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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 28, 2018, 7:55 am
#5148
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Just noticed there are some osl-dxb via Hel fares for around £950 Return finnair, selected dates jan - March eg
Osl-dxb
Osl-dxb
Dec 28, 2018, 1:03 pm
#5149
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,072
Starting ARN-MIA run tomorrow, and already won a nice SSSS on my BP for the JFK and MIA flights. Is there also SSSS for US domestic flights? I thought it was just for international flights to the states...
Dec 28, 2018, 1:45 pm
#5150
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 135
Can't beat that table - yet:
Perhaps not ideal in terms of positioning/routing, but : TLL-BKK is £1331 in July.
I'm including some *A airports in my search too.
Current research focussed on: BKK,BWN,CAN,CGK,CMB,CTU,HAN,HKG,KCH,KUL,SGN,SIN,SZ X,TPE
(all more or less <2000mi from SIN)
Last part with Avios - distance band 3 - would cost me around 20 000 max with CX in J.
But as you see, still a work in progress.
Stan
Perhaps not ideal in terms of positioning/routing, but : TLL-BKK is £1331 in July.
I'm including some *A airports in my search too.
Current research focussed on: BKK,BWN,CAN,CGK,CMB,CTU,HAN,HKG,KCH,KUL,SGN,SIN,SZ X,TPE
(all more or less <2000mi from SIN)
Last part with Avios - distance band 3 - would cost me around 20 000 max with CX in J.
But as you see, still a work in progress.
Stan
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30582765-post1248.html
Stan
Dec 28, 2018, 6:05 pm
#5151
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: BAEC Gold; Le Club Accorhotels Plat; Marriott Gold
Posts: 371
just tried to run this routing for my dates and I was getting £1895, so I thought to try exactly dates like in the search above and am still getting it priced at 1895. What possibily may I be doing wrong?
Dec 28, 2018, 6:08 pm
#5152
Join Date: Jan 2018
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Posts: 1,806
Dec 28, 2018, 6:39 pm
#5153
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: BAEC Gold; Le Club Accorhotels Plat; Marriott Gold
Posts: 371
Thank you wilsnunn... lesson learned. Need to grab these deals quickly 
this one was perfect for me as I have to,travel to BKK anyway
this one was perfect for me as I have to,travel to BKK anyway
Dec 29, 2018, 12:59 pm
#5154
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 230
EU-LAS Nov 19
Hello, looking for inspiration building an itinerary that gets me into Las Vegas arriving 21st departing 24th November 2019. Can start journey anywhere in Europe on 20th and can return to anywhere although will ultimately need to get back to London.
So far have found:
DUB-LCY-JFK-LAS-LHR-DUB for £1439 all in J.
I’m not very good at using the ita matrix especially after the changes.
All help and ideas very welcome to collect a decent amount of points with relative comfort.
Thank you
So far have found:
DUB-LCY-JFK-LAS-LHR-DUB for £1439 all in J.
I’m not very good at using the ita matrix especially after the changes.
All help and ideas very welcome to collect a decent amount of points with relative comfort.
Thank you
Dec 29, 2018, 2:33 pm
#5155
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The North
Posts: 1,844
I haven’t checked the ARN-MIA fare details so it may not cover your dates, but you can route ARN-HEL-LON-JFK-xxx-MIA and return for approx £1100 and up to 680TP. Add in a MIA-LAX-LAS (or similar) and you should be able to rack up a few more TPs fairly easily for around the same cost, I imagine...?
Dec 29, 2018, 3:28 pm
#5156
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 230
I haven’t checked the ARN-MIA fare details so it may not cover your dates, but you can route ARN-HEL-LON-JFK-xxx-MIA and return for approx £1100 and up to 680TP. Add in a MIA-LAX-LAS (or similar) and you should be able to rack up a few more TPs fairly easily for around the same cost, I imagine...?
Dec 29, 2018, 3:32 pm
#5157
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: near Heathrow
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL (OWE), SA LifePlat (*G), BD Gold to the end, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,908
I haven’t checked the ARN-MIA fare details so it may not cover your dates, but you can route ARN-HEL-LON-JFK-xxx-MIA and return for approx £1100 and up to 680TP. Add in a MIA-LAX-LAS (or similar) and you should be able to rack up a few more TPs fairly easily for around the same cost, I imagine...?
I'm sure someone with a better knowledge of Matrix than me will be able to improve this further.
Last edited by gcuk; Dec 29, 2018 at 3:46 pm
Dec 29, 2018, 3:35 pm
#5158
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The North
Posts: 1,844
Dec 29, 2018, 3:46 pm
#5159
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: BAEC Gold; Le Club Accorhotels Plat; Marriott Gold
Posts: 371
Hey fellow travellers, I have a mini run to do LHR-MAN-LHR-IST-LHR-MAN-LHR for £555 all legs in CE. Do I calculate correctly that it will yield 240 TP. If so, then it will be £2.31/1TP which is not bad, right?
Dec 29, 2018, 3:49 pm
#5160
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 136
That looks like 320 as LHR-IST is 80 each way which makes it £1.73 and in the TR territory
Last edited by BA707; Dec 29, 2018 at 3:54 pm