TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go Award Charts

Get great value from TAP Air Portugal’s Miles&Go program with fixed award charts, easy point transfers, and awesome redemptions for U.S. travelers.

Joseph Sherwood

May 16, 2025

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For U.S.-based travelers that want to fly across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, TAP Air Portugal is a popular choice due to its relatively low fares. Plus, the airline’s headquarters are in the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon, which is a popular destination among U.S. vacationers, honeymooners and backpackers.

In addition to its low fares, TAP Air Portugal can help you save money on travel through its Miles&Go frequent flyer program. This program allows members to earn rewards miles in a variety of ways (including transferring miles from Capital One Rewards) and then spend those miles on award flights with TAP Air Portugal and its airline partners. There are many other ways to spend TAP Miles&Go miles, such as buying merchandise, but these typically provide less value than buying award flights.

One of the best things about the TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go program is that it still uses fixed award charts to price its own award flights as well as partner award flights. As opposed to programs that use dynamic pricing models that tie award prices to fluctuating cash prices, programs that use fixed award charts offer the opportunity to find outsized-value awards. In some cases, these awards can offer considerably more than 1 cent per point in value (which is better than the value you’ll get through programs that use dynamic pricing).

So, by familiarizing yourself with the Miles&Go program’s award charts and searching for award flights, you can potentially get great value out of your Miles&Go miles. In this article, we’re going to include all of the Miles&Go award charts so that you can easily reference them.

TAP Air Portugal

Miles&Go Award Charts for Flights on TAP Air Portugal

Of course, you can use Miles&Go miles to book flights operated by TAP Air Portugal. You can either pay for these award flights entirely with miles (MilesOnly) or with a combination of miles and cash (Miles&Cash). We recommend using the MilesOnly option, as it tends to provide far more value. TAP Air Portugal MilesOnly flights are priced according to a region-based award chart.

The following table lists which geographic regions are included within each region:

Zone number	Region name	Geographic regions included
Zone 1	Western Africa	Accra, Banjul, Bissau, Cape Verde, Dakar, Sao Tome, Principe
Zone 2	Austral Africa	Angola, Mozambique, South Africa
Zone 3	Central America	Venezuela
Zone 4	North America	Boston, Miami, New York City, Toronto, Chicago, Montreal, San Francisco, Washington, Cancun
Zone 5	South America	Brazil
Zone 6	Spain, North Africa	Spain, all other countries/cities in Africa except those in “Western Africa” and “Austral Africa” regions
Zone 7	Europe 1	All countries/cities in Europe except those in “Europe 2” region
Zone 8	Europe 2	Copenhagen, Stockholm, Moscow, Oslo, Prague, Warsaw, Vienna
Zone 9	Madeira, Azores	Madeira, Azores
Zone 10	Middle East	Tel Aviv
Zone 11	Mainland Portugal	Porto, Lisbon, Faro, Ponte Aerea

TAP Air Portugal-operated award flight prices also vary by class of service. So, we’ve divided these award charts by class of service for your convenience.

Economy Class

The following award chart includes the MilesOnly rates for TAP Air Portugal-operated award flights in economy class (all values expressed in thousands of miles).

	Zone 1	Zone 2	Zone 3	Zone 4	Zone 5	Zone 6	Zone 7	Zone 8	Zone 9	Zone 10	Zone 11
Zone 1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	27.5	27.5	28.5	25.5	N/A	23.5
Zone 2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	40	40	40	40	N/A	40
Zone 3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	40	40	40	40	N/A	40
Zone 4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	29	29	29	29	N/A	29
Zone 5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9.5	39.5	39.5	39.5	50	39.5
Zone 6	27.5	40	40	29	39.5	10	11.5	14.5	8	21.5	6
Zone 7	27.5	40	40	29	39.5	11.5	N/A	N/A	9.5	21.5	7.5
Zone 8	28.5	40	40	29	39.5	14.5	N/A	N/A	12.5	22.5	10.5
Zone 9	25.5	40	40	29	39.5	8	9.5	12.5	7.5	19.5	.5
Zone 10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	50	21.5	21.5	22.5	19.5	N/A	17.5
Zone 11	23.5	40	40	29	39.5	6	7.5	10.5	5.5	17.5	3.25

The rates listed in the chart above are for one-way travel. If you wish to book a round-trip award flight on any of the routes listed above, it will cost double the price of a one-way award ticket.

Business Class

The following award chart includes the MilesOnly rates for award flights on TAP Air Portugal in business class (all values are expressed in thousands of miles).

