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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Aug 27, 2019, 4:05 pm
#2642
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Falkirk, Scotland,VS Red, BA Gold, HH Diamond,UK Amex Plat
Programs: Master of the Privy Purse des Muccis
Posts: 17,915
Hi,
An easy way would be with Qatar ( keep an eye out for fares ) via Doha to the far east that would earn you 560tps for a return flight in J ( they also have lots of flights from continental flight)
Regards
TBS
Aug 28, 2019, 12:47 am
#2643
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Bradford, England
Programs: BA GGL/CCR , HH Diamond
Posts: 274
Given you are London based, rather than one 'big' hit with a Qatar Airways long haul flight, you could be tempted to do LHR to HEL (Helsinki) return wih BA. That is 80 TPs each way (not 40) so 160 TPs for the return. Back-to-backs (getting back on the same plane you got off) at HEL are easy and there is a wealth of information on this in this forum.
Aug 28, 2019, 8:28 am
#2645
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: BCN
Programs: BA GGL, IB, LH, IHG Gold
Posts: 582
After reading the fare rules for the OTP-PHX fare, I think I'm going to use it to qualify for silver this year *and* next year.
On November 26th, I'll start OTP-LHR(BA)-AMS(BA)-LHR(BA)-EWR(BA)-PHX (440TP+my current stash) and and then do the return PHX-EWR-LHR(BA)-AMS(BA)-LHR(BA)-OTP(BA) (440TP+other travel) in July of next year. I'm prioritizing on getting my BA flights in over TP maximization.
Fare is £1492.
I'll use 22K+160USD avios positioning between OTP-DOH, and another 15K+10USD between BUR-PHX. Figure another $200 for hotels in Bucharest (I have family in Amsterdam...), and all in it's going to be about £1800 and leave me level on avios. The entire enterprise will net £2/TP. Not great, not terrible, but workable. Thoughts?
On November 26th, I'll start OTP-LHR(BA)-AMS(BA)-LHR(BA)-EWR(BA)-PHX (440TP+my current stash) and and then do the return PHX-EWR-LHR(BA)-AMS(BA)-LHR(BA)-OTP(BA) (440TP+other travel) in July of next year. I'm prioritizing on getting my BA flights in over TP maximization.
Fare is £1492.
I'll use 22K+160USD avios positioning between OTP-DOH, and another 15K+10USD between BUR-PHX. Figure another $200 for hotels in Bucharest (I have family in Amsterdam...), and all in it's going to be about £1800 and leave me level on avios. The entire enterprise will net £2/TP. Not great, not terrible, but workable. Thoughts?
Another benefit, if you see it as such, is to be able to overnight in LA, drop off luggage, and then do a leisurely LAX-PHX-BUR the next day.
You can can do this on the return as well. Hi
Aug 28, 2019, 11:06 am
#2646
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 27
Hi fellow TP runners.
I've got a trip to Seattle at the end of Oct (I need to be there on the 23rd/24th/25th but will obviously stay over a sat night for a cheap deal!). I'm based in BCN and I've tried the usual ex EU starting points like AMS, DUB, CDG, ARN but haven't found any good £/TP deals. Does anyone know of anything interesting I may have overlooked?! ��
I've got a trip to Seattle at the end of Oct (I need to be there on the 23rd/24th/25th but will obviously stay over a sat night for a cheap deal!). I'm based in BCN and I've tried the usual ex EU starting points like AMS, DUB, CDG, ARN but haven't found any good £/TP deals. Does anyone know of anything interesting I may have overlooked?! ��
Aug 28, 2019, 11:35 am
#2647
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: BCN
Programs: BA GGL, IB, LH, IHG Gold
Posts: 582
Hi fellow TP runners.
I've got a trip to Seattle at the end of Oct (I need to be there on the 23rd/24th/25th but will obviously stay over a sat night for a cheap deal!). I'm based in BCN and I've tried the usual ex EU starting points like AMS, DUB, CDG, ARN but haven't found any good £/TP deals. Does anyone know of anything interesting I may have overlooked?! ��
I've got a trip to Seattle at the end of Oct (I need to be there on the 23rd/24th/25th but will obviously stay over a sat night for a cheap deal!). I'm based in BCN and I've tried the usual ex EU starting points like AMS, DUB, CDG, ARN but haven't found any good £/TP deals. Does anyone know of anything interesting I may have overlooked?! ��
Aug 28, 2019, 11:43 am
#2648
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 27
Best so far seems to be ex Dub to Sea (via LHR, JFK, PHX). But that's still pretty poor as it's around €2500 so not in the TP territory. Also no transcon lie flat. First World problems!
Looking CW
Thanks!
Looking CW
Thanks!
Aug 28, 2019, 3:41 pm
#2649
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: BCN
Programs: BA GGL, IB, LH, IHG Gold
Posts: 582
BCN has the advantage of being close to the Maghreb
While we wait for some feedback on deals out of the BA sale, here’s a couple of ideas that are easy to position from BCN, lots of TPs possible and very interesting prices.
BA R ALG-LAX/SEA up to 720 TPs, no min stay, 125 USD for change/refund
QR I TUN-LAX/SEA of course no TPs for AS flights, but it sure beats an ex-DUB most days of the week.
BA R ALG-LAX/SEA up to 720 TPs, no min stay, 125 USD for change/refund
QR I TUN-LAX/SEA of course no TPs for AS flights, but it sure beats an ex-DUB most days of the week.
Aug 28, 2019, 7:06 pm
#2651
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: ±38,000 feet
Programs: LH HON, BA GGL, AF Plat, EK Plat
Posts: 6,428
Aug 28, 2019, 10:25 pm
#2653
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: LAX
Programs: NW 1MM, BD Gold, BA Gold, AA 1MM, LM, VX eleVAte, Hyatt D6, SPG Plat, Hertz President's
Posts: 304
Aug 29, 2019, 3:57 am
#2655
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Gold, IHG Spire
Posts: 95
There's a full thread on this at Oneworld: UL: DXB-CGK in J, $800 R/T
Note that currently the prices are higher than they have been historically but we're currently expecting a sale from UL on 31st August for their birthday.
Note that currently the prices are higher than they have been historically but we're currently expecting a sale from UL on 31st August for their birthday.