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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 19, 2019, 4:40 am
#421
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The CAI - HNL - CAI was £3,200.
Positioning LHR - CAI - LHR in J was £900.
Le Meridien at Cairo airport was £150 per night.
Crowne Plaza at LAX on the outbound was £80
Hilton in Waikiki was £120
So all in just under £4,500.
Not exactly the spirit of TP running cheaply, but it served my purpose of worry free gold flying for two years.
Positioning LHR - CAI - LHR in J was £900.
Le Meridien at Cairo airport was £150 per night.
Crowne Plaza at LAX on the outbound was £80
Hilton in Waikiki was £120
So all in just under £4,500.
Not exactly the spirit of TP running cheaply, but it served my purpose of worry free gold flying for two years.
Thank you for the info though!
Jan 19, 2019, 6:21 am
#422
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: UK Midlands
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 26
Bit of a Fail Here
DH needs 10 points to silver. So I booked us a day trip to Madrid but instead of using Avios to reduce the fare, I booked a redemption fare.
It was only when we didn't get the TP that I realised my mistake.
Now looking to get 10 TP asap. Based near BHX, but I can't find anything decent from there for a B2B. Best I have found is MAN to LHR for £87 return.
Can anyone come up with anything cheaper. I'd rather avoid the trek to LHR, unless it was a spectacular deal.
DH needs 10 points to silver. So I booked us a day trip to Madrid but instead of using Avios to reduce the fare, I booked a redemption fare.
It was only when we didn't get the TP that I realised my mistake.
Now looking to get 10 TP asap. Based near BHX, but I can't find anything decent from there for a B2B. Best I have found is MAN to LHR for £87 return.
Can anyone come up with anything cheaper. I'd rather avoid the trek to LHR, unless it was a spectacular deal.
Jan 19, 2019, 6:47 am
#423
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: Virgin / BA
Posts: 11
NYC runs
Hey Guys
I have some time to kill in The US later this month - does anyone have any quick / short TP runs out of NYC - 24/36/48 hours max?
I have some time to kill in The US later this month - does anyone have any quick / short TP runs out of NYC - 24/36/48 hours max?
Last edited by Lord1B; Jan 19, 2019 at 11:31 am
Jan 19, 2019, 7:24 am
#424
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Brussels
Programs: BA silver, Accor platinum, HH silver, M&M
Posts: 132
What's the tier point for LAX PHX in AA first ? 40 or 60 ?
Jan 19, 2019, 7:30 am
#425
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Jan 19, 2019, 7:32 am
#426
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Jan 19, 2019, 9:34 am
#427
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There aren't any 60 TP AA domestic flights anymore. The only domestic flights where there are F/A selling classes are those served by three cabin A321s so JFK-LAX/SFO and some BOS-LAX flights and these are all over 2000 miles so will earn 210 in the front cabin. There aren't any short three cabin routes which would earn 60 TPs. Basically unless you are on those three cabin routes you earn 40 TP or if over 2000 miles 140 TP.
Jan 19, 2019, 10:50 am
#428
Join Date: Dec 2014
Programs: BA Executive Club
Posts: 124
Hi, been trying for days to get the ILX8C8S6 fare basis on OTP-PHX via LHR, JFK, LAX rtn. I get a fare of £1,200 on ITA but when I call aa.com I get a much higher fare. I have checked I class availability on KVS so that's not the problem. Anyone have any ideas as to where I am going wrong? The trip is for July/August.
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
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Jan 19, 2019, 11:29 am
#429
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: London, UK
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Hi, been trying for days to get the ILX8C8S6 fare basis on OTP-PHX via LHR, JFK, LAX rtn. I get a fare of £1,200 on ITA but when I call aa.com I get a much higher fare. I have checked I class availability on KVS so that's not the problem. Anyone have any ideas as to where I am going wrong? The trip is for July/August.
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
Jan 19, 2019, 12:23 pm
#431
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Check the availability of this fare upthread
Jan 19, 2019, 12:38 pm
#432
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 41
Hi folks, I’m on a TP run but stupidly through my own fault I missed a connection. I called BA (even though I’m flying UL) and they said I’d still be credited for the sectors already flown within the single booking. I’d be grateful if someone could please confirm?
I’m on the AUH-CMB-CGK-CMB-AUH run. I missed the CGK-CMB (and naturally the CMB-AUH) return legs.
Thanks
I’m on the AUH-CMB-CGK-CMB-AUH run. I missed the CGK-CMB (and naturally the CMB-AUH) return legs.
Thanks
Last edited by chapers; Jan 19, 2019 at 12:49 pm
Jan 19, 2019, 1:12 pm
#433
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Hi - sorry to hear your UL run went wrong - manage to rebook?
You will be credited for the legs flown not the legs not flown. So even a part itinerary will get the points for flown sectors.
You will be credited for the legs flown not the legs not flown. So even a part itinerary will get the points for flown sectors.
Jan 19, 2019, 1:13 pm
#434
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Hi folks, I’m on a TP run but stupidly through my own fault I missed a connection. I called BA (even though I’m flying UL) and they said I’d still be credited for the sectors already flown within the single booking. I’d be grateful if someone could please confirm?
I’m on the AUH-CMB-CGK-CMB-AUH run. I missed the CGK-CMB (and naturally the CMB-AUH) return legs.
Thanks
I’m on the AUH-CMB-CGK-CMB-AUH run. I missed the CGK-CMB (and naturally the CMB-AUH) return legs.
Thanks
UL should still credit you for the sectors flown, but obviously not for the remainder.
M
Jan 19, 2019, 1:23 pm
#435
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 41
Ok good to hear and thank you.
No, not a B2B. Overnight Friday stay. I’m slumping it in a nearby hotel until tomorrow. I was at the gate 20 minutes before departure having cleared security with my digital boarding pass. Only to be told I still need to go to the check in counter first 45 minutes minimum before departure to validate my booking.
is this right, if anyone’s been in the same boat? Apparently it is for UL as CMB effectively denied me because I didn’t do this. I didn’t have to do this AUH-CMB outbound.
No, not a B2B. Overnight Friday stay. I’m slumping it in a nearby hotel until tomorrow. I was at the gate 20 minutes before departure having cleared security with my digital boarding pass. Only to be told I still need to go to the check in counter first 45 minutes minimum before departure to validate my booking.
is this right, if anyone’s been in the same boat? Apparently it is for UL as CMB effectively denied me because I didn’t do this. I didn’t have to do this AUH-CMB outbound.