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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Sep 21, 2019, 11:03 am
#2836
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Midwest USA
Programs: BA SIL, WN A, UA SIL, Marriott TIT (LT), Hilton DIA
Posts: 1,969
Sep 22, 2019, 6:08 am
#2837
Join Date: Apr 2018
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 25
Just wondering if I could please get some advice on this - Wanting to avoid spending time in London over New Year - so have decided to go to Taiwan (extended family are there) and also try build up some TP to retain my BAEC Silver. I will need 430 TP to retain silver, with my year ending April 8, silver expiring end of May 2020. This will be my first time doing an Ex-EU flight to try and get more TP. I know I could go to TPE in economy return for about £700 but what's the fun in that....
I've managed to find the following:
Questions:
1. Feeder flight to ARN from LHR - Is it better to go the day before, or the day of? The day of there is an 0835 BA flight that gets me in at 1215, or there is one the night before. These set of flights would be £169 or thereabouts. A night at the Raddisson Blu in ARN is about £110.
2. BKK-TPE: how much time would I need to have (minimum) in BKK at both ends to make it in time? I found this which seems ok, but just want to get some opinions on whether it would be too rushed or not - this return would be £199
Any advice / help / suggestions greatly appreciated! Also, am I completely nuts for wanting to do this?!
I've managed to find the following:
Questions:
1. Feeder flight to ARN from LHR - Is it better to go the day before, or the day of? The day of there is an 0835 BA flight that gets me in at 1215, or there is one the night before. These set of flights would be £169 or thereabouts. A night at the Raddisson Blu in ARN is about £110.
2. BKK-TPE: how much time would I need to have (minimum) in BKK at both ends to make it in time? I found this which seems ok, but just want to get some opinions on whether it would be too rushed or not - this return would be £199
Any advice / help / suggestions greatly appreciated! Also, am I completely nuts for wanting to do this?!
Sep 22, 2019, 6:17 am
#2838
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,500
1. Feeder flight to ARN from LHR - Is it better to go the day before, or the day of? The day of there is an 0835 BA flight that gets me in at 1215, or there is one the night before. These set of flights would be £169 or thereabouts. A night at the Raddisson Blu in ARN is about £110.
Have you considered booking CX on avios via HKG? both QR and CX will check your luggage through to your final destination, so it would simplify your connection at BKK.
Sep 22, 2019, 6:32 am
#2839
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 136
1. Feeder flight to ARN from LHR - Is it better to go the day before, or the day of? The day of there is an 0835 BA flight that gets me in at 1215, or there is one the night before. These set of flights would be £169 or thereabouts. A night at the Raddisson Blu in ARN is about £110.
The 0835 BA flight is interesting though. It's likely to be the first of the day for the aircraft and it is from BA's hub so they may be able to swap out if it goes tech. If the aircraft is inbound from elsewhere, as you've got four hours in ARN, you can still afford a delay of a couple of hours.
I'd personally still go the night before.
£170 one way is quite pricey, have you looked into RFS?
Sep 22, 2019, 7:04 am
#2840
Join Date: Apr 2018
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 25
Now just have to see if its enough time to spend in tpe with two nights in bkk both ends
Sep 22, 2019, 11:57 am
#2841
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: England
Programs: BAEC Gold, UA Mileage Plus, Hotels.com Gold, Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Pizza Express Gold
Posts: 603
I'm continuing a process of trying to decide on an inaugural tier point run for my next BAEC year (starts in April). Currently looking at OTP-PHX in early July. So far I've come up with the trip below. Has anyone got any suggestions to improve it?
Is there any suggestion that the price is likely to drop anytime in the next few months?
Thanks
Is there any suggestion that the price is likely to drop anytime in the next few months?
Thanks
Sep 22, 2019, 3:07 pm
#2842
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Oxford (&Western Isles )
Programs: BA GGL, CCR; RyanAir MillionMiler :( ;
Posts: 756
can you not get jfk-lax-phx and viceversa?
Sep 22, 2019, 4:00 pm
#2843
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 46
310TPs by Nov 8th? Doable?
Need 310 TPs to keep Silver by Nov 8th. Can only travel Fri-Sun or Sat-Sun from London (though happy to position if needs). Doable without spending a fortune?
Sep 22, 2019, 4:18 pm
#2845
Join Date: Apr 2018
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 25
I like to go the night before - so it makes an unrushed experience and if something goes wrong there's time to work out alternative plans.
Immigration at BKK can be a zoo and you'll have to go through it twice, so again - an overnight connection might seem like a better option. If you can travel HBO and are able to check-in on-line for your TPE flights, then you could use transfer route which is usually painless.
