Data Table

BA Tier Points by Route & Cabin

The complete 2026 earning tables. How the fixed per-sector bonus changes by cabin and fare, what short-haul and long-haul each pay, and how the spend-based part stacks on top — all in one place.

Last updated: September 2026 8 min read

People still search for “Tier Points by route” expecting a fixed number per destination. Since the programme became spend-based, that number no longer exists — earning is now driven by what you spend plus a fixed bonus per sector. This page gives you every bonus figure and shows how the two parts combine.

What you’ll learn:

  • Why fixed per-route values are gone
  • The full short-haul bonus table
  • The full long-haul bonus table
  • How American & Iberia differ
  • How spend and bonus combine
  • A worked end-to-end example

1. How earning works now

There is no longer a single Tier Point value for a given route. On any eligible BA-marketed cash flight you earn 1 Tier Point per £1 of eligible spend — the base fare plus carrier-imposed surcharges, excluding government taxes and airport fees — and on top of that a fixed bonus per sector. The bonus is the same whatever the destination; only the cabin and fare flexibility change it.

The tables below give every bonus figure. To see the full mechanics of the system, read our Tier Points guide.

Bonuses are per sector, so a return earns them twice. Basic Economy fares earn no bonus, and reward flights earn nothing at all.

2. Short-haul fixed bonuses (per sector)

For BA-marketed short-haul flights, cabins are treated as either Euro Traveller (economy) or Club Europe (business), whatever the ticket is called.

CabinBaseSemi-FlexFully-Flex
Euro Traveller+75+175+275
Club Europe+175+275+375

3. Long-haul fixed bonuses (per sector)

CabinBaseSemi-FlexFlexFully-Flex
World Traveller+150+250+350+450
World Traveller Plus+275+375+475+575
Club World+500+700+900+1,100
First+650+850+1,050+1,250
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4. American Airlines & Iberia bonuses

On flights marketed by American Airlines or Iberia, the bonus is a flat figure by cabin and haul, with no variation for fare flexibility.

CabinShort-haulLong-haul
Economy+75+150
Premium Economy+275
Business+175+500
First+650

Other oneworld partners — Qatar Airways, Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Finnair and the rest — still award Tier Points as a percentage of miles flown by booking class. For how BA status works across the alliance, see our oneworld status guide.

5. A worked example

Suppose you book a return Club Europe trip with an eligible fare (base fare plus surcharges) of £200 across two sectors on a standard business fare:

  • Spend-based: £200 × 1 = 200 Tier Points.
  • Fixed bonus: +175 × 2 sectors = 350 Tier Points.
  • Total: about 550 Tier Points for the return trip.

That is roughly £0.36 per Tier Point — and it shows why the bonus, not the fare, does most of the work on short-haul. To test your own trips, use the tier point run calculator.

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