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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 12, 2019, 6:49 am
#1021
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,076
Mar 12, 2019, 6:54 am
#1022
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,076
Anything good out there at the moment for 200TPs? Based out of London, but UK repositioning is easy and I'm likely to be in Paris late March, so could setup an ex-CDG flight plan on the 27th.
Looks like I'll be on 6800TPs by March 19th, giving me just shy of a further three weeks to reach 7000TPs for a GUF2 voucher (no later than April 7th). Next points year I doubt I'll be making much more than the Gold threshold, thus pushing for the GUF now rather than chasing 2500TPs later on is maybe the most cost-effective way...
Looks like I'll be on 6800TPs by March 19th, giving me just shy of a further three weeks to reach 7000TPs for a GUF2 voucher (no later than April 7th). Next points year I doubt I'll be making much more than the Gold threshold, thus pushing for the GUF now rather than chasing 2500TPs later on is maybe the most cost-effective way...
Mar 12, 2019, 1:38 pm
#1023
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 2
For starters, apologies if I'm breaking any rules. I am trying to fit my first tier point run with a few constraints, and having read as much as I could process (and tried Matrix), I'm still none the wiser.
Can I ask for help from the more experienced?
I need to leave from London after 5pm on Thursday, 13th June.
I need to be in Boston, MA by 1pm Friday, 14th June.
I can leave from Boston from 5pm Sunday, 16th June
And I need to be in London by 9pm Tuesday, 18th June.
Any ideas would be hugely appreciated. I'm hoping not to spend more than £2k but would be happy go a little over if it's a really good deal on the tier points. I've not been able to find anything for less than £10/TP
Thanks for any and all help.
Can I ask for help from the more experienced?
I need to leave from London after 5pm on Thursday, 13th June.
I need to be in Boston, MA by 1pm Friday, 14th June.
I can leave from Boston from 5pm Sunday, 16th June
And I need to be in London by 9pm Tuesday, 18th June.
Any ideas would be hugely appreciated. I'm hoping not to spend more than £2k but would be happy go a little over if it's a really good deal on the tier points. I've not been able to find anything for less than £10/TP
Thanks for any and all help.
Mar 12, 2019, 2:29 pm
#1024
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL, A3 Gold, M&M SEN, FlyingBlue Gold, AS MVP Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire Amb
Posts: 902
German cities to Vancouver - ~£1272 for 640 TPs, just under £2/TP. Fare basis IQX5T1S6, very wide open, but be quick as this won't last.
Mar 12, 2019, 4:55 pm
#1025
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 31
Anything good out there at the moment for 200TPs? Based out of London, but UK repositioning is easy and I'm likely to be in Paris late March, so could setup an ex-CDG flight plan on the 27th.
Looks like I'll be on 6800TPs by March 19th, giving me just shy of a further three weeks to reach 7000TPs for a GUF2 voucher (no later than April 7th). Next points year I doubt I'll be making much more than the Gold threshold, thus pushing for the GUF now rather than chasing 2500TPs later on is maybe the most cost-effective way...
Looks like I'll be on 6800TPs by March 19th, giving me just shy of a further three weeks to reach 7000TPs for a GUF2 voucher (no later than April 7th). Next points year I doubt I'll be making much more than the Gold threshold, thus pushing for the GUF now rather than chasing 2500TPs later on is maybe the most cost-effective way...
As AY's TPs take 5 days to post, better complete the trip by 31 March.
Mar 12, 2019, 5:19 pm
#1026
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,683
For starters, apologies if I'm breaking any rules. I am trying to fit my first tier point run with a few constraints, and having read as much as I could process (and tried Matrix), I'm still none the wiser.
Can I ask for help from the more experienced?
I need to leave from London after 5pm on Thursday, 13th June.
I need to be in Boston, MA by 1pm Friday, 14th June.
I can leave from Boston from 5pm Sunday, 16th June
And I need to be in London by 9pm Tuesday, 18th June.
Any ideas would be hugely appreciated. I'm hoping not to spend more than £2k but would be happy go a little over if it's a really good deal on the tier points. I've not been able to find anything for less than £10/TP
Thanks for any and all help.
Can I ask for help from the more experienced?
I need to leave from London after 5pm on Thursday, 13th June.
I need to be in Boston, MA by 1pm Friday, 14th June.
I can leave from Boston from 5pm Sunday, 16th June
And I need to be in London by 9pm Tuesday, 18th June.
Any ideas would be hugely appreciated. I'm hoping not to spend more than £2k but would be happy go a little over if it's a really good deal on the tier points. I've not been able to find anything for less than £10/TP
Thanks for any and all help.
Your best bet is to get on google flight and Matrix and see what you can construct, if you find something but then need help tailoring it I'm sure you'll get help. You're always likely to get more help if you list what you've found, and why it's not quite right.
