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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 6, 2019, 7:43 am
#76
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: HK
Programs: BA SIlver, Virgin Silver, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum Elite
Posts: 145
Looking for help to get a decent route for 280 TPs. Based in HKG. Tried looking for cheap Malaysian flights but struggling to find any. Need to travel before May - so quite flexible
Jan 6, 2019, 7:45 am
#77
Join Date: May 2014
Location: GLA
Programs: I'm not that important
Posts: 84
Jan 6, 2019, 8:21 am
#78
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold / Hilton Diamond / IHG Diamond Ambassador / Marriot Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 2,527
To use a voucher you will need to call AA. It’s a simple process but on line you won’t becable to put booking on hold as the first sector is BA. Call them tell them what you want and they book. You then send voucher to them in Liverpool and the ticket is issued. Brilliant service a really straightforward.
alternatively take vouchervto LHR and book at ticket desk. I have gone both
alternatively take vouchervto LHR and book at ticket desk. I have gone both
Jan 6, 2019, 8:51 am
#79
Join Date: May 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Platinum, HH Diamond, Hertz PC,
Posts: 1,985
Jan 6, 2019, 9:04 am
#80
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,842
Jan 6, 2019, 9:15 am
#81
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,871
for the AMS-Hawaii fare
PERMITTED
20NOV THROUGH 26NOV OR
18DEC THROUGH 01JAN OR
01JUL THROUGH 31AUG
ON THE OUTBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
20NOV THROUGH 26NOV OR
18DEC THROUGH 01JAN OR
01JUL THROUGH 31AUG
ON THE OUTBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
TRAVEL FROM INBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR MUST COMMENCE NO EARLIER THAN THE FIRST SUN AFTER DEPARTURE OF THE OUTBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/AFTER 04 JAN 19 AND ON/BEFORE 31 JAN 19.
Jan 6, 2019, 9:18 am
#82
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,842
*cries*
Jan 6, 2019, 9:20 am
#83
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: GGL/CCR
Posts: 1,899
The AMS HNL fare wont price on AA.... comes back at 2k. Looking on EF the base fare is alot higher than ITA is showing 
Jan 6, 2019, 9:45 am
#84
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 284
Please could someone help work out the max TP possible on an LHR->SYD return? I’ve read the wiki here but some of the links seem to be broken, and it seems both ITAMatrix and Google flights don’t help with finding cheapest positioning (if that’s the right term) anymore. I can now (thankfully) fly J, and can upgrade to F on my own dime/avios. I’m hoping there’s a way with 5 return flights I can just make CCR somehow. (I make four trips a year, but can just fit in 5 within a tier point hear).
Before the change in work policy, I was just on way to gold with LHR->PER->SYD in Y (190 TP each way x 2 x 4 trips = 1520). Wondering if, say, an extra stop in DOH or a well placed positioning flight, combined with J travel, may be enough.
Before the change in work policy, I was just on way to gold with LHR->PER->SYD in Y (190 TP each way x 2 x 4 trips = 1520). Wondering if, say, an extra stop in DOH or a well placed positioning flight, combined with J travel, may be enough.
Last edited by likethis; Jan 6, 2019 at 10:00 am
Jan 6, 2019, 9:50 am
#85
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,871
Jan 6, 2019, 9:58 am
#86
Join Date: Nov 2015
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 130
Not quite the HNL fare but I booked this itinerary yesterday. £1650 for 620 TPs ... £2.66 per TP.
Gets me where I need to be for the different dates, I couldn't get the return transcon with the few months stopover in NYC (where I live) without the price jumping. I don't know if anyone else can make this more efficient or fit in that transcon? (Flying SFO - NYC on 5th or 6th May)
Gets me where I need to be for the different dates, I couldn't get the return transcon with the few months stopover in NYC (where I live) without the price jumping. I don't know if anyone else can make this more efficient or fit in that transcon? (Flying SFO - NYC on 5th or 6th May)
Jan 6, 2019, 9:59 am
#87
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 284
Some updated guidance on itamatrix no longer working on multiple departure countries would be much appreciated.
Thanks for all your efforts in the guide.
Last edited by likethis; Jan 6, 2019 at 10:06 am
Jan 6, 2019, 9:59 am
#88
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: GGL/CCR
Posts: 1,899
Please could someone help work out the max TP possible on an LHR->SYD return? I’ve read the wiki here but some of the links seem to be broken, and it seems both ITAMmatrix and Google flights don’t help with finding cheapest positioning (if that’s the right term) anymore. I can now (thankfully) fly J, and can upgrade to F on my own dime/avios. I’m hoping there’s a way with 5 return flights I can just make CCR somehow. (I make four trips a year, but can just fit in 5 within a tier point hear).
Before the change in work policy, I was just on way to gold with LHR->PER->SYD in Y (190 TP each way x 2 x 4 trips = 1520). Wondering if, say, an extra stop in DOH or a well placed positioning flight, combined with J travel, may be enough.
Before the change in work policy, I was just on way to gold with LHR->PER->SYD in Y (190 TP each way x 2 x 4 trips = 1520). Wondering if, say, an extra stop in DOH or a well placed positioning flight, combined with J travel, may be enough.
LHR-DXB-BKK-SIN-PER-SYD on QF codes would net you 1160 so 5 returns would make you pass 5k TP - you would need the BA qualifying segments however.
Jan 6, 2019, 10:01 am
#89
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Glasgow, UK
Programs: Seigneur des Tarifs Utils First Class Mucci with Honours :) - BA GGL / CCR
Posts: 1,551
They occasionally have exCGK deals but not this time. Although in fairness it has never been as cheap as it is just now so balances out. I think it's seasonal.
Jan 6, 2019, 10:46 am
#90
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
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Sorry KARFA - didn’t mean this to sound like a moan. I just had a scan through and can’t find them now, sorry. This was last night, so maybe you’ve fixed since. One thing I did see again was the text “Some information on how to use ITA matrix is in post #X of this thread ([post=XXXX]or just click here[/post])”
Some updated guidance on itamatrix no longer working on multiple departure countries would be much appreciated.
Thanks for all your efforts in the guide.
Thanks for spotting it and I’ll fix it when I have a moment.
