Jan 4, 2019, 9:09 am
Last edit by: jfkeze
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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
May 30, 2019, 1:21 am
#1831
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,991
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...eta-draft.html
May 30, 2019, 1:37 am
#1832
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: 13,045
LHR-MAD-RAK gets you the same amount of TPs (80) as the direct LON-RAK. I doubt that route is a particularly efficient way of accumulating TPs.
May 30, 2019, 1:49 am
#1833
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond *, IHG, Couples Romance Rewards
Posts: 2,350
We got it for £300 each meaning £1.90 / TP but that was earlier in the year. Entirely respectable value according to the tp run standards on the board
May 30, 2019, 2:31 am
#1834
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
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Posts: 13,045
I wasn't simply referring to £ / TP, but the fact that connecting via MAD will take at least twice as long as hopping on whichever 80 TP direct flight is available in a decent sale. That may not matter if one really wants to visit RAK for the weekend or finds LGW to be hugely inconvenient, but doing 2 back-to-back to RAK doesn't seem like the best use of time to me...
May 30, 2019, 5:35 am
#1835
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA CCR/GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,483
If you do a search for the route this summer on ITS and then look at the fare rules then you’ll find the validity dates. Next April does seem to be excluded, which is a shame as I was hoping to kick start my new membership year!
May 30, 2019, 6:35 am
#1836
Join Date: May 2019
Location: LUX
Posts: 339
If someone needs "cheap" 160 TP.
Luxembourg to Dublin via LHR is available at the moment for 280€ for flights next year Januay until March.
Luxembourg to Dublin via LHR is available at the moment for 280€ for flights next year Januay until March.
May 30, 2019, 6:45 am
#1837
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Executive Club (Silver), Le Club Accor (Silver)
Posts: 680
Has anyone else noticed MAD-LHR-DME/SVO in J on Google flights from around £670? It doesn't seem to have a click through option but may be able to be ticketed on an OTA. It's possible to do all four sectors with a flat bed for under £2/TP (360TPs). Could be useful if you actually want to visit Moscow, as I do!
May 30, 2019, 7:05 am
#1838
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,076
Many posted having made reservations in late March, which were honored. Some 6 (8?) months ago they adjusted the 'spring break' to proper Easter time, thus resulting in two spring validity periods.
IIRC, the upcoming summer period was entered late 2019. So, hold your horses...
Jun 1, 2019, 12:57 pm
#1839
Moderator, Hertz; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: KRK
Programs: UA 1MM, BA GGL, Hyatt Glob, Hilton Diamond and others
Posts: 12,690
So I'm short 1240TPs before Oct. I want to renew my GGL and get from Europe to USA this summer. I see that theres still a good CAI-HNL fare, which would earn me that amount if I max out the routing, but I cant find any I space on the CAI-LHR flight, making the price almost $4K USD.
Best right now I could find is a routing like this:
earning me 960TPs. I would still be short 280 TPs
Best right now I could find is a routing like this:
earning me 960TPs. I would still be short 280 TPs
Jun 1, 2019, 1:00 pm
#1840
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,609
Have a look at positioning with something like LHR->LUX->OTP return. That was quite a bargain when I booked one a couple of months ago. Haven't yet checked your dates but will wander off and have a look.
Jun 1, 2019, 1:11 pm
#1841
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,609
You can finesse this to suit, but it's 240 TP and does your positioning
https://www.google.com/flights?hl=en...18*2.GBP.71318
You might be able to tag on a JER or INV start too to get to 280. Book with the multi city tool.
https://www.google.com/flights?hl=en...18*2.GBP.71318
You might be able to tag on a JER or INV start too to get to 280. Book with the multi city tool.
Jun 2, 2019, 1:12 am
#1842
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 910
So I'm short 1240TPs before Oct. I want to renew my GGL and get from Europe to USA this summer. I see that theres still a good CAI-HNL fare, which would earn me that amount if I max out the routing, but I cant find any I space on the CAI-LHR flight, making the price almost $4K USD.
There is a Spain to CAI premium fare that could provide extra wrap for TP’s e.g B2B in MAD enroute to CAI and back.
Jun 2, 2019, 2:19 am
#1843
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 478
So I'm short 1240TPs before Oct. I want to renew my GGL and get from Europe to USA this summer. I see that theres still a good CAI-HNL fare, which would earn me that amount if I max out the routing, but I cant find any I space on the CAI-LHR flight, making the price almost $4K USD.
You might wanna play around and adjust dates and flight times / connections to your liking.
EDIT: Just realized the AS segment, which will give zero tp. So with this one you're looking at 1'060 tp only.
You could route thru WAS though and get the 1'200 tp, similar price (43'600 EGP) possible on certain dates.
Last edited by alp67; Jun 2, 2019 at 11:44 am Reason: correction
Jun 2, 2019, 6:30 am
#1844
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: BA Gold; Virgin FF; United Airlines; American Airlines; and was frequent c/c churner - RIP!
Posts: 944
Jun 2, 2019, 12:57 pm
#1845
Join Date: Dec 2014
Programs: BA Executive Club
Posts: 124
A discussion in Panama
Panamanian President speaking with the Tourism Minister;
"Why has there been such a drop in the number of British tourists?"
The Tourism minster replies "well you know el-presidente, BREXIT has impacted many countries, including ours"!!!
"Why has there been such a drop in the number of British tourists?"
The Tourism minster replies "well you know el-presidente, BREXIT has impacted many countries, including ours"!!!