TAP Air Portugal Offering Status Match
May 23, 20, 9:39 am
#91
Join Date: Feb 2020
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TAP already said that physical cards cant be ordered because of COVID-19, but seems that they want you to contact them to request the card upon your first tier renewal as a Gold Member and there's no forecast for physical card issuing at this moment.
Jun 5, 20, 3:38 pm
#92
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Originally Posted by matmas
You still only need 25,000 status miles to maintain gold status. I got in touch with TAP this week via email:
Dear Sir,
In reply to your email, we inform you that for keep your gold status you need 50.000 status miles.
TAP Air Portugal thanks you for your preference.
For any further information, please feel free to contact our TAP Miles&Go Gold service line, available 24/7, where we will be quite pleased to help you.
Best Regards,
Programa TAP Miles&Go
Which is consistent with both my dashboard and Miles&Go info on the website, although you can apparently convert 10,000 Bonus miles to status miles and reduce the 50,000 to 45,000.
Am I missing something here?
Jun 12, 20, 12:01 pm
#94
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: GVA
Programs: IB Platino/OWE, LX SEN/*G, TP Gold/*G, ALL Accor Platinum
Posts: 23
I asked again:
The agent confirmed that you only need 25,000 miles if status has been acquired through the status match:
All good ;-)
Meu aplicativo TAP diz que preciso de 50.000 milhas - e não 25.000 como nas regras de ação - para manter o estatuto Gold. Isso será alterado? Eu acho que isso é um bug no seu sistema.
Em resposta ao seu e-mail, informamos que o valor que surge na nossa APP de 50.000 milhas Status é o valor habitual para os passageiros Gold.
No seu caso, uma vez que o seu estatuto Gold é através do Status Match Challange, nesta primeira fase apenas necessita de acumular as 25.000 milhas status.
No seu caso, uma vez que o seu estatuto Gold é através do Status Match Challange, nesta primeira fase apenas necessita de acumular as 25.000 milhas status.
Jun 12, 20, 12:08 pm
#95
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Originally Posted by matmas
I asked again:
The agent confirmed that you only need 25,000 miles if status has been acquired through the status match:
All good ;-)
The agent confirmed that you only need 25,000 miles if status has been acquired through the status match:
All good ;-)
I should have asked in Portuguese.
Jun 12, 20, 4:07 pm
#97
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Asked again in English and specifically mentioned the Status Match Challenge. Less than an hour later, the same response as matmas.
"... In reference to your email, we hereby inform that in your case, since your Gold status is performed by Status Match Challange, in this first stage, you only need to have 25.000 status miles. We also would like to inform that the information of the 50.000 status miles is the usual value for Gold passengers in order to keep the status. TAP Air Portugal thanks you for your preference... "
"... In reference to your email, we hereby inform that in your case, since your Gold status is performed by Status Match Challange, in this first stage, you only need to have 25.000 status miles. We also would like to inform that the information of the 50.000 status miles is the usual value for Gold passengers in order to keep the status. TAP Air Portugal thanks you for your preference... "
Jun 12, 20, 7:44 pm
#98
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Phuket
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Excellent that TAP has confirmed that "status matchers" require 25,000 this year to retain gold after this membership year - but has your online/app data changed to reflect this? Thanks!
Jun 13, 20, 2:34 am
#99
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: GVA
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No, the data in the app remains the same (as for normal Gold members).
I suspect, TAP will process the requalification manually.
I think that only a few will (and want to) collect the 25,000 miles, most will be satisfied with one year of free status.
I suspect, TAP will process the requalification manually.
I think that only a few will (and want to) collect the 25,000 miles, most will be satisfied with one year of free status.
Jun 13, 20, 3:52 am
#100
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Originally Posted by matmas
No, the data in the app remains the same (as for normal Gold members).
I suspect, TAP will process the requalification manually.
I think that only a few will (and want to) collect the 25,000 miles, most will be satisfied with one year of free status.
I suspect, TAP will process the requalification manually.
I think that only a few will (and want to) collect the 25,000 miles, most will be satisfied with one year of free status.
Jun 14, 20, 11:03 am
#101
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Boston, UK
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Originally Posted by matmas
No, the data in the app remains the same (as for normal Gold members).
I suspect, TAP will process the requalification manually.
I think that only a few will (and want to) collect the 25,000 miles, most will be satisfied with one year of free status.
I suspect, TAP will process the requalification manually.
I think that only a few will (and want to) collect the 25,000 miles, most will be satisfied with one year of free status.
Jun 14, 20, 3:11 pm
#102
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 27
Would be curious to hear what people here have booked or plan to book.
I was looking at this ( https://www.frankfurtflyer.de/luftha...-218-euro-uvm/ ) today. E.g. an LH AMS-FRA-BKK routing in C for 1218€ should generate 23k status miles - if I'm not mistaken.
I was looking at this ( https://www.frankfurtflyer.de/luftha...-218-euro-uvm/ ) today. E.g. an LH AMS-FRA-BKK routing in C for 1218€ should generate 23k status miles - if I'm not mistaken.
Jun 14, 20, 8:03 pm
#103
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Originally Posted by moejoe2342
Would be curious to hear what people here have booked or plan to book.
I was looking at this ( https://www.frankfurtflyer.de/luftha...-218-euro-uvm/ ) today. E.g. an LH AMS-FRA-BKK routing in C for 1218€ should generate 23k status miles - if I'm not mistaken.
I was looking at this ( https://www.frankfurtflyer.de/luftha...-218-euro-uvm/ ) today. E.g. an LH AMS-FRA-BKK routing in C for 1218€ should generate 23k status miles - if I'm not mistaken.
Jun 15, 20, 3:13 am
#104
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Boston, UK
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Originally Posted by moejoe2342
Would be curious to hear what people here have booked or plan to book.
I was looking at this ( https://www.frankfurtflyer.de/luftha...-218-euro-uvm/ ) today. E.g. an LH AMS-FRA-BKK routing in C for 1218€ should generate 23k status miles - if I'm not mistaken.
I was looking at this ( https://www.frankfurtflyer.de/luftha...-218-euro-uvm/ ) today. E.g. an LH AMS-FRA-BKK routing in C for 1218€ should generate 23k status miles - if I'm not mistaken.
Jun 15, 20, 8:22 am
#105
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I booked one of the cheap ex-BUD LH/LX First Class fares for next February/March. BUD-LAX/LAS-LAX-BUD roundtrip First on LX for $2,800 (actually 185K Chase UR points and $0). Should earn way more than I need... around 37K status miles from the 300% earning A fare.
