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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 24, 2020, 4:30 am
#5761
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 106
The turnaround threads suggests it is relatively easy:
KEF: Excellent Excellent if non Schengen, Good otherwise Good BA flights tip arriving passengers into the departure gate. Foolproof. NB LCY flights pax use a bus from a remote stand, still easy as dropped off less than 100M from the departure gate.
This was pre-COVID times though..
KEF: Excellent Excellent if non Schengen, Good otherwise Good BA flights tip arriving passengers into the departure gate. Foolproof. NB LCY flights pax use a bus from a remote stand, still easy as dropped off less than 100M from the departure gate.
This was pre-COVID times though..
Thank you for your quick reply
Sep 24, 2020, 5:23 am
#5762
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: near Heathrow
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL (OWE), SA LifePlat (*G), BD Gold to the end, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,918
Could someone answer me a question
Is it possible to do a back to back flight to Reykjavic on BA?
Will I have to go through immigration and re check-in for the return or could I stay airside as a transit passenger?
If it's not possible, would anyone be able to recommend a route that I can do a back to back in a day on a 160 tier point route, please?
Cheers
Is it possible to do a back to back flight to Reykjavic on BA?
Will I have to go through immigration and re check-in for the return or could I stay airside as a transit passenger?
If it's not possible, would anyone be able to recommend a route that I can do a back to back in a day on a 160 tier point route, please?
Cheers
Sep 24, 2020, 5:55 am
#5763
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 106
Iceland's daily Covid infection rate has moved well into the 'red' zone, so based on past weeks actions by UK Govt, I'd be worried they will have their travel corridor status removed in this week's review, requiring 14 day self isolation on return. Rumours about Greek mainland as well (in case thinking of Athens), but they are only just above the 20 per 100,000 rate, which seems to be the trigger for action.
I have just booked a weekend in Sofia and one in Istanbul in the sale for next March and April, they where great prices, and I can cancel if anything changes on the covid front.
Sep 24, 2020, 6:48 am
#5764
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,684
You can only get it down to £1560-1580 by removing the HEL shuffle.
I've been waiting to book this for weeks with an AA voucher after my CDG-HNL trip was cancelled, only to find AA couldn't ticket my BUD-HNL reservation as the original base fare of my cancelled ticket was in Euros, so any new tickets need to be the same (even though the fare was bought in USD on the US website and the new ticket I had reserved was in USD!),
So I'm on the hunt for a cheap Eurozone-HNL fare, best I can find so far is LUX-HNL-BUD at £1776.
I've been waiting to book this for weeks with an AA voucher after my CDG-HNL trip was cancelled, only to find AA couldn't ticket my BUD-HNL reservation as the original base fare of my cancelled ticket was in Euros, so any new tickets need to be the same (even though the fare was bought in USD on the US website and the new ticket I had reserved was in USD!),
So I'm on the hunt for a cheap Eurozone-HNL fare, best I can find so far is LUX-HNL-BUD at £1776.
Sep 24, 2020, 7:13 am
#5765
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lincolnshire, UK
Programs: BA GGL - maybe only briefly!
Posts: 1,378
What's the experience in general with AA's flexible booking policy? Did you cancel online or on the phone?
I have a booking I might want to change - I have a cancel option but no change option as shown in the flexible booking info on the AA website.
I have a booking I might want to change - I have a cancel option but no change option as shown in the flexible booking info on the AA website.
Sep 24, 2020, 7:21 am
#5766
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Programs: TK Elite Plus,BAEC GGL,ITA Executive, AFKL Gold,QR Gold,HH Diamond,Bonvoy Gold,ALL Gold
Posts: 14,186
You could cancel your ticket online but unless you fill out a cancellation form on prefunds.aa.com , the money would be stored into your e-ticket that you would use on future travels.
Also, for the datamark, on voluntary cancellations ( with no schedule change or cancellations by the airline ), refunds would be made according to the fare rules and a cancellation penalty may apply.
Sep 24, 2020, 7:48 am
#5767
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Glasgow
Programs: BAEC Gold, LH, EK, QR
Posts: 355
I've considered it, but something else strange happened, when I reserved a BUD-HNL itinerary. It was booked starting BUD-LHR, but this flight was missing from both AA/BA booking management, and the agent actually tried to ticket the booking from London, she didn't understand when I asked why the BUD-LHR was missing. This has happened in two reservations.....I'll give it another go when I can get a booking to stick starting in BUD. Thanks.