	Zone 1	Zone 2	Zone 3	Zone 4	Zone 5	Zone 6	Zone 7	Zone 8	Zone 10
Zone 1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	76	74	67	N/A
Zone 2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	120	120	120	N/A
Zone 3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	120	120	120	N/A
Zone 4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	100	100	100	N/A
Zone 5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	113	113	113	N/A
Zone 6	76	120	120	100	113	36.5	46.5	46.5
Zone 7	74	120	120	100	113	42.5	N/A	N/A
Zone 8	67	120	120	100	113	46.5	N/A	N/A
Zone 9	71	120	120	100	113	31.5	41.5	41.5
Zone 10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	165.3	74.7	65.7	65.7	N/A
Zone 11	66	120	120	100	113	26.5	36.5	36.5

The award rates in the chart above are for one-way flights. If you wish to know the price of a round-trip TAP Air Portugal-operated award flight, you can simply double the price of a one-way award flight on the same route.

Miles&Go Award Charts for Flights on Star Alliance Partners

TAP Air Portugal is a member of Star Alliance, meaning that Miles&Go members can both earn and redeem miles with any Star Alliance airline. The current roster of Star Alliance member airlines includes the following:

Aegean Airlines	Brussels Airlines	Shenzhen Airlines
Air Canada	Copa Airlines	South African Airways
Air China	Croatia Airlines	Swiss International Air Lines
Air India	Egyptair	TAP Air Portugal
Air New Zealand	Ethiopian Airlines	Thai Airways
All Nippon Airways (ANA)	EVA Air	Turkish Airlines
Asiana Airlines	LOT Polish Airlines	United Airlines
Austrian Airlines	Lufthansa
Avianca	Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)

Through the Miles&Go program, award flights operated by Star Alliance partners are priced according to region-based award charts. We’ve divided these award charts by cabin class.

Economy Class

Here’s the award chart for Star Alliance partner flights in economy class (all values are expressed in thousands of miles):

	Central and South America	Central, West and East Africa	Asia	Canada, U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean	Europe and North Africa	Middle East	Oceania	Southern Africa
Central and South America	35	30	95	55	75	90	80	70
Central, West and East Africa	70	70	90	70	40	40	70	45
Asia	95	90	40	70	70	40	60	70
Canada, U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean	55	70	70	30	50	70	80	80
Europe and North Africa	75	40	70	50	30	40	100	60
Middle East	95	40	40	70	40	30	80	50
Oceania	80	70	60	80	100	80	35	60
Southern Africa	70	45	70	80	60	50	60	30

The award rates listed in the chart above are for one-way flights. If you wish to know the price of a round-trip Star Alliance award flight, you can simply double the cost of a one-way flight on the same route.

Business Class

The following award chart shows the rates for Star Alliance-operated award flights in business class (all values are expressed in thousands of miles):

	Central and South America	Central, West and East Africa	Asia	Canada, U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean	Europe and North Africa	Middle East	Oceania	Southern Africa
Central and South America	55	115	140	95	120	150	130	115
Central, West and East Africa	115	45	160	115	75	60	115	60
Asia	140	160	60	115	115	60	105	100
Canada, U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean	95	115	115	45	100	115	130	130
Europe and North Africa	120	75	115	100	45	75	150	125
Middle East	150	60	60	100	75	45	130	90
Oceania	130	115	105	130	150	130	55	105
Southern Africa	115	60	100	130	125	90	105	45

The award prices listed above are for one-way, business-class flights on Star Alliance partners. If you want to know the cost of a round-trip Star Alliance award flight, you can simply double the price of a one-way flight on the same route.

First Class

The following award chart lists the prices of Star Alliance-operated award flights in first class (all values are expressed in thousands of miles):

	Central and South America	Central, West and East Africa	Asia	Canada, U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean	Europe and North Africa	Middle East	Oceania	Southern Africa
Central and South America	65	165	180	115	160	205	180	165
Central, West and East Africa	165	60	230	160	100	70	160	70
Asia	180	230	70	160	160	70	150	130
Canada, U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean	115	160	160	60	125	160	180	180
Europe and North Africa	160	100	160	125	60	100	200	150
Middle East	205	70	70	160	100	60	180	125
Oceania	180	160	150	180	200	180	65	150
Southern Africa	165	70	130	180	150	125	150	60

The rates listed in the chart above are for one-way, first-class flights operated by Star Alliance partners. To get the price of a round-trip Star Alliance flight, you can simply double the price of a one-way flight on the same route.

Miles&Go Awards for Flights on Non-Star Alliance Partners

TAP Air Portugal also has several partnerships with non-Star Alliance airlines. So, Miles&Go members can both earn and redeem miles with the following non-Star Alliance airlines:

Azul
Emirates
GOL
SATA Azores Airlines

It’s worth noting that, while you can use Mile&Go miles to book flights on these non-Star Alliance partners, TAP Air Portugal doesn’t have published award charts for these partner airlines. So, if you want to know the price of an award flight on Azul, Emirates, GOL or SATA Azores Airlines, you’ll need to log in to your Miles&Go account on the TAP Air Portugal website and manually search for award flights on these airlines.

