8 Ways To Earn More Tier Points in 2024

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@MattsPlanet 10 ай бұрын

Good video and thanks for the mention!

@charlesontravels 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Matt!

@ukdavepianoman 9 ай бұрын

Very good summary. I'm heading for Gold (inspired by Matt's Planet videos) and agree that BA Holidays are a great way to achieve this - some business class (Club Europe) packages are really very good value. Status is great for people who fly a lot and where a lot of their flights are in Economy or Premium Economy. Choosing seat at booking and lounge access are the main perks for me although priority boarding is good too.

@Michael-wr1yy 9 ай бұрын

Really well presented and really easy to digest. Thanks

@charlesontravels 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@fk869 7 ай бұрын

This is actually a super good video. Appreciated that it was to the point, didn't have to skip!

@charlesontravels 7 ай бұрын

Thanks very much, I really appreciate it!

@Halfwayto100 10 ай бұрын

Great video. You came up as a suggestion *Subscribed*! I’ll be getting the BA Amex 100 tier points in the next month and I really hope they roll this out as a permanent after May, as the 200 a year would be a nice boost. We’re having 2 BA Holidays this year and like you, hope the double points offer is extended to 2025. Look forward to watching more of your videos. Happy travels!

@MrStuartAllan 8 ай бұрын

Great video, very useful.

@walkhikerun6918 9 ай бұрын

I liked the style. Pitched at the right level for most people. Others can get really technical really quickly

@charlesontravels 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@gdotmoney96 3 ай бұрын

Agreed 👍🏾. I like matts videos but he sometimes confuses me but this video is really informative

@stevecraven3502 7 ай бұрын

Charles. Apparently the BA holidays offer double points runs until June 25. Steve. C.

@charlesontravels 7 ай бұрын

Excellent! Glad to hear it’s been extended again! Thanks Steve!

@Gduniversity13 10 ай бұрын

I’m on track as well, for gold had to adjust my flight plans slightly to the new Tier point adjustment. But taking a few BA flights this year….

@Joe-lb8qn 4 ай бұрын

I don't fly BA much but i noticed while booking an Avios redemption for next year that id become Bronze and i realise now that must be because i booked a 5 night holiday flying business in Europe earlier this year. Didnt even realise at the time. So I've checked how many TPs i have seems i need 280 more for silver. So i suppose if i did one more holiday that would work. The main use to me would be using it to book seats, though as i will be flying business solo that is if limited use, eg in April im flying business on a 1-2-1 config so any of the single seats is good for me.

@charlesontravels 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I’d say if you’re only planning to fly business class and if you’re in the new club suites there’s not too much benefit to silver status. It’ll matter a lot more if flying in any other class or if you’re in the old style club world, but probably not worth going out of your way to obtain. But if you’ll get it from trips you’re completing anyway it’s a nice bonus to have.

@TheHammers527 4 ай бұрын

How do i activate the Tier points on the BA Amex Premium card? I cant see it anywhere online. Thanks

@charlesontravels 4 ай бұрын

I believe that offer has now ended and they don’t seem to have replaced this with a new offer

@robertwalters5654 9 ай бұрын

Winning the euromillions lottery would help

@WarlordMoA 9 ай бұрын

I have a question, What is Avios? I have not heard of it? Thank you in advance mate I hope you will have a great day.

@charlesontravels 9 ай бұрын

Avios is the name of the frequent flyer miles used by BA and a few other oneworld airlines like Qatar. You can earn the points through flying, credit card spend and various other methods (I have a video about this on my channel), and you can use them to book flights

@islaw1898 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, great informative video! Do you know if you can earn points on your BA frequent flyer account flying JAL or another partner airline? I booked a JAL direct this year but unclear how to earn the points.

@charlesontravels 8 ай бұрын

Yes you can earn tier points with BA when flying with oneworld partners like JAL. But you may have needed to credit the account to your BA account at the time of booking. If you’ve not flown the flight yet, you should get the points within a few days of this. If you’ve already flown the flight but not received the points, there is a missing tier points section on the BA website to submit a claim

@doronbarsam2522 3 ай бұрын

how do you activate tier points on your amex card

@charlesontravels 3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately that offer has now expired and so far they’ve not replaced it with a new offer

@doronbarsam2522 3 ай бұрын

@@charlesontravels do you know if there’s a way I could benefit from a friends tier points and vice verse I.e linking an account to another household?

