Which British Airways Club Europe routes earn 160 tier points?

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• LittleNick says:

  20 May20 May 10:58

  I remember seeing one of these articles a couple years ago and can definitely notice the rates for these long CE routes have clearly gone up! Not surprising though!

• Andrew T says:

  20 May20 May 11:01

  If know anybody working for BA, Iberia or Avios you could also get a 5-10 % discount on BA holidays 🙂

• Bernard says:

  20 May20 May 13:04

  Just a heads up not to book too far ahead.
  There’s a Tier Point review being carried out if you talk to the right people. 80 might stick, but don’t be surprised if these become 50 tier point routes instead.

  • Blair Waldorf Salad says:

    20 May20 May 13:15

    Don’t they homour the terms in effect at the time of booking, not the time of travel? That’s what happened with the move to revenue-based Avios earning. I can’t see BA wanting the uproar

  • AJA says:

    20 May20 May 13:17

    I hope that you’re wrong about that. On the other hand if you book today with the TP at the current rates surely BA is bound to honour the current TP earning rate or they have to give you notice that they are changing them like they did with the Tel Aviv flights

    • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

      20 May20 May 13:24

      They had to give a years notice because of Israeli consumer law.

      But I agree BA would be mad to apply any TP reductions retrospectively to already booked trips.

    • JDB says:

      20 May20 May 13:38

      The long notice period given for the reduction in tier points on the TLV route related to the specific requirements of Israeli consumer protection law. There is not really any contractual set number of tier points for any particular route – BA simply says it will give advance notice (time not specified) so it’s a matter of how fair or generous BA wishes to be.

  • Londonsteve says:

    20 May20 May 13:26

    I’d suggest it’s the opposite, book sooner rather than later to lock in the 80 TPs. If these routes went down to 50 (strikes me as stingy, 60 minimum considering they’re longer and usually more expensive than 40 TP routes) there will be many fewer BAEC status holders (esp Silver) which, in turn, will reduce the incentive to fly with not just BA, but all OW alliance partners too. It’s a delicate balancing act.

    Speaking personally, I’m not sure I’d renew my status with BA if these routes went down to 80 TPs. At the moment most short haul flights I take are with BA, but I wouldn’t fly them without the benefit of status unless they were price competitive with LCCs as there’s literally no on-board benefit versus Ryanair, only the fact that flights depart from Heathrow which is accessible by the tube. My status is the only thing keeping me loyal to BA because I get sufficient perks when I travel that I feel it’s worthwhile.

    • NorthernLass says:

      20 May20 May 13:37

      +1, especially when the regional route network is so lousy.

    • Bernard says:

      20 May20 May 17:31

      Good luck finding club seats, lounge access, priority checkin, free seat allocation on Ryanair!
      BA is well aware there is no business cabin alternative on most of these routes. You can see that from £900 return fares to some bit La of the eastern med.
      believe it or not, most passengers dying chase tier points….

      • NorthernLass says:

        20 May20 May 19:43

        And you wouldn’t expect any of those things at Ryanair prices, that’s the point – that and the convenience of a direct flight for those of us outside the LHR/LGW catchment area.

        • Bernard says:

          20 May20 May 20:39

          BA has abandoned the regions to easyJet and jet2. I don’t think it’s that bothered especially when it’s presently bloated with silver card holders.
          It’s either going to have to cut silver benefits or make it harder to get/maintain. The last course is easier when there are many marginal card holders who just scrape in.
          Like it not it’s the way airline FFPs are going and why these things are under constant review. (F Avios redemption also under review I’m told – to be restricted to gold or higher, and to BA members first before other OW schemes.)

        • NorthernLass says:

          20 May20 May 22:15

          That seems pointless because there’ arestill plenty of F redemptions available even after BA reduced the number of F cabins.

      • Meck says:

        25 May25 May 10:19

        I used (to still do mainly about to renew BA Gold) have the status vs Ryanair mentality, but recently routes needed have meant Ryanair and the “luck” comes from Priority Pass for lounge, €12 for seats in row 1 and happening to be near the front of the line for “Priority Boarding” (which most of the plane seems to have!! Unlike old days the Ryanair app is very good and £536 for printing a boarding pass less of a fear factor now 😂

• al says:

  20 May20 May 13:48

  can someone please annotate the tier point list above with Heathrow only flights. really difficult to split heathrow and gatwick flights. reason is i prefer heathrow due transport to airport, thanks

• BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

  20 May20 May 13:56

  Helsinki can be reasonable depending on your baggage needs. AY does the unbundled fare thing.

  In the summer I’m doing a HEL – LHR one way business lite (no checked bags, no free seat selection, no lounge, no priority boarding) for £ 250 booked via AY.

  BA want £ 342 but with those things included.

  I don’t need the baggage allowance and I get seat selection, lounge and priority access via my BA status.

  A return on AY is roughly £ 550 but BA want £ 734.

  You get the same TPs if you credit to BA.

  And lots of people on here say they can do a long weekend away with only carry on bags.

  • aseftel says:

    20 May20 May 14:47

    Unlike with BA, I think oneworld elites even get the free bag on the AY business lite fares.

    • Jess says:

      20 May20 May 15:12

      That is right – I flew business lite last year to Dubai and this included a case as I was gold at the time.

• Martin says:

  20 May20 May 14:45

  I’ve just come back from a Sofia trip, 12 full rows of CE,
  I chatted to a few singles flying, (tier point runners seem to be men, like me) an example – all row 1 all were tier point running, 2 of them were flying straight back on same flight.
  3 in row 2 were tier point running, 2 doing it as a holiday.
  I’m sure it would continue through most of CE.

  • Bernard says:

    20 May20 May 20:41

    With the low yield and using up an aircraft for the whole day one wonders how long it will be before BA finds a better return on assets by cutting the route and using the plane to go to Corfu for £980 return in club instead?

• Holyphuket says:

  20 May20 May 18:12

  And this is why if you look at ba holidays right now Tirana seems to be 700 odd .. in October

• Swifty says:

  21 May21 May 11:21

  Morning everyone! If i want to check a fare bucket for a bah how do I do that? There is nothing when you go on holiday finder tool, nothing at all about fare class, and looked on Ft which says they may bucket into G. Been looking at doing it this way: the actual flight (to get right tier) then adding a hotel to get the double tower points, or is it a case of ita? I’m a newb at ita. Basically rather than 160 from return to Sofia in Oct, wanna do a quick break in June economy and get them through a basic holiday. It’s for my daughter and I don’t think she would be up for just going and coming back in a day. She needs 150 for silver.

  • Rob says:

    21 May21 May 13:02

    No choice but to ring BAH and ask them what it will book into.

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