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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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
May 8, 2019, 3:02 am
#1606
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: LON
Programs: BA GFL, OW Gold, CX/MP Diamond, SPG Plat
Posts: 258
May 8, 2019, 4:35 am
#1607
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Somewhere in the Air
Programs: BA GGL, *A Silver, OW Emerald, HH Diamond, Karahi Express
Posts: 554
Are you close to LHR or would LGW also work? I can get the fare down to around 1400 GBP in PE. (The short hop from MSP to ORD would be economy, the transatlantic in PE - BA/AA). All BA Codes
May 8, 2019, 4:55 am
#1608
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold (woohoo)
Posts: 189
May 8, 2019, 5:14 am
#1609
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: LON
Programs: BA GFL, OW Gold, CX/MP Diamond, SPG Plat
Posts: 258
yes would be fine.. GF link? I can't find anything anywhere near that price I'm afraid?..
Last edited by IAANN; May 8, 2019 at 5:20 am
May 8, 2019, 5:17 am
#1610
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Somewhere in the Air
Programs: BA GGL, *A Silver, OW Emerald, HH Diamond, Karahi Express
Posts: 554
May 8, 2019, 5:26 am
#1611
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: LON
Programs: BA GFL, OW Gold, CX/MP Diamond, SPG Plat
Posts: 258
May 8, 2019, 5:29 am
#1612
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Somewhere in the Air
Programs: BA GGL, *A Silver, OW Emerald, HH Diamond, Karahi Express
Posts: 554
May 8, 2019, 6:19 am
#1613
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Somewhere in the Air
Programs: BA GGL, *A Silver, OW Emerald, HH Diamond, Karahi Express
Posts: 554
Do let us know how you get on @IAANN, maybe once you have made the booking, you can call the holidays team to enquire about a cash upgrade to J Class with the savings you make.,
May 8, 2019, 8:45 am
#1614
formerly Guanran Wang
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: HKG, PEK, IAD/DCA, LON, BHX,
Programs: Alaska, BAEC, Asiana, Aegean, Enrich, Marriott/SPG, Hilton
Posts: 322
Per my post in #1559
the reason to book JFK direct LAX is for the more comfy A321T flatbed transcon. I would sacrifies 80TP for 2 good sleeps
the reason to book JFK direct LAX is for the more comfy A321T flatbed transcon. I would sacrifies 80TP for 2 good sleeps
May 8, 2019, 8:54 am
#1615
formerly Guanran Wang
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: HKG, PEK, IAD/DCA, LON, BHX,
Programs: Alaska, BAEC, Asiana, Aegean, Enrich, Marriott/SPG, Hilton
Posts: 322
https://matrix.itasoftware.com/#view...Lyrdxa0HAZF006
A good fare for USA fliers from East Coast
BWI to SAL RT 7 seg 280TP 668USD/528GBP 1.885GBP/TP
Routing:
BWI-CLT-MCO-MIA-SAL Outbound (1 overnight needed)
SAL-MIA-CLT-BWI (1 overnight needed)
Available through year
Overnight is a pain but otherwise not ba dfare for 280TP, and good to fly south than to UK during winter
A good fare for USA fliers from East Coast
BWI to SAL RT 7 seg 280TP 668USD/528GBP 1.885GBP/TP
Routing:
BWI-CLT-MCO-MIA-SAL Outbound (1 overnight needed)
SAL-MIA-CLT-BWI (1 overnight needed)
Available through year
Overnight is a pain but otherwise not ba dfare for 280TP, and good to fly south than to UK during winter
May 8, 2019, 10:52 am
#1616
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: PHL
Posts: 71
https://matrix.itasoftware.com/#view...Lyrdxa0HAZF006
A good fare for USA fliers from East Coast
BWI to SAL RT 7 seg 280TP 668USD/528GBP 1.885GBP/TP
Routing:
BWI-CLT-MCO-MIA-SAL Outbound (1 overnight needed)
SAL-MIA-CLT-BWI (1 overnight needed)
Available through year
Overnight is a pain but otherwise not ba dfare for 280TP, and good to fly south than to UK during winter
A good fare for USA fliers from East Coast
BWI to SAL RT 7 seg 280TP 668USD/528GBP 1.885GBP/TP
Routing:
BWI-CLT-MCO-MIA-SAL Outbound (1 overnight needed)
SAL-MIA-CLT-BWI (1 overnight needed)
Available through year
