Madeira, Gran Canaria, Tenerife: TAP Business Class Flights from London, Amsterdam and More Starting at £351/€439

Star Alliance carrier TAP Portugal offers discounted business class rides from Western Europe to three islands in the Atlantic Ocean. You can fly from three major European airports to Madeira, Gran Canaria or Tenerife for less than €500 – while enjoying lounge access, free checked bags and full meal-and-beverage service on board.

You can add a stopover in Lisbon for up to five days without increasing the ticket price.

You can find the following prices with departure to Gran Canaria from:

• London: £351 (~€409)
• Rome: €465
• Dublin: €475
• Brussels: €481
• Paris: €485

These prices are possible to Tenerife from:

• London: £352 (~€410)
• Rome: €465
• Brussels: €481
• Paris: €485
• Dublin: €485

Flying to Madeira, you can expect to pay the following from:

• London: £374 (~€436)
• Amsterdam: €439
• Brussels: €471

The Nonstop tickets from Lisbon are available for roughly €400 in business class.

Our availability calendar highlights all possible flight dates for less than for trips up to 28 days for departures from London. It will forward you to Skyscanner (for prices in Euro) or kayak (prices in GBP) with your selected flight dates. You can also check what OTAs have to offer, as they sell these tickets up to €50 cheaper.

Our calendar only previews dates with a short layover in Lisbon. If you are willing to spend one (or more) nights in Portugal’s capital, availability gets much broader.

You can find a similar offer with departure from Stockholm, with prices dropping below €450 when starting from Sweden.

Almost all of these flights are operated by TAP’s fleet of short-haul Airbus A320 family aircraft. They have no special seats in their business class section, but roughly 10 cm more seat pitch and a blocked middle seat when compared to economy class. In some instances, you might end up in an Airbus A321LR with lie-flat-seats on flights between Lisbon and Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris or London.

Search & Book

Most of these fares have absolutely no restrictions. Availability depends on the city pair, but it generally starts in September 2024 and is superb in the autumn of this year and the beginning of next year.

Google Flights helps you find additional flight dates. You can then head to Skyscanner to find the cheapest OTA, or book directly on TAP’s website.

Why is booking with an airline better than with an online travel agency?

More often than not, online travel agencies offer lower fares than airlines do. We still recommend booking with the airlines directly. There are two main reasons for that:

Better Customer Service
In case any problems like delays, cancellations or missed connections arise, you can communicate directly with the airline. The airline has to take care of you because you have a contract with them.

If a travel agency issues your ticket, you may have to reach out to them first. You also depend on your OTA to forward information like flight changes instead of receiving them directly from the airline. In many cases, you may get a prime exhibition of responsibility shifting rather than problem-solving.

This especially applies to premium tickets. You don’t want to spend more than €1,000 to wind up with some budget OTA’s telephone hotline in case anything goes wrong.

Baggage and Other Fees
Economy fares not including hold luggage are industry standard by now. In most cases, travel agencies charge much higher baggage fees than the airlines themselves. If bags are not included in your fare, airlines are often the cheaper alternative.

This also applies to other things like food services, insurances or priority treatment. In almost all cases, you pay less for additional amenities when booking on the airlines’ website.

Miles & Points

TAP issues tickets for all flight segments in booking class J, one of the best value-for-money booking classes in Star Alliance. Frequent flyers can earn the following mileage for the cheapest ride from Amsterdam to Madeira:

Since many origins and destinations are possible, our mileage calculator will help you find out about your earnings:

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