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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 7, 2019, 10:23 am
#136
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Ireland
Posts: 135
Managed to get this down to £965
Any idea how I could change the last flight to LGW-INV so I can skip it?
https://gyazo.com/3f3f895fdf766e81c25ea83d1c677181
Any idea how I could change the last flight to LGW-INV so I can skip it?
https://gyazo.com/3f3f895fdf766e81c25ea83d1c677181
Jan 7, 2019, 10:25 am
#137
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 136
Managed to get this down to £965
Any idea how I could change the last flight to LGW-INV so I can skip it?
https://gyazo.com/3f3f895fdf766e81c25ea83d1c677181
Any idea how I could change the last flight to LGW-INV so I can skip it?
https://gyazo.com/3f3f895fdf766e81c25ea83d1c677181
There is no BA service LGW-INV so it's not possible. Try forcing the last segment to overnight at LHR?
Jan 7, 2019, 10:28 am
#138
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: The Garden of England
Programs: BA Silver AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 659
Managed to get this down to £965
Any idea how I could change the last flight to LGW-INV so I can skip it?
https://gyazo.com/3f3f895fdf766e81c25ea83d1c677181
Any idea how I could change the last flight to LGW-INV so I can skip it?
https://gyazo.com/3f3f895fdf766e81c25ea83d1c677181
Spike
Jan 7, 2019, 10:29 am
#139
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,889
As a DOM-INT connection all you need to do is a quick bp check and nothing else. Also domestic flights will come in to the gates at the north end of T5A, or on the few occasions they don't you are bussed to there.
1hr for that type of connection is perfectly fine, I have done it many times before and I wouldn't be concerned. If you need any further informaiton on connections at T5 just have a look at the connection guide linked to in the dashboard and in my signature.
1hr for that type of connection is perfectly fine, I have done it many times before and I wouldn't be concerned. If you need any further informaiton on connections at T5 just have a look at the connection guide linked to in the dashboard and in my signature.
Jan 7, 2019, 10:29 am
#140
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA Silver, Hilton Gold, Caesars Diamond
Posts: 921
(EDIT: LAX NYC LHR something gets added to this?)It won't let me book with BookWithMatrix, is this going to be a phone AA job?
As for the 1hr, these aren't the exact flights I want, just a test on the correct dates.
Thx for help
Jan 7, 2019, 10:33 am
#141
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 1,197
Further to this... tried to do it with the BA site and all I can get are direct flights for the JFK to LAX (or SFO) section. I really need to take a course on this or something. It just doesn't go in when I read articles on it!
Jan 7, 2019, 10:34 am
#142
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,707
Don't forget to factor in hotel costs and taxi to/from airport for some of those, that'll bump up the £/TP ratio.
Jan 7, 2019, 10:48 am
#143
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: scotland
Programs: Ba gold,honours diamond,spg Platinum,Marriott Platium
Posts: 158
Looking to do Inverness to la 25,26,27 October inv -Lhr-jfk-lax return lax-jfk-Lhr-Abz on 30nov 1,2,,3dec
2 adults have to Amex spend 600 get 200 back vouchers
what is best way to find this can seem to get jfk to come up on way back.
2 adults have to Amex spend 600 get 200 back vouchers
what is best way to find this can seem to get jfk to come up on way back.
Jan 7, 2019, 10:48 am
#144
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 140
Could someone post up the ITA search which works with HEL please for the INV fare. It just constantly returns either no flights or a £20k+ fare for me, I'm guessing due to operator error on my part
Edit - worked it out, can't combine HEL with flat beds on JFK-LAX
Edit - worked it out, can't combine HEL with flat beds on JFK-LAX
Last edited by highlandguy; Jan 7, 2019 at 5:01 pm
Jan 7, 2019, 11:07 am
#145
Join Date: Aug 2015
Programs: BA Gold/ Star Alliance Gold
Posts: 399
Phone bookings are not eligible.
This said, it will be difficult to force a TP max routing - easy INV-LAX/SFO should be fine though.
Jan 7, 2019, 11:25 am
#146
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: scotland
Programs: Ba gold,honours diamond,spg Platinum,Marriott Platium
Posts: 158
Ok thanks for quick response will use Amex for another trip.
what is best way to be able to book these flights have tried Ba and aa
what is best way to be able to book these flights have tried Ba and aa
Jan 7, 2019, 11:31 am
#147
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,707
Bit of an oddity, I just searched my flights again and the price has dropped by £100 - so cancelled my original booking and have rebooked now.
Jan 7, 2019, 11:50 am
#148
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL, IHG Spire Elite Ambassador, HH Diamond, Avis President’s Club
Posts: 357
I got an INV-LAX 680TP for £969 and INV-LAS £965 for 720TP all transcons and decent times for dates I needed
Very happy with that
Very happy with that
Jan 7, 2019, 11:50 am
#149
Join Date: May 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 9
INV-LAS Don't mind if I do...
Evening everyone
With a few hours left for booking this wonderful run, I thought I'd share my itinerary for those folks who want to get to the LAS in August and then maybe connect to other places that aren't 40 Celsius.
Phoned BA to book. Smooth ride. Lady was fascinated to see a price below 1k on her screen for this.
Keep flying!
With a few hours left for booking this wonderful run, I thought I'd share my itinerary for those folks who want to get to the LAS in August and then maybe connect to other places that aren't 40 Celsius.
Phoned BA to book. Smooth ride. Lady was fascinated to see a price below 1k on her screen for this.
Keep flying!
Jan 7, 2019, 12:27 pm
#150
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 1,197
I've found some dates that work for SFO and LAX but nothing I try works for PHX annoyingly. No real interest in Vegas. Been there, done that.