higham44

Have just arrived in LA following my outward TP run from DUB. My original flight BOS -LAX with AA was cancelled but I was put on next flight and upgraded to First cabin. Will I get TPs for the upgraded seat (210 TPs I believe) or those (140) for the original booked flight in Business?

TalkingPoint

Should be 210

SavvyTravel

Thanks a lot. That works well from a flight timing point of view as well - so would actually hope that sticks (but I doubt it). I’d better get on to sorting the trip out with my Oregon friend.

Wing It One World

Looks a great run but please forgive me if I’m wrong but is this trip not 920TP’s 40+210+210+210+210+40=920 🤷🏼‍♂️

Flying Yazata

That's so off-topic... well, among all the other n+1 off-topic posts that clutter this thread these days. That's hardly a TP run, considering the cost of the ticketed itinerary and how many TPs it yields. Yes, it's a good AA Flagship First fare, but it's not an actual BAEC TP run. Start a thread in the AA subforum, if you want to talk AA itineraries outside the scope of TP runs.

rowpott

Im trying to book DUB-LHR-DENV-LHR-DUB but BA multicity isnt working properly. I want to do a day trip to Dublin for positioning but the multicity function gives flights outside the 24 hour period thus pushing up the price. However it works on AA?????????
Other than ringing BA any ideas?

Flying Yazata

Question: why is this multicity booking issue here? Are you trying to book something TP heavy? What's the intended itinerary in that case? DUB-LHR-DEN-LHR-DUB isn't a TP run, so I'm confused by the question.

rowpott

This is only a mini TP run starting from DUB rather than LHR. However the issue is the same for more complex runs. BA multicity isnt working properly
Any HELPFUL reply would be appreciated

Flying Yazata

Okay, a "mini TP run." So you want something like DUB-LON-NYC-PHX-DEN and back for plenty of TPs? And you have an issue booking that as multicity? If so, calling BA for a BA ticketed itinerary is probably the easiest solution.

dougzz

You made the mistake of thinking this is the TP run thread, rather than the any old crap on my mind thread. This thread is so far from where it needs to be it's no longer fit for purpose.

Nephoi

remains the question how we can improve this situation. i made an attempt in NOV21 by offering my help to
- create a new 22 thread
- maintain this place
- update the wiki

and IIRC someone opened a 2022 thread early early JAN - it just got merged.

zoombee

A construction attitude then and now, though perhaps denying people grounds for a gripe would be unwelcome .

The "obvious" (to me anyhow, hence ""s) answer is pretty much the same as yours: rename this thread so it leans into the fact that "BA Tier Point Runs" as a title to a forum invites discussion about tier point runs, and then create a new thread clearly named and moderated for deals only. E.g. rename this forum from "BA Tier Point Runs | 2021 edition" to "BA Tier Point Runs | discussion" + update its wiki AND create a new "BA Tier Point Runs | deals only, no discussion" forum with it's own appropriate wiki (they point to each-other of course). It's clear people would be happy to help with the work (mostly wiki editing).

IMHO the real bottleneck is not there being a reasonable plan from your or I, it's a case of co-ordinating with whoever has authority/responsibility to make helpful changes of that sort.

Yep, it's there but closed: BA Tier Point Runs | 2022 edition with the last message being:

As KARFA mentioned above, a new 2022 thread is being prepped at the moment, so please continue to post in the BA Tier Point Runs | 2021 edition thread. Once the new thread is ready, it will be moved into the forum and back dated to 1 January allowing all posts from today forward to be moved into the new thread in due course.

We appreciate your patience

Prospero
Moderator: BA forum

higham44

I did receive 210 TPs and credited to my account within 12 hrs of flight - impressive!

spanishflea

Absolute nonsense. There are all sorts of variables people take into account for a TP run. To say that people can’t post an interesting fare that they think might benefit others earn a whole bunch of TPs easily is outrageous. 920 TPs is not to be sniffed at and not usually earned easily.

For me, this fare has a relatively small premium over an average ex-EU which allows you to travel in F, access FFD in JFK and book on almost any flight through the use of the F bucket rather than A. That could make a huge difference for someone who (a) wants to pay for a little more comfort/experience than J and (b) might not have the flexibility to fly a totally crazy routing at unsociable times but still needs the TPs.

I don’t think a TP run should be defined by how awful the routing is or that there should be some absolute minimum $ per TP limit to avoid castigation by other forum members.

Thank you to the OP for highlighting this fare.

Flying Yazata

Au contraire.

Seriously speaking, what's the point of calling this a TP run thread, if just about anything goes in terms of fares and itineraries?

560 TPs, 920 TPs and what not for £2000-4000 is all fine and dandy? Come on, 920 TPs can be easily had on a large number of OW airlines and their fares in C, if one is willing to pay £2000-3000. Should we spend this dedicated thread for discussing every single way of earning hundreds or thousands TPs as being TP runs, without giving any adequate merit to cost? Because paying e.g. $3000 for a single ticket isn't really opening up just one option, but a plethora of them and it becomes pretty pointless to dedicate this thread to just about every possible fare. The information value is limited in the context of TP runs.

Sure, 920 TPs for three grand can be a TP run for someone, but it distracts the original point of the thread.