Feb 6, 2021, 5:40 am
Last edit by: Prospero
This thread is the continuation of the discussion hosted in the BA Tier Point Runs | 2019-20 edition thread.
Useful tips and technical pointers
El_Duderito's explanation on fare routings and the maximum permitted distance you are allowed to travel (based on the distance between the origin and destination airports)
Helpful maps
The following series of maps show a 2,000 mile radius around each oneworld hub, useful for strategic planning purposes. Hopefully these will help your imagination to run free. Click on the images to reveal the accompanying maps.
EMEA
Asia Pacific
North America
Previous editions
BA Tier Point Runs | 2019-20 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | 2018 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | 2017 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | 2016 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | 2015 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | 2014 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | original edition
Useful tips and technical pointers
El_Duderito's explanation on fare routings and the maximum permitted distance you are allowed to travel (based on the distance between the origin and destination airports)
Helpful maps
The following series of maps show a 2,000 mile radius around each oneworld hub, useful for strategic planning purposes. Hopefully these will help your imagination to run free. Click on the images to reveal the accompanying maps.
EMEA
Asia Pacific
North America
Previous editions
BA Tier Point Runs | 2019-20 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | 2018 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | 2017 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | 2016 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | 2015 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | 2014 edition
BA Tier Point Runs | original edition
BA Tier Point Runs | 2021 edition
Feb 1, 2022, 11:33 am
#2176
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,501
Yep, agree with BA covid flexibility - but I much prefer the AA flexibility during IRROPS - all sorts of possibilities open up. My recent experience was to be put on a short hop on Delta and then transcon with Delta - arriving about 4hrs before AA could get me there. (plus TPs and avios eventually came through too) Swings, Roundabouts - as they say.
Feb 1, 2022, 12:49 pm
#2177
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445
The point of sale can also be selected directly with the airline by choosing which contact number you reach them through. E.g. AA and BA through the US contact numbers result in the point of sale being in the US. Same goes for having e.g. the UK as the point of sale. The point of sale also dictates the currency used. It's not something that's dependant on using a travel agent (TA or OTA).
Feb 1, 2022, 1:06 pm
#2178
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 230
The point of sale can also be selected directly with the airline by choosing which contact number you reach them through. E.g. AA and BA through the US contact numbers result in the point of sale being in the US. Same goes for having e.g. the UK as the point of sale. The point of sale also dictates the currency used. It's not something that's dependant on using a travel agent (TA or OTA).
Feb 2, 2022, 5:09 am
#2179
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,501
Note it has invalid transit rules too - nothing was and is required to transit.
Feb 2, 2022, 6:28 am
#2180
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 230
Not enjoying the new matrix site. Feels harder to navigate at first look.
Feb 2, 2022, 6:42 am
#2181
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: E14, LON
Programs: Virtuoso TA; SELECT TA; BAEC Gold; Hilton Honors Diamond; IHG Plantinum Amb
Posts: 239
Same here! I'm going to give it a go and see if it is just because its slightly different and I'm not 100% used to it yet. Seems to be pretty much the same as the older version but just laid out differently?
Feb 2, 2022, 6:48 am
#2182
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 230
Feb 2, 2022, 7:19 am
#2183
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 191
I should add I'm actually highly appreciative of it existing still and grateful to the developers keeping it going. I'm pleasantly surprised Google haven't shut down the project but none the less the changes will take some getting used to. I will feedback directly but I'm definitely finding it harder to navigate in the latest form.
Feb 2, 2022, 2:31 pm
#2184
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 3,061
Unless I’ve misremembered, being allowed to keep it going was a condition of the wonderful developers who built it, when asked to transfer to GFS. Google agreed, because they wanted the people (they were really why they bought it).
Feb 3, 2022, 11:18 am
#2185
Moderator: Hyatt Gold Passport & Star Alliance
Join Date: May 1998
Location: London, UK
Programs: UA-1K 3MM/HY- LT Globalist/BA-GGL/GfL
Posts: 12,090
This was fixed this morning, but now Bulgaria is not a valid country in VeriFLY. In addition, despite a Green tick, I am forced to check in at the airport tomorrow.
Feb 3, 2022, 5:42 pm
#2186
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,501
Feb 5, 2022, 4:46 am
#2187
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 79
I've got a trip to the West Coast coming up, I want to book a preferred seat but do resent the c£300 cost of this for two. I'll be silver after the trip but won't make gold with current trips booked. Got me thinking are there any trips around Europe I could do in the next couple of weeks to get Silver (need 270 points) now and get closer to gold. Appreciate it will cost more than £300 but any pointers on routings I should be looking at?
Feb 5, 2022, 5:14 am
#2188
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,282
I've got a trip to the West Coast coming up, I want to book a preferred seat but do resent the c£300 cost of this for two. I'll be silver after the trip but won't make gold with current trips booked. Got me thinking are there any trips around Europe I could do in the next couple of weeks to get Silver (need 270 points) now and get closer to gold. Appreciate it will cost more than £300 but any pointers on routings I should be looking at?
Feb 5, 2022, 5:18 am
#2189
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,472
I've got a trip to the West Coast coming up, I want to book a preferred seat but do resent the c£300 cost of this for two. I'll be silver after the trip but won't make gold with current trips booked. Got me thinking are there any trips around Europe I could do in the next couple of weeks to get Silver (need 270 points) now and get closer to gold. Appreciate it will cost more than £300 but any pointers on routings I should be looking at?
I'm assuming youre in London.
EDIT: If you can swing 5 nights away and work from home in Sofia, you could do Mar 30 - Apr 4 and get 320 TPs for arounf £450, using the Flight + Hotel double TP promotion. I'll be there around those dates doing precisely that!!
Last edited by RichieMc; Feb 5, 2022 at 5:28 am
Feb 5, 2022, 6:09 am
#2190
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 79
Thanks for the replies so far. I’m in the middle of Heathrow and Manchester so they are both equally inconvenient.
5 nights away wouldn’t work, could I book the 5 nights in the hotel though and ‘nest’ a return trip to UK in the middle? Leaving the hotel room empty for 3 nights, but remaining checked in.
If I paid for seat selection now and then get silver before the flight could I get a refund. Long shot I know but you never know!
5 nights away wouldn’t work, could I book the 5 nights in the hotel though and ‘nest’ a return trip to UK in the middle? Leaving the hotel room empty for 3 nights, but remaining checked in.
If I paid for seat selection now and then get silver before the flight could I get a refund. Long shot I know but you never know!