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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Ł3 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 Ł0.96/TP Ł154 160 TPs LHR-SOF (2021 dates)
24 Feb Ł1.90/TP Ł152 80TP MAD-FRA Z/Z LA (available Feb-Mar 2019, immediate turnarounds possible)
10 Aug Ł2.06/TP Ł329 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 Ł2.99/TP Ł2,758.45 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 Ł1.90/TP Ł1370 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 Ł2.29/TP Ł640TP 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 Ł1.52/TP Ł668 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 Ł0.90/TP Ł215 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 Ł 0.76/TP Ł 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 Ł 1.04/TP Ł 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 Ł 0.70/TP Ł 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 Ł 0.52/TP Ł 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 Ł0.95/TP Ł479 560tp AUH-CMB-CGK-CMB-AUH I / I / I / I cgtechuk UL
1FEB Ł1.49/TP Ł1,673 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 Ł2.07/TP Ł2,112 1020TP CAI-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL-DFW-ORD-LHR-CAI I/R here (All flights must be BA numbered)
From Africa
04/01 Ł1.80/TP Ł721 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 Ł300 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 Ł500.
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 Ł520.
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 22, 2020, 3:25 am
#4921
Fontaine d'honneur du Flyertalk
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Morbihan, France
Programs: Reine des Muccis de Pucci; Foreign Elitist (according to others)
Posts: 19,179
Darling - Forgive me - rightly or wrongly I've always assumed that everyone flies in J and indeed so do I. Mostly becuse practically every fare given is indeed Business. I'd love it to be First but I am now a pensioner albeit a glam one - which reminds me I am self-isolating until I have been to the hairdresser.
(You men have no idea - it is far easier to book a seat on BA than to get an appointment at s Salon de Coiffure!)
(You men have no idea - it is far easier to book a seat on BA than to get an appointment at s Salon de Coiffure!)
May 22, 2020, 2:27 pm
#4922
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
i asked earlier this week about your longest itiniaries. this little gem i try to fly in 7 weeks...this itiniary is - according to AA - version 9 of the booking. may it last long
Last edited by Nephoi; May 22, 2020 at 2:41 pm
May 22, 2020, 2:48 pm
#4923
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: LHR, LGW
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,439
Ill preface with the admiration I have for people who just want to get on with life and move past this unprecedented time with an attitude that life will be as was 2019. However...
I do laugh out loud when I see this thread appear at the top of the forum...I wonder who on earth is looking for a tier point run right now...to me, you may as well be looking for a vaccine in Sainsburys! Granted youll have more luck with a tier point run for next year than a vaccine in Sainsburys but its certainly not guaranteed.
Im struggling to come to terms with booking a standard return fare to anywhere, let alone a FT TP run that would normally result in various stopovers and border entries.
Lets hope we get a Status renewal and Tier point runs arent needed until 2022 because if you had to do a TP run in todays bizarre standards, masks, no food, very little service, Perspex screens, temperature checks etc I doubt it would be as enjoyable, sadly we dont how long these standards will last.
Anyway Im digressing from the purpose of the thread. I enjoy looking at these, long may they continue and I hope to participate myself again...eventually.
I do laugh out loud when I see this thread appear at the top of the forum...I wonder who on earth is looking for a tier point run right now...to me, you may as well be looking for a vaccine in Sainsburys! Granted youll have more luck with a tier point run for next year than a vaccine in Sainsburys but its certainly not guaranteed.
Im struggling to come to terms with booking a standard return fare to anywhere, let alone a FT TP run that would normally result in various stopovers and border entries.
Lets hope we get a Status renewal and Tier point runs arent needed until 2022 because if you had to do a TP run in todays bizarre standards, masks, no food, very little service, Perspex screens, temperature checks etc I doubt it would be as enjoyable, sadly we dont how long these standards will last.
Anyway Im digressing from the purpose of the thread. I enjoy looking at these, long may they continue and I hope to participate myself again...eventually.
May 22, 2020, 2:56 pm
#4924
Suspended
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 860
Is the version number something you can see yourself or something an agent happened to mention to you?
