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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Jul 16, 2019, 3:12 am
#2191
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,504
https://www.aa.com/goto/metasearch?ITEN=GOOGLE,,GB,multi,...
Jul 16, 2019, 8:26 am
#2192
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
Also, I've just realised that changing from domestic AA to international BA and viceversa will be a pain...
Jul 16, 2019, 9:49 am
#2193
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: VIE/PRG
Programs: FB Platinum, Marriott Platinum Elite
Posts: 1,592
Anyone can still get CDG-SFO/LAX for 2020? I could have priced at AA CDG-LHR, LCY-JFK-SFO-JFK-LCY, LHR-CDG but at the last step the site went error or showed higher price. Could not price anything later on for May. Gone?
Jul 16, 2019, 9:50 am
#2194
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
IIRC fare is gone since midnight
Jul 17, 2019, 12:18 am
#2195
Join Date: May 2015
Programs: BAEC back to silver, Flying Blue Silver
Posts: 406
I still see similar fares between LHR-SFO, but CDG no.
Sample (GBP1594,22)
https://www.google.com/flights?hl=en...0*2.EUR.176490
Sample (GBP1594,22)
https://www.google.com/flights?hl=en...0*2.EUR.176490
Jul 17, 2019, 12:41 am
#2196
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Somewhere in the Air
Programs: BA GGL, *A Silver, OW Emerald, HH Diamond, Karahi Express
Posts: 554
I still see similar fares between LHR-SFO, but CDG no.
Sample (GBP1594,22)
https://www.google.com/flights?hl=en...0*2.EUR.176490
Sample (GBP1594,22)
https://www.google.com/flights?hl=en...0*2.EUR.176490
Jul 17, 2019, 1:33 am
#2197
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,997
Jul 17, 2019, 2:01 am
#2198
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Somewhere in the Air
Programs: BA GGL, *A Silver, OW Emerald, HH Diamond, Karahi Express
Posts: 554
Indeed (amateurs :-) ) .... For the dates above 15/01 - 29/01 LHR-JFK-LAX-SFO / SFO-LAX-JFK-LHR for GBP 1595 in J giving 640 TP = GBP 2.49 per TP.
Jul 17, 2019, 5:27 am
#2199
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London
Programs: AA Executive Platinum
Posts: 779
Okey, due to spending most of the last year living overseas, I find myself needing 2 x BA flights to meet the minimum BA flight requirement for requalification.
Based in London. LHR is easiest for me. LGW or LCY are ok if necessary. Need to do this by early August, on a weekday late afternoon or early evening.
Thinking of flying LHR-EDI and then EDI-LHR back on the same aircraft (ie with BA's turn around time, walking off the airplane then walking straight back on, assuming it is the same aircraft).
I've tried booking on ba.com LHR-EDI then what I think is the same aircraft about 40 mins later EDI-LHR. Everytime I get to the price calculation page, it rejects it with one flight not available. Any ideas? I suppose I could book two one-ways, but then if BA do use different aircraft and the LHR-EDI leg is late, I could end up missing the return.
Based in London. LHR is easiest for me. LGW or LCY are ok if necessary. Need to do this by early August, on a weekday late afternoon or early evening.
Thinking of flying LHR-EDI and then EDI-LHR back on the same aircraft (ie with BA's turn around time, walking off the airplane then walking straight back on, assuming it is the same aircraft).
I've tried booking on ba.com LHR-EDI then what I think is the same aircraft about 40 mins later EDI-LHR. Everytime I get to the price calculation page, it rejects it with one flight not available. Any ideas? I suppose I could book two one-ways, but then if BA do use different aircraft and the LHR-EDI leg is late, I could end up missing the return.
Jul 17, 2019, 5:32 am
#2200
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 1,578
I've tried booking on ba.com LHR-EDI then what I think is the same aircraft about 40 mins later EDI-LHR. Everytime I get to the price calculation page, it rejects it with one flight not available. Any ideas? I suppose I could book two one-ways, but then if BA do use different aircraft and the LHR-EDI leg is late, I could end up missing the return.
Jul 17, 2019, 5:32 am
#2201
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,343
I've tried booking on ba.com LHR-EDI then what I think is the same aircraft about 40 mins later EDI-LHR. Everytime I get to the price calculation page, it rejects it with one flight not available. Any ideas? I suppose I could book two one-ways, but then if BA do use different aircraft and the LHR-EDI leg is late, I could end up missing the return.