@sb6181 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. This is probably one of the clearest videos on the BA Exec Club. So just to confirm, if my tier point collection year ends on 8 August 2024 I will not lose any tier points gained between 1 April 2024 and 8 August as these will be carried forward as part of the adjustment rules. Is that correct?

@charlesontravels 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! So, I’m not 100% clear on exactly how the adjustment will work, but I believe how it will work is that initially you’ll lose the tier points on 8th August and start a new tier point collection year. However, then in April 2025 it will look back at what points you earned from April 24 to August 24 and will add these to what you earned from August 24 to April 25 and will apply that to your account at that point. So let’s say you earn 200 tier points from April 24 to August 24 and 400 between August 24 and April 25. Your tier point collection year would then be ending with 400 points, but because it’s ending early they’ll then apply the 200 tier points earned between April 24 and August 24 to give you 600 points for the year and will apply silver status from April 25 which would expire in April 26

@barrydanser4334 4 ай бұрын

How can I find the best countries to travel to for tier points ?

@charlesontravels 4 ай бұрын

At 9:23 I’ve listed some European destinations that earn 80 tier points per flight from London. These tend to be the best bet for £ per point. Trying to find a cheap flight or BA holiday to any of these destinations using the cheap fare finding or holiday search on the BA website would be a good place to start looking

@gdotmoney96 3 ай бұрын

Cheap fare finding, is that on the BA website or elsewhere?

@paulho5673 3 ай бұрын

is malaysia business the cheapest way to rack up the points?

@charlesontravels 3 ай бұрын

Not something I’ve done personally, but yes I believe it can be a cheap way of getting points

@SuperMagicgarden 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for a helpful video, however as far as I'm aware you cannot earn tier points if you upgrade at on the day of your flight at check-in. We did this twice last year and I then had a very long message exchange with BA about why we couldn't earn tier points. I'm not sure what happens if you upgrade via the app or online before you ask if upgrades are available at check-in?

@charlesontravels 10 ай бұрын

You don’t earn the extra tier point on an operational upgrade ie one you get for free, but should earn them on paid cash upgrades. I think Iberia don’t give extra tier points for this but BA do. Was yours a free or avios upgrade or did you pay cash?

@SuperMagicgarden 10 ай бұрын

If I remember correctly we part paid in Avios to reduce the cost of the flights slightly when we booked them, and then used an Amex cc to pay for the upgrades at check in. The upgrades were out and back from Lisbon and a return leg to LHR from Bologna. @@charlesontravels

@matto1465 9 ай бұрын

Good job, learning more about ba 😊

@deezim 7 ай бұрын

Great video

@charlesontravels 7 ай бұрын

Thanks very much!

@stevecraven3502 10 ай бұрын

Charles. On your trip to Sofia, how did you get into Sofia from the airport? Did you use one of the airport Taxi's, get a bus, hire a car or did you use a hotel shuttle? Cheers Steve. C.

@charlesontravels 10 ай бұрын

Hi Steve, I just hopped on the metro. There’s a metro station right outside the airport so nice and easy.

@rickreid8572 10 ай бұрын

Succinct....one of the few on you tube....thanks for brevity

@charlesontravels 10 ай бұрын

Thanks very much!

@two20john 10 ай бұрын

Such a shame that the only good things BA seem to do are by accident. I'll keep getting my companion vouchers and using them, but there are so many more better players in the market.

@nibblebytes 10 ай бұрын

I just earned one and it seems like a bit of a scam. It doesn’t feel like I’m getting a free seat when I price it up.

@TofuBoy22 9 ай бұрын

@@nibblebytesthe companion voucher is only worth doing on business and first class.

@gdotmoney96 3 ай бұрын

Better players such as...?

@yepthatsme83 3 ай бұрын

@nibblebytes have a check to tokyo. I got my 2 returning tickets using companion voucher for 500gbp × 59k avios for june 2025. The actual flight was 980.00 pp. The best deal is definitely business class but you need to have loads of points which also means loads of shopping and money spend on BA Card. Lol

@GTJ65 8 ай бұрын

How do you earn tier points? I’ve only 15 😢

@charlesontravels 8 ай бұрын

Well hopefully this video will give you a few tips on how to boost those points. Some of the basics though are that tier points reset each year, so if you only have 15 you might have had points earned previously that have expired. And basically the more you fly and the more you fly in premium cabins, the more you earn

@GTJ65 8 ай бұрын

@@charlesontravels Great thank you 👍