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Dec 18, 2021, 10:00 pm

#1786

ghsbass0406

Join Date: Jun 2021

Location: DFW

Programs: AA EXP, BAEC Gold, IHG Platinum

Posts: 318

Doing my first tier run. Having to spend over $18k to requalify with AA has made me look elsewhere for OWE. I feel like 640 TP for $715 is a pretty good start.

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Dec 18, 2021, 10:22 pm

#1787

Flyertalker001342

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Join Date: Oct 2021

Posts: 885

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghsbass0406

Doing my first tier run. Having to spend over $18k to requalify with AA has made me look elsewhere for OWE. I feel like 640 TP for $715 is a pretty good start.

Great to see that you can do something like this on the Alaska route network, at such a reasonable cost.

Dec 19, 2021, 3:23 am

#1788

flashware

Join Date: Jan 2007

Posts: 4,709

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghsbass0406

Doing my first tier run. Having to spend over $18k to requalify with AA has made me look elsewhere for OWE. I feel like 640 TP for $715 is a pretty good start.

I think that's a pretty darn good start! Just need to get your 4 squiggles.

Dec 19, 2021, 5:50 am

#1789

Ilovethebeachclub

Join Date: Aug 2018

Location: UK Midlands

Programs: BA Silver

Posts: 26

Hi
My TP run MAD-LHR-JFK-LAS-LAX has had several changes, leaving me with a 20 minute connection in LHR on the way out !! Surely that's less than the MCT?
My online options appear to be accept or cancel & the phone waits are frustratingly long to talk to an agent.

Are they usually quite helpful in these circs or will they push me to cancel ?

Thanks

Dec 19, 2021, 6:02 am

#1790

dougzz

Join Date: Nov 2015

Location: London

Programs: BA Gold

Posts: 1,683

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghsbass0406

Doing my first tier run. Having to spend over $18k to requalify with AA has made me look elsewhere for OWE. I feel like 640 TP for $715 is a pretty good start.

That's a lot of time in a recliner

You'll earn those TP

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Dec 19, 2021, 6:45 am

#1791

efincomputer

Join Date: Sep 2004

Location: GLA

Programs: Chevalier de la Gallentrie - Knight of the Platinum Hair Brush, BA Gold, Hilton Gold

Posts: 1,389

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ilovethebeachclub

Yep - 20 mins is way below MCT at Heathrow - no way you'd make that flight.

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Dec 19, 2021, 8:52 am

#1792

E14 26C

Join Date: Apr 2005

Location: E14

Programs: BA GGL, Marriott, IHG, Sirius, Dusit, Thai, Virgin, Hyatt, BAA, AS, AA(both)

Posts: 1,237

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ilovethebeachclub

You are probably best off figure out how you want your flights to route and in terms of comfort you might want to try and get them to route you MAD-LHR-JFK-SFO-LAX

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Dec 19, 2021, 10:53 am

#1793

FlightDetective

Join Date: Apr 2006

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Programs: BA Gold, Mucci

Posts: 2,068

Quote:

Originally Posted by dougzz

That's a lot of time in a recliner

You'll earn those TP

At least it's on Alaska where you're pretty much guaranteed great treatment from the crew. Could be that other AAirline where it's a crap shoot as to whether you'll be given a smile or a punch in the face upon boarding...

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Dec 19, 2021, 11:12 am

#1794

m8_rotate

Join Date: Jul 2021

Location: Planet C53 (LHR)

Programs: BAEC Gold/ GGL / Avis Preferred/ Hilton Honours Diamond

Posts: 221

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ilovethebeachclub

This has happened to me on a few TP runs, Feb Mar and Apr. I choose MAD or BCN as a start point for that reason. Giving you more options for departing flights, MAD more so. At the moment you have to call up. This is what I have done, beforehand check earlier flights out of MAD (More Convenient to you) and pass those details on to the BA Agent. I have managed to successfully move all changes to a more suitable flight. Good luck.

Dec 19, 2021, 11:26 am

#1795

Komodromou

Join Date: Apr 2020

Location: LHR

Programs: Centurion BA GGL IHG Diamond

Posts: 134

Has anyone found any good runs in the current BA sale?

Dec 19, 2021, 11:39 am

#1796

m8_rotate

Join Date: Jul 2021

Location: Planet C53 (LHR)

Programs: BAEC Gold/ GGL / Avis Preferred/ Hilton Honours Diamond

Posts: 221

Quote:

Originally Posted by Komodromou

Has anyone found any good runs in the current BA sale?

As far as I know, all the sale flights start in the UK. So not a great deal of scope for a proper TP run. I am based in the UK, so any decent TP run has to start Ex EU. However, not sure if the sale applies to the start points in the USA, if so you may have more success, good hunting.

Dec 19, 2021, 2:30 pm

#1797

u01sss3

Join Date: Nov 2011

Location: Edinburgh

Programs: BAEC

Posts: 547

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Dec 19, 2021, 10:21 pm

#1798

izzik

Join Date: Aug 2001

Posts: 9,676

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghsbass0406

Doing my first tier run. Having to spend over $18k to requalify with AA has made me look elsewhere for OWE. I feel like 640 TP for $715 is a pretty good start.

Don't forget that Alaska Airlines gift cards are at Costco - $500 gc for $450.

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Dec 21, 2021, 8:31 am

#1799

Ryanfozzie

Join Date: Dec 2015

Location: Hertfordshire, UK

Programs: BA Blue, Qatar Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire Ambassador, Marriott Gold

Posts: 494

Managed to book the following (I did it around a week or two ago) for July 2022.....

MAD-->LHR-->JFK-->SFO (all in the same day)
SFO-->JFK (22 hour layover, intentional)
JFK-->LHR--DUB

Mixture of J and I class, £1130.56pp for 640TPs

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Dec 21, 2021, 11:22 pm

#1800

mmxbreaks

Join Date: Mar 2015

Programs: BA GGL

Posts: 2,447

Given the Double TP promotion extension, anything good exUK for 5x nights?
Looking for May onwards in 2022, circa £1.5-2K.
Already have a February F booking LHR-DFW-LAS/LAX-LHR but won't be able to move those dates by three months sadly (as far as I know anyway, even cancellation is only +14 days right?; does it being an F booking add flexibility, presume not as it's BAH package?), so it's going to be scrapped by me.