Have you considered booking CX on avios via HKG? both QR and CX will check your luggage through to your final destination, so it would simplify your connection at BKK.
Immigration at BKK can be a zoo and you'll have to go through it twice, so again - an overnight connection might seem like a better option. If you can travel HBO and are able to check-in on-line for your TPE flights, then you could use transfer route which is usually painless.
Have you considered booking CX on avios via HKG? both QR and CX will check your luggage through to your final destination, so it would simplify your connection at BKK.
Sep 22, 2019, 4:28 pm
#2846
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: LON
Programs: Mucci, BAEC, Eurostar
Posts: 3,291
Try returns in CE to the usual 80TP destinations. OTP, HEL, SOF, TIA. If safe for a back to back (I've only done HEL, can't comment on the others) you can nest two returns and spare hotel costs (one LHR-HEL-LHR, and one HEL-LHR-HEL). For budget about 500gbp. Haven't looked in the last 2 weeks though.
Sep 22, 2019, 5:21 pm
#2847
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: London
Programs: BA Executive Club: Silver
Posts: 37
Hi all, I'm looking to reach 600 TP from my current 0 by the end of February. In that period I have three flights giving me 20 + 80 + 300 = 400 TP, I don't have any reasonable upgrade options on these.
I also have a LHR-LIN return flight, currently in lowest economy at 10 TP return, but it has the option to upgrade the outbound and return leg to Club Europe at £139 each, giving 40 TP each. I was considering upgrading one leg of my LHR-LIN to Club Europe to get 40 TP, and doing a return LGW-MLA in Club Europe in Jan/Feb at £237 to get 160 TP. In total this would be £376 for 200 TP, or £1.88/TP. Is this a good idea, or can I go from my 410 TP (including the currently booked Italy flight) to 600 in less than that?
I also have a LHR-LIN return flight, currently in lowest economy at 10 TP return, but it has the option to upgrade the outbound and return leg to Club Europe at £139 each, giving 40 TP each. I was considering upgrading one leg of my LHR-LIN to Club Europe to get 40 TP, and doing a return LGW-MLA in Club Europe in Jan/Feb at £237 to get 160 TP. In total this would be £376 for 200 TP, or £1.88/TP. Is this a good idea, or can I go from my 410 TP (including the currently booked Italy flight) to 600 in less than that?
Sep 22, 2019, 5:24 pm
#2848
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Surrey, UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 484
You can get SOF to HEL for £409 at the moment with a £209 for a LHR to SOF that should be 480 points for £618 which is a 1.30/TP
Not the best run as its only one flight a day to SOF and HEL but I live very close to LHR so no real transport costs each day. Weekends in January and February when I looked.
Not the best run as its only one flight a day to SOF and HEL but I live very close to LHR so no real transport costs each day. Weekends in January and February when I looked.
6/12 SOF-LHR (home for night)
7/12 LGW-ACE (2 nights Lanzarote)
9/12 ACE-LGW (home for night)
10/12 LHR-SOF (night in SOF)
for 474 euro less 33 euro in exchange for 3000 avios
with
5/12 LHR-SOF (night in SOF)
11/12 SOF-LHR
for £209 less £40 of voucher for a previous price promise.
Without the avios/voucher about £630 for 480 TPs which I think is about £1.31/TP (sums not my forte).
Don't really need to stay the 2 nights in SOF but am a bit of a lightweight when it comes to 3hr+ B2Bs.
Sep 23, 2019, 12:49 am
#2849
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 136
The prices haven't changed but BA have introduced a £1 taxes option which isn't the best value.
HfP explains it here
https://www.headforpoints.com/2019/0...s-redemptions/
The more traditional pricing will still be available for selection.
Sep 23, 2019, 8:51 am
#2850
Join Date: Jul 2019
Programs: BA
Posts: 21
Just wondering if I could please get some advice on this - Wanting to avoid spending time in London over New Year - so have decided to go to Taiwan (extended family are there) and also try build up some TP to retain my BAEC Silver. I will need 430 TP to retain silver, with my year ending April 8, silver expiring end of May 2020. This will be my first time doing an Ex-EU flight to try and get more TP. I know I could go to TPE in economy return for about £700 but what's the fun in that....
I would fly ARN SIN (almost the same price) and hop on an economy flight to KUL. KUL TPE deals are right now on MH website. For 445-500 UKP to TPE RT gives you 280TP. I do this 6-8 times a year. It's an easy 4 hour and some minutes flight. The crew is nice and you got sate as much as you want (or they have).
Cheers