The Big Picture
If you’re looking to travel to Turkey or beyond, we found direct availability in business class between January and March 2025 with prices as low as 63k per person one way or 88k per person roundtrip. Departure airports include: JFK, EWR, IAD, ATL, BOS, and ORD.
One of the reasons this fare is so great as well is that there are many European destinations available beyond Istanbul for the same price (when booked on Turkish). Use FlightConnection or Wiki to see what other destinations you can connect to from Istanbul through Turkish. If you want to travel beyond Europe, the price will be subject to the promotional award chart found directly on Turkish Airlines website ranging from 65-140k per person to Africa, Asia, and the Middle East (think CGK, SIN, KUL, DXB, DOH, etc).
There are many ways to book this ticket available with most currencies.
- Book directly on Turkish’s own program (Miles&Smiles) using points from Citi, Capital One, or Bilt. Prices will be 65k per person one way, but if it’s your first time booking and you are booking more than one person you will need to call the airline to book.
- Book through ANA using AMEX points. Price will be as low as 88k per person roundtrip. We recommend you find saver award availability through United’s low fare calendar, Seats.Aero, or ExpertFlyer (search for fare class “I”).
- Book through Avianca LifeMiles using AMEX, Citi, Capital One, or Brex points for as low as 63k per person one way.
- Book through Air Canada using Chase, AMEX, Citi, Capital One, or Barclays points for as low as 70k per person. The advantage of this would be if you wanted to add a stopover using Air Canada’s Aeroplan stopover program for as little as 5k extra.
- Book through United using Chase or Bilt points for as low as 88k per person one way for any Chase loyalist. Keep in mind if you book as a roundtrip, you could utilize United’s excursionist perk and add in a free stopover within Europe.
All of the dates below have confirmed availability for saver awards available to partners for at least 2 passengers available. Please note availability varies between programs. Expect to pay ~$60 per person each way in taxes (unless booking roundtrip on ANA in which case taxes are ~$500).
Available Dates
Outbound
JFK-IST
Jan 2, 6, 18, 21
Feb 2, 17, 25, 26, 28
March 1
BOS-IST
Jan 1, 3-6, 8-13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23-28, 31
Feb 1, 3, 5, 8-10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 26
March 5
EWR-IST
Jan 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 17, 18, 22, 26, 28
Feb 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 18, 25-28
ORD-IST
Jan 1-31
Feb 1-6, 8-23, 25, 26-28
March 1-5
IAD-IST
Jan 1, 2, 4-14, 16-31
Feb 1, 2, 4, 6-16, 18, 19, 21, 23-27
March 3-8
ATL-IST
Jan 5, 8, 9, 12-19, 21, 22, 24-30
Feb 1-18, 20-23, 25, 28
March 1, 3-8
Return
IST-JFK
Jan 20, 25, 27
Feb 4, 6, 7, 17, 18, 25
March 3
IST-BOS
Jan 22-25, 27, 29, 30,
Feb 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19, 22, 24
March 5
IST-EWR
Jan 24, 27, 29, 30
Feb 1, 26
March 3, 4
IST-ORD
Jan 14-18, 20-30
Feb 1, 2, 4-8, 11-16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28
March 1, 2, 4
IST-IAD
Jan 14-30
Feb 1-20, 23-25, 28,
March 1-5, 7
IST-ATL
Jan 20, 22, 25, 27-31
Feb 1-9, 12-20, 22-26
March 1, 3 ,5
