160 Tier Points in 1 Day - Possible with domestic UK? (Please help!)
 

Hi there! I have one day (May 6th - Monday) to try and get 160 TPs. I am based in London and would ideally like to leave London airport early in the morning and be back before dinner at night and in an absolutely ideal world I would not leave the UK (in which case I can give my passport to apply for a visa). I am trying to think of all the combinations that can allow me to do this but I am failing to find one. Of course the cheaper the better :)

Would absolutely love your help! Thank you Flyertalk community <3

Two domestic returns in CE will do the trick.

2 x business class returns to Glasgow would do it?

I completely agree but I can't seem to find a combination of 2 domestic CE returns in 1 day. Or 1 CE return with a stopover.

Take the early LHR - EDI and come back on the 9am.

Then any B2B to EDI/GLA/MAN/NCL/BHD and you're done.

It will almost certainly be cheaper to book this as two bookings which are “nested” segments:

Ticket 1
Early morning London to XXX (1st flight)
Late evening XXX to London (4th flight)

Ticket 2
Late morning/early afternoon XXX to London (2nd flight)
Late afternoon/early evening London to XXX (3rd flight)

The main downside to this is missed flights due to delays or cancellations so while it may be cheaper it’s also riskier. I’d price up this way and also just two immediate returns like London to XXX return in the morning and then London to YYY in the afternoon or evening. Risk of missing a flight is minimised if you return on the same flight you went out on.

You may have to give up your being home for dinner restriction to make this work as the cheapest flight is often the last one of the day and can be around 9pm if from Manchester for example.

Lots of options domestically. Use google flights and look at MAN GLA NCL EDI

The 80 TP destinations are all pricing in at over £1,000 for a day trip so two regionals will be cheaper, but not hugely so.

An example, sure to be bettered LHR-EDI and back possible x 2 on the 6th for just under £700.

The issue is that for May 6th, the earliest return from EDI to LHR that is not $1K for that one flight is landing at LHR at 310PM...

Google Flights is offering a lot here, so it is not particularly hard to find a combination that works.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...775274c1d9.jpg
This is one ticket and has you back in LHR for 11am with 80TP's in the bag and an entire day for 1 more round trip.

Pilot37

It’s Monday Bank Holiday. Not surprising it’s extortionate.

Are you factoring in possible flights out of LCY as well as LHR? Should be some early morning ones there, and maybe less busy/expensive as it's a bank holiday so potentially fewer business travellers.

May 6th is a bank holiday so afternoon/evening flights in particular are likely to be very busy and thus expensive.

Also remember you now need photo ID to fly domestically so if you won’t have your passport you’ll need another acceptable form of ID.

Have another look at coming back to LCY, so LHR-EDI-LCY and LCY-EDI-LHR. Available just now when I did dummy bookings

Do you have any flexibility to incorporate an overnight, or does this have to be done all on one day?

One option to consider if you can start your trip on Sunday 5th May:

Ticket 1
5 MAY BA1494 LHR-GLA 20:55 - 22:20

Ticket 2
6 MAY BA1481 GLA-LGW 07:35 - 09:10
6 MAY BA1480 LGW-GLA 11:10 - 12:45

Ticket 1
6 MAY BA1495 GLA-LHR 18:30 - 19:55

All legs in Club Europe. Ticket 1 is £302.29 and ticket 2 is £286.98 for a total of £589.27 (plus a hotel overnight near Glasgow Airport).

Also LHR - EDI - LCY followed by LCY - GLA - LHR is possible within the day although it's more like 9pm back at LHR and costing out about £680.

If having to use your passport isn't a deal breaker at day return to Helsinki on Finnair would achieve the tier points for £609 and would reduce some of the stress of having to take multiple flights on separate tickets..