It will need to be 2 x OW flights. Booking as you are suggesting is not without risk, but it's considered very low risk (if the outbound is delayed or cancelled, then so will the inbound flight).
Jul 17, 2019, 5:32 am
#2202
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Accor Live Limitless Gold, Hilton Honours Gold, Avis Preferred Plus
Posts: 1,807
Okey, due to spending most of the last year living overseas, I find myself needing 2 x BA flights to meet the minimum BA flight requirement for requalification.
Based in London. LHR is easiest for me. LGW or LCY are ok if necessary. Need to do this by early August, on a weekday late afternoon or early evening.
Thinking of flying LHR-EDI and then EDI-LHR back on the same aircraft (ie with BA's turn around time, walking off the airplane then walking straight back on, assuming it is the same aircraft).
I've tried booking on ba.com LHR-EDI then what I think is the same aircraft about 40 mins later EDI-LHR. Everytime I get to the price calculation page, it rejects it with one flight not available. Any ideas? I suppose I could book two one-ways, but then if BA do use different aircraft and the LHR-EDI leg is late, I could end up missing the return.
Based in London. LHR is easiest for me. LGW or LCY are ok if necessary. Need to do this by early August, on a weekday late afternoon or early evening.
Thinking of flying LHR-EDI and then EDI-LHR back on the same aircraft (ie with BA's turn around time, walking off the airplane then walking straight back on, assuming it is the same aircraft).
I've tried booking on ba.com LHR-EDI then what I think is the same aircraft about 40 mins later EDI-LHR. Everytime I get to the price calculation page, it rejects it with one flight not available. Any ideas? I suppose I could book two one-ways, but then if BA do use different aircraft and the LHR-EDI leg is late, I could end up missing the return.
EDIT: Wozza2404 beat me, I keep getting beaten today!
Jul 17, 2019, 5:40 am
#2203
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,997
Just to clarify, this is MCT at EDI
MCT is 30 minutes, but for some bizarre reason not understandable to man nor dog BA has a specific MCT of 1 hour! Same for GLA btw, Anyway, unless the turnaround is an hour or more this couldn't be booked as a return and must be booked as two one ways.
Typically for other outstations like NCL, LBA, INV, AMS etc the MCT is less than turnaround. BA.com will not sell you a return even though it is bookable, so you would have to call to book.
STANDARD.D/D...D/I...I/D...I/I.
ONLINE .30 .45 .45 1.00
OFFLINE .30 .45 .45 1.00
** OR * ARE ALL
BA-BA DD .50 FLT 4066 - FLT 2939
BA-BA DD 1.00
ONLINE .30 .45 .45 1.00
OFFLINE .30 .45 .45 1.00
** OR * ARE ALL
BA-BA DD .50 FLT 4066 - FLT 2939
BA-BA DD 1.00
Typically for other outstations like NCL, LBA, INV, AMS etc the MCT is less than turnaround. BA.com will not sell you a return even though it is bookable, so you would have to call to book.
Jul 17, 2019, 12:42 pm
#2204
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 14
For anyone in central Scotland looking for points some good options to SOF for under £2 / TP . I booked GLA-SOF 8th-10th Nov £377 and 240tp for £1.57 per TP
Only £1.82 per TP inc 5* hotel via BA
The outbound is on the actual date of my TP year end. I assume if I want the return ( just two days later ) credited to the same year ill need to ask BA. Can anyone offer guidance of when to make that request , is it before or after the flights ?
Only £1.82 per TP inc 5* hotel via BA
The outbound is on the actual date of my TP year end. I assume if I want the return ( just two days later ) credited to the same year ill need to ask BA. Can anyone offer guidance of when to make that request , is it before or after the flights ?
Jul 17, 2019, 1:57 pm
#2205
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,190
For anyone in central Scotland looking for points some good options to SOF for under £2 / TP . I booked GLA-SOF 8th-10th Nov £377 and 240tp for £1.57 per TP
Only £1.82 per TP inc 5* hotel via BA
The outbound is on the actual date of my TP year end. I assume if I want the return ( just two days later ) credited to the same year ill need to ask BA. Can anyone offer guidance of when to make that request , is it before or after the flights ?
Only £1.82 per TP inc 5* hotel via BA
The outbound is on the actual date of my TP year end. I assume if I want the return ( just two days later ) credited to the same year ill need to ask BA. Can anyone offer guidance of when to make that request , is it before or after the flights ?
rb211.