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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 13, 2020, 9:58 am
#3556
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: QF, VA, AC, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 3,785
I would appreciate some ideas for US runs in mid-February. At this stage, I'm looking at origins including LAX, SLC/ABQ, JFK and BDL (Hartford) as my actual likely destinations. However, I have a few days up my sleeve and I'm fairly mobile. Ideally, I'd like upwards of 400 TPs (actually, Qantas SCs, but I think the bands are much the same).
The best I've found so far are ONT-DFW-PNS-CLT-TPA for 180 (SCs) and USD559 and LAX-PHL-MIA-SJU for 200 (SCs) and USD380. That's in addition to the recent suggestions above ex-NYC (e.g. LGA-PHL-CLT-RDU return) which I was able to find on 11 February for USD283.90 and 240 SCs.
The best I've found so far are ONT-DFW-PNS-CLT-TPA for 180 (SCs) and USD559 and LAX-PHL-MIA-SJU for 200 (SCs) and USD380. That's in addition to the recent suggestions above ex-NYC (e.g. LGA-PHL-CLT-RDU return) which I was able to find on 11 February for USD283.90 and 240 SCs.
Jan 14, 2020, 7:38 am
#3557
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
to complete the story and since it has been already told in the premium fare deal
i booked this
i booked this
Jan 14, 2020, 9:24 am
#3558
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 112
Did you book this with BA or AA or an agent? I found a portland route on google flights with BA long hauls and number of AA flights. It said to call BA to book for around £1500, called them and they told me they cannot include AA flights in a booking that do not have a BA codeshare. Clicked through GF to book online with AA and when I got to the seat selection and checkout, all the flights were showing as economy instead of business. Tried the multi city seach several times on AA to build the flights manually but it keeps coming back "something went wrong, try later"
Jan 14, 2020, 9:32 am
#3559
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
Did you book this with BA or AA or an agent? I found a portland route on google flights with BA long hauls and number of AA flights. It said to call BA to book for around £1500, called them and they told me they cannot include AA flights in a booking that do not have a BA codeshare. Clicked through GF to book online with AA and when I got to the seat selection and checkout, all the flights were showing as economy instead of business. Tried the multi city seach several times on AA to build the flights manually but it keeps coming back "something went wrong, try later"
if you drop me a message with travel dates and routing i'll give my very best to assist you. its awesome to give something back to this community after over a year...
Jan 14, 2020, 9:48 am
#3560
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,504
Did you book this with BA or AA or an agent? I found a portland route on google flights with BA long hauls and number of AA flights. It said to call BA to book for around £1500, called them and they told me they cannot include AA flights in a booking that do not have a BA codeshare. Clicked through GF to book online with AA and when I got to the seat selection and checkout, all the flights were showing as economy instead of business. Tried the multi city seach several times on AA to build the flights manually but it keeps coming back "something went wrong, try later"
BA Holidays require BA flight numbers only.
Jan 14, 2020, 9:56 am
#3561
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 112
I called the normal gold line and selected to book flights, the guy could book some AA flights like JFK to LAX (with codeshare) but not flights like portland to nashville
Jan 14, 2020, 10:24 am
#3562
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 112
Thanks for your help Nephoi! Can't seem to reply to your last PM.
Jan 14, 2020, 1:55 pm
#3563
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Mexico
Programs: BAEC Gold / Marriott Platinum
Posts: 3,561
Hi, I was due to be spending a couple of days with a friend in Oxford, however plans have changed as she has to travel. I'm arriving in from LIS about 15.30 on 30th Jan and fly out to Mex on 1st Jan.
I'm looking at potential TP runs from LHR on the 31st, but only thing coming in reasonable is TIRANA for 220 GBP or close, however, it's not a viable B2B as far as I understand.
I'm looking ideal to bag a double TP route, but open to other combinations. Any ideas what I could do to bag 80-160 TPs that day?
Thanks a lot
I'm looking at potential TP runs from LHR on the 31st, but only thing coming in reasonable is TIRANA for 220 GBP or close, however, it's not a viable B2B as far as I understand.
I'm looking ideal to bag a double TP route, but open to other combinations. Any ideas what I could do to bag 80-160 TPs that day?
