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TAP Air Portugal's SFO Flight Now Bookable (Great Fares & Award Seats)

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TAP Air Portugal’s US expansion continues, with their third new route announcement in a matter of weeks. So far we’ve already learned that:

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(@maedhros)
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Looks like phantom availability on Aeroplan for now - "We're sorry, but due to real-time availability, the itinerary you requested is no longer available." Don't see any availability on United.


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(@Mark3)
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"..........The A330-900neo will be their first TAP plane with fully flat business class seats that features aisle access from every seat."

Lucky, are you sure. Your picture with seat extended, doesn't look so.
Person in window seat still must climb over.

???


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 Hugo
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yes, all seats will have aisle access.
I am probably one of the few people who does not like that - because for couples travelling with kids it is actually good they can't access the aisle, so I am pretty sure their A339 will all have direct aisle access!


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(@Julian)
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I tried to book the non-stop from Lisbon to ORD. Initially UA site was showing availability in both bus and econ. Then availability disappeared. I went to Aeroplan, where availability was still showing and I was able to book with no problem. Not sure what's the deal with UA's website.


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Diamond
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@Hugo. I'm certain 99.999% of flyers will disagree with your opinion, weird as it is.


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(@David)
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Tap, please consider a flight from Seattle. San Francisco Sacramento has Portuguese, but Seattle has cold Portuguese and other Portuguese. I go to Portugal, Algarve to get the Sun. There is a huge population in Washington who will not go to California for any reason, including the sun or even for a connecting flight. I always fly TAP Business from Newark, a change would be appreciated.


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(@Willem)
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Any good business fares originating from SFO?


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(@Douggie)
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"On most paid fares, TAP even allows stopovers in Lisbon on one-way tickets..." well that sounds like an incomplete thought.

Please define "most" - most that you've looked at? Is there some actual, you know, criteria they apply, or is this just random?

How about stopovers on award tickets? Is it just that the booking carrier's (eg TAP, United, Aeroplan) rule for stopovers is applied, or is there something more in play?


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(@james offen)
Joined: 8 years ago

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Awards not available from sfo on united(if they were ever really there)


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(@Rui N.)
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@Mark3: You are correct (and @Hugo is wrong). While some of the rows are 1-2-1, some of the other rows are 2-2-1 and the seat near the window doesn't have direct access. But TAP is not an airline used by business travellers at all, except for Africa, for the Americas it's leisure, leisure, leisure, so Hugo is probably right that it would be better for them to have more double seats for couples travelling together than non-existent business people traveling for work.


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 AGB
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@David I’ve lived in Seattle for many years and I’ve never met someone here who wouldn’t go to California for any reason...who are these people?


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 Hugo
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@ RUI- You are wrong. TAP's current A332 have some rows which are 1-2-1 and others 2-2-1. TAP's new A339 (this is what this post is all about) will have ALL seats with direct aisle access.


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(@ron manuel)
Joined: 11 years ago

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United's site doesn't show that a non-stop SFO-LIS flight even exists.


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(@colleen)
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So if I see the plane type as 339, that's the 330-9NEO? There's not a "plain" 330-9 that I need to differentiate?


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