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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Feb 23, 2019, 6:30 am
#841
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Both. I'm going away for about a week but in that week want to get to gold so it's there for my future holidays.
Feb 23, 2019, 7:59 am
#842
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Nice enough Premier Inn right at Abu Dhabi airport which is normally sub £50/night if anyone is interested. Hardly 5 star but clean/tidy, the bar is more than ok and its only steps from the terminal ..
Feb 23, 2019, 9:48 am
#843
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there are some shorter AY routes which are just over 2000 miles but as you say HEL-MLA isn’t one (unless the OP is suggesting HEL-LHR/LGW-MLA?). These shorter AY routes are:
- On AY - HEL to/from - Dubai (DXB), Fuerteventura (FUE), Lanzarote (ACE), Las Palmas (LPA), Lisbon (LIS), Madeira Funchal (FNC), Malaga (AGP), Tel Aviv (TLV), Tenerife-North (TFN), and Tenerife-South (TFS)
Sorry I should've clarified. Karfa's right - all segments are on BA metal so it's DUB-LHR-HEL-LHR/LGW- MLA-LGW/LHR-HEL-LHR-DUB. I swapped out JER for DUB as the final destination and got it down to £2.09/TP. I'm trying to fit in LA 704/705 (MAD/FRA) into the itinerary as a nice break from the boring BA CE seats but it's just not working out. Does anyone know if BA codeshares with that LATAM flight?
Feb 23, 2019, 10:34 am
#844
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 285
Hi all
I read this thread in fascination never thinking that I’d want/need to do something like this myself but I’ve just realised something with my upcoming BA flights. Before my TP year ends (8th September - I’m blue) I’ll earn 260TP - only flights after that is an open jaw bargain basement MAN-NYC and MIA-MAN late Oct/Early November for 65TP (booked when I had little understanding of TP awards/years or even status)
My plan is to get 340 TP between now and September so the future flights can be enjoyed as a Silver and booking for early 2020 would benefit from more Avios and immediate seat selection. However, I’m changing jobs soon and have absolutely no leave whatsoever available so would have to do weekend TP run(s). I’m an hour away from MAN.
Could someone please point me in the direction of what routes to look at and where to start? I’ve had a play with Matrix (although I’m very inexperienced) looking at routes mentioned here and can’t find anything that’s achievable over a weekend.
I read this thread in fascination never thinking that I’d want/need to do something like this myself but I’ve just realised something with my upcoming BA flights. Before my TP year ends (8th September - I’m blue) I’ll earn 260TP - only flights after that is an open jaw bargain basement MAN-NYC and MIA-MAN late Oct/Early November for 65TP (booked when I had little understanding of TP awards/years or even status)
My plan is to get 340 TP between now and September so the future flights can be enjoyed as a Silver and booking for early 2020 would benefit from more Avios and immediate seat selection. However, I’m changing jobs soon and have absolutely no leave whatsoever available so would have to do weekend TP run(s). I’m an hour away from MAN.
Could someone please point me in the direction of what routes to look at and where to start? I’ve had a play with Matrix (although I’m very inexperienced) looking at routes mentioned here and can’t find anything that’s achievable over a weekend.
Feb 23, 2019, 1:59 pm
#845
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire
Posts: 1,242
Hi all
I read this thread in fascination never thinking that I’d want/need to do something like this myself but I’ve just realised something with my upcoming BA flights. Before my TP year ends (8th September - I’m blue) I’ll earn 260TP - only flights after that is an open jaw bargain basement MAN-NYC and MIA-MAN late Oct/Early November for 65TP (booked when I had little understanding of TP awards/years or even status)
My plan is to get 340 TP between now and September so the future flights can be enjoyed as a Silver and booking for early 2020 would benefit from more Avios and immediate seat selection. However, I’m changing jobs soon and have absolutely no leave whatsoever available so would have to do weekend TP run(s). I’m an hour away from MAN.
Could someone please point me in the direction of what routes to look at and where to start? I’ve had a play with Matrix (although I’m very inexperienced) looking at routes mentioned here and can’t find anything that’s achievable over a weekend.
