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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 25, 2020, 9:32 pm
#4951
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
It involves a second night in Helsinki, so the departure date of your second segment should be 26 Dec instead of 25 Dec.
May 25, 2020, 9:33 pm
#4952
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: SAN, BOS
Programs: AS MVPG100K, BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Plat,
Posts: 2,281
May 25, 2020, 9:51 pm
#4953
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Phx, AZ
Programs: BA Gold, AS MVPG
Posts: 664
Ah, thank you all. Found them by the +/- function. Earning some extra TP and the price is $200 more, plus a night hotel in HEL on top of that... I'll just do the other route not through HEL to save some $ 
May 25, 2020, 10:17 pm
#4954
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: SAN, BOS
Programs: AS MVPG100K, BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Plat,
Posts: 2,281
ex: LAX - DFW - PHX - SJC RT for ~120 each way in J
Also as a gold you're missing out in the F lounge in LAX
May 26, 2020, 5:12 pm
#4955
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 101
MIA-LHR-SOF
hi,
im considering booking a trip ex dub that on the return will route me MIA - LHR - SOF to meet some friends out there.
I'll be landing in London around 11am and would like to spend an overnight in London before the onward flight to Sofia.
Will I be able to get my bag only checked as far as London allowing me to have my checked back with me at the hotel in London for the night or will there be no option but to get it checked from miami to Sofia?
thanks
im considering booking a trip ex dub that on the return will route me MIA - LHR - SOF to meet some friends out there.
I'll be landing in London around 11am and would like to spend an overnight in London before the onward flight to Sofia.
Will I be able to get my bag only checked as far as London allowing me to have my checked back with me at the hotel in London for the night or will there be no option but to get it checked from miami to Sofia?
thanks
May 26, 2020, 5:14 pm
#4956
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,500
hi,
im considering booking a trip ex dub that on the return will route me MIA - LHR - SOF to meet some friends out there.
I'll be landing in London around 11am and would like to spend an overnight in London before the onward flight to Sofia.
Will I be able to get my bag only checked as far as London allowing me to have my checked back with me at the hotel in London for the night or will there be no option but to get it checked from miami to Sofia?
thanks
im considering booking a trip ex dub that on the return will route me MIA - LHR - SOF to meet some friends out there.
I'll be landing in London around 11am and would like to spend an overnight in London before the onward flight to Sofia.
Will I be able to get my bag only checked as far as London allowing me to have my checked back with me at the hotel in London for the night or will there be no option but to get it checked from miami to Sofia?
thanks
May 26, 2020, 11:07 pm
#4957
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
hi,
im considering booking a trip ex dub that on the return will route me MIA - LHR - SOF to meet some friends out there.
I'll be landing in London around 11am and would like to spend an overnight in London before the onward flight to Sofia.
Will I be able to get my bag only checked as far as London allowing me to have my checked back with me at the hotel in London for the night or will there be no option but to get it checked from miami to Sofia?
thanks
im considering booking a trip ex dub that on the return will route me MIA - LHR - SOF to meet some friends out there.
I'll be landing in London around 11am and would like to spend an overnight in London before the onward flight to Sofia.
Will I be able to get my bag only checked as far as London allowing me to have my checked back with me at the hotel in London for the night or will there be no option but to get it checked from miami to Sofia?
thanks
The AA agents would probably deny short checking your bags to London, however, as megaloman mentioned, you could try talking to baggage services in Heathrow and pull your bags over there, though it would take time.
May 26, 2020, 11:58 pm
#4958
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
Safest way: Book something like MIA-JFK-LGW;LHR-SOF or MIA-JFK-LCY;LHR-SOF.
The AA agents would probably deny short checking your bags to London, however, as megaloman mentioned, you could try talking to baggage services in Heathrow and pull your bags over there, though it would take time.
The AA agents would probably deny short checking your bags to London, however, as megaloman mentioned, you could try talking to baggage services in Heathrow and pull your bags over there, though it would take time.
May 27, 2020, 2:33 am
#4959
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,500
Safest way: Book something like MIA-JFK-LGW;LHR-SOF or MIA-JFK-LCY;LHR-SOF.
The AA agents would probably deny short checking your bags to London, however, as megaloman mentioned, you could try talking to baggage services in Heathrow and pull your bags over there, though it would take time.
The AA agents would probably deny short checking your bags to London, however, as megaloman mentioned, you could try talking to baggage services in Heathrow and pull your bags over there, though it would take time.
May 27, 2020, 3:00 am
#4960
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 1,578
+1 Every time I've had an overnight connection at LHR they agent has offered to only check them that far. It would be an absolute state if that wasn't an option: "You must spend the night in London but you are not allowed access to clean underwear or toothpaste."
That said, if you were to apply the same logic to an overnight TATL and a long day stop at Heathrow, you'd allow pax to short check their bags then, too... but they don't.
That said, if you were to apply the same logic to an overnight TATL and a long day stop at Heathrow, you'd allow pax to short check their bags then, too... but they don't.
