TAP Portugal and Etihad launch a frequent flyer partnership

In 2023, TAP Portugal and Etihad launched a codeshare agreement.

This has been extended into a full frequent flyer partnership:

• TAP Miles&Go members can earn and spend miles on Etihad flights

• Etihad Guest members can earn and spend miles on TAP Portugal flights

There are a couple of interesting angles here:

• Etihad Guest lets you cash out your miles for, well, cash via the Etihad Guest Reward Card which we covered here. If you have a one-off TAP Portugal flight, it may be worth crediting it to Etihad and then cashing out rather than being stuck with a few Star Alliance miles.

• Etihad Guest now has a very strict expiry policy – you need to fly Etihad or one of its partner airlines every 18 months or your miles will be wiped out. A quick trip down to Portugal may be the least worst way of doing this if you have a large unused Etihad Guest balance to protect.

If you have a one-off Etihad flight, you may prefer to credit it to TAP Portugal and use the handful of miles for a short-haul Star Alliance flight on Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, TAP etc.

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How to earn Etihad Guest miles from UK credit cards (May 2025)

Etihad Guest does not have a UK credit card.  However, you can earn Etihad Guest miles by converting Membership Rewards points earned from selected UK American Express cards.

Cards earning Membership Rewards points include:

• American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 20,000 Etihad Guest miles. This card is FREE for your first year and also comes with four free airport lounge passes.

• The Platinum Card from American Express (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 50,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 50,000 Etihad Guest miles.

• The American Express Rewards Credit Card (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 10,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 10,000 Etihad Guest miles. This card is FREE for life.

Membership Rewards points convert at 1:1 into Etihad Guest miles which is an attractive rate.  The cards above all earn 1 Membership Rewards point per £1 spent on your card, which converts to 1 Etihad Guest mile.

The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card earns double points (2 per £1) on all flights you charge to it, not just with Etihad but with any airline.