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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
Mar 27, 2019, 12:05 pm
#1216
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,501
Is it A321T transcon service? the seat is indeed a flat bed, but it's different to what AA uses on long haul routes. I quite like it and it's ok if you travel with a companion.
Mar 27, 2019, 12:19 pm
#1217
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: South London
Programs: British Airways Executive Club
Posts: 215
Booked yesterday:
BA1467 to London Thu 30 Jan 2020 07:05 - Business 40
BA0185 to New York Thu 30 Jan 2020 10:50 - Business 140 (upgraded to F with Avios over the phone, so possibly 210....)
BA4310 to Los Angeles Fri 31 Jan 2020 06:00 - Business 140
BA6550 to San Francisco Fri 31 Jan 2020 15:30 - Business 40
BA4388 to New York Sat 01 Feb 2020 11:15 - Business 140
BA4752 to Toronto Sun 02 Feb 2020 17:20 - Economy 20
BA0092 to London Mon 03 Feb 2020 18:20 - Business (A350) 140
660TP for £1237.88, ~£1.88/TP
Bookable using BA multi-city. First time I have ever had success using it...
BA1467 to London Thu 30 Jan 2020 07:05 - Business 40
BA0185 to New York Thu 30 Jan 2020 10:50 - Business 140 (upgraded to F with Avios over the phone, so possibly 210....)
BA4310 to Los Angeles Fri 31 Jan 2020 06:00 - Business 140
BA6550 to San Francisco Fri 31 Jan 2020 15:30 - Business 40
BA4388 to New York Sat 01 Feb 2020 11:15 - Business 140
BA4752 to Toronto Sun 02 Feb 2020 17:20 - Economy 20
BA0092 to London Mon 03 Feb 2020 18:20 - Business (A350) 140
660TP for £1237.88, ~£1.88/TP
Bookable using BA multi-city. First time I have ever had success using it...
Mar 27, 2019, 1:16 pm
#1218
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: BA exec, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 556
Second this advice - Jakarta and efficiency, poles apart.
Ive just got back from a CGK - TPE run on CX (great value) nested within my DXB-CGK - all good until landing back at CGK. Snaking cues for immigration, tour groups, offficials cross talking, laughing, double checkers - Bottom line 70mins for one flight to clear immigration and I was one of the first off.
As to transfer / b2b good luck if you can find one who will sort!
i for one won’t be doing this again in a rush
good luck
QUOTE=msm2000uk;30930569]The fare prices tend to fluctuate pretty often, so the price may drop over the next few weeks - but I'd strongly recommend against a b2b at CGK.
Without help from the higher ups at CGK, I'd give you a 5% chance of making the flight!
M[/QUOTE]
Ive just got back from a CGK - TPE run on CX (great value) nested within my DXB-CGK - all good until landing back at CGK. Snaking cues for immigration, tour groups, offficials cross talking, laughing, double checkers - Bottom line 70mins for one flight to clear immigration and I was one of the first off.
As to transfer / b2b good luck if you can find one who will sort!
i for one won’t be doing this again in a rush
good luck
QUOTE=msm2000uk;30930569]The fare prices tend to fluctuate pretty often, so the price may drop over the next few weeks - but I'd strongly recommend against a b2b at CGK.
Without help from the higher ups at CGK, I'd give you a 5% chance of making the flight!
M[/QUOTE]
Last edited by Telecasterman; Mar 27, 2019 at 1:33 pm
Mar 27, 2019, 3:41 pm
#1220
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Diamond, BA Silver, IHG Spire, AMEX Plat
Posts: 608
Mar 27, 2019, 4:00 pm
#1221
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,076
Mar 27, 2019, 4:18 pm
#1222
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Diamond, BA Silver, IHG Spire, AMEX Plat
Posts: 608
Mar 27, 2019, 4:31 pm
#1223
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,076
Sorry pal, but for discussions on "straight returns" you've better look for other threads. TP runs are most often not 
But happy you got the key to a good fare to this great route. TPE is fascinating, I plan to return in September/October
But happy you got the key to a good fare to this great route. TPE is fascinating, I plan to return in September/October
Mar 27, 2019, 5:10 pm
#1224
Join Date: Nov 2017
Programs: BAEC GGL / Bonvoy Titanium Elite
Posts: 13
You need to make the trip from the west coast and probably fly via HEL or MAD etc to get any amount of tier points. NYC to LON is always likely to find you on direct 280TP flights. NYC-PHL-DUB-LON will get an extra 80 TP each way and you might find a fare which allows 2 transfers in USA but keeping the routing without layovers will be difficult and original routing credit is an art, not a science
If you want half a chance make your destination somewhere other than the NYC-LON airbridge the JBA run
If you want half a chance make your destination somewhere other than the NYC-LON airbridge the JBA run
Taking your advice, I booked a reward flight NYC-LON. Booked another reward flight LON-ARN to get into position.
Then I booked ARN-HEL-LHR-JFK-PHL-LAX and return LAX-PHL-JFK-LHR-HEL-ARN for another trip I'll take later in the year. Luckily I can position myself to/from LAX at company expense. Booked the ARN-LAX-ARN earning 880TP for just under 21,000 SKR or $2200. Still well under the $4000 I had budgeted for the trip after factoring getting into position & overnight hotels.
Last edited by pma.tang; Mar 27, 2019 at 9:15 pm
Mar 27, 2019, 5:17 pm
#1225
Join Date: Nov 2017
Programs: BAEC GGL / Bonvoy Titanium Elite
Posts: 13
You'll only earn 140TP as avios upgrades are not counted towards TP. I've upgraded to First on a transatlantic LHR-PHL before and only received 140TP.
Mar 27, 2019, 5:34 pm
#1226
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 1,197
Mar 28, 2019, 3:47 am
#1228
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 72
Good morning!
First time poster here and now going through all of the information and pinned posts! Does anyone have any tips to get a quick 195 TP's from London? Looking to keep it under £500 and get Gold this year as out of work travel before my year ends and have lots of travel planned for next year!
Thanks!
First time poster here and now going through all of the information and pinned posts! Does anyone have any tips to get a quick 195 TP's from London? Looking to keep it under £500 and get Gold this year as out of work travel before my year ends and have lots of travel planned for next year!
Thanks!
Mar 28, 2019, 3:55 am
#1229
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold / OW Emerald
Posts: 753
Good morning!
First time poster here and now going through all of the information and pinned posts! Does anyone have any tips to get a quick 195 TP's from London? Looking to keep it under £500 and get Gold this year as out of work travel before my year ends and have lots of travel planned for next year!
Thanks!
First time poster here and now going through all of the information and pinned posts! Does anyone have any tips to get a quick 195 TP's from London? Looking to keep it under £500 and get Gold this year as out of work travel before my year ends and have lots of travel planned for next year!
Thanks!
Otherwise you're looking at going to Malta and add in another flight for the other 35TP. It's a bit cheaper but more tedious
Mar 28, 2019, 4:19 am
#1230
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: BA
Posts: 18
Recent ba cheap fares to usa
I was lucky enough to book one of the £950 fares from AMS to the USA. BA have now taken the payment from my credit card. Based on previous BA mispriced fares does anyone have any experience whether BA will now honour the fare and it is safe to book accommodation etc
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