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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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
#991
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 7
So this is my first post but have been reading this and the 2018 thread for several months! I've been inspired to go on a TP run, and having debated whether to do the QR flight from Oslo to Singapore - have decided to do the AUH - CGK route as it seems to be such a popular run with people on here (excuse the mixed use of city names and codes...not a pro). I'm Gold and have been for the past couple of years but work travel has dropped off recently - and I really like the perks of Gold.
I've resigned myself to the fact that I will be taking time out of work - so decided to do a mini run while in Indonesia;
Location: 21-Apr - 26-Apr - BA Premium Economy - using some Avios.
AHU-CGK 22-25 Apr (Business)
With a run to Taipei in between on Cathay/Cathay Dragon via HKG (Business) returning on the same day 23-Apr.
All in it's coming in at £1884 for 1100 TPs.....
With hotels in the places where I'll be for a night - it'll put me back £2k. How does that sound to the more seasoned TP runners?
I've resigned myself to the fact that I will be taking time out of work - so decided to do a mini run while in Indonesia;
Location: 21-Apr - 26-Apr - BA Premium Economy - using some Avios.
AHU-CGK 22-25 Apr (Business)
With a run to Taipei in between on Cathay/Cathay Dragon via HKG (Business) returning on the same day 23-Apr.
All in it's coming in at £1884 for 1100 TPs.....
With hotels in the places where I'll be for a night - it'll put me back £2k. How does that sound to the more seasoned TP runners?
#992
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,968
thanks for this. for those positioning from the UK and looking to do a b2b if it can be booked from MXP that would be ideal as LIN is not recommended for a b2b
#993
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,190
So this is my first post but have been reading this and the 2018 thread for several months! I've been inspired to go on a TP run, and having debated whether to do the QR flight from Oslo to Singapore - have decided to do the AUH - CGK route as it seems to be such a popular run with people on here (excuse the mixed use of city names and codes...not a pro). I'm Gold and have been for the past couple of years but work travel has dropped off recently - and I really like the perks of Gold.
I've resigned myself to the fact that I will be taking time out of work - so decided to do a mini run while in Indonesia;
Location: 21-Apr - 26-Apr - BA Premium Economy - using some Avios.
AHU-CGK 22-25 Apr (Business)
With a run to Taipei in between on Cathay/Cathay Dragon via HKG (Business) returning on the same day 23-Apr.
All in it's coming in at £1884 for 1100 TPs.....
With hotels in the places where I'll be for a night - it'll put me back £2k. How does that sound to the more seasoned TP runners?
I've resigned myself to the fact that I will be taking time out of work - so decided to do a mini run while in Indonesia;
Location: 21-Apr - 26-Apr - BA Premium Economy - using some Avios.
AHU-CGK 22-25 Apr (Business)
With a run to Taipei in between on Cathay/Cathay Dragon via HKG (Business) returning on the same day 23-Apr.
All in it's coming in at £1884 for 1100 TPs.....
With hotels in the places where I'll be for a night - it'll put me back £2k. How does that sound to the more seasoned TP runners?
rb211.
#994
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Great Britain
Programs: Air: QR Silver. BA Silver Emirates, Hotels: CC Gold, IHG Spire AMB, Hilton Diamond.
Posts: 1,487
Anything super cheap for 40 TPs ?
Need 160 but will do a LGW-MAD-BCN rtn for 120.
Or super cheap for 160TPs I suppose, but I know I'll enjoy taking a weekend in BCN ;-)
Need 160 but will do a LGW-MAD-BCN rtn for 120.
Or super cheap for 160TPs I suppose, but I know I'll enjoy taking a weekend in BCN ;-)
#995
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SIN
Posts: 196
Four Seasons - excellent. New building, suites only. Best breakfast in town. Location a bit out of the way, but as you will get a car everywhere, does it matter?
Grand Hyatt - great location in main mall of Plaza Indonesia but very dated building and rooms. Service awful
Kempinski - haven't stayed there myself, but my friend friends are very complimentary of it
Mandarin Oriental - good balance of location and service. Also a bit older. Nice French restaurant inside
Shangri La - can be caught in traffic on the way there, in a weird traffic island location. Rooms felt smaller than others. Odd shaped pool
#996
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,677
SIN - KUL - PEN recently on J; got 40 TP each leg; 160 in total.
Not cheap but got me some tier points.
Not cheap but got me some tier points.
#997
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,048
Nothing wrong with a weekend in BCN of course, but if it leaves you short of TPs it might be best left to another occasion.
#998
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 1,406
Malta, Funchal for about 250
Helsinki about 300
Seems consistent with sale fares even if no red sale icon.
Helsinki about 300
Seems consistent with sale fares even if no red sale icon.
#999
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 14
AGP-PER Run AY-MH-QF
Hello everybody,
any thoughts on the below? From your experience is there enough connection time at the various points? I have build it on purpose this way, also to have some time in DEL, KUL, SYD and PER to do some quick sightseeing.
10 sectors, I believe they are all 140 so 1400? £2382 ~ 1.70 TP ratio.
Thanks
any thoughts on the below? From your experience is there enough connection time at the various points? I have build it on purpose this way, also to have some time in DEL, KUL, SYD and PER to do some quick sightseeing.
10 sectors, I believe they are all 140 so 1400? £2382 ~ 1.70 TP ratio.
Thanks
Last edited by CompassLHR; Mar 11, 2019 at 4:47 am
#1000
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,076
Hello everybody,
any thoughts on the below? From your experience is there enough connection time at the various points? I have build it on purpose this way, also to have some time in DEL, KUL, SYD and PER to do some quick sightseeing.
10 sectors, I believe they are all 140 so 1400? £2382 ~ 1.70 TP ratio.
Thanks
any thoughts on the below? From your experience is there enough connection time at the various points? I have build it on purpose this way, also to have some time in DEL, KUL, SYD and PER to do some quick sightseeing.
10 sectors, I believe they are all 140 so 1400? £2382 ~ 1.70 TP ratio.
Thanks
Try again, and increase possiblity of constructive answers.
#1001
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,501
Hello everybody,
any thoughts on the below? From your experience is there enough connection time at the various points? I have build it on purpose this way, also to have some time in DEL, KUL, SYD and PER to do some quick sightseeing.
10 sectors, I believe they are all 140 so 1400? £2382 ~ 1.70 TP ratio.
Thanks
any thoughts on the below? From your experience is there enough connection time at the various points? I have build it on purpose this way, also to have some time in DEL, KUL, SYD and PER to do some quick sightseeing.
10 sectors, I believe they are all 140 so 1400? £2382 ~ 1.70 TP ratio.
Thanks
That would indeed earn 1400 tier points as each segment is over 2000 miles.
#1002
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 14
Sorry guys - the system played funny with me, somehow it didn't upload
here they are. AGP-HEL-DEL-KUL-SYD-PER
here they are. AGP-HEL-DEL-KUL-SYD-PER
#1003
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Plymouth, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,159
I am doing AGP-HEL-DEL (AY) then DEL-KUL-NRT/HND-JFK (MH)-LHR (BA) starting Friday. I would have preferred the Australia trip but it wasn't available when I booked. This AGP-HEL-DEL looks pretty good for TP runs especially is you get it for about £900 as I did. I'll be blogging about it on the way if anyone is interested. I managed to get LGW-AGP in J for just £139 too using a few Avios.
#1004
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 175
Great TP value for the DEL-PER return if routing through SYD. However, searching on the MH website directly yields this fare only on the connections through ADL or MEL. BNE or SYD comes up twice as much. Still, a great find! Thanks.
#1005
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 175