Originally Posted by
southlondonphil
Oh Dear, Oh Dear! For the privilege of converting every 2000 of your 'Bonus Miles' (i.e. regular miles) into 1000 'Status Miles' TAP will happily charge you €70 !!
but anyone looking at the conversion option to top-up a shortfall in Status Miles should be aware of the outrageous cost of doing so.

Thanks for sharing , its priceless information (unlike price asked by TAP)
Originally Posted by
southlondonphil
if one needed 4000-5000 Status Miles it would cost you the full €350 plus 10000 of your hard-earned regular miles.
Ok , so i guess it only make sense if someone is less than 1000 status miles from the threshold , otherwise €350€ is enough for a TAP return trip from/to some destinations and could get you similar amount of status miles