TAP Air Portugal Frequent Flyer Program

TAP Victoria and Victoria+ are the two loyalty rewards program of TAP Air Portugal. The programs allow its members to earn miles with the airline and its 150 odd partners. Also, it allows its members to redeem the miles easily and save money.

Earning the Miles on Flights

Miles can be earned on TAP airlines and its partner airlines. Partner airlines also include the Star Alliance members.

	Europe and North Africa	Intercontinental	Lisbon-Madrid	Lisbon-Porto
Discount	10% Miles	10% Miles	100 miles	100 miles
Basic	40% Miles	50% Miles	500 miles	150 miles
Classic	70% Miles	100% Miles	500 miles	--
Plus	100% Miles	150% Miles	500 miles	250 Miles
Executive	150% Miles	150% Miles	1000 miles	--
Top Executive	200% Miles	200% Miles	1000 miles	--

Membership Levels of the Victoria Program

There are three membership levels of the Victoria Program

Miles
Silver
Gold

Extra Miles on TAP flights are earned by Silver and Gold members to the tune of 25% and 50% respectively.

Qualifying Criteria to Move to Next Higher Status Level

Silver Membership	30000-69999 Status Miles	25 flights or legs
Gold Membership	70000 Status Miles	50 flights or legs

Retention Criteria

Silver	20000 Status Miles	15 flights or legs
Gold	50000 Status Miles	40 flights or legs

Status Miles and Bonus Miles

Status Miles are different from the Bonus Miles in that the former are not added to mileage account and, therefore, can not be spent on award tickets. However, if you want to reap the benefits of upper level membership, you can convert the bonus miles into status miles.

For Silver Status, you can use 10000 bonus miles to convert to 5000 status miles.

For Gold Status, you can use 20000 bonus miles to convert to 10000 status miles.

For maintaining the respective status, 10000 bonus miles are required for 5000 status miles.

Redemption of Miles

The miles earned in the program can be redeemed for the following depending on the Victoria membership status:

Award tickets- on TAP, Star Alliance and other partner airlines
Round the world tickets- Also allows flying on Star Alliance members in Economy and Business cabin classes
One-way award ticket: You can get a 50% discount on one-way award ticket. It is valid only on TAP operated flights
Upgrading the cabin class to Executive class.

The Victoria+ Program

Victoria+ or V+ is another frequent flyer program of TAP which is essentially based on paid annual membership. This paid membership is of three levels, as given below:

	V+ Base	V+ Super	V+ Prime
Membership Annual	Euro 180	Euro 360	Euro 480
Miles per month	1000	2000	3000
Miles on joining	3000	6000	14000
Bonus miles on TAP	10%	25%	50%
Total / Year	15000	30000	50000

The plans in the package are valid for 12 month period only. There is no automatic renewal for these plans, and once these expire, the new one is to be opted. On expiry, all benefits and miles accumulated expire.