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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
May 26, 2019, 4:53 pm
#1801
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: BA/M&M/HHonors
Posts: 35
Just a note to say cheapest I found currently for LHR-HEL is 247,- (3 nights, e.g. 16.01, 06.02), some can be had in November for ca. 259,-.
May 26, 2019, 5:37 pm
#1802
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Accor Live Limitless Gold, Hilton Honours Gold, Avis Preferred Plus
Posts: 1,806
May 26, 2019, 8:01 pm
#1803
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold, BA Silver, Hertz President's Club
Posts: 483
I'm currently sitting on 570 TP (30 short of silver) and ideally want to hit it before my next long haul trip next Friday (7th). I've found LGW-VCE return at around £110, out in Y (actual fare class: O), in on J getting me 5+40=45 TP. Is this the best idea given convenience (being London based) or does anyone suggest another option?
It's not great value, coming in at £2.44/TP but part pay with Avios could bring it down a little (which I'm willing to do)
It's not great value, coming in at £2.44/TP but part pay with Avios could bring it down a little (which I'm willing to do)
May 27, 2019, 1:46 am
#1804
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL, HH Diamond, IHG Spire, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 160
This particular AMS deal is somewhat gone, price is up by 400-700 $ (lower end for Jul and Aug dates)
my starting search looked something like this:
from there you can start playing around, eg. changing CLT to PHX or specifying certain flight number(s) (so you won't be flying in a 737 transcon
)
my starting search looked something like this:
from there you can start playing around, eg. changing CLT to PHX or specifying certain flight number(s) (so you won't be flying in a 737 transcon
)Thank you so much! I'll try playing around - much appreciated!
May 27, 2019, 5:49 am
#1805
Join Date: May 2019
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1
I managed to book MH, BKK-KUL-BOM rt for my chosen dates mid June for GBP 449, so £1.25 TP.
Very happy with that...I managed to turn a work trip to India into a bit of a points run.
Really appreciate the post :-)
May 27, 2019, 7:14 am
#1806
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 834
I'm currently sitting on 570 TP (30 short of silver) and ideally want to hit it before my next long haul trip next Friday (7th). I've found LGW-VCE return at around £110, out in Y (actual fare class: O), in on J getting me 5+40=45 TP. Is this the best idea given convenience (being London based) or does anyone suggest another option?
It's not great value, coming in at £2.44/TP but part pay with Avios could bring it down a little (which I'm willing to do)
It's not great value, coming in at £2.44/TP but part pay with Avios could bring it down a little (which I'm willing to do)
May 27, 2019, 7:56 am
#1807
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Somewhere in the Air
Programs: BA GGL, *A Silver, OW Emerald, HH Diamond, Karahi Express
Posts: 554
May 27, 2019, 10:12 am
#1808
Join Date: Jun 2013
Programs: BA Gold, TAP Gold
Posts: 131
I’ve booked myself two trips BKK-KUL-BOM in Jan and Feb 2020 for £ 405 each, £ 1.12 TP
May 27, 2019, 10:45 am
#1809
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,581
I'm currently sitting on 570 TP (30 short of silver) and ideally want to hit it before my next long haul trip next Friday (7th). I've found LGW-VCE return at around £110, out in Y (actual fare class: O), in on J getting me 5+40=45 TP. Is this the best idea given convenience (being London based) or does anyone suggest another option?
It's not great value, coming in at £2.44/TP but part pay with Avios could bring it down a little (which I'm willing to do)
It's not great value, coming in at £2.44/TP but part pay with Avios could bring it down a little (which I'm willing to do)
You have to factor in the cost of a day in Venice if you take your method, but to be honest that's also a lovely day trip, you can take the water bus in, wander around a bit, and a bus back.
I would also be looking at LUX which can be very inexpensive in CE and can be done back to back. But haven't looked for your dates. Again, separate tickets with ET out and CE back.
May 27, 2019, 3:39 pm
#1810
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 172
Agreed, right now Sofia looks the cheapest 160 TP roundtrip, very limited December availability at 225 GBP, eg Dec 7th-10th
May 27, 2019, 3:55 pm
#1811
Formerly known as joannerose66
Join Date: Mar 2014
Programs: Gold BA Exec, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 116
May 27, 2019, 4:54 pm
#1813
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
Thanks for the update on Indian visas - seems to be much more straightforward now.
Only fly in the ointment is the section asking for previous visa info - I did get one for a business trip a few years ago but subsequently lost the passport and had it replaced so no record of the number or even the exact travel dates. I can't get past that screen on the e-Visa application so not sure what to do next...
Only fly in the ointment is the section asking for previous visa info - I did get one for a business trip a few years ago but subsequently lost the passport and had it replaced so no record of the number or even the exact travel dates. I can't get past that screen on the e-Visa application so not sure what to do next...
May 28, 2019, 12:31 am
#1814
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: London
Programs: BA - Gold for Life, CCR & GGL; IC Spire Elite Ambassador; Diamond Hilton Honors; Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 6,720
Thanks for the update on Indian visas - seems to be much more straightforward now.
Only fly in the ointment is the section asking for previous visa info - I did get one for a business trip a few years ago but subsequently lost the passport and had it replaced so no record of the number or even the exact travel dates. I can't get past that screen on the e-Visa application so not sure what to do next...
Only fly in the ointment is the section asking for previous visa info - I did get one for a business trip a few years ago but subsequently lost the passport and had it replaced so no record of the number or even the exact travel dates. I can't get past that screen on the e-Visa application so not sure what to do next...
My 12 month multi entry visa came through as £79 via my Curve card on my Visa statement.
I did not received an email to tell me that the visa had been approved.
Do take a printed copy of the visa as both the BA staff member at check in and at DEL airport immigration.
May 28, 2019, 3:57 am
#1815
Join Date: Oct 2007
Programs: BAEC Gold, TK * A Gold, Qatar Gold
Posts: 117
Any thoughts on how to get c600 points before my year ends in October? Already have AMS-CPT-AMS booked in late September so will be at 900 or so points. Just trying to see if I can retain Gold. Don't really want to spend more than £1000 if at all possible. Thank you!