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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Jun 29, 2019, 10:18 am
#2026
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: BA Gold; Virgin FF; United Airlines; American Airlines; and was frequent c/c churner - RIP!
Posts: 940
Jun 29, 2019, 10:39 am
#2027
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,991
Rather than going for 560 TPs to retain Silver for a year, try for 600 very early in your new collection year (in the period before your existing Silver status expires) instead, which will give you Silver for two years.
Jun 29, 2019, 1:07 pm
#2028
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Londinium
Programs: BAEC Gold, BA Amex PP, Virgin Gold
Posts: 287
Hi all, I’ looking for an ex-LON or ex-EU way to earn 320TP before September 8th please.
Seems there are quite a few options in the Centenary sale - probably a couple of LON-EU trips but does anyone have any top tips?
Seems there are quite a few options in the Centenary sale - probably a couple of LON-EU trips but does anyone have any top tips?
Jun 29, 2019, 1:58 pm
#2029
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,075
Besides what's posted upthread here, what have you found yourself so far?
Jun 29, 2019, 3:08 pm
#2030
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: BA Gold; Virgin FF; United Airlines; American Airlines; and was frequent c/c churner - RIP!
Posts: 940
Thanks for that useful tip. I assume that I would have to do 4 flights on BA during that period too?
Jun 30, 2019, 4:37 am
#2031
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: HAJ
Programs: BA Bronze, AVIS Preferred Plus
Posts: 53
*deleted. Wrong Thread*
Last edited by Maze13; Jun 30, 2019 at 5:39 am
Jun 30, 2019, 4:47 am
#2032
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Accor Live Limitless Gold, Hilton Honours Gold, Avis Preferred Plus
Posts: 1,806
Now I d like to stay a little longer in NYC to book a 2nd roundtrip to PIT to visit a friend for a few days. Everytime I try it, the price will bump up by a few hundred Euro. Any idea, how I can manage to get a longer layover? It is not important which east coast airport I will fly in, as long as their are flights to PIT. MY departure airports are limited to HAJ, HAM and maybe TXL.
Category 8: Stopover restrictions
STOPOVERS NOT PERMITTED ON THE FARE COMPONENT.
Category 9: Transfer restrictions
2 TRANSFERS PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION FREE
2 FREE ON 9B/AA/AB/AY/BA/HG/IB ONLY IN EUROPE IN EACH DIRECTION.
AND - 2 TRANSFERS PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION FREE
1 FREE BETWEEN AA/BA/IB AND B6 IN BOS/JFK IN EACH DIRECTION
1 FREE BETWEEN AA/BA/IB AND AS IN LAX/PDX/SEA IN EACH DIRECTION
1 FREE BETWEEN AA/BA/IB AND WS IN CANADA IN EACH DIRECTION
1 FREE BETWEEN AA/BA/IB AND HA IN HAWAII IN EACH DIRECTION
2 FREE ON AA/BA/IB ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES/ CANADA IN EACH DIRECTION
FARE BREAK SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS PERMITTED ON THE FARE COMPONENT.
STOPOVERS NOT PERMITTED ON THE FARE COMPONENT.
Category 9: Transfer restrictions
2 TRANSFERS PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION FREE
2 FREE ON 9B/AA/AB/AY/BA/HG/IB ONLY IN EUROPE IN EACH DIRECTION.
AND - 2 TRANSFERS PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION FREE
1 FREE BETWEEN AA/BA/IB AND B6 IN BOS/JFK IN EACH DIRECTION
1 FREE BETWEEN AA/BA/IB AND AS IN LAX/PDX/SEA IN EACH DIRECTION
1 FREE BETWEEN AA/BA/IB AND WS IN CANADA IN EACH DIRECTION
1 FREE BETWEEN AA/BA/IB AND HA IN HAWAII IN EACH DIRECTION
2 FREE ON AA/BA/IB ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES/ CANADA IN EACH DIRECTION
FARE BREAK SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS PERMITTED ON THE FARE COMPONENT.
Last edited by wilsnunn; Jun 30, 2019 at 5:05 am
Jun 30, 2019, 5:38 am
#2033
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: HAJ
Programs: BA Bronze, AVIS Preferred Plus
Posts: 53
When you make the stop in NYC longer than 24 hours it stops being a "Transfer" and starts being a "Stopover". That ticket is priced using the OLN2Z8B4 fare which doesn't allow stopovers but does allow transfers.
EDIT: Note that this request may be better for the Find me a good British Airways fare - ticket clinic [Beta / draft: BA FARES ONLY] thread instead of here.
EDIT: Note that this request may be better for the Find me a good British Airways fare - ticket clinic [Beta / draft: BA FARES ONLY] thread instead of here.
Back to the real TP discussion now guys:-)
Jun 30, 2019, 7:26 am
#2034
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: A3*G, FB plat, BA silver, Hilton diamond, IHG diamond
Posts: 36
BA status for 2 instead of 1 year
expiry date but before card expiry date?
many thanks
Jun 30, 2019, 7:30 am
#2035
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Accor Live Limitless Gold, Hilton Honours Gold, Avis Preferred Plus
Posts: 1,806
I have seen this.mentioned before but not totally certAin how it works. Is it simply a matter of achieving required total TP amount between after TP accrual date but before the card expiry date? e.g. Get last 40 to reach 600 for silver? Or do you need to get all 600 after TP
expiry date but before card expiry date?
many thanks
expiry date but before card expiry date?
many thanks
Jun 30, 2019, 7:51 am
#2036
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 938
The idea is to do 600TPs and 4 BA flights as soon as possible in your next membership year, that will give you Silver for 2 years (the 2019-2020 collection year and the 2020-2021 collection year.) If you do it before the expiry date then you still get your silver benefits whilst doing it, otherwise you will drop down to Bronze first.
Jun 30, 2019, 7:56 am
#2037
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: A3*G, FB plat, BA silver, Hilton diamond, IHG diamond
Posts: 36
The idea is to do 600TPs and 4 BA flights as soon as possible in your next membership year, that will give you Silver for 2 years (the 2019-2020 collection year and the 2020-2021 collection year.) If you do it before the expiry date then you still get your silver benefits whilst doing it, otherwise you will drop down to Bronze first.
Jun 30, 2019, 7:58 am
#2038
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: A3*G, FB plat, BA silver, Hilton diamond, IHG diamond
Posts: 36
The idea is to do 600TPs and 4 BA flights as soon as possible in your next membership year, that will give you Silver for 2 years (the 2019-2020 collection year and the 2020-2021 collection year.) If you do it before the expiry date then you still get your silver benefits whilst doing it, otherwise you will drop down to Bronze first.
Jun 30, 2019, 11:50 am
#2039
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Londinium
Programs: BAEC Gold, BA Amex PP, Virgin Gold
Posts: 287
Having gone back through the past 10 pages or so of this thread, I've not come across any shorthaul options where the pricing hasn't now shot up. At the moment I'm looking at doing two HEL returns for £369 each.
Jun 30, 2019, 11:53 am
#2040
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Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,936
have a look at the ba app under cheapest fares - that’s usually a good way of finding some cheap J shorthaul fares.