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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Dec 3, 2020, 2:17 pm
#6091
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2018
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The ex-SOF deal is probably celebrating its 9th month and there are ways upthread to maximize TP's on that journey.
However, thanks for sharing the CDG deal which doesn't have a 180-day advance booking requirement. Although, still you could maximize TP's with a more complicated routing.
However, thanks for sharing the CDG deal which doesn't have a 180-day advance booking requirement. Although, still you could maximize TP's with a more complicated routing.
Dec 4, 2020, 7:35 am
#6092
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 172
The ex CDG and ex SOF fares are also combineable for those looking to reduce minimum stay requirements. I just booked CDG-LHR-JFK-LAX-PHX// LAX-JFK-LHR-SOF with 2 nights in the US for £1093.
Dec 4, 2020, 12:48 pm
#6093
Join Date: Mar 2020
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Does anyone know if the CDG/SOF routes are running post 8th Sept 2021 at this low rate?
Dec 4, 2020, 2:16 pm
#6094
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Dec 4, 2020, 5:10 pm
#6095
Join Date: Mar 2015
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 2,447
Thank you for your useful comment. More than I can say for the previous poster. Happy future flying to you.
Dec 5, 2020, 3:36 am
#6097
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,078
Dec 5, 2020, 6:53 am
#6100
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 39
any ideas how to get this price? i am just getting 1 stops not 2 on the website for the same dates.
Dec 5, 2020, 7:56 am
#6101
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,682
What do you want to book, and for when. Use google flights or Matrix to establish what you want. If it’s several legs to/in USA then you’ll only book online via AA. Anything reasonably complex booked with BA needs a phone call.
Dec 5, 2020, 9:12 am
#6102
Join Date: Jan 2020
Posts: 25
Can’t have everything I guess. I’d prefer to book with BA, add car hire then book as a holiday with a deposit. I haven’t tried to call up and book this itinerary but is there any reason why it would differ to BA.com?
Dec 5, 2020, 1:05 pm
#6103
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,682
AA seems to be noticeably cheaper in my case too. I was looking for CDG/LHR/DEN then DEN/LHR/CDG but whilst I could price it at £1071 on AA, BA would default to additional stops in the USA which is ok for TP but I’d prefer the long segment be direct. Booking the transatlantic segment non-stop via BA is extortionate (by comparison)
Can’t have everything I guess. I’d prefer to book with BA, add car hire then book as a holiday with a deposit. I haven’t tried to call up and book this itinerary but is there any reason why it would differ to BA.com?
Can’t have everything I guess. I’d prefer to book with BA, add car hire then book as a holiday with a deposit. I haven’t tried to call up and book this itinerary but is there any reason why it would differ to BA.com?
Edit: Nephoi below makes the EU261 remark, BA give you extra Avios as a status member, and AA may be more help in the event of IROPS in the USA. At the moment may also be worth considering Covid policies and ease of refunds on cancellations.
Last edited by dougzz; Dec 5, 2020 at 1:12 pm Reason: Additional.
Dec 5, 2020, 1:06 pm
#6104
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
in my experience AA is usually a little bit cheaper but they only have half the EU261 liability.
Dec 5, 2020, 1:14 pm
#6105
Join Date: Jan 2020
Posts: 25
Fingers crossed for some better fares over the coming months.