Thanks a lot
Jan 14, 2020, 2:19 pm
#3564
Join Date: Apr 2009
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Honors Diamond, Mucci de buveur de gin
Posts: 3,060
Hi, I was due to be spending a couple of days with a friend in Oxford, however plans have changed as she has to travel. I'm arriving in from LIS about 15.30 on 30th Jan and fly out to Mex on 1st Jan.
I'm looking at potential TP runs from LHR on the 31st, but only thing coming in reasonable is TIRANA for 220 GBP or close, however, it's not a viable B2B as far as I understand.
I'm looking ideal to bag a double TP route, but open to other combinations. Any ideas what I could do to bag 80-160 TPs that day?
Thanks a lot
I'm looking at potential TP runs from LHR on the 31st, but only thing coming in reasonable is TIRANA for 220 GBP or close, however, it's not a viable B2B as far as I understand.
I'm looking ideal to bag a double TP route, but open to other combinations. Any ideas what I could do to bag 80-160 TPs that day?
Thanks a lot
SOF, ATH and IST all more expensive.
Jan 14, 2020, 2:42 pm
#3565
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Mexico
Programs: BAEC Gold / Marriott Platinum
Posts: 3,561
I'm looking at some other options. Seeing Venice for approx 130, but only nets 80, but still, much better value per TP. Plus could spend some hours in Venice for lunch and make more of a trip of it.
I noticed Tirana has 3.05h stop in between the outbound and inbound. Only fear is that it the outbound goes out late and left with no time to clear immigration and do the land-based checkin as there is no online checkin I believe. I'll keep monitoring prices and perhaps they'll come down a little
Jan 14, 2020, 3:13 pm
#3566
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445
Nephoi's itinerary was finalised with advice/assistance from me, based on his limitations and wishes. I do wish to underline that it's just one out of hundreds of cominations that are doable. I do not recommend being a copycat, because it requires a little more effort. In case one is inexperienced, it's best to remember: KISS. Over time one becomes more seasoned in this.
The issue has been that you probably didn't have both Transatlantic flights with a flight number from the ticketing carrier. The Joint Venture fares between Europe and North America require that the ticketing carrier from the JV (AA, BA, IB and AY) is booked on both the out- and inbound leg over the Atlantic (TATL). Other than that, you shouldn't have issues with AA flight numbers on a BA ticket. Just call the ticketing carrier with your itinerary and do a multicity booking over the phone. Do however first look in Matrix that the fare is on both the in- and outbound from the same carrier, prior to calling. Then the selection of flights will be doable.
Did you book this with BA or AA or an agent? I found a portland route on google flights with BA long hauls and number of AA flights. It said to call BA to book for around £1500, called them and they told me they cannot include AA flights in a booking that do not have a BA codeshare. Clicked through GF to book online with AA and when I got to the seat selection and checkout, all the flights were showing as economy instead of business. Tried the multi city seach several times on AA to build the flights manually but it keeps coming back "something went wrong, try later"
Jan 14, 2020, 3:28 pm
#3567
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
The issue has been that you probably didn't have both Transatlantic flights with a flight number from the ticketing carrier. The Joint Venture fares between Europe and North America require that the ticketing carrier from the JV (AA, BA, IB and AY) is booked on both the out- and inbound leg over the Atlantic (TATL).
Nephoi's itinerary was finalised with advice/assistance from me, based on his limitations and wishes. I do wish to underline that it's just one out of hundreds of cominations that are doable. I do not recommend being a copycat, because it requires a little more effort. In case one is inexperienced, it's best to remember: KISS. Over time one becomes more seasoned in this.
Jan 14, 2020, 3:38 pm
#3568
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: London
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Avis President's Club, BA GGL CCR, Amex Plat
Posts: 77
Hope this helps someone probably not the best 800TP £1500 £1.88/TP works for me due to time needed. Can be found for slightly cheaper via lax if you can stay for 1-2 days longer in phx.
Priced up using ITA.
Priced up using ITA.
Jan 14, 2020, 4:09 pm
#3569
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Aspen, CO
Posts: 792
Slightly OT but is it time to start the new 2020 thread?