Buy TAP J ticket or use miles
Jan 29, 2016, 1:55 pm
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fort Lee, NJ
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Buy TAP J ticket or use miles
Happy Friday,
I will need a one way ticket from Morocco to Lisbon ( 6 day stopover) and on to Barcelona. Do TAP tickets permit stopovers? Is the one way price almost the same as a round trip? Is it better to buy it or use miles. I have Starwood points (80k) 115k with United, 176k with BA, and 75k with Iberia (if it would be possible to do this routing with Iberia). Thanks.
I will need a one way ticket from Morocco to Lisbon ( 6 day stopover) and on to Barcelona. Do TAP tickets permit stopovers? Is the one way price almost the same as a round trip? Is it better to buy it or use miles. I have Starwood points (80k) 115k with United, 176k with BA, and 75k with Iberia (if it would be possible to do this routing with Iberia). Thanks.
Jan 29, 2016, 4:07 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: OTP
Programs: AF/KL platinum, Turkish gold, QR gold
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Are you really so adamant on a ticket in J? It's euro style business class with a blocked middle seat. And flights of lrss than two hours (while you pay a premium of miles it being Northern Africa to Europe!). Flights on Iberia are likely to be operated by Vueling anyway..
Given a ticket on Vueling or Ryanair costs a mere 40 euros max, it really sounds like a waste of miles on such a short route!
Given a ticket on Vueling or Ryanair costs a mere 40 euros max, it really sounds like a waste of miles on such a short route!
Jan 30, 2016, 3:24 am
#3
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I did a similar trip some time back. Similar, but ending up in Madrid and (of course) in economy. I flew Casablanca to Lisbon on Iberia with a Madrid transfer: then went back to Madrid a couple of weeks' later.
I accepted the less convenient journey through the Madrid as it was much less than half the TP fare (non-stop flights). Around $120 v $300.
I accepted the less convenient journey through the Madrid as it was much less than half the TP fare (non-stop flights). Around $120 v $300.
