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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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
#2656
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 592
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.
#2657
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
#2658
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Birmingham, UK
Posts: 205
HI all. Would be grateful for advice.
My tier points reset next week and looking to make Silver over the course of a month or two (September/October). Could do it in one trip or multiple trips but if multiple trips would need to try and limit them to Friday-Sundays. If one trip a maximum of a week but the shorter the better. I'm based in Birmingham, UK.
Was considering doing MAN-LHR-DXB-LHR-MAN in Y on one ticket to get my four BA flights and use it to position me to do the DXB-CMB-CGK-CMB-DXB deal in J.
So it would essentially be MAN-LHR-DXB-CMB-CGK-CMB-DXB-LHR-MAN
That would get me Silver for 2 years for £1200 and is doable in 5 days.
Any better ideas?!
My tier points reset next week and looking to make Silver over the course of a month or two (September/October). Could do it in one trip or multiple trips but if multiple trips would need to try and limit them to Friday-Sundays. If one trip a maximum of a week but the shorter the better. I'm based in Birmingham, UK.
Was considering doing MAN-LHR-DXB-LHR-MAN in Y on one ticket to get my four BA flights and use it to position me to do the DXB-CMB-CGK-CMB-DXB deal in J.
So it would essentially be MAN-LHR-DXB-CMB-CGK-CMB-DXB-LHR-MAN
That would get me Silver for 2 years for £1200 and is doable in 5 days.
Any better ideas?!
#2660
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: HEL
Programs: BA Gold, AY Gold
Posts: 649
I've also recently seen TPE and KHH via HKG on CX/Dragon and additional TPs in that price range.
Last edited by Alec84; Aug 29, 2019 at 2:09 pm
#2661
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL (for now) and Lifetime Gold, Marriott fan thanks to Bonvoy Moments
Posts: 5,115
Seeing a quirky open-jaw TP run for ~£2 per TP at £257 for 120 (under that on ITA but can’t see elsewhere)
- LON-MAD-EDI with first flight on Saturday and second on Sunday
- return as LUX-LON with flexibility on day
Sadly doesn’t quite work for me as can’t reposition back from EDI to LON sensibly
- LON-MAD-EDI with first flight on Saturday and second on Sunday
- return as LUX-LON with flexibility on day
Sadly doesn’t quite work for me as can’t reposition back from EDI to LON sensibly
#2662
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Mexico
Programs: BAEC Gold / Marriott Platinum
Posts: 3,545
Currently seeing London to Tirana (Albania) for 205 gbp return in CE for many dates in Jan. Is an 80 point ew, so 1.28 gbp per TP. Could be handy for someone needing a last minute run early Jan.
#2663
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAGGL, A3G, Accor Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond, LHW Sterling
Posts: 1,308
Availability is earlier than that. I just snapped up a November for £208. A great price and TP ratio! thanks!!
#2664
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,966
From some searching on the cheapest fares section of the app I think Tirana is £205 for a minimum of 2 nights stay? For 1 night it seems to be £243 which is still good value.
HEL is available for dates from November-March for £210 for a one night stay.
HEL is available for dates from November-March for £210 for a one night stay.
#2665
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Birmingham, UK
Posts: 205
So would 4 x return LHR-HEL in J get me to silver?
#2666
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,966
#2667
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Tenerife
Programs: BA Gold, BA AMEX PP, Amex Platinum
Posts: 434
Sofia is also coming in at similar prices to Tirana if you want to broaden your travel horizons beyond Helsinki airport.
#2668
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Gold, IHG Spire
Posts: 95
#2669
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Mexico
Programs: BAEC Gold / Marriott Platinum
Posts: 3,545
Look to great to me for tirana. Take Friday off work. Bubbly in Gf before a 11am flight. Arrive 3.30. spend Saturday and Sunday and back on Sunday evening 6pm flight on at 8.40.
#2670
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Gold, IHG Spire
Posts: 95
If you're taking the Friday off yeah it works. I prefer late Friday evening/early Saturday morning departures to avoid taking time off work.