13 November 2026

As expected (or feared?), Lufthansa has won the battle for the acquisition of TAP Air Portugal and is now aiming for a swift integration of TAP into the Lufthansa Group.

Based on the experiences with ITA, Lufthansa will certainly also try to merge their Miles&Go program into Miles & More.

As Miles&Go has some elements that make it attractive, especially for Brazil travellers – Brazil is TAP’s main market – such elements will surely be lost under Miles & More management.

In any case, one must assume that times for Miles&Go members are unlikely to get any better, and members should probably start slowly preparing for the right exit strategy…