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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Sep 18, 2019, 12:52 pm
#2806
Join Date: Aug 2014
Programs: BA Executive Club and OnBusiness
Posts: 720
Being retired and having too much time on my hands I have been looking at trying to take advantage of some of the current 80 tier point Club Europe deals. I was able to book the following:
Legs 1 and 8 simple return 235 GBP
Legs 2, 3, 6 and 7 multi leg booking 499 Euros
Legs 4 and 5 simple return 284 Euros
Total cost 929 GBP for 640 Tier Points (£1.45/point). A tedious 4 days spent on BTB flights but no other costs except getting to/from LHR from home 4 times.
I am sure even better value can be had in the Winter eg the multi booking leg referred to above (SOF-LHR-HEL return) with travel dates of 2nd,3rd, 9th and 10th December comes in at 391 EUR.
In total the 8 leg itinerary earns 24,000 Avios as BA Gold.
Finding the cheapest prices is tedious since I have found google flights and BA simple return searches (such as SOF-HEL) unreliable. I ended up working from low fare finder for the two locations to see where cheap fares aligned.
- 11 May LHR-SOF
- 11 May SOF-LHR
- 12 May LHR-HEL
- 12 May HEL-LHR
- 27 May LHR-HEL
- 27 May HEL-LHR
- 28 May LHR-SOF
- 28 May SOF-LHR
Legs 1 and 8 simple return 235 GBP
Legs 2, 3, 6 and 7 multi leg booking 499 Euros
Legs 4 and 5 simple return 284 Euros
Total cost 929 GBP for 640 Tier Points (£1.45/point). A tedious 4 days spent on BTB flights but no other costs except getting to/from LHR from home 4 times.
I am sure even better value can be had in the Winter eg the multi booking leg referred to above (SOF-LHR-HEL return) with travel dates of 2nd,3rd, 9th and 10th December comes in at 391 EUR.
In total the 8 leg itinerary earns 24,000 Avios as BA Gold.
Finding the cheapest prices is tedious since I have found google flights and BA simple return searches (such as SOF-HEL) unreliable. I ended up working from low fare finder for the two locations to see where cheap fares aligned.
Sep 18, 2019, 1:29 pm
#2807
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: Mucci, BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador, Stena Gold
Posts: 1,093
Being retired and having too much time on my hands I have been looking at trying to take advantage of some of the current 80 tier point Club Europe deals. I was able to book the following:
Legs 1 and 8 simple return 235 GBP
Legs 2, 3, 6 and 7 multi leg booking 499 Euros
Legs 4 and 5 simple return 284 Euros
Total cost 929 GBP for 640 Tier Points (£1.45/point). A tedious 4 days spent on BTB flights but no other costs except getting to/from LHR from home 4 times.
I am sure even better value can be had in the Winter eg the multi booking leg referred to above (SOF-LHR-HEL return) with travel dates of 2nd,3rd, 9th and 10th December comes in at 391 EUR.
In total the 8 leg itinerary earns 24,000 Avios as BA Gold.
Finding the cheapest prices is tedious since I have found google flights and BA simple return searches (such as SOF-HEL) unreliable. I ended up working from low fare finder for the two locations to see where cheap fares aligned.
- 11 May LHR-SOF
- 11 May SOF-LHR
- 12 May LHR-HEL
- 12 May HEL-LHR
- 27 May LHR-HEL
- 27 May HEL-LHR
- 28 May LHR-SOF
- 28 May SOF-LHR
Legs 1 and 8 simple return 235 GBP
Legs 2, 3, 6 and 7 multi leg booking 499 Euros
Legs 4 and 5 simple return 284 Euros
Total cost 929 GBP for 640 Tier Points (£1.45/point). A tedious 4 days spent on BTB flights but no other costs except getting to/from LHR from home 4 times.
I am sure even better value can be had in the Winter eg the multi booking leg referred to above (SOF-LHR-HEL return) with travel dates of 2nd,3rd, 9th and 10th December comes in at 391 EUR.
In total the 8 leg itinerary earns 24,000 Avios as BA Gold.
Finding the cheapest prices is tedious since I have found google flights and BA simple return searches (such as SOF-HEL) unreliable. I ended up working from low fare finder for the two locations to see where cheap fares aligned.