May 22, 2020, 3:00 pm
#4925
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
i called, said hello my name is First Name, surname, PNR is abcdef.
okay, thank you, Sir, system is loading. it takes a while aaah i see, oh my gosh, give me a minute. what happened here, uhm okay, this ticket got changed already 8 times.....
for the record: AY cancelled the morning leg CDG-HEL. i ended up for a rebooking FRA (300 mile rule!) - LHR-HEL instead.
question: does anyone know if 300 mile route is applicable multiple times? may I change from FRA to TXL (260 miles) if the FRA-LHR leg will be cancelled?
May 25, 2020, 6:49 am
#4926
Join Date: Aug 2019
Programs: BA
Posts: 28
Hi folks,
Reposting this here at Nephoi’s suggestion (thanks again). I’m booked INV - LHR - HEL - LAX - SFO on 5th November, returning SFO - PHX - JFK - LHR - GLA all in Business. Yields 660 TP for 1450. Not the best ever value but the main reason for the trip was to try out the AY 359 product. Between the Helsinki and LAX flight it was a good amount of time in the seat.
Unfortunately, that’s now out of the window thanks to the cancellations until next year. I’m looking for some advice on what I’d be able to change to. I’m flexible on the starting point, I just chose INV to ditch APD. It’s booked and ticketed through BA. I am not really looking accept the old BA CW product if at all possible.
I could live without the first night in SFO as it’s a late arrival anyway. Nephoi posted a back to back to Helsinki then onwards to JFK with a SFO flight early morning. Clearly this increases my TPs but is this something BA would accommodate? Any feedback/advice is very welcome.
Reposting this here at Nephoi’s suggestion (thanks again). I’m booked INV - LHR - HEL - LAX - SFO on 5th November, returning SFO - PHX - JFK - LHR - GLA all in Business. Yields 660 TP for 1450. Not the best ever value but the main reason for the trip was to try out the AY 359 product. Between the Helsinki and LAX flight it was a good amount of time in the seat.
Unfortunately, that’s now out of the window thanks to the cancellations until next year. I’m looking for some advice on what I’d be able to change to. I’m flexible on the starting point, I just chose INV to ditch APD. It’s booked and ticketed through BA. I am not really looking accept the old BA CW product if at all possible.
I could live without the first night in SFO as it’s a late arrival anyway. Nephoi posted a back to back to Helsinki then onwards to JFK with a SFO flight early morning. Clearly this increases my TPs but is this something BA would accommodate? Any feedback/advice is very welcome.
May 25, 2020, 7:31 am
#4927
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445
If you want to minimise the amount you travel and still travel A350-900 in C, then I'd do INV-LHR-HEL-JFK-SFO, which is fully doable. The catering will be more ample in that direction, so in that sense it's also a better routing, just like you had the outbound with AY in the beginning. JFK-SFO can be done as AA Flagship Business, if you're picky about getting that. If you are out for TPs, then you could remake the itinerary more heavily.
May 25, 2020, 7:36 am
#4928
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
best I could see is INV-LHR-HEL-LHR-JFK-LAX-SFO which would earn you 40+80+80+140+140+40=520 TP
May 25, 2020, 7:46 am
#4929
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Programs: TK Elite Plus,BAEC GGL,ITA Executive, AFKL Gold,QR Gold,HH Diamond,Bonvoy Gold,ALL Gold
Posts: 14,186
The BA agents on the phone may not price this as the last leg is on AA code.
May 25, 2020, 7:55 am
#4930
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445
I was at some point contemplating that for 2020-2021, but as an "once in a lifetime" experience moved that GGL qualification challenge (yeah, a quite "Bisonravesque" venture) forward to 2021-2022 now.
Except he wanted to fly A350-900 to America.
May 25, 2020, 8:07 am
#4931
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,968
May 25, 2020, 9:26 am
#4932
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
May 25, 2020, 9:38 am
#4933
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,501
May 25, 2020, 9:39 am
#4934
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
May 25, 2020, 9:44 am
#4935
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445