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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Jun 9, 2019, 5:49 am
#1891
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 106
I am a little confused about this lol
I am silver status with the same year end of 8th Oct and card expiry 30th Nov.
I need 590 more tier points this year to go up to gold.
If I earn the 590 tier points between 8/10 and 30/11 then that will give me gold for the next two years?
I am reading this correctly or misunderstanding haha
I am quite new to the BAEC so am unsure how some of it works
Thanks for any clarification
I am silver status with the same year end of 8th Oct and card expiry 30th Nov.
I need 590 more tier points this year to go up to gold.
If I earn the 590 tier points between 8/10 and 30/11 then that will give me gold for the next two years?
I am reading this correctly or misunderstanding haha
I am quite new to the BAEC so am unsure how some of it works
Thanks for any clarification
Jun 9, 2019, 6:04 am
#1892
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,991
I am a little confused about this lol
I am silver status with the same year end of 8th Oct and card expiry 30th Nov.
I need 590 more tier points this year to go up to gold.
If I earn the 590 tier points between 8/10 and 30/11 then that will give me gold for the next two years?
I am reading this correctly or misunderstanding haha
I am quite new to the BAEC so am unsure how some of it works
Thanks for any clarification
I am silver status with the same year end of 8th Oct and card expiry 30th Nov.
I need 590 more tier points this year to go up to gold.
If I earn the 590 tier points between 8/10 and 30/11 then that will give me gold for the next two years?
I am reading this correctly or misunderstanding haha
I am quite new to the BAEC so am unsure how some of it works
Thanks for any clarification
Your tier points will be reset to zero on 9th October; if you want to achieve Gold then you need to earn the additional 490 TPs before (or on) 8th October.
Jun 9, 2019, 6:11 am
#1894
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,991
Jun 9, 2019, 10:10 am
#1895
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Aberdeen
Programs: BA Gold, AF Silver
Posts: 70
Or if you can get the required points in the 2 weeks after your card resets then you call call BA and ask for the points to be credited to the previous years collection to enable you to get your Gold card if I understand the extension benefit correctly.
Jun 9, 2019, 10:39 am
#1896
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Accor Live Limitless Gold, Hilton Honours Gold, Avis Preferred Plus
Posts: 1,806
This would only give gold for one year and not two. Also I was recently told here on FT that the two week extension is for requalifying for status only, not getting to the next status tier.
Jun 9, 2019, 5:14 pm
#1897
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,499
That's not true. 2 weeks extension works for both qualification and requalification. My partner qualified for Silver by getting missing tier points within 2 weeks after their year ended. Their tier points never been taken off though, so they counted towards the next year's requalification too.
Jun 9, 2019, 10:04 pm
#1898
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Accor Live Limitless Gold, Hilton Honours Gold, Avis Preferred Plus
Posts: 1,806
That's not true. 2 weeks extension works for both qualification and requalification. My partner qualified for Silver by getting missing tier points within 2 weeks after their year ended. Their tier points never been taken off though, so they counted towards the next year's requalification too.
Jun 10, 2019, 2:32 pm
#1900
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 5
Help needed! Running out of time to get a TP run in! I have until 03 Jul to get 320 points to maintain Silver. Anyone have any suggestions to achieve these points on a budget of £900? I am finding it extremely hard! Any suggestions would be SUPER helpful!
Jun 10, 2019, 2:35 pm
#1901
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: LHR/ATL
Programs: EY Gold, AS MVPG, BAEC Gold, DL PM
Posts: 821
You could always do a nightly run for 3 days - 9th to 11th July for £170 each night. That's dinner sorted with 240 TPs to boot.
Jun 10, 2019, 2:43 pm
#1902
Join Date: May 2018
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 219
If you truly want Silver, why not wait until after your TP year is up and nail it down for two years at once? (Both the remainder of the upcoming year as well as the year after)
Jun 10, 2019, 2:47 pm
#1903
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 5
Is it really worth it? Could you spend the £900 on a priority pass and just pay for seats when you fly?
If you truly want Silver, why not wait until after your TP year is up and nail it down for two years at once? (Both the remainder of the upcoming year as well as the year after)
If you truly want Silver, why not wait until after your TP year is up and nail it down for two years at once? (Both the remainder of the upcoming year as well as the year after)
Jun 10, 2019, 3:01 pm
#1904
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,246
PMI-MAN-LON on Sunday is 80 TPs in CE.
Then another LCY-EDI-PMi on Saturday morning in CE and a PMI-LON back.
Last edited by FlyerTalker39574; Jun 10, 2019 at 3:08 pm
Jun 10, 2019, 3:07 pm
#1905
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,709
Don't forget you keep your status after the period ends, so you can do your TP run in that period for your 2 years of status.