Overnight is a pain but otherwise not ba dfare for 280TP, and good to fly south than to UK during winter
May 8, 2019, 1:25 pm
#1617
Join Date: Mar 2014
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 103
May 8, 2019, 1:29 pm
#1618
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,075
Maybe there are means of restoring it, and at the same time making it more user-friendly. Besides from questions/requests, a 'normal' month in the TP-run thread consists of up to 20+ different discussions/fares/destinations, with an answer posted (without a quote) 10-15 posts later is completely out of context, and therefore almost wasted. Constructing an umbrella forum, in the BAFT, with three or more subfora like: TP-Run Deals, Premium Fares Deals, maybe Good Economy Deals, but more important a separated subforum for Expired Deals, Requests and General Discussion. Every subforum having separate threads for each deal/destination(s), which will make things easier to find deals you actually are interested in, or at least could fancy, not getting lost in all non-deal related chats.
Se my comment above and further down the post
Hear, hear...
Just wanting to highlight the thread with discussions on how to improve the TP-run and Premium Fares Threads, as mentioned by @KARFA .
There seems to have been more suggestions to separate 'requests' from the Premium Fares thread, but recently, the TP-run thread has had many vague or insufficiently researched questions/requests, hence many posts commenting on that, and a good ironical post by @madfish above, requesting help for GfL
Se further discussion in the dedicated thread , but please, give the BAFT community some feedback on your thoughts. I have also given examples of the subfora arrangements, as this seems to have been misunderstood by some posters.
It's difficult to keep up with everything in this thread, and easy to miss key posts, because of all the chatter. It's worth getting to know the key starting points for TP runs so you can start playing around as soon as a good deal comes up. Dublin used to be the most reliable, because of the strength of the £ against the €, but these days it's more likely to be Inverness because there's no Air Passenger Duty from that airport.
Hear, hear...
Just wanting to highlight the thread with discussions on how to improve the TP-run and Premium Fares Threads, as mentioned by @KARFA .
There seems to have been more suggestions to separate 'requests' from the Premium Fares thread, but recently, the TP-run thread has had many vague or insufficiently researched questions/requests, hence many posts commenting on that, and a good ironical post by @madfish above, requesting help for GfL
Se further discussion in the dedicated thread , but please, give the BAFT community some feedback on your thoughts. I have also given examples of the subfora arrangements, as this seems to have been misunderstood by some posters.
May 8, 2019, 2:41 pm
#1619
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: LON
Programs: BA GFL, OW Gold, CX/MP Diamond, SPG Plat
Posts: 258
Do let us know how you get on @IAANN, maybe once you have made the booking, you can call the holidays team to enquire about a cash upgrade to J Class with the savings you make.,
Thanks a lot, I played with the car rental option but for some reasons didn't work in the first place. Realised I had to push for a rental from London for 2 days min and it worked...
Result: £1467
LHR-NYC - WT+
NYC-MPS - Eco
MPS-ORD-LHR - WT+
All AA flights on BA codes.
Called BA and upgraded the 2 TC to J for £542
Total 2k...
May 8, 2019, 10:40 pm
#1620
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,989
In reply to rossmacd's question above, the thread has become a complete waste of time and bandwidth, and it really is time to fix it.
At the top of the Wiki it says: This thread lists attractive tier point (TP) runs under £3 per TP grouped within different (departure) geographies. Please let's get back to that.