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Old Feb 6, 2021, 5:40 am
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Old Oct 20, 2022, 2:29 am
  #4531  
 
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So, silver status at BA is still possible for 475TP till end of 2022 ?
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Old Oct 20, 2022, 2:32 am
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Originally Posted by LeeT
Nested double booking
Ok.

I found a double nested to OTP with car for 5 days - total cost for 4 flights and car is 885£, getting 480TPs, not bad in my opinion.
Do I actually need to check in at the car rental company or can I just fly back to LHR straight away?
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Old Oct 20, 2022, 2:42 am
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Originally Posted by no_idea
So, silver status at BA is still possible for 475TP till end of 2022 ?
Yes it is.
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Old Oct 20, 2022, 3:14 am
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Originally Posted by SeattleDavid
Since it has to be UK, look for JER/EDI - LHR - JFK - LAX/SFO rtn in CW, which should get 1280 TPs with a 5-night holiday and seems to be possible in December for just over £2000 (I last looked about a week ago, so may not be much left now).

EDIT: Just looked again - £1945 for JER-SFO/LAX on Dec 22-27 in CW; BA flight #s for all 6 flights
Interesting - are you looking on Matrix and then calling BA Hols to book? Can't seem to do a simple search of GF "forcing" a connect in NYC...
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Old Oct 20, 2022, 4:34 am
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Originally Posted by SeattleDavid
Since it has to be UK, look for JER/EDI - LHR - JFK - LAX/SFO rtn in CW, which should get 1280 TPs with a 5-night holiday and seems to be possible in December for just over £2000 (I last looked about a week ago, so may not be much left now).

EDIT: Just looked again - £1945 for JER-SFO/LAX on Dec 22-27 in CW; BA flight #s for all 6 flights
How did you get BA flight numbers on the JFK - LAX - SFO flights? I'm looking at JER - LHR - JFK - LAX - LAS with 5-nights hotel, but US internal flights showing as AA flight codes.
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Old Oct 20, 2022, 4:46 am
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Originally Posted by SeattleDavid
Since it has to be UK, look for JER/EDI - LHR - JFK - LAX/SFO rtn in CW, which should get 1280 TPs with a 5-night holiday and seems to be possible in December for just over £2000 (I last looked about a week ago, so may not be much left now).

EDIT: Just looked again - £1945 for JER-SFO/LAX on Dec 22-27 in CW; BA flight #s for all 6 flights
That is very interesting - you are a genius. I can't seem to find Nov 7-14 but will keep looking. One question on this - is there a reason for prioritising BA Flight #'s vs e.g. AA?
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Old Oct 20, 2022, 4:53 am
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Originally Posted by SQjunkie
That is very interesting - you are a genius. I can't seem to find Nov 7-14 but will keep looking. One question on this - is there a reason for prioritising BA Flight #'s vs e.g. AA?
It's in the terms of the double TP offer - all available on the BA website: https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...ier-points#TnC

b) The booking must contain British Airways flights including codeshares and British Airways marketed and/or operated flights only. Flights not meeting these criteria within the booking won’t be awarded Tier Points. Flights offered as part of a British Airways Holidays package that are provided by other airline partners that do not have a BA flight number will not be eligible.
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Old Oct 20, 2022, 9:00 am
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Originally Posted by vintagepilot
It's in the terms of the double TP offer - all available on the BA website: https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...ier-points#TnC
I read this as there must be at least one BA operated or marketed flight, not all flights must have BA numbers (BA marketed).
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Old Oct 20, 2022, 9:23 am
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Originally Posted by Vahan Hovhannisyan
I read this as there must be at least one BA operated or marketed flight, not all flights must have BA numbers (BA marketed).
I queried this before and was told flights with BA numbers get double points. Not that all flights must be BA numbers. See post 1801 (in double tier points thread).
I agree t&c are ambiguous.
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Old Oct 20, 2022, 3:13 pm
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Originally Posted by higham44
How did you get BA flight numbers on the JFK - LAX - SFO flights? I'm looking at JER - LHR - JFK - LAX - LAS with 5-nights hotel, but US internal flights showing as AA flight codes.
I am just looking at what Matrix offers - I am doing my Gold trip next week before my year ends on Nov 8 as I thought there was no chance of reaching 1125 in a single trip (I could only justify one business trip between June and the end of the year). But something in this thread made me look at this Jersey option and I wish I could change now, but I can't.

I presume you have to phone BAH to get this booked.
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Old Oct 21, 2022, 1:42 am
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Originally Posted by SeattleDavid
I am just looking at what Matrix offers - I am doing my Gold trip next week before my year ends on Nov 8 as I thought there was no chance of reaching 1125 in a single trip (I could only justify one business trip between June and the end of the year). But something in this thread made me look at this Jersey option and I wish I could change now, but I can't.

I presume you have to phone BAH to get this booked.
I'm going to call BAH today to see if I can book a tier point run through them with a 5-night stay in Las Vegas from JER. I know I will only get double TPs with BA coded flights but will still get TPs for the AA flights, so could get a total of 1120 TPs if my calculations are right and I'm allowed to do that with BAH and the price is reasonable.
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Old Oct 21, 2022, 2:01 am
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We have Jer-Lhr-Phl-Las and 5 nights hotel through BAH for next spring for 1280TPs including the double offer…..
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Old Oct 21, 2022, 2:13 am
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There are still flights BUD-HNL available for under 2k GBP. Just sayin'.
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Old Oct 21, 2022, 3:38 am
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200 TPs - any ideas?
Looking to get 200TPs in before year end for Gold. Ideally one trip, cant do 5 nights away for the bonus (until xmas but then prices are ridiculous). Cheapest seems to be something like MAN-LHR-ATH (or similar) & is over £500
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Old Oct 21, 2022, 6:52 am
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If we book two pax on the ticket + holiday/car do both of us get the double TPS?
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