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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.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 Ł3 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 Ł0.96/TP Ł154 160 TPs LHR-SOF (2021 dates)
24 Feb Ł1.90/TP Ł152 80TP MAD-FRA Z/Z LA (available Feb-Mar 2019, immediate turnarounds possible)
10 Aug Ł2.06/TP Ł329 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 Ł2.99/TP Ł2,758.45 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 Ł1.90/TP Ł1370 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 Ł2.29/TP Ł640TP 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 Ł1.52/TP Ł668 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 Ł0.90/TP Ł215 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 Ł 0.76/TP Ł 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 Ł 1.04/TP Ł 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 Ł 0.70/TP Ł 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 Ł 0.52/TP Ł 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 Ł0.95/TP Ł479 560tp AUH-CMB-CGK-CMB-AUH I / I / I / I cgtechuk UL
1FEB Ł1.49/TP Ł1,673 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 Ł2.07/TP Ł2,112 1020TP CAI-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL-DFW-ORD-LHR-CAI I/R here (All flights must be BA numbered)
From Africa
04/01 Ł1.80/TP Ł721 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 Ł300 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 Ł500.
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 Ł520.
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 9, 2019, 3:26 pm
#1621
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: LON
Programs: BA GFL, OW Gold, CX/MP Diamond, SPG Plat
Posts: 258
I'm glad you found a fare you're happy with but, at Ł5.60 per Tier Point, this is not a TP run - it's just a good last-minute fare - and the extensive conversation around building this itinerary has no place in this thread.
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 Ł3 per TP grouped within different (departure) geographies. Please let's get back to that.
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 Ł3 per TP grouped within different (departure) geographies. Please let's get back to that.
It's a forum, not a goulag. I respect the rule, I came here as always to either 1) find genuine info or 2) provide useful infos.
If there is a better place to request let me know in MP but I don't appreciate the tone of your post.
Thanks for those who helped, much appreciated!
Best.
May 9, 2019, 11:04 pm
#1622
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,709
Ok. What do you want me to do? Apologize? Cry?
It's a forum, not a goulag. I respect the rule, I came here as always to either 1) find genuine info or 2) provide useful infos.
If there is a better place to request let me know in MP but I don't appreciate the tone of your post.
Thanks for those who helped, much appreciated!
Best.
It's a forum, not a goulag. I respect the rule, I came here as always to either 1) find genuine info or 2) provide useful infos.
If there is a better place to request let me know in MP but I don't appreciate the tone of your post.
Thanks for those who helped, much appreciated!
Best.
There's one for Y+ too.
May 9, 2019, 11:39 pm
#1623
Fontaine d'honneur du Flyertalk
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Morbihan, France
Programs: Reine des Muccis de Pucci; Foreign Elitist (according to others)
Posts: 19,172
Ok. What do you want me to do? Apologize? Cry?
It's a forum, not a goulag. I respect the rule, I came here as always to either 1) find genuine info or 2) provide useful infos.
If there is a better place to request let me know in MP but I don't appreciate the tone of your post.
Thanks for those who helped, much appreciated!
Best.
It's a forum, not a goulag. I respect the rule, I came here as always to either 1) find genuine info or 2) provide useful infos.
If there is a better place to request let me know in MP but I don't appreciate the tone of your post.
Thanks for those who helped, much appreciated!
Best.
I say this as you posted this on the wrong Forum. This has all the importance of a sneeze in a Cinema, yet I do understand that this thread is about flying around the world to gain points, and the other is about fares where you can fly and take advantage of idiotic airline pricing in order to go to places far more cheaply and earn Tier Points. Now you May find the lines blurred at this point, I certainly do, but never mind most promos there are pretty tolerant of beginners.
What i I do think irritates people are folks who treat the place as a travel agency for cheap premium fares rather than doing a little foot work themselves. Even I can do that and if I can, any fool can. I do ask questions sometimes about the validity and time frames if it is not clear, and people have been most helpful. What people like is that you’ve had a go. I read these threads avidly as they contain many good ideas and they are due for a bit of a refresh that is true. What this should be brilliant for is adding to previous knowledge that may have slipped notice or that has been updates. I am grateful for information regarding European destinations that give 80 Tier points both ways. No it’s not a gulag but it is taken very seriously and ultimately maximising points and miles is what brought FT into being years back.
May 9, 2019, 11:55 pm
#1624
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,991
Just a reminder to anyone looking for a good TP run for the summer, that the Bucharest (OTP) - Phoenix (PHX) fare is still active with, seemingly, plenty of availability for August.
OTP - LHR - (US East Coast gateway) - LAX - PHX and back (800 TPs) is pricing up at Ł1,359, or Ł1.70 per TP. Outward transatlantic must be on Tue/Wed/Thu, return transatlantic on Mon/Tue/Wed.
