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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Sep 9, 2018, 6:11 am
#3706
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 383
I asked the agent about dropping the bags as per your suggestion and he said it's not possible - they have to be checked in at AMS. Is this a policy change?
Sep 9, 2018, 6:15 am
#3707
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: London(ish)
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 567
Can someone please help me with some flight for May/June next year please.
This isn't 100% a TP Run however we are planning a trip for next year where I'd like to maximise our TP earning.
Something along the lines of...
London to California somewhere.
Then we'll drive the USA and fly from New York back to London.
Can anyone help please?
Thank you in advance.
This isn't 100% a TP Run however we are planning a trip for next year where I'd like to maximise our TP earning.
Something along the lines of...
London to California somewhere.
Then we'll drive the USA and fly from New York back to London.
Can anyone help please?
Thank you in advance.
Sep 9, 2018, 6:46 am
#3708
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: ±38,000 feet
Programs: LH HON, BA GGL, AF Plat, EK Plat
Posts: 6,428
Can someone please help me with some flight for May/June next year please.
This isn't 100% a TP Run however we are planning a trip for next year where I'd like to maximise our TP earning.
Something along the lines of...
London to California somewhere.
Then we'll drive the USA and fly from New York back to London.
Can anyone help please?
Thank you in advance.
This isn't 100% a TP Run however we are planning a trip for next year where I'd like to maximise our TP earning.
Something along the lines of...
London to California somewhere.
Then we'll drive the USA and fly from New York back to London.
Can anyone help please?
Thank you in advance.
Sep 9, 2018, 7:06 am
#3709
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: London(ish)
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 567
Two passengers. Both currently BA Silver. Business but happy to try first for the first time.
Cash purchase although we both have 80k Avios in our account to use if needed.
THANK YOU!!
Sep 9, 2018, 7:33 am
#3710
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
Droping bags at LHR before doing your B2B at AMS is certainly possible. I did it recently for a similar trip without any issue. Many others have also done this.
Sep 9, 2018, 7:36 am
#3711
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sydney
Programs: NH AMC, EY Guest Silver,MPC GO
Posts: 210
Best to call AA directly.
When calling up also detail the flight you want as it was displayed on Matrix - this is important. So if flight 2 was entered as LHR-LAX via JFK then ask the agent for LHR-LAX and then detail the flights you want. There is a limit to the number of individual flights that can be entered into the AA system.
And of course Point Of Sale is Luxembourg.
Sep 9, 2018, 8:59 am
#3712
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2000
Location: RDU
Programs: AA LT Gold, DL SM, HY Disc, Marriott LT Gold
Posts: 12,507
Can someone please help me with some flight for May/June next year please.
This isn't 100% a TP Run however we are planning a trip for next year where I'd like to maximise our TP earning.
Something along the lines of...
London to California somewhere.
Then we'll drive the USA and fly from New York back to London.
Can anyone help please?
Thank you in advance.
This isn't 100% a TP Run however we are planning a trip for next year where I'd like to maximise our TP earning.
Something along the lines of...
London to California somewhere.
Then we'll drive the USA and fly from New York back to London.
Can anyone help please?
Thank you in advance.
Sep 9, 2018, 9:00 am
#3713
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 383
Don’t believe everything that a BA phone agent tells you. Often people on here know much more than they do, and the agent is unlikely to really know what happens at the airport.
Droping bags at LHR before doing your B2B at AMS is certainly possible. I did it recently for a similar trip without any issue. Many others have also done this.
Thanks so much for all the advice.
Sep 9, 2018, 11:16 am
#3714
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Shoreham By Sea
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,331
It won’t happen, but if they insist you must fly the AMS to LHR leg, you still have the option of left luggage (or the boot of your car if you choose short term parking)
I had an agent swear on his mothers life 2 mornings ago as I called to book the return leg of a 355 advanced return leg of a companion voucher booking. I missed the flight so told the agent I would call the USA number at 1 the following mornig to snag the following day’s flight. Not possible under any circumstances he said.
18 hours later, said call made and seats booked in less than 7 minutes........
There is nothing wrong with saying I don’t know but this constant miss information is unnecessary and makes them look rather silly.
Sep 9, 2018, 11:30 am
#3715
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, EY Silver, AF/KL Silver
Posts: 211
Don’t believe everything that a BA phone agent tells you. Often people on here know much more than they do, and the agent is unlikely to really know what happens at the airport.
Droping bags at LHR before doing your B2B at AMS is certainly possible. I did it recently for a similar trip without any issue. Many others have also done this.
Sep 9, 2018, 1:32 pm
#3716
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 1,578
Have an upcoming booking ex AMS. However the long haul sector from LHR is from T3. Does that mean I would have to go to T3 to drop the bags for that sector (the LHR-AMS flight would of course go from T5)? Doubt they would check in the bags at T5 just for the LH sector but would appreciate confirmation. Thanks
Sep 9, 2018, 1:34 pm
#3717
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,683
Definitely is OK to do this. I’ve flown LHR-ARN, then started an Ex-EU with ARN-HEL-LHR gone home for the night and then checked a bag at Heathrow the next day for what is the 3rd segment of a flight, it’s completely normal and not even mentioned. Coming back and getting your bag short checked is a different story, it’ll be tagged to your final destination.
Last edited by dougzz; Sep 9, 2018 at 1:51 pm Reason: Fix typo
Sep 9, 2018, 1:50 pm
#3718
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, EY Silver, AF/KL Silver
Posts: 211
Originally Posted by madfish
Don’t believe everything that a BA phone agent tells you. Often people on here know much more than they do
Sep 10, 2018, 1:18 am
#3719
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 910
Could you detail what you're trying to put together? If it prices up in ITA matrix it should be possible to book.
Sep 10, 2018, 1:21 am
#3720
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 910
On a similar note I was recently trying to book an ex-EU with car hire online (so making it a BA holiday) and kept getting an error message whatever payment card (AMEX, M/C, VISA) I tried. On ringing the BA Gold line and attempting to book it over the phone I was told it couldn't be done as the journey was starting outside the UK and could only be booked online. Surely not?
This was my case before when trying to book an ex-OSL fare to SYD. We couldn't work out why it wasn't pricing correctly and then the agent confirmed it was based on UK POS. I phoned BA Norway and booked it then.
Now you may ask an obvious question - BA's website isn't located in every country around the world, so how come the 'website' has access to all those different Points Of Sale and yet agents don't?
