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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Mar 31, 2020, 2:51 am
#4366
Join Date: Nov 2018
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I was able to book GOT to HNL this morning, travelling in February next year, for £1,300. I didn't want to make a taxing itinerary even more taxing by including HEL, so I ended up with 920 TPs - still a decent result, at £1.41 per TP.
BookWithMatrix didn't work for me - no matter what itinerary I selected in ITA Matrix, I got an error in aa.com. So I ended up just going to American Airlines' UK site and booking the itinerary there. Multi-city didn't work ("You can't book connecting flights as individual flight segments."), so I entered it as a simple return journey and scrolled through the results until I found one that gave me an east coast gateway and a west coast connection. Overall, it took me about 90 minutes, which was frustrating.
On the outward TATL, 64K was already taken.
But I'm expecting numerous schedule and aircraft changes to this itinerary between now and February.
BookWithMatrix didn't work for me - no matter what itinerary I selected in ITA Matrix, I got an error in aa.com. So I ended up just going to American Airlines' UK site and booking the itinerary there. Multi-city didn't work ("You can't book connecting flights as individual flight segments."), so I entered it as a simple return journey and scrolled through the results until I found one that gave me an east coast gateway and a west coast connection. Overall, it took me about 90 minutes, which was frustrating.
On the outward TATL, 64K was already taken.
But I'm expecting numerous schedule and aircraft changes to this itinerary between now and February.
General question: Would it be a good idea to create a meet-up thread since i know of at least 5 6 ppl who booked late Jan / early Feb?
Mar 31, 2020, 4:12 am
#4367
Join Date: Oct 2015
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I have no real interest in making plans to meet up with other FlyerTalkers (although I have accidentally met some really delightful ones over the years), but I know that many others here do enjoy such social occasions and I have no doubt that you will have many other takers for a meet-up en route. So I'd certainly go ahead and start a thread.
Mar 31, 2020, 4:21 am
#4368
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It's BA0067 LHR-PHL on Wednesday 10 Feb 2021. I don't think that was one of the flights on the itinerary that you posted upthread.
I have no real interest in making plans to meet up with other FlyerTalkers (although I have accidentally met some really delightful ones over the years), but I know that many others here do enjoy such social occasions and I have no doubt that you will have many other takers for a meet-up en route. So I'd certainly go ahead and start a thread.
I have no real interest in making plans to meet up with other FlyerTalkers (although I have accidentally met some really delightful ones over the years), but I know that many others here do enjoy such social occasions and I have no doubt that you will have many other takers for a meet-up en route. So I'd certainly go ahead and start a thread.
Also, a thread named "BA Tier Point Runs Meet-Up thread" would be useful, but it's not the time to open such one; as with the ongoing COVID-19 issues, the thread would quickly disappear from the first page of the BA board.
Mar 31, 2020, 4:23 am
#4369
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
In FT, even though it's not used that often we have a Flight Connect section plus a Lounge Connect one.
Also, a thread named "BA Tier Point Runs Meet-Up thread" would be useful, but it's not the time to open such one; as with the ongoing COVID-19 issues, the thread would quickly disappear from the first page of the BA board.
Also, a thread named "BA Tier Point Runs Meet-Up thread" would be useful, but it's not the time to open such one; as with the ongoing COVID-19 issues, the thread would quickly disappear from the first page of the BA board.
Mar 31, 2020, 4:25 am
#4370
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,994
You're quite right that it would quickly drop off the first page (although it would be more useful and more interesting than a lot of the nonsense that currently occupies the first page...) but anyone who wanted to add to it would soon find it and bring it back to the top.
Mar 31, 2020, 4:32 am
#4371
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There have been numerous meet-up threads over the years for specific TP run deals, such as the current one to HNL. This particular deal seems to have attracted a fair bit of interest and would, I think, justify a dedicated thread.
You're quite right that it would quickly drop off the first page (although it would be more useful and more interesting than a lot of the nonsense that currently occupies the first page...) but anyone who wanted to add to it would soon find it and bring it back to the top.
You're quite right that it would quickly drop off the first page (although it would be more useful and more interesting than a lot of the nonsense that currently occupies the first page...) but anyone who wanted to add to it would soon find it and bring it back to the top.
By the way, what's the policy of AA or BA, in case of IRROPS, may buy an ex-SOF ticket and in case of IRROPS, I'll avoid the 5-6 hour drive and fly from IST
.Sofia to IST is 292 miles/470 kilometers.
Mar 31, 2020, 4:38 am
#4372
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
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There have been numerous meet-up threads over the years for specific TP run deals, such as the current one to HNL. This particular deal seems to have attracted a fair bit of interest and would, I think, justify a dedicated thread.
You're quite right that it would quickly drop off the first page (although it would be more useful and more interesting than a lot of the nonsense that currently occupies the first page...) but anyone who wanted to add to it would soon find it and bring it back to the top.
You're quite right that it would quickly drop off the first page (although it would be more useful and more interesting than a lot of the nonsense that currently occupies the first page...) but anyone who wanted to add to it would soon find it and bring it back to the top.
how do you start a thread with a wiki?
Mar 31, 2020, 5:16 am
#4375
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Mar 31, 2020, 5:19 am
#4376
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Mar 31, 2020, 5:24 am
#4377
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: LHR / LAS
Programs: BA GfL, GGL/CCR
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Deleted as I was referring to the Sofia one
Mar 31, 2020, 5:44 am
#4378
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New thread for meet-up created. Feel free to share any TP runs that you allow/want other members to join you. Also, if you are seeking for a TP run group, you are also welcome to share intended itineraries over there.
BA Tier Point Runs Meet-Up thread | 2020 onwards Master Thread
BA Tier Point Runs Meet-Up thread | 2020 onwards Master Thread
Mar 31, 2020, 5:55 am
#4379
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
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I don't think a general TP Runs Meet-Up thread is going to be particularly user-friendly.
If you look at previous threads you'll see that forum members add details of their flights and hotel bookings, etc., into the Wiki at the top of the thread. If the same thread were used for multiple TP Runs this would very soon become unwieldy and out-of-date. If there is a dedicated thread for a specific destination and period then people can see exacly who's going to be there at the same time and possibly even on the same flight as them.
Take a look at some of those previous threads and see what works.
If you look at previous threads you'll see that forum members add details of their flights and hotel bookings, etc., into the Wiki at the top of the thread. If the same thread were used for multiple TP Runs this would very soon become unwieldy and out-of-date. If there is a dedicated thread for a specific destination and period then people can see exacly who's going to be there at the same time and possibly even on the same flight as them.
Take a look at some of those previous threads and see what works.
Mar 31, 2020, 6:01 am
#4380
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I don't think a general TP Runs Meet-Up thread is going to be particularly user-friendly.
If you look at previous threads you'll see that forum members add details of their flights and hotel bookings, etc., into the Wiki at the top of the thread. If the same thread were used for multiple TP Runs this would very soon become unwieldy and out-of-date. If there is a dedicated thread for a specific destination and period then people can see exacly who's going to be there at the same time and possibly even on the same flight as them.
Take a look at some of those previous threads and see what works.
If you look at previous threads you'll see that forum members add details of their flights and hotel bookings, etc., into the Wiki at the top of the thread. If the same thread were used for multiple TP Runs this would very soon become unwieldy and out-of-date. If there is a dedicated thread for a specific destination and period then people can see exacly who's going to be there at the same time and possibly even on the same flight as them.
Take a look at some of those previous threads and see what works.
The main thread could be a bit congested sometimes but these days are a nice time to trial it.
Edit: I am working on how to minimize the congestion and would update the guidelines of that thread within regular intervals.