Sep 24, 2020, 9:36 am
#5768
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lincolnshire, UK
Programs: BA GGL - maybe only briefly!
Posts: 1,378
For new tickets booked between now and December 31, 2020, we’re expanding our offer to waive change fees for travel January 1, 2021, and later.
Keep in mind:
Keep in mind:
- You may owe any difference in ticket price when you rebook your trip.
- You’re allowed to change your origin and destination cities as part of this offer.
You're allowed to make a change to your trip once, and the change fee will be waived. You can cancel your trip online and call later when you’re ready to rebook, including Basic Economy tickets.
Sep 24, 2020, 5:58 pm
#5769
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Programs: TK Elite Plus,BAEC GGL,ITA Executive, AFKL Gold,QR Gold,HH Diamond,Bonvoy Gold,ALL Gold
Posts: 14,186
However, during voluntary cancellations, you would need to pay the cancellation fee.
If my previous post was complicated, I apologize for that.
Sep 25, 2020, 3:11 am
#5770
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The North
Posts: 1,850
Sep 28, 2020, 7:35 am
#5771
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BER
Programs: BAEC GGL/GfL, Lufthansa SEN, Hilton Diamond, misc other stuff
Posts: 1,374
The ex-LUX fares haven't been mentioned, yet. Thus just for the record: two transfers, no min stay(!), no adv purchase requirement.
The LUX part is an add-on to an ex-BRU fare, but even though the add-on adds to the base fare the total ex-LUX is cheaper due to a 450 Euro YR from BRU.
The LUX part is an add-on to an ex-BRU fare, but even though the add-on adds to the base fare the total ex-LUX is cheaper due to a 450 Euro YR from BRU.
Last edited by El_Duderito; Sep 28, 2020 at 7:59 am
Sep 28, 2020, 8:18 am
#5772
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London, England
Programs: BA:Gold; IHG: Platinum;
Posts: 69
The ex-LUX fares haven't been mentioned, yet. Thus just for the record: two transfers, no min stay(!), no adv purchase requirement.
The LUX part is an add-on to an ex-BRU fare, but even though the add-on adds to the base fare the total ex-LUX is cheaper due to a 450 Euro YR from BRU.
The LUX part is an add-on to an ex-BRU fare, but even though the add-on adds to the base fare the total ex-LUX is cheaper due to a 450 Euro YR from BRU.
The fare conditions are a bit more generous than that if you are looking to maximise the tier points on this offer. For example, going out on 23rd May LUX-LHR-YYZ-CLT-MIA, returning on 24th May MIA-DCA-JFK-LHR-LUX will earn 520 tier points for £833, a not unreasonable £1.60 per tier point. Returning on other days is also possible for the same price - you don't have to do a 9-hour turnaround in MIA!
This has been a really frustrating fare, as try as I might, I can't get an 80 tp leg in in Europe, and I can't quite get a 140 tp leg in North America - the fare does allow routing via DEN, but DEN to MIA is over 200 miles short of the 2,000 mile threshold. Frustratingly, SLC, PHX and LAS don't seem to work, and neither do Edmonton nor Calgary. If anyone could get an 80tp or 140 North America tp leg onto this fare, it could be a great tp deal!
Sep 28, 2020, 8:26 am
#5773
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BER
Programs: BAEC GGL/GfL, Lufthansa SEN, Hilton Diamond, misc other stuff
Posts: 1,374
If anyone could get an 80tp or 140 North America tp leg onto this fare, it could be a great tp deal!
Sep 28, 2020, 8:30 am
#5774
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BER
Programs: BAEC GGL/GfL, Lufthansa SEN, Hilton Diamond, misc other stuff
Posts: 1,374
More TP ex-LUX.
(40+140+140+40)*2 = 720TP
(40+140+140+40)*2 = 720TP
Sep 28, 2020, 8:39 am
#5775
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London, England
Programs: BA:Gold; IHG: Platinum;
Posts: 69
good tp run!!!