This tool helps you estimate how many Tier Points you could earn from BA Holidays in different cabins and how that compares with the Tier Point requirements for Silver and Gold. Enter the typical holiday prices you're seeing, and the planner will show how many trips might be needed — or whether you're already on track.
For BA Holidays, Tier Points are made up of two parts:
That means a £3,000 BA Holiday in First with 1,100 bonus Tier Points would earn about 4,100 Tier Points in total. A more expensive holiday earns more Tier Points, but the value depends on how many Tier Points you get per pound spent.
Bonus Tier Points do not increase with distance, so a shorter, cheaper long-haul trip in the same cabin can give much better Tier Point value than a very long, very expensive one. The table below shows some illustrative examples for First and Club World BA Holidays:
| Destination | Cabin | Typical BA Holiday | Bonus TP | Total TP (price + bonus) |
TP per £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | First | £3,200 | 1,100 | 4,300 | 1.34 |
| Club World | £2,100 | 800 | 2,900 | 1.38 | |
| New York | First | £3,500 | 1,100 | 4,600 | 1.31 |
| Club World | £2,300 | 800 | 3,100 | 1.35 | |
| Washington DC | First | £3,300 | 1,100 | 4,400 | 1.33 |
| Club World | £2,200 | 800 | 3,000 | 1.36 | |
| Singapore | First | £5,200 | 1,100 | 6,300 | 1.21 |
| Club World | £3,500 | 800 | 4,300 | 1.23 | |
| Tokyo | First | £6,100 | 1,100 | 7,200 | 1.18 |
| Club World | £4,000 | 800 | 4,800 | 1.20 | |
| Sydney | First | £7,800 | 1,100 | 8,900 | 1.14 |
| Club World | £5,200 | 800 | 6,000 | 1.15 |
💡 Higher is better.
In these examples, East Coast USA (Boston, New York, Washington DC) delivers more Tier Points per pound than ultra-long-haul destinations like Singapore, Tokyo or Sydney — even though the ultra-long-haul trips earn more total Tier Points.
Holidays that start in Jersey (JER) avoid UK Air Passenger Duty on the long-haul flight out of London. You also pick up extra Club Europe sectors between Jersey and London, which earn additional Bonus Tier Points.
The planner doesn’t try to price APD exactly, but assumes that ex-Jersey BA Holidays in premium cabins are often cheaper overall for the same long-haul routing — and can therefore give even better Tier Point value when you include the extra Club Europe legs.
For each cabin, enter roughly the best prices you can actually see for BA Holidays (or equivalent BA flight prices). A good way to do this is to use the BA Low Price Finder to find the lowest First / Club World / Club Europe fares on routes you’d genuinely consider (e.g. Boston, New York, Washington DC), then adjust if your BA Holiday package is slightly higher.
To get the most realistic results, it helps to base your prices on what BA is actually selling now. You can use the BA Low Price Finder as a guide:
The planner assumes the prices you enter are already “good” prices. It won’t invent unrealistically cheap First or Club World holidays below what you’ve found – it just explores how many such trips, and in which mix, might get you to Silver or Gold most efficiently.