Sep 18, 2019, 1:37 pm
#2808
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,609
Should surely be mixing a HEL->AGP return into some of these. Shame not to.
Sep 18, 2019, 1:42 pm
#2809
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver (for now)
Posts: 1,000
Sep 18, 2019, 1:44 pm
#2810
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: On the underground
Programs: BMI Dimond club, BA Executive Club
Posts: 462
You can get SOF to HEL for £409 at the moment with a £209 for a LHR to SOF that should be 480 points for £618 which is a 1.30/TP
Not the best run as its only one flight a day to SOF and HEL but I live very close to LHR so no real transport costs each day. Weekends in January and February when I looked.
Not the best run as its only one flight a day to SOF and HEL but I live very close to LHR so no real transport costs each day. Weekends in January and February when I looked.
Sep 18, 2019, 2:43 pm
#2812
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC | qantas | IHG | Hilton Honors | Priority Pass | Nandos
Posts: 868
But then again, I think I met you briefly in T5 towards the end of last year when you were heading off for a day in Hawaii (or was it two?)
Sep 18, 2019, 11:27 pm
#2813
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: London
Programs: BAEC-GGL, GFL, *A Gold, Hilton Diamond , IHG Diamond/Ambassador
Posts: 244
HNL (honolulu) ex EU TP runs?
I am starting planning for a week or so in Honolulu which will be a tier point run for family of 5 as well... Ideally in September.
Flights not yet bookable but testing ideas in June July Aug.
So far it looks like OSL to HNL is a good start at about £1820 each.
Any other good pointers for where to look.?
We do need to get a beach holiday out of the run as well....
Flights not yet bookable but testing ideas in June July Aug.
So far it looks like OSL to HNL is a good start at about £1820 each.
Any other good pointers for where to look.?
We do need to get a beach holiday out of the run as well....
Sep 18, 2019, 11:29 pm
#2814
Moderator: Hyatt Gold Passport & Star Alliance
Join Date: May 1998
Location: London, UK
Programs: UA-1K 3MM/HY- LT Globalist/BA-GGL/GfL
Posts: 12,089
I am starting planning for a week or so in Honolulu which will be a tier point run for family of 5 as well... Ideally in September.
Flights not yet bookable but testing ideas in June July Aug.
So far it looks like OSL to HNL is a good start at about £1820 each.
Any other good pointers for where to look.?
We do need to get a beach holiday out of the run as well....
Flights not yet bookable but testing ideas in June July Aug.
So far it looks like OSL to HNL is a good start at about £1820 each.
Any other good pointers for where to look.?
We do need to get a beach holiday out of the run as well....
Sep 19, 2019, 12:52 am
#2815
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,258
I am starting planning for a week or so in Honolulu which will be a tier point run for family of 5 as well... Ideally in September.
Flights not yet bookable but testing ideas in June July Aug.
So far it looks like OSL to HNL is a good start at about £1820 each.
Any other good pointers for where to look.?
We do need to get a beach holiday out of the run as well....
Flights not yet bookable but testing ideas in June July Aug.
So far it looks like OSL to HNL is a good start at about £1820 each.
Any other good pointers for where to look.?
We do need to get a beach holiday out of the run as well....
Sep 19, 2019, 2:02 am
#2816
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: Mucci, BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador, Stena Gold
Posts: 1,093
Sep 19, 2019, 2:03 am
#2817
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: Mucci, BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador, Stena Gold
Posts: 1,093
Sep 19, 2019, 5:48 am
#2818
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 172
LON-SOF return 209 GBP
HEL-LHR return 224 GBP equiv
Multicity ticket 347 GBP equiv
Total cost 780 GBP for 640 TPs @£1.21/TP
I know its sacrilege to talk about Avios adjusted cost/TP on this forum but worth noting that including the current double Avios promotion this itinerary would yield (i think) 33,600 Avios for a Gold card holder....
Sep 19, 2019, 9:46 am
#2819
Join Date: Jan 2019
Programs: ba
Posts: 21
80 TP needed
I need 80 TP for my first Gold membership. I’m flexible to travel within the next 2 weeks, my budget is £200. Any suggestions how I can attain 80 points ?
Sep 19, 2019, 9:47 am
#2820
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: LHR
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 484
Maybe of interest to some in November : MAD > FRA Latam in J for £58.00.