BA Tier Point Runs | 2019-20 edition
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Jun 12, 19, 11:40 pm
#1936
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 303
Originally Posted by BA707
You have about six months to achieve this so you have time on your side. Unfortunately £1500 for 1200TP is £1.25/TP which isn't quite enough these days as they typically start at £1.50/TP plus positioning.
That said, (arguably) the best value right now is AUH/DXB-CGK on UL.
Ticket 1:
08/10/2019 LHR 12:45 - AUH 23:05
15/10/2019 AUH 01:50 - LHR 06:30
Basic Economy O, 40TP, £340
Alternative
07/10/2019 LHR 17:05 - AMM 00:10 +1
08/10/2019 AMM 21:30 - AUH 01:40 +1
15/10/2019 AUH 07:20 - AMM - LHR 15:25
Economy W, 50TP, £362
Ticket 2:
09/10/2019 AUH 23:00 - CMB - CGK 13:30 +1
11/10/2019 CGK 14:24 - CMB - AUH 22:00
Business I, 140 * 4 = 560TP, £676
Ticket 3:
12/10/2019 AUH 23:00 - CMB - CGK 13:30 +1
14/10/2019 CGK 14:24 - CMB - AUH 22:00
Business I, 140 * 4 = 560TP, £676
The run is 1120TP @ £1352 = £1.21/TP
Assuming you go with BA for positioning, 1160TP @ £1692 = £1.46/TP, plus 2 nights each in AUH and CGK.
You'll need 340TP elsewhere and don't forget the 4 BA flights (2 of which are here).
That said, (arguably) the best value right now is AUH/DXB-CGK on UL.
Ticket 1:
08/10/2019 LHR 12:45 - AUH 23:05
15/10/2019 AUH 01:50 - LHR 06:30
Basic Economy O, 40TP, £340
Alternative
07/10/2019 LHR 17:05 - AMM 00:10 +1
08/10/2019 AMM 21:30 - AUH 01:40 +1
15/10/2019 AUH 07:20 - AMM - LHR 15:25
Economy W, 50TP, £362
Ticket 2:
09/10/2019 AUH 23:00 - CMB - CGK 13:30 +1
11/10/2019 CGK 14:24 - CMB - AUH 22:00
Business I, 140 * 4 = 560TP, £676
Ticket 3:
12/10/2019 AUH 23:00 - CMB - CGK 13:30 +1
14/10/2019 CGK 14:24 - CMB - AUH 22:00
Business I, 140 * 4 = 560TP, £676
The run is 1120TP @ £1352 = £1.21/TP
Assuming you go with BA for positioning, 1160TP @ £1692 = £1.46/TP, plus 2 nights each in AUH and CGK.
You'll need 340TP elsewhere and don't forget the 4 BA flights (2 of which are here).
I'm not sure if it's still available but there's also the DEL to PER via KUL and SYD. Originally possible at around £1100. I had to pay £1300 to get it and I favoured it over the above suggestion because all the aircraft (bar one in my case) will be A330's with flatbeds. (I have assumed Srilankan's A321's are not but I might be wrong) That's 840 TP's. I've mixed a couple of other flights in too and all up I'll get 1280 TP's for £2376. If everything goes right and I haven't messed anything up in calculating then that will get me two years gold as I have other flights that will take me to the finish line that aren't runs. This will be my first TP run. Good luck in figuring out yours.
Jun 13, 19, 12:14 am
#1937
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,348
Originally Posted by Brad Perrow
Afternoon Everyone!
Have I had fun reading through all the posts, so much to learn..... that being said I would really like to do a TP run to try and hit gold - can anyone help point me in the right direction or spend a little bit of time with me to get my first run under my belt?
1. I earn around 3-325 a year organically
2. collection year ends 08/01/2020
3. I would ideally like to keep costs down (wouldn't we all) but around the £1500 mark would be a good place to be
4. Yes based in London, and very open to ex-EU
5. locations - I'm very open. I liked the look of the one Hula1973 proposed hitting New York, Los Angeles etc
Have I had fun reading through all the posts, so much to learn..... that being said I would really like to do a TP run to try and hit gold - can anyone help point me in the right direction or spend a little bit of time with me to get my first run under my belt?
