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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 21, 2019, 11:50 pm
#2251
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,579
LAX-SJU fare is pretty useless unless you're planning on already being in LAX to start this trip. I've done a few LAX-CUN runs in the AA domestic F days but now they only register with BA as J the transcon mileage runs are nowhere near as lucrative as they used to be and I probably wouldn't do one unless I was planning on being in the US to start one and build it in to my US itinerary. On the other hand LON to CDG is a relatively cheap fare / miles redemption to start this one without having to position to LAX. Earns at least 18802 Avios (more if already holding BA status) compared to circa 10k Avios on a LAX-SJU round trip. Avios per £ earning is similar on both itineraries if blue, more lucrative for CDG-GIG avios for £ for bronze status upwards holders due to the BA metal status bonuses.
Last edited by 1Aturnleft; Jul 21, 2019 at 11:56 pm
Jul 22, 2019, 1:35 am
#2252
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, Avis PC
Posts: 261
LAX-SJU fare is pretty useless unless you're planning on already being in LAX to start this trip. I've done a few LAX-CUN runs in the AA domestic F days but now they only register with BA as J the transcon mileage runs are nowhere near as lucrative as they used to be and I probably wouldn't do one unless I was planning on being in the US to start one and build it in to my US itinerary. On the other hand LON to CDG is a relatively cheap fare / miles redemption to start this one without having to position to LAX. Earns at least 18802 Avios (more if already holding BA status) compared to circa 10k Avios on a LAX-SJU round trip. Avios per £ earning is similar on both itineraries if blue, more lucrative for CDG-GIG avios for £ for bronze status upwards holders due to the BA metal status bonuses.
Or if you live in LA *shrug*
Jul 22, 2019, 1:48 am
#2253
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, Avis PC
Posts: 261
Jul 22, 2019, 3:42 am
#2255
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Shoreham By Sea
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,316
Just found a fabulous fare (under £1k, 3 travelling) from OTP to CMB during half term week.
My question is will the OTP to DOH leg yield 140 TP or 40TP? Must be very close
My question is will the OTP to DOH leg yield 140 TP or 40TP? Must be very close
Jul 22, 2019, 4:30 am
#2257
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: One & Only: L O N D O N
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,347
Jul 22, 2019, 5:39 am
#2259
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: One & Only: L O N D O N
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,347
Jul 22, 2019, 5:47 am
#2260
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 478
availability for Feb 2020:
This is in my opinion a master example for a true MR, meaning 7 days of almost constant flying
Jul 22, 2019, 5:50 am
#2261
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 478
simple search for a return and specify flight numbers
Jul 22, 2019, 5:54 am
#2262
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 478
Seems to be bookable via powertools AA Europe:
Last edited by alp67; Jul 22, 2019 at 6:08 am
Jul 22, 2019, 6:11 am
#2263
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, Avis PC
Posts: 261
Jul 22, 2019, 6:18 am
#2264
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,502
Head for Points reporting a CDG-GIG fare via LHR in Club for £1070 rtn which will yield 360 TP.
You must travel OUTBOUND between 13th August – 13th September, or 27th October – 13th December
You must travel INBOUND before 13th September, or 4th November – 24th December
You must stay away over a Saturday night
You must book by 31st July
Playing around with the schedules in November you can get the return journey to price the LHR-CDG sector the day after arrival from GIG-LHR for the same price. That would allow baggage retrieval at LHR I am guessing (23h45m connection)?
You must travel OUTBOUND between 13th August – 13th September, or 27th October – 13th December
You must travel INBOUND before 13th September, or 4th November – 24th December
You must stay away over a Saturday night
You must book by 31st July
Playing around with the schedules in November you can get the return journey to price the LHR-CDG sector the day after arrival from GIG-LHR for the same price. That would allow baggage retrieval at LHR I am guessing (23h45m connection)?
Jul 22, 2019, 6:23 am
#2265
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 478
Not at all. It for sure can be expanded:
Just double-check all legs are in C as sometimes one or the other will be in Y for the same price (no "I" class availability I reckon)
Just double-check all legs are in C as sometimes one or the other will be in Y for the same price (no "I" class availability I reckon)
Last edited by alp67; Jul 22, 2019 at 6:29 am