How TAP airlines counts miles from a partner airline
The following flight has 4 different options for how much money to pay:
I assume that "10% TAP Miles&Go Miles" means that a 1000 mile flight would only result in 100 miles being added to your TAP Miles&Go account.
However, what if my account is with Turkish Airlines Miles and Smiles, which is a different Star Alliance partner? Is it still that we only get 100 miles for this 1000 mile trip?
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The miles you earn when flying a Star Alliance airline and crediting to a different Star Alliance airline will depend on two factors - the "fare class" that your ticket is booked into, and the earning on the airline you credit to for that fare class. The earning rates on the airline you book with (in this case, the '10%'/'50%'/etc listed on that site) do NOT necessarily correspond to the rates you'll get when crediting to a different airline.
Each airline publishes earning tables for the relevant combinations - such as this one for TAP flights credited to Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles.
The difficultly is normally finding out in advance which "fare class" your tickets are booked in. TAP's website will NOT show you those details until after you have actually booked your flight.
TAP's "Discount" fares can book into multiple different fare classes, including 'A' (no miles with TK), 'T' (10% miles) and 'K' (50% miles) so if you're booking via their website you really have no idea how many miles you are going to get.
Some other booking sites do show you the booking class, so booking via them will give you a much better idea of what you will earn. For example, Expedia shows the fare class at multiple stages during the booking process (here an 'A' class fare, which would earn no miles when credited to Turkish, despite earning at least 10% when credited to TAP) :
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Do you earn miles on partner airlines?
On almost all American Airlines partner flights, you'll earn AAdvantage miles based on the distance of the flight multiplied by an earning rate. The earning rate varies based on the partner airline and the fare class you booked. You'll find the relevant earning rate on the earning chart for the partner airline.Who is TAP airlines partners with?
TAP Air Portugal is the flag carrier airline of Portugal and a member of the Star Alliance. The airline uses an all-Airbus fleet to transport passengers to more than 90 destinations in 37 countries across Europe, Africa, North America and South America.Is TAP a Star Alliance partner?
TAP Portugal became the 16th airline to join the Star Alliance network in March 2005. TAP Portugal is based in Lisbon, Portugal and links Portugal with the rest of Europe, Africa, and the Americas.How do you earn TAP status miles?
You earn Status Miles whenever you fly with TAP and the Star Alliance network. These miles are used to keep or reach TAP Miles&Go Gold or Silver status and offer extra benefits to TAP Miles&Go clients. The status miles are not added to your miles account and so cannot be used for Award Tickets or other services.Don't Use Miles to fly Tap Air Portugal!
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You have to check the Miles & Smiles earning chart for TAP, which has a table listing how many miles you will earn for various booking classes.
There are 3 booking classes (O, E, T) which do indeed get 10% as well in your situation, they probably map to the first column of your table (other booking classes have 50%, 100% and 150%).
There are sometimes slight discrepancies between the various FF programs, and it’s usually quite difficult to find the actual booking class before booking (and even sometimes afterwards), though.
Note that some booking classes do not get any miles in your situation, and there may be complications in the cases of code shares (where the ticket is from airline A but the flight is actually operated by airline B), so double-check everything if miles are an important decision factor.
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