I've attached an example, but many variations are possible.
It's also possible to add Helsinki into the itinerary, between LHR and the East Coast, giving 960 TPs for Ł1,571, or Ł1.63 per TP. Availability for this routing seems very limited.
OTP - LHR - (US East Coast gateway) - LAX - PHX and back (800 TPs) is pricing up at Ł1,359, or Ł1.70 per TP. Outward transatlantic must be on Tue/Wed/Thu, return transatlantic on Mon/Tue/Wed.
I've attached an example, but many variations are possible.
It's also possible to add Helsinki into the itinerary, between LHR and the East Coast, giving 960 TPs for Ł1,571, or Ł1.63 per TP. Availability for this routing seems very limited.
May 10, 2019, 3:36 am
#1625
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, IHG Spire Ambassador, Starbucks Gold,
Posts: 624
Just a reminder to anyone looking for a good TP run for the summer, that the Bucharest (OTP) - Phoenix (PHX) fare is still active with, seemingly, plenty of availability for August.
OTP - LHR - (US East Coast gateway) - LAX - PHX and back (800 TPs) is pricing up at Ł1,359, or Ł1.70 per TP. Outward transatlantic must be on Tue/Wed/Thu, return transatlantic on Mon/Tue/Wed.
I've attached an example, but many variations are possible.
It's also possible to add Helsinki into the itinerary, between LHR and the East Coast, giving 960 TPs for Ł1,571, or Ł1.63 per TP. Availability for this routing seems very limited.
OTP - LHR - (US East Coast gateway) - LAX - PHX and back (800 TPs) is pricing up at Ł1,359, or Ł1.70 per TP. Outward transatlantic must be on Tue/Wed/Thu, return transatlantic on Mon/Tue/Wed.
I've attached an example, but many variations are possible.
It's also possible to add Helsinki into the itinerary, between LHR and the East Coast, giving 960 TPs for Ł1,571, or Ł1.63 per TP. Availability for this routing seems very limited.
A further benefit for me was the late arrival of the MIA flight into T3 (after noon) means that I can have a long layover, a night in my own bed, and b2b the LHR-OTP the following day rather than having to do it all through.
May 10, 2019, 4:20 am
#1626
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold / Hilton Diamond / IHG Diamond Ambassador / Marriot Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 2,533
May 10, 2019, 6:39 am
#1627
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 383
Indeed it is - I have just booked a variation on this for early July. Mine was OTP-LHR-MIA-LAX-PHX rtn with a GUF to F on the TATLs. I think I paid about Ł1500 booked via Propeller. Slightly more than the option above but I needed BA codes to GUF. As a point of interest which many will already know, AA run a 77W between MIA and LAX which gives a flat bed similar to the A321T Transcon JFK-LAX/SFO but I found there was better I class availability on my dates. Whilst I miss out on CCR on the outbound as MIA is a T3 departure, FFD on the way home will make up for it.
A further benefit for me was the late arrival of the MIA flight into T3 (after noon) means that I can have a long layover, a night in my own bed, and b2b the LHR-OTP the following day rather than having to do it all through.
A further benefit for me was the late arrival of the MIA flight into T3 (after noon) means that I can have a long layover, a night in my own bed, and b2b the LHR-OTP the following day rather than having to do it all through.
May 10, 2019, 6:44 am
#1628
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,255
May 10, 2019, 6:45 am
#1629
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 31
Propeller is a physical TA. I am not aware of any downsides but you do have to pay a small booking fee but it's all very transparent and listed on their website. I would recommend Daniel and his team.
May 10, 2019, 6:58 am
#1631
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL/GFl, HH Diamond, BW Diamond, Virgin Voyages Deep Blue Extra, Blue Peter Badge Holder
Posts: 3,937
I’ve had one bad experience with them- when they booked a connecting flight which just met MCT for LHr except the inbound flight was to LCY, went backwards and forwards between them and BA, each blaming the other and both not willing to foot the bill, Eventually BA changed it on the day for me due to status on the day, PT advice was just turn up and see what happens.
I haven’t used them since but in fairness, others seam to rave about them and this could have been an isolated incident.
I haven’t used them since but in fairness, others seam to rave about them and this could have been an isolated incident.
May 10, 2019, 7:12 am
#1632
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: near Heathrow
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL (OWE), SA LifePlat (*G), BD Gold to the end, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,911
May 10, 2019, 8:06 am
#1633
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,255
May 10, 2019, 9:51 am
#1635
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Surrey, UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 484
I had one less than wonderful experience with Propeller where there was a flight change with impossible connections that wasn't picked up and when I contacted them about it got no response until I whined on here about it. In fairness, it did then get resolved but I have avoided them since. I know that most people report very good experiences so maybe I was another one that was just unlucky.