Best British Airways tier points runs – including December for the 25% reduction

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1. Michele, regarding the line “Note your account will not show you have made status until the end of the year at the reduced level.” This hasn’t been the case for me or my wife. I currently have 1220 tier points and my account has already been upgraded to gold, emails received etc. It seems that much like the double tier points issues BA has fixed that particular bug.

   1. Sorry I meant for renewals

2. How does one make 280TP for HEL-LIS on AY??

   1. Because two European routes on Finnair Helsinki to Malaga and Lisbon are over the limit for long haul so 2 x140 TP in business class.

3. A very useful summary but it is surely slightly misleading to say ‘short haul plus’ flights get you 160 points. There are not many european destinations that do, mainly eastern europe plus Malta. Points are based on distance and eg Catania gets you 160 points but Palermo only gets you 80 points (unless you do the BA Holidays offer).

   Like Dan I have been reawarded Gold at 1080 prior to the extra BA Holidays points being credited.

   1. That’s why it says short haul PLUS. It’s a distinct category of short haul that gets the extra tier points. So it’s not normal short haul.

4. I took a trip on QR/BA from Singapore to get back to Gold at the reduced levels (SIN-DOH-BCN-LHR-DOH-SIN in J).

   Despite being super careful at online check-in to ensure I used by BA number (and took screenshots to prove it just in case) my Tier Points and AVIOS haven’t been credited.

   Looking at the boarding passes, they all have a QR frequent flyer number (which I didn’t set up) and, having got access using “Forgetten Password” I can now see the miles have been credited to this new QR account.

   Is there anyone I can reach out to at BA to fix this? As said, I took screenshots showing that the ticket definitely had my BA number (due to past BA experience). I don’t have time (or the money!) to do another set of flights before the end of the year.

   Thanks in advance.

   1. I think you will need to speak to Qatar first as BA can’t do anything while it has that number on. Hopefully they should be able to change it to a BA number. Then I’d submit a claim online with BA under missing Avios.

5. Hello, “you must have got the full discounted tier points by 31 December”, I take it this means earned but does it also mean credited to exec account by then?

   I ask as Im having terrible problems getting my BA holiday double tier points credited, outward flights were fine, return mid Nov still not showing. Emailed the exec club social to be assured the missing tier points were now credited.

   However on logging in to my account not only were the extra tier points still missing but to my horror my last flight was now showing “flight reversal” and the tier points and avios for this flight were now highlighted red and negative! Contacting BA actually reduced my tier points instead of increasing. Im still waiting for an answer while the clock is ticking …

   1. It doesn’t matter when they are credited as the date of the flight is the same. If for any reason it doesn’t work as it credited late, BA would sort that out for you.

6. The DUB-NYC, I don’t see for that price, can you give some date examples please?

7. Thanks Michelle. Not relevant to this year’s status but next year for me. The holiday double-points offer rules say for travel before end Sept-23. Does this mean departure before that date or return journey completed? Double points will be the decider on a Ex-EU routing or not. Thanks.

   1. Depart by

8. 15-19 Jun DUB-EWR £1277 via LHR – or £1246 via MAD

9. I have accrued 1290 points but my account and Gold Card status is till showing I need 1500.

   My Gold Card renewal date is not until March 2023 so I assumed that as it was not this year the reduced threshold of 1125 does not apply to me.

   Any help?

   1. It does apply. It’s because BA don’t have the IT to correct this. Come 1 January it should show you as Gold.

      1. Well, it’s no surprise, but here we are at Jan 2nd and despite exceeding the reduced threshold for gold in 2022 my gold has not been renewed.

         I’m pretty sure this was only for those that had renewal deadlines in 2022, mine is not due until March 2023. Anyone else see the same thing?

         1. I wouldn’t worry. BA will update it in due course. Given they had an IT failure yesterday and how long it takes them to do things anyway, I suspect it will take a few days for everything to be adjusted. I don’t know anyone seeing the update yet.

10. How does the eligible flights interact with the renewals. I have the tier points double points promotion plus another one way lhr to Glasgow. So I sit over the reduced silver threshold however do I need to make a fourth flight by 31 December?