May 27, 2020, 4:38 am
#4961
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,709
+1 Every time I've had an overnight connection at LHR they agent has offered to only check them that far. It would be an absolute state if that wasn't an option: "You must spend the night in London but you are not allowed access to clean underwear or toothpaste."
That said, if you were to apply the same logic to an overnight TATL and a long day stop at Heathrow, you'd allow pax to short check their bags then, too... but they don't.
That said, if you were to apply the same logic to an overnight TATL and a long day stop at Heathrow, you'd allow pax to short check their bags then, too... but they don't.
May 28, 2020, 11:59 am
#4962
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
wanna have some story time? read further.
Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the frequentcaller of an airline called American Air
LINES
once upon a time late 2019, I booked a "TP optimized" holiday trip to YYZ in July 2020. As AA loves rescheduling, I was prepared for at least some changes, but boy.... I couldnt have been more wrong.
This is the evolution of my little itiniary for my CDG-YYZ flights mid July 2020
Version 1: CDG-HEL-LHR-JFK(overnight)-CLT-YYZ JFK // YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-CDG
Version 2: CDG-HEL-LHR-JFK-IAD-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-CDG
Version 3: CDG-HEL-LHR-BOS-(overnight)-LGA-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-CDG
Version 4: CDG-HEL-LHR-BOS-(overnight)-LGA-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-CDG (YYZ-CLT-JFK now from morning hrs to midday)
Version 5: CDG-HEL-LHR-BOS-(overnight)-LGA-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-CDG (HEL-LHR now AY1335 instead of BA 799) - we're now in the mid march cancellations
Version 6: CDG-HEL-LHR-BOS-(overnight)-LGA-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-CDG
Version 7: CDG-LHR-HEL-LHR-BOS-(overnight)-LGA-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-CDG
Version 8: CDG-LHR-HEL-LHR-JFK(overnight)-CLT-PIT-ORD-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-CDG
Version 9: FRA-LHR-HEL-LHR-JFK(overnight)-CLT-PIT-ORD-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-CDG
Version 10: TXL-LHR-HEL-LHR-JFK(overnight)-CLT-PIT-ORD-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-FRA
for what its worth: this would earn now 920 TP
and I wont take any of these flights...
i got AA hotline on quick dial and know most of the ppl and they recognize me. I hope they dont hate me... shoutout to the ppl on the phone lines,...
Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the frequentcaller of an airline called American Air
LINES
once upon a time late 2019, I booked a "TP optimized" holiday trip to YYZ in July 2020. As AA loves rescheduling, I was prepared for at least some changes, but boy.... I couldnt have been more wrong.
This is the evolution of my little itiniary for my CDG-YYZ flights mid July 2020
Version 1: CDG-HEL-LHR-JFK(overnight)-CLT-YYZ JFK // YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-CDG
Version 2: CDG-HEL-LHR-JFK-IAD-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-CDG
Version 3: CDG-HEL-LHR-BOS-(overnight)-LGA-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-CDG
Version 4: CDG-HEL-LHR-BOS-(overnight)-LGA-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-CDG (YYZ-CLT-JFK now from morning hrs to midday)
Version 5: CDG-HEL-LHR-BOS-(overnight)-LGA-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-CDG (HEL-LHR now AY1335 instead of BA 799) - we're now in the mid march cancellations
Version 6: CDG-HEL-LHR-BOS-(overnight)-LGA-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-CDG
Version 7: CDG-LHR-HEL-LHR-BOS-(overnight)-LGA-CLT-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-CDG
Version 8: CDG-LHR-HEL-LHR-JFK(overnight)-CLT-PIT-ORD-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-CDG
Version 9: FRA-LHR-HEL-LHR-JFK(overnight)-CLT-PIT-ORD-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-CDG
Version 10: TXL-LHR-HEL-LHR-JFK(overnight)-CLT-PIT-ORD-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-FRA
for what its worth: this would earn now 920 TP
and I wont take any of these flights...
i got AA hotline on quick dial and know most of the ppl and they recognize me. I hope they dont hate me... shoutout to the ppl on the phone lines,...
Last edited by Nephoi; May 28, 2020 at 12:09 pm
May 29, 2020, 12:20 am
#4963
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
Version 11: TXL-LHR-HEL-LHR-JFK(overnight)-CLT-PIT-ORD-YYZ//YYZ-CLT-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-TXL (overnight and transfer from LHR to LCY not possible due to quarantine rules.)
May 29, 2020, 12:29 am
#4964
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,991
With an itinerary as complex as this one, I feel there is little to be gained from phoning American Airlines every time they make a change.
My own approach is to wait until a couple of weeks before departure before phoning, and then sort everything out at once.
My own approach is to wait until a couple of weeks before departure before phoning, and then sort everything out at once.
May 29, 2020, 12:35 am
#4965
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
as a sidenote: what can be achieved is this: you can crawl in 300 miles steps from the original destination to a new, more convenient one.
i won't call that often anymore. I promise