1900 Tier Points in 5 Days
Mar 21, 2024, 10:26 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2024
Posts: 3
1900 Tier Points in 5 Days
Hello there, I'm looking to see if I can earn 1900 tier points in 5 days! The only way I can work it out at the moment is to take a BA Holiday to a city in the US and then 3 AA flights a day for that period. But I'm wodnering if there is an easier way!! Please help.
Mar 21, 2024, 10:30 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: BA Gold; Virgin FF; United Airlines; American Airlines; and was frequent c/c churner - RIP!
Posts: 945
Welcome to Flyertalk. 1900 TPs sounds a bit of a tall order in my view. What have you found in terms of the BA Holiday so far and how many TPs does that generate and what routings with AA are you considering? What budget do you have to work with?
Mar 21, 2024, 10:34 am
#5
Join Date: May 2012
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold, Hotels.com Gold
Posts: 390
Where are you based? When are the 5 days - any 5 days, specifically starting on date x, or what?
As a new joiner to the forum you only get 5 posts in your first 24 hours, so use them wisely - best to reply to several posts at once.
As a new joiner to the forum you only get 5 posts in your first 24 hours, so use them wisely - best to reply to several posts at once.
Mar 21, 2024, 10:41 am
#9
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2024
Posts: 3
Thank you for the advice - it is a tall order! I need to do it from the 3rd to the 8th of April - I'm currently on 3100 TP so this would get me the next tier and lifetime gold. and also because of the change in collection year it would give me the same status next year - so quite a challenge but quite a prize. the only way I can see now is to fly somewhere like Minneapolis first class for 5 days and stay in a hotel on a BA holiday. Then take three AA flights a day for 60 TP each. They wouldn't be part of the 'holiday' as far as I can see but combined those would get me the points. I think that entire run would cost be £10-12k as far as I can see.
Mar 21, 2024, 10:43 am
#10
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: LON
Programs: Mucci, BAEC, Eurostar
Posts: 3,297
Mar 21, 2024, 10:46 am
#11
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci. And BA Gold – previous awards - Gold 11, Silver 7, Bronze 4.
Posts: 4,236
I make that 40+210+210+210 doubled = 1340. Plus the return trip from Hawaii to the East Coast and back in J = 140x4=560.
Grand total exactly 1900 points. Plus one happy but probably completely knackered OP!
PS Just to add… and a large hole in your wallet!
Mar 21, 2024, 10:57 am
#12
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: LON
Programs: Mucci, BAEC, Eurostar
Posts: 3,297
No idea why you might want to do this, but on the assumption that a) your budget is ‘generous’ and b) you can stay 5 nights then you could book a BA holiday to Hawaii. During your stay there, take a flight back to the US West Coast onto East Coast and return (also in F but could be J).
I make that 40+210+210+210 doubled = 1340. Plus the return trip from Hawaii to the East Coast and back in J = 140x4=560.
Grand total exactly 1900 points. Plus one happy but probably completely knackered OP!
PS Just to add… and a large hole in your wallet!
I make that 40+210+210+210 doubled = 1340. Plus the return trip from Hawaii to the East Coast and back in J = 140x4=560.
Grand total exactly 1900 points. Plus one happy but probably completely knackered OP!
PS Just to add… and a large hole in your wallet!
Mar 21, 2024, 10:57 am
#13
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci. And BA Gold – previous awards - Gold 11, Silver 7, Bronze 4.
Posts: 4,236
Note to the OP you are restricted to 5 posts on your first day.
Last edited by golfmad; Mar 21, 2024 at 11:34 am Reason: Removed reference to duplicate thread after tidy up
Mar 21, 2024, 10:58 am
#14
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci. And BA Gold – previous awards - Gold 11, Silver 7, Bronze 4.
Posts: 4,236
Happy to be corrected by I think Alaska does?
Mar 21, 2024, 11:18 am
#15
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: UK
Programs: BA GGL, BA Amex Prem, Amex Plat, Hilton Diamond, Sir Crazy8534 de l'ordres des aides de Pucci
Posts: 4,470
Thank you for the advice - it is a tall order! I need to do it from the 3rd to the 8th of April - I'm currently on 3100 TP so this would get me the next tier and lifetime gold. and also because of the change in collection year it would give me the same status next year - so quite a challenge but quite a prize. the only way I can see now is to fly somewhere like Minneapolis first class for 5 days and stay in a hotel on a BA holiday. Then take three AA flights a day for 60 TP each. They wouldn't be part of the 'holiday' as far as I can see but combined those would get me the points. I think that entire run would cost be £10-12k as far as I can see.
What AA flights were you thinking to get you 60TP each?
Flights >2000 miles get you 140TP in business (e.g. LAS-JFK) short flights get 40TP (e.g. CLT-DFW).
If you can get something like JER-LHR-JFK-PHX in F for the TATL as a BA Holiday that would get you 1560TPs and you could hire and park a car for 5 nights and do some internal AA flights (9 short ones).