    1. Yes there is no reduction in flights required I’m afraid.

11. Hi Michele hoping you can advise me. I was due to fly back from ABZ TO LHR on Sunday night but my flight was cancelled and I was rebooked onto one Monday Morning which was also cancelled that evening and the next flight I could book online was at 7pm yesterday evening which also ended up cancelled and I had work so could not wait. As I could not get through, and there was a flight from Inverness the next morning as the plane night stops there overnight I took a train there and booked a Avios seat from there to LHR. I asked BA to refund my booking but I was wondering given the situation could I ask them to award the tier points I would have earned. I also had to downgrade from club to economy as no business seats were available until 4pm Monday and I could not wait until then. Would BA also refund me the difference between economy and business even though i chose to downgrade in order to have more chance of getting a flight and, my expenses to get to Inverness or is it better to claim on my travel insurance . BA did not message me until 1am when I had already traveled to Inverness and was asleep having had no reply before on twitter, offering me a flight from Aberdeen which was no good as I had no time to travel back . Sorry I am new to this whole claim thing so not sure best way of going about it. thanks in advance for any help you can give

    1. It’s a slightly grey area in that they did not reply until after you had left. But in terms of EU261 I would have normally expected them to cover your expenses for the new flight. I would also expect them to give original routes credit for the tier points. The downgrade is slightly tricky as you obviously chose that to get home quicker so I’m not sure EU or UK as it is now 261 would apply. I’d certainly try to claim something for it from BA as I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect you to wait until 1am for an answer if you get back. I’d see what BA says but be mindful if there is a maximum time frame for claiming from your insurance.

       1. Hi Michele thank you for replying so quickly. I just spoke to a lovely lady on the gold line who has sent my request for original route credit to the back office team and has also requested that I be awarded the club teir points for that leg as that was what I was booked under. She was also concerned that I had to wait till 1am for a reply back. One last and a bit of a daft question and would not be surprised if it was a no but would i still get a refund for the flight I did not fly and had to travel to another airport to get back, even though I am hopefully getting ORC or will I still be refunded given the disruption and there being no flights from PM sunday until yesterday as I explained to the agent . Only asking as the call centre agent asked which threw me slightly. Thank you and I have a month to claim on my insurance but will also lodge a claim with BA also

          1. If you claim the new flight that you booked yourself back then they would not refund the old ones as the new one would be the equivalent to that. But I would certainly try for the refund between Club and economy. As I said bit of a grey area but given the 1am response I think they should refund that.

             1. Thank you Michele, the new flight was one I booked using Avios and my original was a revenue booking so I was not sure if they would refund me the money for the return flight on my original booking which I paid for. The flight i have claimed for is the return flight on this original booking and not the new one I booked from Inverness with avios which was a new booking. The original return flight on Sunday from ABZ which was cancelled twice in one night and then the nearest alternative was also later cancelled. The twitter team actioned the refund for me on Monday Morning and no issues seemed to be raised at the time. Not sure if them doing that for me knowing what happened makes it more likely they will honor it . As I explained it to them and the agent today who logged it on my booking and seem surprised that I had no reply until 1am . I will certainly try and claim for compensation for the difference between the 2 classes but I do hope they refund the return flight for me given that I was left with little option but to try for a flight from Inverness rather than face another day of cancelled flights and no way of contacting them so had to cancel return leg and make alternative arrangements . Having looked online the 4pm flight from ABZ which had club was cancelled as was the 7pm so they could not have offered it to be at all and I would have been stuck another night there . Will see if they refund me as not sure if the agent today who sorted my ORC, could change it from her end so my refund could be stopped as I wasn’t sure if it would have been actioned by back office already? Hopefully will all work out OK but was not a easy or non stressful experience far from arrived in Inverness at 23.50 and then had to get up at 4.30am for my flight so was not that happy with BA that day so fingers crossed they can help as was left out of pocket quite a bit. Thank you for all your help Michele

12. Business class
    LHR – BOS BA or AA
    BOS – LAX AA
    140 TP plus 210 TP

    Taipei Denpasar via HK
    CX Business Class
    360 TP 600 quid off peak

13. Hello,

    If i find such a fare as below how do i get it routed through NY for the extra TPs? No fares seem to be found apart from at silly prices using multi city searches. Am i missing something? Thanks

    Dublin – Los Angeles £1,497 (640 TP if routed via New York) British Airways

    1. You need to make sure you don’t break your journey by more than 24 hours. Also certain fares allow a set number of “transfers” so you have to stick within those.

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