Month: September 2022

Sample Travel Date:

• November 13th – 22nd

• This is just ONE SAMPLE travel date, for more availability, please follow the “Fare Availability” and “How to Search for Availability” instructions below

Fare Availability:

• Valid for travel from late October – early December.  A Sunday stay is required. Must purchase at least 3 days in advance of departure

• Please note that while this fare is valid at time of posting, if this post is more than two days old, the fare is likely gone.

How to Search for Availability

• This is just to search for availability. To buy your tickets, scroll down to “How to Buy” section of this post

• The Matrix Airfare Search by ITA Software search page should be like below when all values are inputted

• You cannot buy tickets using Matrix Airfare Search by ITA Software. To buy, follow our instructions in the “How to Buy” section below.

Fare Class:

Routing:

• EWR – ZRH (Zurich) – MLE (Male, Maldives) – ZRH – EWR

Stopover:

Mileage:

Swiss is a member of the Star Alliance and United partner. Mileage earning with United is as follows:

• Miles Flown: 17,560 miles or 3.9 cents per mile
• Redeemable Miles: 4,390 miles

How to Buy:

• Support us by using our Swiss link to book with dates found on Matrix Airfare Search by ITA Software.
  • To price this, you need to use Swiss’ Multi-city flights search function. To access that, enter a city on the From field and you will see the link for it.
  • Then enter the segments and dates for those segments individually to price like this:
    • Segment 1: Newark – Maldives (we combined the Newark – Zurich, Zurich – Maldives segments into one to save on the data entry)
    • Segment 2: Maldives – Zurich
    • Segment 3: Zurich – Newark

Sample Travel Date:

• January 23rd – 30th, 2023

• This is just ONE SAMPLE travel date, for more availability, please follow the “Fare Availability” and “How to Search for Availability” instructions below

Fare Availability:

• Valid for travel from mid January 2023 – mid March 2023. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 3 days in advance of departure

• Please note that while this fare is valid at time of posting, if this post is more than two days old, the fare is likely gone.

How to Search for Availability:

• This is just to search for availability. To buy your tickets, scroll down to “How to Buy” section of this post

• Use Matrix Airfare Search by ITA Software and use the following search criteria:
  • Origin: IAD
  • Origin Advanced Routing Code:
    • Routing Codes: TP TP
    • Extension Codes: maxconnect 240
      • This is instructing Matrix Airfare Search by ITA Software to search for the Basic Economy fare. Use those dates on TAP Portugal and you will be presented with the option to upgrade to the regular economy fare.
  • Destination:  BCN
  • Return Advanced Routing Code:
    • Routing Codes: TP TP
    • Extension Codes: maxconnect 240
  • (Click on Advanced Codes link to enable advanced routing code input)
  • Select “See calendar of lowest fares”
  • Duration “3-10” (This is just a sample, you can use any 7 day date range like 3-10, 7-14 etc)
• Beginner’s Guide on How to Use Matrix by ITA Software
• How to Read Airfare Rules and Use It to Your Advantage

• The Matrix Airfare Search by ITA Software search page should be like below when all values are inputted

• You cannot buy tickets using Matrix Airfare Search by ITA Software. To buy, follow our instructions in the “How to Buy” section below.

Fare Class:

Routing:

• IAD – LIS (Lisbon) – BCN (Barcelona)  – LIS – IAD

Stopover:

Mileage:

TAP Portugal is a member of the Star Alliance and United partner. Mileage earning with United is as follows:

• Miles Flown: 8,396 miles or 5.8 cents per mile
• Redeemable Miles: 0 miles

How to Buy:

• Book on TAP Portugal with dates found on Matrix Airfare Search by ITA Software.