[Expired] [Award Alert] Wide-Open Business Class Availability to Lisbon From 60k Points

Updated: December 16, 2024, 3:38am CST

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Portugal Business Class Award Deal — Details
Best Ways To Book
Final Thoughts

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The offer mentioned below has expired and is no longer available.

TAP Air Portugal has done us all a favor: The airline made numerous business-class award seats available on nonstop flights to Lisbon (LIS) from now through the end of the schedule in 2025.

We’re seeing as many as 9 seats per flight available in business class. Therefore, if you’re trying to get to Europe, especially later next year, take a look and see if there are dates that work for you.

Portugal Business Class Award Deal — Details

TAP Air Portugal is a member of the Star Alliance, which means you can redeem your points from airlines such as United, Air Canada, Avianca, and ANA. While TAP’s cabins all offer lie-flat seats and good food, they’re not the most premium product in the sky.

Class: Business
Routes: Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Miami (MIA), Newark (EWR), New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO), and Washington, D.C. (IAD) to Lisbon (LIS)
Dates: December 2024 to November 2025
Rates: 60,000 points plus $27.80 in taxes and fees

Air Canada’s award search isn’t great for searching a range of dates or multiple departure points. Instead, you can use a tool like Seats.aero to compare multiple dates and cities.

Seats.aero availability to LIS — Image Credit: Seats.aero

Best Ways To Book

You can book a one-way business class ticket through Air Canada Aeroplan for the cheapest 60,000-point rate from East Coast cities. Fortunately, it’s easy to earn Aeroplan points, thanks to partnerships with American Express Membership Rewards, Bilt Rewards, Brex Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Capital One miles, which transfer over at a 1:1 ratio.

Aeroplan award BOS LIS August 2025 — Image Credit: Air Canada

However, the cheapest way to book these flights is through ANA Mileage Club, charging 100,000 miles round-trip for your flight and just $62 in taxes and fees. You can earn ANA miles by transferring your Amex points to ANA at a 1:1 ratio.

However, just know that Amex Membership Rewards points transfers to ANA can take up to 3 days. Also, understand that ANA doesn’t allow one-way award bookings with partners, such as TAP. However, with the amount of availability we’re seeing, you should still be able to book these flights by the time your points transfer, especially if you’re flexible on dates.

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Final Thoughts

Finding nonstop awards in business class to Europe for next year is excellent news. You can walk down Lisbon’s cobblestone streets or head further afield to places like Porto and Cascais. Wherever you’re headed, there’s currently a great amount of award availability on TAP Portugal in 2025.