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Welcome to the thread. This is a continuation of the highly popular 2018 Tier Point thread (found here). 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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.
A new guideline thread for TP meetups has been created on 31 March 2020. If you would like other members to join your TP, or if you want to organize a TP run with other members. Please visit there. From the first few posts over there you could see the active ( confirmed ) TP meetings and the links to their relevant discussion threads, connect with other members and learn the details about the run. Click here to access that thread.
Current Promotions of Interest
Sale Fares
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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.
A new guideline thread for TP meetups has been created on 31 March 2020. If you would like other members to join your TP, or if you want to organize a TP run with other members. Please visit there. From the first few posts over there you could see the active ( confirmed ) TP meetings and the links to their relevant discussion threads, connect with other members and learn the details about the run. Click here to access that thread.
Current Promotions of Interest
Sale Fares
See here in post 9 for a 2019 archive of exEU sale fare, and see this post in the 2018 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
15 Oct £0.96/TP £154 160 TPs LHR-SOF (2021 dates)
24 Feb £1.90/TP £152 80TP MAD-FRA Z/Z LA (available Feb-Mar 2019, immediate turnarounds possible)
10 Aug £2.06/TP £329 160TP LHR-MAD-RAK RAK-MAD-LHR I/I/I/I IB (available August, Sat night stay) BA.com, note hotels on offer until 26 March
3 Jul £2.99/TP £2,758.45 920TP DUB-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL-LAX-JFK-LHR-DUB J/I/I/I/I/I/I/J Fare basis INX4C3S4 and INN4C1S4. Booked on AA via ITA Matrix Powertools script
18 Dec £1.90/TP £1370 720TP DUB-LHR-JFK-LAX-LAS-LAX-JFK-LHR-DUB All I class Flights 25 December to 31 March 2020, transatlantic Mon to Thur. Offer to 18 Dec. ITA details booked by TA Propeller
27 Apr £2.29/TP £640TP BEG-DOH-KUL-PEN-KUL-DOH-BEG I / I / I / I / I / I Fare IJR2R1RE Bookable on QR.com
From North, Central and South America
10Jan £1.52/TP £668 440tp JFK-BOS/CLT-LAX-LAS-LAX-BOS/CLT-JFK I / I / I / I / I / I HPN-HRL AA (find with ITA; probably have to book via a TA)
12Apr £0.90/TP £215 240tp DCA-ORD-CLT-RDU-CLT-ORD-DCA I/I/I/I/I/I/I AA Found with ITA, booked on the AA site with BookWithMatrix
23Apr £ 0.76/TP £ 182 240TP DCA-PHL-CLT-RDU-CLT-ORD-DCA I / I / I / I / I / I AA Found with ITA Matrix, Book on AA.com via BookWithMatrix or PowerTools
24Apr £ 1.04/TP £ 459 440TP YVR-LAX-CLT-ATL-CLT-LAX-YVR I / I / I / I / I / I AA Found with ITA Matrix, Book on AA.com via BookWithMatrix or PowerTools
23May £ 0.70/TP £ 169 240TP EWR-ORD-CLT-RDU-CLT-DFW-EWR I / I / I / I / I / I AA Found with ITA Matrix, Book on AA.com via BookWithMatrix or PowerTools
24Jun £ 0.52/TP £ 128 240TP LAX-DFW-PHX-SJC-PHX-DFW-LAX I / I / I / I / I / I AA Found with ITA Matrix, Book on AA.com via BookWithMatrix or PowerTools
From Middle East, Asia and Australasia
04/01 £0.95/TP £479 560tp AUH-CMB-CGK-CMB-AUH I / I / I / I cgtechuk UL
1FEB £1.49/TP £1,673 1,120tp PER-SYD-SIN-TYO-BKK Return (All book in I Class) timcjp BA (Ticket sold by BA, flights are on QF, BA & JL and lie flat seats available for all sectors)
23/04 £2.07/TP £2,112 1020TP CAI-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL-DFW-ORD-LHR-CAI I/R here (All flights must be BA numbered)
From Africa
04/01 £1.80/TP £721 400tp CPT-JNB-GRU-JNB-DUR-CPT I / Z / Z / I / I ubiest LA
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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 (here), 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 BA flight out on a Saturday, airport hotel and return on 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
2018 Archive
2017 Archive
2016 Archive
2015 Archive (6 months Jul to Dec)
2015 Archive (6 months Jan to Jun)
2014 Archive
BA Tier Point Runs | 2019-20 edition
#1532
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Join Date: May 2014
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Crikey £1630 going midweek for 6/7 nights
#1533
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Northants, UK
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That is good...I have it with LAX for £1300 but in J...had to use a GUF!
#1534
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Plymouth, UK
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Posts: 1,159
Found this and been trying to squeeze a few more points out of it by adding an extra stop but doesn’t seem to like it. Does anyone have any ideas if this can be done? Thanks
Inv - lhr J 13th sept
lhr - jfk A 13th Sept
jfk - las J 14th Sept
las - jfk J 19th sept
jfk - lhr A 19th sept
lhr - inv J 20 sept
780tp £1753
Inv - lhr J 13th sept
lhr - jfk A 13th Sept
jfk - las J 14th Sept
las - jfk J 19th sept
jfk - lhr A 19th sept
lhr - inv J 20 sept
780tp £1753
#1536
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#1537
Join Date: Oct 2015
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Posts: 524
I am not sure if it has been discussed. LHR-SVO service now earns 140 tps instead of 80 tps which is in line with DME service.
