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Welcome to the thread. This is a continuation of the highly popular 2023 Tier Point thread (found here). We keep track of other prices, as well as useful reference information for those planning tier point runs.
Please read the first few posts in this thread first as it contains lots of information which may answer your question.
This is a community-maintained wiki post. Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.
Current Promotions of Interest
Sale Fares
Advanced Promotion Fares
See here in post 12 for an 2024 archive of sale fares.
Please read the first few posts in this thread first as it contains lots of information which may answer your question.
This is a community-maintained wiki post. Please add important information to it or correct outdated information by clicking the "Edit" button below.
Current Promotions of Interest
Sale Fares
Advanced Promotion Fares
See here in post 12 for an 2024 archive of sale fares.
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This thread lists attractive tier point (TP) runs under 3 per TP grouped within different (departure) geographies
Please note that current availability is not guaranteed and all prices include taxes. Please use the following convention when adding tier point runs to this wiki post:
Date fare checked Price per Tier Point Total Price Total Tier Points Route Booking Classes Booking Channel Credit Notes (if applicable) Airlines
Please remember to:
- Convert currencies to GBP, rounding to the nearest pound.
- Post full routes and full booking classes.
- Note any restrictions on booking in the Notes section.
- List in order of price per tier point within the relevant departure area.
Please see the links at the bottom of the wiki for archives of runs from previous years.
From Europe
From North, Central and South America
From Middle East, Asia and Australasia
CAI-LHR-HEL-JFK-LAX-SFO return for 1800gbp earning 960 Tps
From Africa
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Need a year-end TP run (ex-LON) to make / retain status?
Some tips for searching for the year-end TP run for newcomers, the below is indicative only, but hopefully provides a bit of guidance for relatively straightforward runs ex-LON. Some information on how to use ITA matrix is in post XX of this thread (or just click here) along with these ideas, might come in handy. Feel free to share results, problems or general questions in the thread as these may not always work and there might be better deals out there...
For overnight trips remember to check BA and Iberia for their flights and hotel option as well, can get hotel for almost no extra cost at times
Need 80 TPs or fewer
Club Europe return somewhere close by is best - DUB, AMS and JER usually cheapest along with UK domestic returns. Additionally you may find that trips in to mainland Europe require a one night stay whereas the cheapest domestic CE returns do not have any minimum stay so can be booked as a same day return. If doing a back to back AMS and JER can be easier than DUB for an immediate turnaround - more information can be found in the back to back thread listed in the forum dashboard. The BA.com low fare finder can be very useful.
If you need as few as 45 TPs you might consider booking economy flights and hoping for a proactive online upgrade offer - but they're not guaranteed to materialise (so not one if you have no more time left in your TP collection year). Alternatively, booking a return to one of the 40 tier point destinations with one way in CE and the return in ET (or vice versa if cheaper). UK domestic route, Bilbao, Jersey and Amsterdam seem the most cost effective for this.
Need 85-120 TPs
Iberia flights via MAD to regional Spanish airports will get you 120 TPs as the domestic Spanish flights are 20 TPs in business. Under 300 including hotel can be available. Check BIO, GRX, VLC, BCN, SVQ etc. Example here
Need 125-160 TPs
Take a look at the shorthaul plus routes earning 80 TPs each way in business listed in the post XXX of this thread (here), MLA, IST, HEL and RAK are usually available. If time sensitive take a look at BA flight and hotel option to HEL, where you can usually get the last BA flight out on a Saturday, airport hotel and first return Sunday for well under 500.
Alternative options include positioning to JER and flying JER-LGW-XXX (AMS usually works well and avoids switching airports).
Need more than 160 TPs
You'll most likely be heading north then - OSL or VNO via HEL will get you 240 TPs, as will JER-LGW/LHR-HEL e.g. LHR-HEL-OSL for 520.
DUB-LHR-HEL return (or return to LHR) is currently a very efficient way of hitting 200-240 TPs
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BA Tier Point Runs | 2024 master thread
#166
Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: North East London
Programs: BA Exec Gold
Posts: 366
There's actually a -OVERNIGHTS option to use on ITA to remove the overnight stops....
#167
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Leeds, UK
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Oh yes, if you are small/can easily sleep on planes then definitely do the overnight option. I'm big and 6ft 4 in tall and struggle to sleep even in business class so I always choose this and the extra expense of hotels.
There's actually a -OVERNIGHTS option to use on ITA to remove the overnight stops....
There's actually a -OVERNIGHTS option to use on ITA to remove the overnight stops....
However I happily book them on the Transcons, as AA always have schedule changes which have allowed me to move them at some point to a morning flight
#169
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL / GfL
Posts: 3,714
As for collecting 325 TP's in 2 nights - it will be tricky as a BA holiday (5 nights) would have been an easier method.
Pilot37
#172
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,710
Business class to ARN is 40 points each way. shorthaul plus destinations like SOF, ATH and OTP are 80 each way; BUD is still 40. You could do something like MAN-LHR-OTP-LHR which would be 200. If my calculations are correct, double that would make 400.
#173
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
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And just to add, there is an up to date list of sh+ routes in the reference posts at the start of the thread which may help folks see which ones to search for.
#175
Join Date: Nov 2018
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,081
Not sure whether this counts as a Tier point run as it's a there and back with a night stay.
But 160 points for 90 seems reasonable. I go to Preveza a lot so if anyone is interested then I can recommend the Hotel Dione in Preveza for a night - 70. About the best in Preveza.
But 160 points for 90 seems reasonable. I go to Preveza a lot so if anyone is interested then I can recommend the Hotel Dione in Preveza for a night - 70. About the best in Preveza.
#176
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 660
Not sure whether this counts as a Tier point run as it's a there and back with a night stay.
But 160 points for 90 seems reasonable. I go to Preveza a lot so if anyone is interested then I can recommend the Hotel Dione in Preveza for a night - 70. About the best in Preveza.
But 160 points for 90 seems reasonable. I go to Preveza a lot so if anyone is interested then I can recommend the Hotel Dione in Preveza for a night - 70. About the best in Preveza.
#177
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Newcastle, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL, IHG Platinum, FlyingBlue Gold, Hilton Diamond, Mucci des repas d'enfant
Posts: 4,399
Not sure whether this counts as a Tier point run as it's a there and back with a night stay.
But 160 points for 90 seems reasonable. I go to Preveza a lot so if anyone is interested then I can recommend the Hotel Dione in Preveza for a night - 70. About the best in Preveza.
But 160 points for 90 seems reasonable. I go to Preveza a lot so if anyone is interested then I can recommend the Hotel Dione in Preveza for a night - 70. About the best in Preveza.
Stil a decent deal and definitely the intern at work, the fare element is non-existent
Edit:
Looks like speedbird is wrong, or I’m being dumber than usual, either way, happy days
240 TP from NCL under 1.20 a TP
Last edited by JapesUK; Jan 15, 2024 at 2:59 pm
#178
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,710
Not sure whether this counts as a Tier point run as it's a there and back with a night stay.
But 160 points for 90 seems reasonable. I go to Preveza a lot so if anyone is interested then I can recommend the Hotel Dione in Preveza for a night - 70. About the best in Preveza.
But 160 points for 90 seems reasonable. I go to Preveza a lot so if anyone is interested then I can recommend the Hotel Dione in Preveza for a night - 70. About the best in Preveza.
#180
Join Date: Nov 2018
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,081