30% off award flights to Europe on TAP Air Portugal

TAP Air Portugal is offering 30% off award bookings from the U.S. to Portugal and elsewhere in Europe.

Round-trip travel starts at 40,600 Miles&Go miles to select destinations, including Lisbon, Portugal; Madrid; Rome; Paris; and London.

This deal is available to book through Feb. 24 for travel by March 31.

Deal basics

Airline: TAP Air Portugal
Routes: From New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Miami and others to Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Morocco, the U.K. and Denmark, among other destinations
How to book: Directly through the airline
Travel dates: Through March 31; travel to Venice, Italy, excluded from March 1 to 9
Book by: Feb. 24 at 11:59 p.m. EST

Sample flights

As mentioned, round-trip travel starts as low as 40,600 miles from the U.S. to Europe for Miles&Go members only. The following flights were priced as listed at the time of publication, though we cannot guarantee they will be available when you book:

• New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Miami International Airport (MIA) to Lisbon Airport (LIS), from 49,700 miles
• Dulles International Airport (IAD) near D.C. to Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP), from 58,000 miles
• San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to LIS, from 71,000 miles
• MIA to Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO), from 84,000 miles

Sale fares are available for economy and business-class fares for MilesOnly tickets and will include the mileage rate plus taxes and fees (which, on average, range from $41 to $120). Economy flights include two free carry-on items and one checked bag.

If you are unable to find your desired routes as advertised, try playing around with your dates if you have flexibility. It’s also possible that the advertised rate is no longer available to book.

Maximize your purchase

If you book this deal, use a credit card that earns bonus points on airfare purchases, such as:

• American Express® Gold Card: Earn 3 points per dollar spent on airfare when booked directly with the airline or through amextravel.com.
• The Platinum Card® from American Express: Earn 5 points per dollar spent on airfare when booked directly with the airline or through American Express Travel (on up to $500,000 of these purchases per calendar year, then 1 point per dollar).
• Chase Sapphire Reserve®: Earn 3 points per dollar spent on airfare.
• Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card: Earn 2 points per dollar spent on travel.

Bottom line

This deal is available for discounted flights from the U.S. to Europe flying TAP Air Portugal. Discounted rates for flights to destinations like Portugal, France, Italy and Germany start as low as 30% off. Given the nature of TAP deals, some flights might not be available as marketed, but flights are available to book through Feb. 24. This deal is exclusive for Miles&Go members, so be sure to sign up if you are not already part of the loyalty program.

As of last month, you can now also redeem JetBlue TrueBlue points for TAP flights. The best way to redeem TrueBlue points on TAP is for nonstop flights from the U.S. and Canada to TAP’s hub cities. Based on our reporting, economy-class flights are available between LIS and various U.S. and Canadian airports starting at 19,000 TrueBlue points each way, plus taxes and fees.

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