Unofficial Tier Points & Avios Calculator – British Airways Executive Club

The British Airways Executive Club is an attractive frequent flyer program in the Oneworld alliance. The tier points (status points) are credited depending on the booking and travel class, as well as the distance. British Airways, however, did not publish anywhere, how the points are calculated exactly.

You can only check individual routes on the Avios calculator, which can be quite tedious if you have a large number of segments. This is why we’ve built this unofficial tier points calculator, where you can enter multiple segments at once:

Please use the following format to enter your routes:

Airline:booking class:flight segment(s)

• Airline: IATA code of the marketing airline, e.g. BA for British Airways
• Booking class: booking class of the flights, e.g. T
• Flight segment(s): IATA codes of the airports, separated by a hyphen, e.g. FRA-LHR-HKG for a oneway flight and FRA-LHR-HKG-LHR-FRA for a roundtrip from Frankfurt to Hong Kong via London-Heathrow.

How Tier Points are Calculated

Basically, tier points are credited according to the booking class, travel class (economy, premium economy, business, first), the fare (lowest, low, cheapest, flexible), and the distance. The exact number of points that you’ll get for each travel class and fare is different for each airline.

Class	Fare	Short-haul 0-2,000	Long-haul 2,000-6,000	Long-haul 6,000-10,000	Long-haul >10,000
Economy	lowest	5	20	20	30
Economy	lower	10	35	40	60
Economy	flexible	20	70	80	120
Premium	cheapest	30	90	100	150
Premium	flexible	30	90	100	150
Business	cheapest	40	140	160	240
Business	flexible	40	140	160	240
First	cheaper	60	210	240	360
First	flexible	60	210	240	360

Exceptions

There are, however, exceptions for some flights, where you’ll receive a higher (yay!) or lower (oh no!) number of tier points than you’d usually get for a certain distance:

Class	Fare	Domestic Iberia in Spain	Short-haul British Airways under 2,000 miles Exceptions	Long-haul British Airways over 2,000 miles Exceptions
Economy	lowest	5 = 5	5 → 10	30 → 10
Economy	lower	10 → 5	10 → 20	60 → 20
Economy	flexible	20 → 10	20 → 40	120 → 40
Premium	cheapest
Premium	flexible
Business	cheapest	40 → 20	40 → 80	140 → 80
Business	flexible	40 → 20	40 → 80	140 → 80
First	cheaper
First	flexible

Domestic Flights in Spain With Iberia

For domestic flights in Spain, most booking classes (except Economy lowest) will only give half the usual number of tier points. Even on rather long flights, e.g. to the Canary Islands.

European Flights Under 2,000 Miles With Double Tier Points

For select British Airways flights between Great Britain and long short-haul destinations under 2,000 miles in the Mediterranean, Madeira, Canary Islands, Moscow, Helsinki, and Iceland, you’ll get double tier points.

On the following routes, you’ll also get double tier points:

Furthermore, there are some exceptions on British Airways & Finnair flights between Helsinki and London-Heathrow, Manchester, and Edinburgh. Here’ you’ll also get the double number of tier points:

Routes Over 2,000 Miles With Less Tier Points

There are also some British Airways destinations that are actually over the magical 2,000 miles limit, but nevertheless get you a lower number of tier points:

• Larnaca, Cyprus
• Cairo, Egypt
• Amman, Jordan