#1538
Join Date: Sep 2010
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Just to fire a starting pistol, the BA sale just started lists these following destinations in business around the £40-50 mark:
Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Edinburgh, Manchester, Milan, Nice.
Clearly they're probably all specific months, with only some overlap, but £1/tp, it's been a while.
£50-80 mark, to go to the £1-2/tp:
Bordeaux, Cologne, Geneva, Genoa, Glasgow, Luxembourg, Munich, Nuremberg, Paris, Rome, Venice and Vienna (it means nothing to me).
Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Edinburgh, Manchester, Milan, Nice.
Clearly they're probably all specific months, with only some overlap, but £1/tp, it's been a while.
£50-80 mark, to go to the £1-2/tp:
Bordeaux, Cologne, Geneva, Genoa, Glasgow, Luxembourg, Munich, Nuremberg, Paris, Rome, Venice and Vienna (it means nothing to me).
#1539
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Accor Live Limitless Gold, Hilton Honours Gold, Avis Preferred Plus
Posts: 1,807
Just to fire a starting pistol, the BA sale just started lists these following destinations in business around the £40-50 mark:
Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Edinburgh, Manchester, Milan, Nice.
Clearly they're probably all specific months, with only some overlap, but £1/tp, it's been a while.
£50-80 mark, to go to the £1-2/tp:
Bordeaux, Cologne, Geneva, Genoa, Glasgow, Luxembourg, Munich, Nuremberg, Paris, Rome, Venice and Vienna (it means nothing to me).
Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Edinburgh, Manchester, Milan, Nice.
Clearly they're probably all specific months, with only some overlap, but £1/tp, it's been a while.
£50-80 mark, to go to the £1-2/tp:
Bordeaux, Cologne, Geneva, Genoa, Glasgow, Luxembourg, Munich, Nuremberg, Paris, Rome, Venice and Vienna (it means nothing to me).
If any of these are actually bookable then please let us know!
#1540
Join Date: Jan 2018
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I can find day trips or one night trips to GOA, BOD or VCE for under £150 which isn't too bad, giving less than £1.88/TP but not quite the £40 that is showing in the low fare finder unfortunately.
#1541
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,020
AMS widely available for £140 return 80TPs (£1.75/TP) and £150/160 for around £2/TP to many others. Not getting the £80 returns anywhere.
AMS you could do 2 B2Bs on two tickets. £280 for 160TPs (£1.75/TP) not bad if that is all you need I guess. AMS looking lowest of the above mentioned.
AMS you could do 2 B2Bs on two tickets. £280 for 160TPs (£1.75/TP) not bad if that is all you need I guess. AMS looking lowest of the above mentioned.
#1542
Join Date: Jan 2018
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In terms of SH+ routes earning 80TPs each way, my quick check found the following:
ALG £302 1 night
CTA £260 1 night
OTP £311 1 night
HEL £278 1 night, £289 0 night
FNC £316 0 night
MLA £300 1 night
RAK £312 1 night
KEF £284 0 night, £295 1 night
SOF £259 1 night, £280 0 night
TFS £305 0 night
LED £297 1 night
TIA £242 0 night, £242 1 night
I have not looked to see which (if any) of the 0 day trips are actually possible however this was on Google flights, so I assume they are coming up as 1 ticket and thus possible.
Clearly TIA is the standout here at £1.51/TP.
ALG £302 1 night
CTA £260 1 night
OTP £311 1 night
HEL £278 1 night, £289 0 night
FNC £316 0 night
MLA £300 1 night
RAK £312 1 night
KEF £284 0 night, £295 1 night
SOF £259 1 night, £280 0 night
TFS £305 0 night
LED £297 1 night
TIA £242 0 night, £242 1 night
I have not looked to see which (if any) of the 0 day trips are actually possible however this was on Google flights, so I assume they are coming up as 1 ticket and thus possible.
Clearly TIA is the standout here at £1.51/TP.
#1543
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Tirana is certainly bookable as a comfortable day trip. Oct 31st for example. The weekend fares can be daytripped, but need a 6am flight from LGW and a late return. Probably worth experimenting adding ex Jer to them, but that wasn't a great add on on the Oct 31st.
#1544
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In terms of SH+ routes earning 80TPs each way, my quick check found the following:
ALG £302 1 night
CTA £260 1 night
OTP £311 1 night
HEL £278 1 night, £289 0 night
FNC £316 0 night
MLA £300 1 night
RAK £312 1 night
KEF £284 0 night, £295 1 night
SOF £259 1 night, £280 0 night
TFS £305 0 night
LED £297 1 night
TIA £242 0 night, £242 1 night
I have not looked to see which (if any) of the 0 day trips are actually possible however this was on Google flights, so I assume they are coming up as 1 ticket and thus possible.
Clearly TIA is the standout here at £1.51/TP.
ALG £302 1 night
CTA £260 1 night
OTP £311 1 night
HEL £278 1 night, £289 0 night
FNC £316 0 night
MLA £300 1 night
RAK £312 1 night
KEF £284 0 night, £295 1 night
SOF £259 1 night, £280 0 night
TFS £305 0 night
LED £297 1 night
TIA £242 0 night, £242 1 night
I have not looked to see which (if any) of the 0 day trips are actually possible however this was on Google flights, so I assume they are coming up as 1 ticket and thus possible.
Clearly TIA is the standout here at £1.51/TP.
#1545
Join Date: Aug 2006
Programs: BAEC Gold/GGL, IHG Diamond AMB
Posts: 1,074
Albania is well worth a stay - quick and cheap into the City and great bars and food people are amazing too!