1. I earn around 3-325 a year organically
2. collection year ends 08/01/2020
3. I would ideally like to keep costs down (wouldn't we all) but around the £1500 mark would be a good place to be
4. Yes based in London, and very open to ex-EU
5. locations - I'm very open. I liked the look of the one Hula1973 proposed hitting New York, Los Angeles etc
What I would do in your situation is to plan a TP run for January or February 2020 (i.e., just after your TP collection year ends). If you can get 600 TPs - and that's not difficult - you'll then be Silver until the end of February 2022. That would be good value for money.
One of the easiest TP runs is Bucharest (OTP) to Phoenix (PHX). Flight timings are good, and hotels are inexpensive in both cities. A basic OTP-LHR-JFK-PHX and back will get you 720 TPs for around £1400 plus the costs of positioning flights and hotels. This deal isn't yet available for dates in 2020:
Category 3: Seasonal restrictions
INBOUND -
PERMITTED 21DEC 18 THROUGH 02JAN 19 OR 14APR 19 THROUGH
21APR 19 OR 01JUL 19 THROUGH 31AUG 19 FOR EACH
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
OUTBOUND -
PERMITTED 22DEC 18 THROUGH 06JAN 19 OR 14APR 19 THROUGH
22APR 19 OR 01JUL 19 THROUGH 31AUG 19 FOR EACH
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
Keep a watch on the fare, using Matrix, and be prepared to book as soon as dates for 2020 are made available.
Jun 13, 19, 1:17 am
#1938
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: South East England
Programs: Status with BA Exec Club; KrisFlyer; Hilton Honors; IHG One; Marriott Bonvoy
Posts: 539
Originally Posted by Misco60
You should perhaps be asking yourself why you want to attain Gold, when that status offers little more than Silver does. You get a dedicated check-in and security area, a (slightly) better lounge at a small number of airports and a few more Avios?
Jun 13, 19, 2:40 am
#1939
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: LON
Programs: Mucci, BAEC, Eurostar
Posts: 2,623
Originally Posted by memesweeper
You also get to force-open Avios availability in economy (...)
Jun 16, 19, 9:37 am
#1940
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: BOGish. VLCish. It's complicated.
Programs: BA
Posts: 334
Thanks to @kingcole974 for your suggestion to add in DFW in my LON...BOG routing to total 640 TPs. An expensive (and tedious: two long stopovers) way to earn TPs, but if that's the destination one needs then that's a good way to make the best of it!
Thanks again,
Ian
Thanks again,
Ian
Jun 16, 19, 9:40 am
#1941
Join Date: Dec 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,009
Originally Posted by IanWorthington
Thanks to @kingcole974 for your suggestion to add in DFW in my LON...BOG routing to total 640 TPs. An expensive (and tedious: two long stopovers) way to earn TPs, but if that's the destination one needs then that's a good way to make the best of it!
Thanks again,
Ian
Thanks again,
Ian
Jun 16, 19, 2:34 pm
#1942
Join Date: Jun 2019
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2
Good evening,
This is my first post on Flyertalk but I have been reviewing the forum for a while. I'm now on the verge of booking my first TP run and I'm looking at the ever popular OTP-PHX route. I've found a pretty good fare. I'm having difficulty (as this is my first post and it's restricted) adding in the link but essentially outbound is Thursday 8th August and routing is OTP-LHR-JFK-LAX-PHX. Total cost is coming to £1,404. Return is on the 18th and same routing in reverse.
However, for the trans-con part from JFK to LAX, I would like to try and get 210 points which according to the BA TP calculator is F & A fare class. I've tried but failed to find a way in ITA to specify that this is the case just for this leg. Does anybody know how to bring this up on ITA?
Thanks,
Tim
This is my first post on Flyertalk but I have been reviewing the forum for a while. I'm now on the verge of booking my first TP run and I'm looking at the ever popular OTP-PHX route. I've found a pretty good fare. I'm having difficulty (as this is my first post and it's restricted) adding in the link but essentially outbound is Thursday 8th August and routing is OTP-LHR-JFK-LAX-PHX. Total cost is coming to £1,404. Return is on the 18th and same routing in reverse.
