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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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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.

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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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2017 Archive
2016 Archive
2015 Archive (6 months Jul to Dec)
2015 Archive (6 months Jan to Jun)
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Old Feb 17, 2019, 12:01 pm
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Originally Posted by braiden9
BA73 2nd May - check🏑
AUH to CGK 3rd May - check🏑
CGK to AUH 5th May - check🏑
BA72 6th May - check🏑

You doing any of these?
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Old Feb 17, 2019, 1:09 pm
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LGW Long Sectors!!

Hi Folks,Im trying to take advantage of current Club Europe Holiday promotion which ends tomorrow I believe.
Are there any 80 tier point destinations ex LGW??
Thanks
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Old Feb 17, 2019, 1:16 pm
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Originally Posted by ATCOlad
Hi Folks,Im trying to take advantage of current Club Europe Holiday promotion which ends tomorrow I believe.
Are there any 80 tier point destinations ex LGW??
Thanks
MLA and RAK.
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Old Feb 17, 2019, 1:16 pm
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Originally Posted by ATCOlad
Hi Folks,Im trying to take advantage of current Club Europe Holiday promotion which ends tomorrow I believe.
Are there any 80 tier point destinations ex LGW??
Thanks
Nicely listed in the wiki above!

LGW to/from - Algiers (ALG), Bodrum (BJV), Catania (CTA), Dalaman (DLM), Fuerteventura (FUE) (suspended fron Nov 2018), Heraklion (HER), Kos (KGS) (May-Oct 2019), Lanzarote (ACE), Larnaca (LCA), Las Palmas (LPA), Madeira Funchal (FNC), Malta (MLA), Marrakech (RAK), Paphos (PFO), Rhodes (RHO), Tenerife (TFS), Thessaloniki (SKG), and Tirana (TIA).
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Old Feb 18, 2019, 8:46 am
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Originally Posted by Fitch
You got the full house - see you in the FLounge
Just don't cock up your return flight (mine was CGK-CMB) like I did. I'm sure you folks won't as no one can stoop to my level of naivety with regards to reading an e-ticket...
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Old Feb 18, 2019, 11:03 am
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There's an absurd JNB-LHR-INV r/t for 885 in J (787, 747, 380 options) pretty much year round. You can use 140,000 Avios to reduce the price to 208 equivalent. Pretty tidy considering the 360TPs and 31,700 Avios (as GCH). Very, very tempting - but positioning is tough for me so not sure I can make it all work.
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Old Feb 18, 2019, 11:08 am
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Originally Posted by mmxbreaks
There's an absurd JNB-LHR-INV r/t for 885 in J (787, 747, 380 options) pretty much year round. You can use 140,000 Avios to reduce the price to 208 equivalent. Pretty tidy considering the 360TPs and 31,700 Avios (as GCH). Very, very tempting - but positioning is tough for me so not sure I can make it all work.
You'd need to be VERY Avios rich to consider 140000 Avios worth a 670 saving.
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Old Feb 18, 2019, 11:08 am
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You got the full house - see you in the FLounge
Full House or 4 of the same :-)
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Old Feb 18, 2019, 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by Wozza2404
You'd need to be VERY Avios rich to consider 140000 Avios worth a 670 saving.
Or just VERY cash poor, like me, lol.
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Old Feb 18, 2019, 11:31 am
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I have a challenge for anyone who is up for it. I am looking for a trip in April (around 19th until end of April/early May). I am looking to get ~1200TP in this trip and I want to go east. I am looking to spend ~1500 (excluding positioning).

Previously I wanted to go ARN-SIN on QR for ~1400. My TP year reset in Jan and I have accrued 320TP since then. I am thinking if I can get to 1500 in 1 trip, I can put my wife through far less convoluted routes when we go on our holidays throughout the year.

Best option so far - ARN-SIN = 560, Positioning to ARN (via Hel if possible) = 240. SIN-PEN (via Kul) = 160 = 960.

Any options welcome
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Old Feb 18, 2019, 11:42 am
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Originally Posted by mmxbreaks
There's an absurd JNB-LHR-INV r/t for 885 in J (787, 747, 380 options) pretty much year round. You can use 140,000 Avios to reduce the price to 208 equivalent. Pretty tidy considering the 360TPs and 31,700 Avios (as GCH). Very, very tempting - but positioning is tough for me so not sure I can make it all work.
where are you seeing this fare? Does it only work EX JNB??
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Old Feb 18, 2019, 12:09 pm
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Just got back from AUH-CGK at the weekend. Managed to squeeze a day in JOG with separate extra Lion Air low-cost for 41 ... well worth it for Borobudur temple, Mount Merapi and Prabanan (another temple) and I can recommend a car and driver for 25 for the whole day
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Old Feb 18, 2019, 12:59 pm
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I've a couple of questions related to a next AUH/DXB-CGK run I'm finishing* planning, one about BA for the positioning flight, the other semi-OT regarding a DXB b2b.

Let's start with BA. What kind of WTP should I expect on the overnight BA106 DXB-LHR served by a 777?
There is availability to upgrade to CW on the date I need, but since I'm not avios rich I want to be sure how WTPs could be on this route before spending 20K avios. Keep in mind I never ever tried WTP before.

Now the semi-OT. Anyone here has experienced a DXB b2b on a CGK run? I really would like to book two of them and avoid an "unnecessary" night stop in AUH, and it seems that DXB permits mobile BPs and there is a transfer desk that can process CC checks and the like for UL. However, I want to play safe, so any experience and suggestion are more than welcome.

As an aside, anyone doing the run between 20th and 26th of May?


*I'll book tomorrow. Now that they have re-filed the fare the new availability is really better for me

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Old Feb 18, 2019, 1:39 pm
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Originally Posted by Lefly
I've a couple of questions related to a next AUH/DXB-CGK run I'm finishing* planning, one about BA for the positioning flight, the other semi-OT regarding a DXB b2b.

Let's start with BA. What kind of WTP should I expect on the overnight BA106 DXB-LHR served by a 777?
There is availability to upgrade to CW on the date I need, but since I'm not avios rich I want to be sure of what WTPs can offer here before spending 20K avios. Keep in mind I never ever tried WTP before.

Now the semi-OT. Anyone here has experienced a DXB b2b on a CGK run? I really would like to book two of them to avoid an "unnecessary" night stop in AUH, and it seems that DXB permits mobile BPs and there is a transfer desk that can process CC checks and the like for UL. However, I want to play safe, so any experience and suggestion are more than welcome.
I did the DXB-CGK run last month - and in WTP on BA to position.

WTP out on a 777 (BA109) was okay (my first experience too), but for a shortish overnight flight, Y wouldn't have been too much of a hardship.

Coming back on BA106, I was more fortunate. It was overnight Sunday/Monday on a 744 and overbooked so, even as a bronze, I got bumped up to 61A!

Regarding the DXB B2B, I'll defer to anyone who has actually done it, because I didn't. However, it does look possible. I arrived into DXB from CMB and, instead of taking the train to arrivals (I was HBO, so no checked bags to pick up), I stayed in T1, went up (or down, I can't remember!) an escalator to the right into a small security check and then immediately into the area where all the transfer desks are. I had to check in for my BA flight home, but it looked like all the desks (presumably including UL) were pretty quiet.

Looking at FlightRadar24, the return flight to CMB (UL226) is usually behind schedule, so that might give you some extra leeway.
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Old Feb 18, 2019, 2:29 pm
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Is there a UL AUH-CGK Meet-Up thread anyone has found elsewhere on FT?

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