Fly to Europe In Business Class for 31,500 Points Each Way

Turkish Miles&Smiles 30% Off Awards

Turkish Airlines is out with a Miles&Smiles promotion that discounts their already best possible award pricing to Europe and Istanbul from 45,000 miles to 31,500 miles each way in Business Class (or 21,000 miles in economy – but… meh).

Yes, I know, TECHNICALLY ANA provides better award pricing at 44,000 miles each way – 88,000 round trip, whereas Turkish is 45,000 each way. But as ANA transfers are not instant and ANA also can’t hold your seats while you transfer, I consider Turkish to be the cheapest. ANA also requires round trip redemptions while Turkish allows one ways.

The offer is valid for tickets issued between December 7, 2021 and Dec 31, 2021, with travel dates between December 7, 2021 and May 15, 2022. (Excluding April 7-25th, 2022).

The flights must be Saver level – which is what Turkish calls “Promotional” – and the flights must be on Turkish metal. You can fly direct to Istanbul or you can connect from Istanbul onwards. I’m highlighting the cost to Europe, but the sale is network wide – anywhere Turkish flies.

While flying via IST to Europe is the long way for sure, if you can score one of Turkish’s new 787-10, you’ll be treated to a beautiful business class cabin (with direct aisle access for all) and Turkish also has some of the best catering in the sky for which the onboard Chefs have returned following a removal during peak COVID.

We’ve also written about how to book the flights to Europe generally before – specifically how one Citi Premier bonus would get you a round trip. WIth this deal, you’d have miles to spare!!

You can book online or by phone, but for months people have been able to make a “Purchase” button appear to submit payment. There’s a complicated method people have come up with to get a PNR and call to pay, but for these flights you can also just call to book which should be simple as there are no partner awards allowed anyway.

You can transfer points in to Turkish from both Citi ThankYou and from Capital One miles. They aren’t instant but generally just a day or so and Turkish can hold your seats while you transfer.

Let me know what you book!

Get 60,000 Citi ThankYou points when you spend $4,000 in 3 months. Using Turkish as a transfer partner, this could be worth 2 round trip domestic flights in Business Class or just 30,000 points shy of a roundtrip flight to Europe in Business Class! Get This Offer

Campaign Rules and Conditions

1. The offer is valid for tickets issued between 07/12/2021 – 31/12/2021, with travel dates between 07/12/2021 – 15/05/2022.
2. The offer will provide %30 Miles discount on promotional award tickets for one-way or round trip Business Class or Economy Class flights for all our flight network.
3. Changes in reservation for award tickets issued within the scope of the promotion are allowed, taking into account the ticketing 07/12/2021 – 31/12/2021 and the travel date of 07/12/2021 – 15/05/2022.
4. Ticket changes made until 31/05/2022 (included) are free of charge. Click for details.
5. The promotion is not valid between 07/04/2022 – 25/04/2022 for international flights.
6. Miles can be refunded within 1 year of the date on which the ticket is issued.
7. Miles&Smiles Award Ticket rules apply within the scope of the special offer.
8. All taxes will be charged.
9. Promotional award tickets are subject to availability due to limited seat capacity.
10. This offer is only valid to Miles&Smiles members. To benefit from the offer, non-members must first register to Miles&Smiles Program.
11. Tickets subject to this special offer can be issued through our call center, online channels and sales offices.
12. The related promotion is only valid on scheduled flights operated by Turkish Airlines. It is not valid on Turkish Airlines codeshare flights, Star Alliance partner airline flights and AnadoluJet flights.
13. Ticketing and travelling periods start and end according to the local time in Turkey.
14. The right of use cannot be transferred within the scope of the offer.
15. Turkish Airlines reserves the right to take legal action against the related parties found to have contravened any rules.
16. Turkish Airlines reserves the right to change terms and conditions, definitions and other information pertaining to the special offer and to cancel the offer at any time.

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