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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 18, 2019, 2:35 pm
#796
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,093
Feb 18, 2019, 3:14 pm
#797
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,948
Feb 19, 2019, 1:25 am
#800
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Edinburgh
Programs: BA Gold, Flyblue
Posts: 127
Some Lion flights leave from T3 (where UL lands) but most from T1. There is a sky train monorail linking up the 3 terminals and the airport train station (between 2 and 1)
Feb 19, 2019, 1:32 am
#801
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Edinburgh
Programs: BA Gold, Flyblue
Posts: 127
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
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
1) a B2B certainly would seem easier at AUH then at CGK, given that ease of transfer (drops you back after check and no immigration)
2) at CMB there is a manned transfer desk airside (all gates aare accessibl from same area). I wondered whether they would be better placed to ask them to print your ticket for the second run (AUH-CMB) while you are transiting on the first run CGK-CMB-AUH. They should all be UL staff there rather than contracted Etihad ones at AUH who require CC ID there
Feb 19, 2019, 1:39 am
#802
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,093
Having done 1 run, I was pondering how a B2B at AUH would work.
1) a B2B certainly would seem easier at AUH then at CGK, given that ease of transfer (drops you back after check and no immigration)
2) at CMB there is a manned transfer desk airside (all gates aare accessibl from same area). I wondered whether they would be better placed to ask them to print your ticket for the second run (AUH-CMB) while you are transiting on the first run CGK-CMB-AUH. They should all be UL staff there rather than contracted Etihad ones at AUH who require CC ID there
AUH b2b, I would not risk it because in UL website FAQ is stated that mobile boarding passes are not accepted there.
DXB b2b - so far - has no warnings and is not mentioned in the exceptions regarding mobile BPs. Hence my desire to try it out in absence of objections.
Feb 19, 2019, 4:26 am
#803
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,948
For those flying the UL fare AUH-CMB-CGK, I have created a WIKI for us to post flights - Oneworld: UL: DXB-CGK in J, $800 R/T
A friend recently flew, and all 5 of the J cabin were doing next day returns (the same 5 were on all of his flights).
Don't be shy. I usually have an FT bag tag on, so if you see it, I promise I wont bite
M
A friend recently flew, and all 5 of the J cabin were doing next day returns (the same 5 were on all of his flights).
Don't be shy. I usually have an FT bag tag on, so if you see it, I promise I wont bite
M
Feb 19, 2019, 6:19 am
#804
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Edinburgh
Programs: BA Gold, Flyblue
Posts: 127
CGK is not available for b2b, as you are required to obtain a BP from UL check-in desk. A FTer overlooked this requirement and wasn't allowed to board (there is a post about it somewhere)
AUH b2b, I would not risk it because in UL website FAQ is stated that mobile boarding passes are not accepted there.
DXB b2b - so far - has no warnings and is not mentioned in the exceptions regarding mobile BPs. Hence my desire to try it out in absence of objections.
AUH b2b, I would not risk it because in UL website FAQ is stated that mobile boarding passes are not accepted there.
DXB b2b - so far - has no warnings and is not mentioned in the exceptions regarding mobile BPs. Hence my desire to try it out in absence of objections.
Feb 19, 2019, 7:18 am
#806
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 41
I'm the culprit who wasn't allowed to board! I do have the email address for the general manager of UL's CGK operation who you could reach out to regarding your B2B feasibility. Helpful chap. PM me if you want it.
Feb 19, 2019, 7:31 am
#807
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,093
But in the end I decided to play safe and booked the day after, also keeping in mind there are only 55min connection in CMB. Any screw up there and the next ticket is a no-show...
Feb 19, 2019, 10:01 am
#808
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
Is there not a transfer desk at AUH though ? Surely the point of such a desk is to be able to roll up, passport and CC in hand, and obtain a printed BP ?
Feb 19, 2019, 10:02 am
#809
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,093
Feb 19, 2019, 10:08 am
#810
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
So I would say printing one downroute and rocking up at AUH airside should be OK...