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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Dec 2, 2018, 4:10 am
#4906
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 1,578
With a bit of poking, you could possibly put these on the IB A340 or BA 777 LHR-MAD.
Last edited by armouredant; Dec 2, 2018 at 4:15 am
Dec 2, 2018, 5:54 am
#4907
Join Date: Aug 2014
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 97
Dec 2, 2018, 5:59 am
#4908
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,100
Dec 2, 2018, 11:22 pm
#4910
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 302
And so my first (work funded, admittedly unoptimised) tier point run begins.
LHR - OSL - LHR - LAX - SFO - LAX - LHR - OSL - LHR.
My big concern was as per upthread was baggage. As doing a B2B I was concerned how I was going to get my hold lugggage to SFO (staying for two weeks for work). However as advised Business class check in after some manual work tagged my bag for the LHR to LAX to SFO. At first check in lady (excellent by the way) wasn’t sure it was allowed. However after checking with another colleague was advised it was fine and normal. Then she had an issue printing or even generating a tag. After a call to baggage line they couldn’t raise a manual ticket either... then it was suggested to use JFE instead of FLY... and voila it worked. Bag now tagged.
Now just to hope the back to back in Oslo goes well.
Exciting to be doing a tier run for the first time. People at work and family think I’m nuts. Hopefully won’t speak before unless something is going wrong!
LHR - OSL - LHR - LAX - SFO - LAX - LHR - OSL - LHR.
My big concern was as per upthread was baggage. As doing a B2B I was concerned how I was going to get my hold lugggage to SFO (staying for two weeks for work). However as advised Business class check in after some manual work tagged my bag for the LHR to LAX to SFO. At first check in lady (excellent by the way) wasn’t sure it was allowed. However after checking with another colleague was advised it was fine and normal. Then she had an issue printing or even generating a tag. After a call to baggage line they couldn’t raise a manual ticket either... then it was suggested to use JFE instead of FLY... and voila it worked. Bag now tagged.
Now just to hope the back to back in Oslo goes well.
Exciting to be doing a tier run for the first time. People at work and family think I’m nuts. Hopefully won’t speak before unless something is going wrong!
Dec 2, 2018, 11:39 pm
#4911
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,190
And so my first (work funded, admittedly unoptimised) tier point run begins.
LHR - OSL - LHR - LAX - SFO - LAX - LHR - OSL - LHR.
My big concern was as per upthread was baggage. As doing a B2B I was concerned how I was going to get my hold lugggage to SFO (staying for two weeks for work). However as advised Business class check in after some manual work tagged my bag for the LHR to LAX to SFO. At first check in lady (excellent by the way) wasn’t sure it was allowed. However after checking with another colleague was advised it was fine and normal. Then she had an issue printing or even generating a tag. After a call to baggage line they couldn’t raise a manual ticket either... then it was suggested to use JFE instead of FLY... and voila it worked. Bag now tagged.
Now just to hope the back to back in Oslo goes well.
Exciting to be doing a tier run for the first time. People at work and family think I’m nuts. Hopefully won’t speak before unless something is going wrong!
LHR - OSL - LHR - LAX - SFO - LAX - LHR - OSL - LHR.
My big concern was as per upthread was baggage. As doing a B2B I was concerned how I was going to get my hold lugggage to SFO (staying for two weeks for work). However as advised Business class check in after some manual work tagged my bag for the LHR to LAX to SFO. At first check in lady (excellent by the way) wasn’t sure it was allowed. However after checking with another colleague was advised it was fine and normal. Then she had an issue printing or even generating a tag. After a call to baggage line they couldn’t raise a manual ticket either... then it was suggested to use JFE instead of FLY... and voila it worked. Bag now tagged.
Now just to hope the back to back in Oslo goes well.
Exciting to be doing a tier run for the first time. People at work and family think I’m nuts. Hopefully won’t speak before unless something is going wrong!
rb211.
Dec 3, 2018, 12:10 am
#4912
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,683
Because pointing to a thread like that offers wider help in using the dashboard and gaining more from the forum. There’s tremendous info here, and so much help from so many people. The poster asking the question was happy with the response.
Dec 3, 2018, 12:52 am
#4913
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 243
Trying to book this on this or other dates within the fare rules. Matrix comes up with this fare but when plugged in to bookwithmatrix the price jumps to over £3.5k. Any ideas where I’m going wrong?
Dec 3, 2018, 1:55 am
#4914
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold / OW Emerald
Posts: 753
Dec 3, 2018, 2:48 am
#4915
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: LON
Programs: BA GFL, OW Gold, CX/MP Diamond, SPG Plat
Posts: 258
Dec 3, 2018, 2:51 am
#4916
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,100
640 if I am not mistaken
Dec 3, 2018, 3:13 am
#4917
Join Date: Aug 2014
Programs: BA Executive Club and OnBusiness
Posts: 720
You can do ARN-HEL-AGP-LGW for an additional £95 and 60 TPs
Dec 3, 2018, 4:34 am
#4919
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: BRS
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 4,993
Dec 3, 2018, 5:39 am
#4920
Join Date: Oct 2004
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,009
Wondering how long they will have access to the old check in system or why they havent added this function into FLY