Miles&Go Award Charts for Star Alliance Round-the-World Awards

Through the TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go program, you can use miles to book Star Alliance round-the-world awards in either economy class or business class. First-class Star Alliance round-the-world awards are not available through the Miles&Go program.

These awards can include flights on any Star Alliance airline and are valid for one year from the date of issue. There are several other rules that apply to round-the-world itineraries booked through Miles&Go:

The trip must end in the country of origin.
The flight can be in either the east or west direction, but all flights in the itinerary must be in the same direction.
The itinerary must include a flight crossing the Atlantic Ocean and a flight crossing the Pacific Ocean.
A maximum of six stopovers longer than 24 hours are allowed per itinerary.
A maximum of 10 flights are allowed per itinerary.
The ticket may not be canceled after the start of the journey.
Once the ticket has been purchased, you can change the flight dates. However, you can’t change the route, cabin class or operating airline.

The following chart shows how many miles are required for Star Alliance round-the-world itineraries in economy class and business class:

Economy class	Business class
300,000	400,000

If your itinerary includes flights in different cabin classes, you’ll be charged the mileage rate for the higher cabin class for the entire itinerary. For instance, if your itinerary includes three flights in business class and four flights in economy class, you’ll be charged 400,000 (the same price as if the entire itinerary were in business class).

Miles&Go Award Charts for Upgrade Awards on TAP Air Portugal

In addition to redeeming miles for award flights on TAP Air Portugal, the Miles&Go program allows members to redeem miles for cabin class upgrades (from economy class to business class) on TAP Air Portugal flights. There are three different types of upgrade awards with different availabilities and mileage requirements:

Early Upgrade: This is the most expensive type of upgrade. Early upgrades can be booked far in advance from the departure date of your flight and are almost always available. These upgrade awards can only be booked with miles by contacting the TAP Air Portugal Contact Center.
Upgrade: Less expensive than Early Upgrades, regular upgrades can only be booked in the days just before your departure date and are subject to availability. These upgrade awards can be booked online through the TAP Air Portugal website or through the Contact Center.
Last Minute Upgrade: These upgrades are the cheapest type of upgrade, but can only be booked at your boarding gate and are subject to availability. Last Minute Upgrades are only available to Miles&Go Silver and Gold elite status members.

All upgrade awards are priced according to a region-based award chart that uses the same regions as the award chart for TAP Air Portugal-operated flights. So, if you want to see which geographic areas are included in which regions, you can refer to the “Miles&Go Award Charts for Flights on TAP Air Portugal” section above.

Here’s the award chart for upgrade awards available on TAP Air Portugal-operated flights:

Flights to/from Mainland Portugal	Early Upgrade	Upgrade	Last Minute Upgrade
Western Africa	42,900	39,000	31,900
Austral Africa	119,900	89,900	69,900
Central America	71,900	54,900	35,900
North America	81,600	68,000	57,900
South America	81,600	68,000	57,900
Spain, North Africa	14,900	13,000	12,000
Europe 1	18,000	15,000	14,000
Europe 2	22,800	18,000	16,900
Madeira, Azores	14,400	12,900	11,900
Middle East	55,900	39,900	32,200
Mainland Portugal	11,900	8,900	6,900

Each upgrade award is valid for one sector only. If you have a TAP Air Portugal flight with a stopover booked and you want to upgrade your entire itinerary, you’ll need to purchase two upgrade awards for that itinerary.

For example, if you wanted to upgrade an entire one-way itinerary from Tel Aviv (Middle East) to Rio de Janeiro (South America) with a stopover in Lisbon (Mainland Portugal), you’d have to purchase a Middle East-Mainland Portugal upgrade as well as a Mainland Portugal-South America upgrade. If you were to book both of these as Early Upgrades, it would cost you 137,500 miles (55,900 + 81,600). If you were to book them as an Upgrade, it would cost 107,900 miles (39,900 + 68,000). And, if you were to book them as a Last Minute Upgrade, it would cost 90,100 miles (32,200 + 57,900).

Upgrade awards are also available on the direct flight operated by TAP Air Portugal between Boston and Ponta Delgada for 81,600 miles as an Early Upgrade, 68,000 miles as an Upgrade and 57,900 miles as a Last Minute Upgrade.

