedule change does occur, you wont lose the fare, just you'll need to work through your options with an AAgent to correct the routing to what you want.
Mar 14, 2018, 12:51 pm
#1475
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 106
Any recommendations for 200 TPs over the next couple of months? Cheaper the better! Been looking at LHR-HEL-TLL but doesn’t seem to be any decent deals there.
Any suggestions or ideas to look into would be gratefully received!
Any suggestions or ideas to look into would be gratefully received!
Mar 14, 2018, 2:15 pm
#1476
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
Mar 15, 2018, 10:01 am
#1477
Join Date: Jan 2014
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 10
Hi,
Looking for some help in constructing a minimum 420 TP run originating from NYC area, to be completed by 8th May 2018. Hoping for a max one hotel night stay. Provisionally looking at LGA PHL PHX TUS PHX BOS JFK which can be completed with the return PHX BOS being an overnight, thus avoiding a night in a hotel. Coming in at around $1100 in AA First on ITA Matrix, although I am unable to get it to price on AA.com or Google Flights (one too many flights by the looks of things).
Anyone with any other possibilities?
Help appreciated. Thanks.
Andrew
Looking for some help in constructing a minimum 420 TP run originating from NYC area, to be completed by 8th May 2018. Hoping for a max one hotel night stay. Provisionally looking at LGA PHL PHX TUS PHX BOS JFK which can be completed with the return PHX BOS being an overnight, thus avoiding a night in a hotel. Coming in at around $1100 in AA First on ITA Matrix, although I am unable to get it to price on AA.com or Google Flights (one too many flights by the looks of things).
Anyone with any other possibilities?
Help appreciated. Thanks.
Andrew
Mar 15, 2018, 10:06 am
#1478
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,048
Hi,
Looking to treat my eldest son for recent academic succes who loves flying (his choice honest!).
He's about to embark on his professional journey and recently joined the BA exec.
looking at this initially - any better ideas/ price point (destination/departure v flexible) appreciated - cheers.
Looking to treat my eldest son for recent academic succes who loves flying (his choice honest!).
He's about to embark on his professional journey and recently joined the BA exec.
looking at this initially - any better ideas/ price point (destination/departure v flexible) appreciated - cheers.
Mar 15, 2018, 10:10 am
#1479
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,048
Hi,
Looking for some help in constructing a minimum 420 TP run originating from NYC area, to be completed by 8th May 2018. Hoping for a max one hotel night stay. Provisionally looking at LGA PHL PHX TUS PHX BOS JFK which can be completed with the return PHX BOS being an overnight, thus avoiding a night in a hotel. Coming in at around $1100 in AA First on ITA Matrix, although I am unable to get it to price on AA.com or Google Flights (one too many flights by the looks of things).
Anyone with any other possibilities?
Help appreciated. Thanks.
Andrew
Looking for some help in constructing a minimum 420 TP run originating from NYC area, to be completed by 8th May 2018. Hoping for a max one hotel night stay. Provisionally looking at LGA PHL PHX TUS PHX BOS JFK which can be completed with the return PHX BOS being an overnight, thus avoiding a night in a hotel. Coming in at around $1100 in AA First on ITA Matrix, although I am unable to get it to price on AA.com or Google Flights (one too many flights by the looks of things).
Anyone with any other possibilities?
Help appreciated. Thanks.
Andrew
Mar 15, 2018, 10:50 am
#1480
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
I suggest @hamilan looks at copying the matrix result into bookwithmatrix and then linking to AA if they are happy with what they have found and the price.
Mar 15, 2018, 1:32 pm
#1481
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: PHL
Posts: 71
Hi,
Looking for some help in constructing a minimum 420 TP run originating from NYC area, to be completed by 8th May 2018. Hoping for a max one hotel night stay. Provisionally looking at LGA PHL PHX TUS PHX BOS JFK which can be completed with the return PHX BOS being an overnight, thus avoiding a night in a hotel. Coming in at around $1100 in AA First on ITA Matrix, although I am unable to get it to price on AA.com or Google Flights (one too many flights by the looks of things).
Anyone with any other possibilities?
Help appreciated. Thanks.
Andrew
Looking for some help in constructing a minimum 420 TP run originating from NYC area, to be completed by 8th May 2018. Hoping for a max one hotel night stay. Provisionally looking at LGA PHL PHX TUS PHX BOS JFK which can be completed with the return PHX BOS being an overnight, thus avoiding a night in a hotel. Coming in at around $1100 in AA First on ITA Matrix, although I am unable to get it to price on AA.com or Google Flights (one too many flights by the looks of things).
Anyone with any other possibilities?
Help appreciated. Thanks.
Andrew
I went with the TP run posted above using the LAX-PTY fare.
Many an option if you want to cut down the return trip to less flights.
Anything NYC to PHX or further will net you 140TP each way, so, it's a bit easier than jumping around the east coast all day.
Mar 15, 2018, 3:16 pm
#1482
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HAM
Programs: A3*G, BA Gold
Posts: 115
Last year I could spend a stopover night at MCO on my way to PTY - any idea what to do in ITA matrix to get a night of sleep instead of doing all the way down in one?
Mar 15, 2018, 3:20 pm
#1483
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
minconnect 600
The 600 represents minutes which can be altered. However, this would apply for all flights. The alternative would be to break your journey into segments which then allows you to use this between the flights you want for the stopover.
Mar 15, 2018, 5:10 pm
#1484
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: BA Gold, EH Gold, AZ FAP, SPG, IHG
Posts: 16
TP Run out of South East Asia
Hello, fairly new here and wanted to ask for your help.
I have booked the LHR-DOH-HKG in the QR sale yesterday: 20/4 - 7/5.
We need to be in BKK, KUL and maybe ICN and was wondering whether there were any interesting TP runs out of these cities, covering the others. Thanks.
I have booked the LHR-DOH-HKG in the QR sale yesterday: 20/4 - 7/5.
We need to be in BKK, KUL and maybe ICN and was wondering whether there were any interesting TP runs out of these cities, covering the others. Thanks.
Mar 15, 2018, 8:34 pm
#1485
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,610
Hello, fairly new here and wanted to ask for your help.
I have booked the LHR-DOH-HKG in the QR sale yesterday: 20/4 - 7/5.
We need to be in BKK, KUL and maybe ICN and was wondering whether there were any interesting TP runs out of these cities, covering the others. Thanks.
I have booked the LHR-DOH-HKG in the QR sale yesterday: 20/4 - 7/5.
We need to be in BKK, KUL and maybe ICN and was wondering whether there were any interesting TP runs out of these cities, covering the others. Thanks.
[edit - not sure if UL do ICN, I somehow interpreted ICN as Jakarta, CGK!) Firemin has it right below. ]
You might look at Sri Lankan and bouncing from Colombo back to ICN. They have some cheap J deals in the other direction so there may be something available. Unfortunately I'm in Shanghai at the moment and can't get to the tools to have a look because of geoblocking, but that wouldn't be a bad place to start. CMB->KUL or BKK is 40 TP I think, where ICN is 140. I think there's a Malaysian sale on business class fares at the moment, and you might well get something for KUL<->BKK, but watch the booking class as some of the deals don't generate TP.
Last edited by bisonrav; Mar 15, 2018 at 9:54 pm