TAP Portugal Fare Classes
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TAP Portugal Fare Classes
I booked a fare on TAP Portugal on an OTA and I'm seeing the fare basis from the fare basis info on TAP's website as U15DSC (forgot the rest). However, I noticed that booking the exact same fare on TAP Portugal's website states that only 10% miles will be earned (I know this is only for TAP Victoria). I also saw a thread on the Turkish Forum that someone bought a V fare on TAP only to be told that it was actually E.
Is this a common occurrence with TAP that fares are sold as one class and credited as another? I was hoping to credit to Asiana Club where E fare only earns 10% and U fare earns 50% so makes a decent difference.
Also, do flights on White Airways codeshare earn miles?
Is this a common occurrence with TAP that fares are sold as one class and credited as another? I was hoping to credit to Asiana Club where E fare only earns 10% and U fare earns 50% so makes a decent difference.
Also, do flights on White Airways codeshare earn miles?
Last edited by 1353513636; May 8, 2017 at 9:37 am
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White Airways is basically like United Express - so whatever you would have gotten on TP you'd get on White.
Send a private message to TAP on fb or twitter and ask them what the fare class is for mileage crediting. Based on the fare it sounds like it should be U.
Send a private message to TAP on fb or twitter and ask them what the fare class is for mileage crediting. Based on the fare it sounds like it should be U.
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On TAP's website though it says no miles for the White Airways segment.
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Interesting: I'm just now looking at this and trying to figure out which fare to book.
When I look on ITA Matrix, I find a U fare that appears to map to the very bottom ("Discount") fare on TAP's website. Using my A3 number, U appears to earn 50% of the miles flown.
But when I look one fare class higher than U on ITA Matrix, it is O, and that earns zero on Aegean. Haven't seen an E, although E is also in the zero-miles list for Aegean.
If you buy up to "Classic", so that affect the underlying fare basis? Fare difference isn't that much on the TAP site.
When I look on ITA Matrix, I find a U fare that appears to map to the very bottom ("Discount") fare on TAP's website. Using my A3 number, U appears to earn 50% of the miles flown.
But when I look one fare class higher than U on ITA Matrix, it is O, and that earns zero on Aegean. Haven't seen an E, although E is also in the zero-miles list for Aegean.
If you buy up to "Classic", so that affect the underlying fare basis? Fare difference isn't that much on the TAP site.
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Interesting: I'm just now looking at this and trying to figure out which fare to book.
When I look on ITA Matrix, I find a U fare that appears to map to the very bottom ("Discount") fare on TAP's website. Using my A3 number, U appears to earn 50% of the miles flown.
But when I look one fare class higher than U on ITA Matrix, it is O, and that earns zero on Aegean. Haven't seen an E, although E is also in the zero-miles list for Aegean.
If you buy up to "Classic", so that affect the underlying fare basis? Fare difference isn't that much on the TAP site.
When I look on ITA Matrix, I find a U fare that appears to map to the very bottom ("Discount") fare on TAP's website. Using my A3 number, U appears to earn 50% of the miles flown.
But when I look one fare class higher than U on ITA Matrix, it is O, and that earns zero on Aegean. Haven't seen an E, although E is also in the zero-miles list for Aegean.
If you buy up to "Classic", so that affect the underlying fare basis? Fare difference isn't that much on the TAP site.
Buying up to classic does not affect the fare basis assuming the fare basis is simply the first letter of the fare.
Discount would be U15DSC, classic would be U15CSC.
What I'm trying to figure out is if TAP changes the fare basis to prevent mileage accrual on partner programs like United does with N fares.
For example, for a United flight:
City pair: SFO-SEA
Fare class: N
Fare basis code: LAA4AQBN
Disclaimer: I haven't flown a Basic Economy fare yet so I don't know how it credits to partner programs.
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General question: is TAP kind of seen as an LCC in general? Not that it matters *too* much... I've only vaguely been aware of them over the years, and now out of the blue I'm seeing $420 R/T's to Rome with free stopovers in Lisbon, a city I've always kind of wanted to visit.
Seems too good to be true. Even if I don't earn any/many miles in the process.
Seems too good to be true. Even if I don't earn any/many miles in the process.
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General question: is TAP kind of seen as an LCC in general? Not that it matters *too* much... I've only vaguely been aware of them over the years, and now out of the blue I'm seeing $420 R/T's to Rome with free stopovers in Lisbon, a city I've always kind of wanted to visit.
Seems too good to be true. Even if I don't earn any/many miles in the process.
Seems too good to be true. Even if I don't earn any/many miles in the process.
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No but they're slowing becoming one. They are one of the few airlines left to serve full meals in Y intra-Europe, but they have recently added charges for seat selection and bags even for long haul routes (free bags for *G still though) and their C seats and lounges are subpar although they are working on that.
General question: is TAP kind of seen as an LCC in general? Not that it matters *too* much... I've only vaguely been aware of them over the years, and now out of the blue I'm seeing $420 R/T's to Rome with free stopovers in Lisbon, a city I've always kind of wanted to visit.
Seems too good to be true. Even if I don't earn any/many miles in the process.
Seems too good to be true. Even if I don't earn any/many miles in the process.
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General question: is TAP kind of seen as an LCC in general? Not that it matters *too* much... I've only vaguely been aware of them over the years, and now out of the blue I'm seeing $420 R/T's to Rome with free stopovers in Lisbon, a city I've always kind of wanted to visit.
Seems too good to be true. Even if I don't earn any/many miles in the process.
Seems too good to be true. Even if I don't earn any/many miles in the process.
At least TP livens up the journey within Europe with a drink and something to eat (but that'll be about as far from a full meal as you can get ).
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I will probably have 1 paid J trip U.S.-to-India and a couple other *A flights this year. Need to figure out how close all of that can get me back to Gold. My previous path was A3, but I don't actually have any flown segments on A3 metal, so my journey there is now double what it would otherwise be.
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Long-haul flights include a meal, but no bags for the cheapest fare.
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I found a cheap fare on the TAP website: AMS-LIS-DKR-LIS-AMS on 9/25 and back on 10/11. Does anyone know where I can find the purchased fare class? I don't see it anywhere on the website. I want to credit my miles to UA and I know that the lowest fares do not accrual miles. I see 4 different fare types on the screen and the difference is not that huge so I'm willing to pay some extra in order to earn more miles. Does anyone know where I can find the fare codes?