Miles&Go Award Charts for Upgrade Awards on TAP Air Portugal

In addition to booking cabin class upgrades with miles on TAP Air Portugal-operated flights, you can use Miles&Go miles to purchase cabin class upgrades on Star Alliance partner-operated flights. You can upgrade from economy to business, from business to first and even from economy directly to first on certain eligible flights. The following table includes which flights on which airlines are eligible for each kind of upgrade award as well as the booking window for upgrade awards on each airline:

Star Alliance airline	Booking windows	Eligible fare codes Economy to business	Eligible fare codes Business to first	Eligible fare codes Economy to first*
Aegean Airlines	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
Air Canada	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
Air China	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	C, D	N/A
Air India	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	C, D	N/A
Air New Zealand	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
ANA	Maximum 56 days before departure	Y, B	C, D	N/A
Asiana Airlines	Departure day only	Y, B	C, D	N/A
Austrian Airlines	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
Avianca	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
Brussels Airlines	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
Copa Airlines	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
Croatia Airlines	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
Egyptair	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	C, D	N/A
Ethiopian Airlines	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, G, S, B	N/A	N/A
EVA Air	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
LOT Polish Airlines	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
Lufthansa	Minimum three hours and maximum 340 days before departure	Y, B	C, D	N/A
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
Shenzhen Airlines	Up to 24 hours before departure	G, Y, B, M, U	N/A	Y, B
Singapore Airlines	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	C, D	N/A
South African Airways	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
Swiss International Air Lines	Minimum three hours and maximum 340 days before departure	Y, B	C, D	N/A
Thai Airways	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	C, D	N/A
Turkish Airlines	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	N/A	N/A
United Airlines	Up to 24 hours before departure	Y, B	C, D	Y, B

*Upgrades from economy to first class are only available on flights with two classes of service (economy and first).

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) doesn’t allow Star Alliance upgrade awards to be used on domestic or European flights.

Star Alliance upgrade awards cannot be combined with other awards, meaning that you can’t use upgrade awards for Star Alliance award flights. When using an upgrade award, you’ll earn miles for your flight based on your original cabin class.

Economy to Business/Economy to First

The following award chart includes the required miles for Star Alliance upgrade awards from economy to business class or, on flights that only offer two classes of service, economy to first class (all values are expressed in thousands of miles):

	Central and South America	Central, West and East Africa	Asia	North America	Europe and North Africa	Middle East	Oceania	Southern Africa
Central and South America	15	50	50	45	35	50	50	50
Central, West and East Africa	50	15	50	35	25	50	50	45
Asia	50	50	15	50	60	45	40	50
North America	45	35	50	15	35	50	50	60
Europe and North Africa	35	25	60	35	15	40	70	55
Middle East	50	50	45	50	40	15	50	50
Oceania	50	50	40	50	70	50	15	50
Southern Africa	50	45	50	60	55	50	50	15

Each upgrade award is only valid for one segment. So, if you have a Star Alliance flight with multiple segments booked and you want to upgrade your entire flight, then you’ll need to pay for two upgrade awards. For instance, if you have a flight from London (Europe and North Africa region) to Tokyo (Asia region) with a stopover in Dubai (Middle East region), then you’ll need to pay for a Europe and North Africa-Middle East upgrade award (40,000 miles) as well as a Middle East-Asia upgrade award (45,000 miles). Thus, upgrading this entire itinerary from economy to business class would cost you 85,000 miles (40,000 + 45,000).

Business to First Class

The following award chart includes the mileage rates for Star Alliance upgrade awards from business class to first class (all values are expressed in thousands of miles):

	Central and South America	Central, West and East Africa	Asia	North America	Europe and North Africa	Middle East	Oceania	Southern Africa
Central and South America	25	70	75	80	50	75	75	90
Central, West and East Africa	70	25	75	50	35	75	75	85
Asia	75	75	25	75	90	70	60	75
North America	80	50	75	25	50	75	75	85
Europe and North Africa	50	35	90	50	25	60	100	80
Middle East	75	75	70	75	60	25	75	75
Oceania	75	75	60	75	100	75	25	75
Southern Africa	90	85	75	85	80	75	75	25

Each of the rates listed above is for an upgrade award eligible for one segment. If you’ve booked a multi-segment Star Alliance flight, then you’ll need to buy multiple upgrade awards if you wish to upgrade your entire itinerary. For instance, if you were to book a round-trip nonstop flight between Jakarta, Indonesia (Asia region) and Sydney, Australia (Oceania region), that itinerary would consist of two segments and would require two upgrade awards to upgrade the entire itinerary. Thus, upgrading this whole itinerary from business to first class would require 120,000 miles (60,000 x 2).

The Bottom Line

Because TAP Air Portugal is a member of Star Alliance and also a transfer partner of Capital One Rewards (as well as Marriott Bonvoy), the Miles&Go program can be a very lucrative program for many U.S.-base travelers.

And, because the Miles&Go program still uses fixed region-based award charts to price its own reward flights as well as partner-operated award flights, members can find outsized-value redemptions that offer more than 1 cent per mile with a little searching.

Another great use of Miles&Go miles is to book Star Alliance round-the-world awards through the TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go program in economy class and business class. However, these round-the-world awards are available for fewer points through other Star Alliance frequent flyer programs, such as ANA Mileage Club.

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