I read this thread in fascination never thinking that I’d want/need to do something like this myself but I’ve just realised something with my upcoming BA flights. Before my TP year ends (8th September - I’m blue) I’ll earn 260TP - only flights after that is an open jaw bargain basement MAN-NYC and MIA-MAN late Oct/Early November for 65TP (booked when I had little understanding of TP awards/years or even status)
My plan is to get 340 TP between now and September so the future flights can be enjoyed as a Silver and booking for early 2020 would benefit from more Avios and immediate seat selection. However, I’m changing jobs soon and have absolutely no leave whatsoever available so would have to do weekend TP run(s). I’m an hour away from MAN.
Could someone please point me in the direction of what routes to look at and where to start? I’ve had a play with Matrix (although I’m very inexperienced) looking at routes mentioned here and can’t find anything that’s achievable over a weekend.
Feb 23, 2019, 2:09 pm
#846
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A slight tangent for this thread, but close enough I hope. I've got flights booked DUB-MCO return for October on an AA ticket with BA transatlantic. The way out gets me on the babybus for the first time. For the way back I routed via the UD JFK-LHR. I recently had my first trip on the UD of a mid-J (though missed out on the second due to irrops) and am looking to try out a refurbished version.
I have had the first schedule change from AA, with MCO-CLT-JFK replacing the direct MCO-JFK I'd booked, and.the departure time moving irritatingly 90 minutes earlier.
I'm wondering if I can change/improve the inbound, but struggling to work out what's best. Any suggestions for long East Coast Hi-J flights that would fit with a route MCO-X-LHR-DUB?
I have had the first schedule change from AA, with MCO-CLT-JFK replacing the direct MCO-JFK I'd booked, and.the departure time moving irritatingly 90 minutes earlier.
I'm wondering if I can change/improve the inbound, but struggling to work out what's best. Any suggestions for long East Coast Hi-J flights that would fit with a route MCO-X-LHR-DUB?
Feb 23, 2019, 2:28 pm
#847
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Location: London, UK
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A slight tangent for this thread, but close enough I hope. I've got flights booked DUB-MCO return for October on an AA ticket with BA transatlantic. The way out gets me on the babybus for the first time. For the way back I routed via the UD JFK-LHR. I recently had my first trip on the UD of a mid-J (though missed out on the second due to irrops) and am looking to try out a refurbished version.
I have had the first schedule change from AA, with MCO-CLT-JFK replacing the direct MCO-JFK I'd booked, and.the departure time moving irritatingly 90 minutes earlier.
I'm wondering if I can change/improve the inbound, but struggling to work out what's best. Any suggestions for long East Coast Hi-J flights that would fit with a route MCO-X-LHR-DUB?
I have had the first schedule change from AA, with MCO-CLT-JFK replacing the direct MCO-JFK I'd booked, and.the departure time moving irritatingly 90 minutes earlier.
I'm wondering if I can change/improve the inbound, but struggling to work out what's best. Any suggestions for long East Coast Hi-J flights that would fit with a route MCO-X-LHR-DUB?
However I wouldn't rush as yet to change it as I bet AA will change schedule about 10 times.
Feb 23, 2019, 2:31 pm
#848
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Sorry IAD wouldn't work AA doesn't flight there direct. sorry.
Feb 23, 2019, 4:12 pm
#849
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Probably would look into LAX as it would give you more tier, but timing could be an issue. Also LAX is on a A380 which I would prefer over B747. East coast wise not sure what MIA has in regards of planes or would look into IAD.
However I wouldn't rush as yet to change it as I bet AA will change schedule about 10 times.
However I wouldn't rush as yet to change it as I bet AA will change schedule about 10 times.
Feb 24, 2019, 3:34 am
#850
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Feb 24, 2019, 4:19 am
#851
Join Date: Dec 2018
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Royal Jordanian LHR-BKK (via AMM) - £1640, 560TP, (£2.93 / TP). Very few dates I think. Sample dates via Google Flights 2nd-6th May return and can be booked via expedia into I class. I do not think it is available directly with RJ.
Not the best tp run at all, but may be worth it if you just want / need to get to BKK from LON without positioning.
Not the best tp run at all, but may be worth it if you just want / need to get to BKK from LON without positioning.
Feb 24, 2019, 7:21 am
#852
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MCO-MIA-JFK-LHR-DUB. AA uses lie flat seats in MIA-JFK.
Feb 24, 2019, 11:33 am
#854
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