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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Jan 4, 2020, 10:22 am
#3466
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Accor Live Limitless Gold, Hilton Honours Gold, Avis Preferred Plus
Posts: 1,806
Jan 4, 2020, 10:25 am
#3467
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bregenz, Austria
Programs: AA, BAEC, Alaska, Flying Blue, United, IHG, Hilton
Posts: 2,950
Jan 4, 2020, 10:40 am
#3468
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC | qantas | IHG | Hilton Honors | Priority Pass | Nandos
Posts: 865
Mrs Wilsnunn is 140 TPs away from Silver, her collection year ends in April.
There is absolutely no way that she will do a TP run but I am wondering if I can book us a TP holiday on the final weekend of March to get her the final TPs. I know that HEL, SOF and TIA are the obvious places due to the current good pricing in the sale but I cannot seem to get her excited about going to any of those places.
Does anybody have any suggestions for this?
There is absolutely no way that she will do a TP run but I am wondering if I can book us a TP holiday on the final weekend of March to get her the final TPs. I know that HEL, SOF and TIA are the obvious places due to the current good pricing in the sale but I cannot seem to get her excited about going to any of those places.
Does anybody have any suggestions for this?
Jan 4, 2020, 7:25 pm
#3469
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: AAdvantage, Marriott, HHonors
Posts: 24
DFW-MAA 1200 TP routing, 2hr turnaround MAA
This routing shows as valid in Matrix for a good fare of £2890 with zero night stays on limited dates:
Example:
Example:
Jan 5, 2020, 6:46 am
#3470
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 58
You could always try a weekend in Catania Sicily on the BA sale - 160 points for about 210/220 so that would do it and a lot worse places to spend the weekend.
Jan 5, 2020, 7:30 am
#3471
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,075
Never been to MAA myself, but with my experience from transiting in DEL and BOM, I'd be concerned, even if holding an Indian visa (or if not needing one) to do a B2B with only 90 min turnover, especially in the middle of of the night.
But, as always, YMMV.
Good luck!
Jan 5, 2020, 7:47 am
#3472
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445
One should arrive and depart with two different planes and I'd recommend staying one night in the destination.
Jan 5, 2020, 9:33 am
#3473
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 2,330
Hi All
I have a friend who is a BA silver customer and might has his first shot to Gold this year. Downside: as of today he would need 780 TP and he is not sure if he will fly in the required TPs.
So he asked me if there is a good way of flying in these TPs; but I have never calculated TPs so the only thing which came to my mind was flying to AUH on a cheap PE ticket which should cost around GBP500 delivering 180TPs; so he should end with roughly 2,5k spend until May if he does that 4 times (plus another CE flight or so).
Is there any better way to achieve 780TP?
Nota bene: I have told him that Silver is fair enough in any case (and 780TP is quite a gap), but he still asked me if I can post the question nevertheless
I have a friend who is a BA silver customer and might has his first shot to Gold this year. Downside: as of today he would need 780 TP and he is not sure if he will fly in the required TPs.
So he asked me if there is a good way of flying in these TPs; but I have never calculated TPs so the only thing which came to my mind was flying to AUH on a cheap PE ticket which should cost around GBP500 delivering 180TPs; so he should end with roughly 2,5k spend until May if he does that 4 times (plus another CE flight or so).
Is there any better way to achieve 780TP?
Nota bene: I have told him that Silver is fair enough in any case (and 780TP is quite a gap), but he still asked me if I can post the question nevertheless
Jan 5, 2020, 9:41 am
#3474
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL/GFl, HH Diamond, BW Diamond, Virgin Voyages Deep Blue Extra, Blue Peter Badge Holder
Posts: 3,937
Hi All
I have a friend who is a BA silver customer and might has his first shot to Gold this year. Downside: as of today he would need 780 TP and he is not sure if he will fly in the required TPs.
So he asked me if there is a good way of flying in these TPs; but I have never calculated TPs so the only thing which came to my mind was flying to AUH on a cheap PE ticket which should cost around GBP500 delivering 180TPs; so he should end with roughly 2,5k spend until May if he does that 4 times (plus another CE flight or so).
Is there any better way to achieve 780TP?
Nota bene: I have told him that Silver is fair enough in any case (and 780TP is quite a gap), but he still asked me if I can post the question nevertheless
I have a friend who is a BA silver customer and might has his first shot to Gold this year. Downside: as of today he would need 780 TP and he is not sure if he will fly in the required TPs.
So he asked me if there is a good way of flying in these TPs; but I have never calculated TPs so the only thing which came to my mind was flying to AUH on a cheap PE ticket which should cost around GBP500 delivering 180TPs; so he should end with roughly 2,5k spend until May if he does that 4 times (plus another CE flight or so).
Is there any better way to achieve 780TP?
Nota bene: I have told him that Silver is fair enough in any case (and 780TP is quite a gap), but he still asked me if I can post the question nevertheless
for example
https://flights.app.goo.gl/jxoGQ
Last edited by navylad; Jan 5, 2020 at 10:02 am
Jan 5, 2020, 9:48 am
#3475
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 89
Could also combine your WT+ LHR-AUH idea with an AUH-CMB-CGK run on UL in business – this would generate 740TPs and could be had for around £1k total spend if you buy the UL ticket at the right time, and get a great deal or use Avios part payment on the BA portion.
Jan 5, 2020, 10:17 am
#3476
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 2,330
flying something like LHR- DUB-LHR-JFK-LAX-SFO and back would be better value, you should be able to get it for around £1.2-1.6k if your flexible and will earn you 800 TPs.
for example
https://flights.app.goo.gl/jxoGQ
for example
https://flights.app.goo.gl/jxoGQ
Jan 5, 2020, 10:48 am
#3477
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 245
Hello everyone.
There is so much helpful information on this thread, thank you. From what I can distil, it seems that most of the very best TP runs are Europe to USA, with the exception of the AUH-CGK routing on UL. Has anyone had any experience with any good routing from UK/exEU to NE/SE Asia? Or do these rarely come up?
There is so much helpful information on this thread, thank you. From what I can distil, it seems that most of the very best TP runs are Europe to USA, with the exception of the AUH-CGK routing on UL. Has anyone had any experience with any good routing from UK/exEU to NE/SE Asia? Or do these rarely come up?
Jan 5, 2020, 11:46 am
#3478
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: LHR
Programs: BA GGL, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Amb
Posts: 375
Hello everyone.
There is so much helpful information on this thread, thank you. From what I can distil, it seems that most of the very best TP runs are Europe to USA, with the exception of the AUH-CGK routing on UL. Has anyone had any experience with any good routing from UK/exEU to NE/SE Asia? Or do these rarely come up?
There is so much helpful information on this thread, thank you. From what I can distil, it seems that most of the very best TP runs are Europe to USA, with the exception of the AUH-CGK routing on UL. Has anyone had any experience with any good routing from UK/exEU to NE/SE Asia? Or do these rarely come up?
Jan 5, 2020, 12:31 pm
#3479
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: UK
Programs: BA/ One World
Posts: 3
ill keep my fingers crossed
Jan 5, 2020, 2:20 pm
#3480
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL / GfL
Posts: 3,254
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