However, for the trans-con part from JFK to LAX, I would like to try and get 210 points which according to the BA TP calculator is F & A fare class. I've tried but failed to find a way in ITA to specify that this is the case just for this leg. Does anybody know how to bring this up on ITA?
Thanks,
Tim
Jun 16, 19, 3:18 pm
#1943
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 118
Originally Posted by timjwoodall
However, for the trans-con part from JFK to LAX, I would like to try and get 210 points which according to the BA TP calculator is F & A fare class. I've tried but failed to find a way in ITA to specify that this is the case just for this leg. Does anybody know how to bring this up on ITA?
Jun 16, 19, 9:54 pm
#1944
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 303
For those of whom booked the OTP-PHX run and travelled in Easter (or around that time) of this year - when did that fare become available? I note that the fare does not seem to be available next year so far.
Jun 17, 19, 1:29 am
#1945
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: living near Malaga
Programs: BA Gold , Mucci recipient. Coffee Drinker, Blue Sky Thinker
Posts: 1,738
Originally Posted by webstereo
For those of whom booked the OTP-PHX run and travelled in Easter (or around that time) of this year - when did that fare become available? I note that the fare does not seem to be available next year so far.
Jun 17, 19, 3:10 am
#1946
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,019
Originally Posted by sunshinebob
Originally Posted by webstereo
For those of whom booked the OTP-PHX run and travelled in Easter (or around that time) of this year - when did that fare become available? I note that the fare does not seem to be available next year so far.
IIRC, the 'proper' Easter travel validity interval was amended around mid-August, before that the same dates for "Easter" travel for 2018 had been altered just for the year, and as Easter was very early 2018, and rather late this year. They must have discovered that many discounted I fare tickets were sold out of the actual Easter interval. My impression is that new dates are entered later now than just one or two years ago. Whilst Easter varies from late March to late April, Thanksgiving has a solid place in November, and the summer period July-Aug is also stationary, although previously, June was also included.
My advice is to wait one or two months. Personally, I'd be surprised not to see this fare available around the same dates as previous years.
Edit: Easter is 9 days earlier in 2020, compared to 2019
Jun 17, 19, 5:18 am
#1947
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC | qantas | IHG | Hilton Honors | Priority Pass | Nandos
Posts: 700
Originally Posted by webstereo
For those of whom booked the OTP-PHX run and travelled in Easter (or around that time) of this year - when did that fare become available? I note that the fare does not seem to be available next year so far.
Jun 17, 19, 8:25 am
#1948
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: OSL
Programs: BA Gold, SQ Silver, LH, AF
Posts: 147
Hi, I have enough TPs thanks to a few trips with Qatar incl some business class flights. However, I still need two BA eligible flights. Based in Norway, and everything seems super expensive for at least July and August.
Does anyone have any suggestions or know of routes that tend to be cheaper for BA/Iberia ex Northern Europe? Ideally, to Italy or France in the first week of July or the first two weeks of Aug will be great.
Thanks!
Does anyone have any suggestions or know of routes that tend to be cheaper for BA/Iberia ex Northern Europe? Ideally, to Italy or France in the first week of July or the first two weeks of Aug will be great.
Thanks!
Last edited by heman; Jun 17, 19 at 8:27 am Reason: formatting
Jun 17, 19, 8:39 am
#1949
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: EWR
Programs: British Airways Executive Club
Posts: 58
Has anyone done a B2B evening flight LGW > VCE > LGW on the following time:
20:00 > 23:05 then 23:55 > 01:05 if it’s even possible!
20:00 > 23:05 then 23:55 > 01:05 if it’s even possible!
Jun 17, 19, 9:21 am
#1950
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, Marriott Ti, HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card
Posts: 6,990
Originally Posted by maxpedals
Has anyone done a B2B evening flight LGW > VCE > LGW on the following time:
20:00 > 23:05 then 23:55 > 01:05 if it’s even possible!
20:00 > 23:05 then 23:55 > 01:05 if it’s even possible!
More info on B2B in this thread: Back-to-back / Immediate Turnarounds at BA Destinations