Mar 12, 2019, 5:44 pm
#1027
Join Date: May 2006
Location: 5 miles from EMA
Programs: BD, BAEC Pleb, VS Pleb, Accor Pleb, HHonors Gold, Big White Season Pass
Posts: 5,904
Fare basis Fare 1: Carrier AA IQX5T1S6 MUC to YVR (rules)Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code J, ICovers MUC-LHR (Business), LHR-JFK (Business), JFK-PHX (First), PHX-YVR (Business)£334.38Fare 2: Carrier AA ILX5T3S6 YVR to MUC (rules)Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code I, JCovers YVR-PHX (Business), PHX-JFK (First), JFK-LHR (Business), LHR-MUC (Business)£334.38
Mar 13, 2019, 2:50 am
#1028
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 12
I was just looking at the Munich to Vancouver route at work and working out how i fit it in and me and my colleagues were called in to a meeting room and our team is ceasing to exist! Got to find a new job but on the upside we can just go home and we will be paid as normal for the next month and hopefully a redundancy package but will see how the HR chat goes.
With that in mind and with all the boring stuff on the news, I just need to get out of the country for a few days so can anyone recommend a TP run i could do for say 4 or 5 days leaving friday? Not too bothered where just want to get away. Sittign on a few planes sipping champagne seems like the right thing to do at the moment! There will be plenty of jobs when i get back!!
Started looking already but struggling to see availability on the usual routes. Going to continue to see if I can wrangle something through the US. Ill let you know what I find.
With that in mind and with all the boring stuff on the news, I just need to get out of the country for a few days so can anyone recommend a TP run i could do for say 4 or 5 days leaving friday? Not too bothered where just want to get away. Sittign on a few planes sipping champagne seems like the right thing to do at the moment! There will be plenty of jobs when i get back!!
Started looking already but struggling to see availability on the usual routes. Going to continue to see if I can wrangle something through the US. Ill let you know what I find.
Mar 13, 2019, 3:09 am
#1029
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 2
To be fair these are not TP run parameters, this is find flights that meet very tight schedules. You're essentially wanting a flight late evening to be in Boston by lunchtime the following day. So you're immediately constrained by which destinations have flights after 5PM, and I don't think it's too many. Boston is probably the shortest Transatlantic, so anything TP driven is going to be artificial. At best I'd guess you're looking at another east coast city, think JFK, PHL, IAD, and then onto Boston, coming home much the same. The problem I think you may have is that IAD and JFK are likely to have onward flights from LGA and DCA, so you'd have to overnight in New York or Washington on the 13th, and take an early flight to Boston on the 14th. I think you'll be lucky to get 360TP (140+40+40+140) out of this, you need a bit more flexibility to think in TP terms. I don't know if the price would work but you could try for the journey home when you have more time something like BOS-JFK-HEL-LHR to extend the TPs. Even if you left on the earliest JFK flight on the 14th I don't think you could get to Boston by 1PM.
Your best bet is to get on google flight and Matrix and see what you can construct, if you find something but then need help tailoring it I'm sure you'll get help. You're always likely to get more help if you list what you've found, and why it's not quite right.
Your best bet is to get on google flight and Matrix and see what you can construct, if you find something but then need help tailoring it I'm sure you'll get help. You're always likely to get more help if you list what you've found, and why it's not quite right.
Mar 13, 2019, 3:13 am
#1030
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold / OW Emerald
Posts: 753
By the way, the Germany -> Canada fares work to other cities than vancouver, can be routed with BA1/2 with no surcharge, and can be routed through HEL once (but not twice, sadly). For example TXL-YUL return, optimised to 680TP with BA1/2 is ~1320 GBP.
Mar 13, 2019, 5:56 am
#1031
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: AMS-IST
Posts: 256
My recommendation is to go to Central Park, Sheep Meadow. There are fireworks there, plus the start of a fancy dress run at midnight, and an open air disco to keep you warm (it can be so cold!).
have fun.
Mar 13, 2019, 6:03 am
#1032
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 12
Best sort of deal I can find in the next week or so. Not brilliant. going to play about with adding more stops and see what it throws up.
Mar 13, 2019, 6:30 am
#1033
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,262
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...2*2.GBP.153922
560TPs and then hop on a cheap internal flight to a Thai / Malaysian Island... Siem Reap... somewhere like that
Mar 13, 2019, 7:32 am
#1034
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 383
Similar with PHX thrown in for 720TP and slightly cheaper I believe
Fare basis Fare 1: Carrier AA IQX5T1S6 MUC to YVR (rules)Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code J, ICovers MUC-LHR (Business), LHR-JFK (Business), JFK-PHX (First), PHX-YVR (Business)£334.38Fare 2: Carrier AA ILX5T3S6 YVR to MUC (rules)Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code I, JCovers YVR-PHX (Business), PHX-JFK (First), JFK-LHR (Business), LHR-MUC (Business)£334.38
Fare basis Fare 1: Carrier AA IQX5T1S6 MUC to YVR (rules)Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code J, ICovers MUC-LHR (Business), LHR-JFK (Business), JFK-PHX (First), PHX-YVR (Business)£334.38Fare 2: Carrier AA ILX5T3S6 YVR to MUC (rules)Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code I, JCovers YVR-PHX (Business), PHX-JFK (First), JFK-LHR (Business), LHR-MUC (Business)£334.38
Mar 13, 2019, 7:36 am
#1035
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: BCN
Programs: BA GGL, IB, LH, IHG Gold
Posts: 582