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The Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles program has long been a favorite among points and miles enthusiasts, even those who have never been to or have no plans of visiting Türkiye. This is because Turkish Miles&Smiles still uses a single award chart to price its own award flights and another award chart to price all partner award flights.
Because of this, it’s still possible to find awards that exceed 1 cent per point in value if you’re willing to do some searching. On top of that, the Turkish Miles&Smiles program is a transfer partner of Capital One Rewards, Citi ThankYou Rewards and Bilt Rewards, which means that Turkish miles are fairly easy to earn (as long as you have the right credit card).
So, if you’re interested in taking advantage of what Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles has to offer, it’s worth getting familiar with the Miles&Smiles award charts. These award charts define the redemption rates of awards and upgrades on flights operated by Turkish Airlines, Star Alliance carriers and non-alliance partners.
The following award charts can be referenced to find the price of an award that you’re planning on booking or to identify sweet spots that offer outsized value.
Award Regions
Award flights and upgrade awards (both for Turkish Airlines as well as Star Alliance members) are priced according to region-based award charts. The Turkish Airlines website defines 12 regions for these award charts.
The following table lays out which countries/geographic regions are included in each region:
| Region number | Region title | Geographic areas included |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Domestic | Cities within Türkiye |
| 2 | Europe 1 | Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine |
| 3 | Europe 2 | Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| 4 | Central Asia | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| 5 | Middle East | Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
| 6 | North Africa | Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia |
| 7 | Central Africa | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Djibouti, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea |
| 8 | Southern Africa | South Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Zambia |
| 9 | Far East | Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| 10 | North America | Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, United States, Netherlands Antilles |
| 11 | South America | Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Maarten (Dutch Part), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, Uruguay, U.S. Virgin Islands, Venezuela |
| 12 | Oceania | Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu |
The award regions as defined above are used to price all Star Alliance award flights and upgrade awards (including Turkish Airlines flights and upgrades) through the Miles&Smiles program. The award regions used for non-Star Alliance partner flight awards and upgrade awards may be different than those listed above.
Miles&Smiles Award Chart for Turkish Airlines Flight Awards
Of course, Turkish miles can be redeemed through the Miles&Smiles program for flights operated by Turkish Airlines, which are priced according to a region-based award chart.
Turkish Airlines award flights are available at both Promotional rates as well as Standard rates. Award tickets at Promotional rates require fewer miles. However, Promotional award tickets have less availability than regular award tickets.
The rates for both types of tickets are listed in the chart below.
| Türkiye (Region 1) | Region of departure or arrival | Promotional award ticket - Economy class | Promotional award ticket - Business class | Standard award ticket - Economy class | Standard award ticket - Business class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,500 | 10,000 | 8,500 | 15,000 | |
| 2 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 15,000 | 30,000 | |
| 3 | 15,000 | 25,000 | 20,000 | 40,000 | |
| 4 | 20,000 | 35,000 | 25,000 | 50,000 | |
| 5 | 18,000 | 28,000 | 23,000 | 45,000 | |
| 6 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 35,000 | 55,000 | |
| 7 | 25,000 | 60,000 | 55,000 | 110,000 | |
| 8 | 35,000 | 75,000 | 70,000 | 150,000 | |
| 9 | 35,000 | 65,000 | 55,000 | 140,000 | |
| 10 | 40,000 | 65,000 | 55,000 | 135,000 | |
| 11 | 50,000 | 75,000 | 65,000 | 145,000 | |
| 12 | 60,000 | 140,000 | 100,000 | 210,000 |
After recent changes to the Turkish Miles&Smiles program, all Turkish-operated award flights available through this program are now priced per segment.
For instance, a nonstop Standard economy-class one-way award ticket between Region 1 and Region 11 would cost 65,000 miles. However, a Standard one-way economy-class award ticket between Region 1 and Region 11 with a layover in Region 2 would be priced per segment and would require more miles (the sum of miles required for each segment).
In addition to the mileage rates listed above, Miles&Smiles members are also required to pay applicable taxes and fees in cash when booking award flights operated by Turkish Airlines.
Miles&Smiles Award Chart for Partner Flight Awards
Through the Miles&Smiles program, you can also use miles to book award flights operated by Star Alliance member airlines.
Here are the current members of Star Alliance (all of which you can book award flights with through the Miles&Smiles program):
- Aegean Airlines
- Air Canada
- Air China
- Air India
- Air New Zealand
- All Nippon Airways (ANA)
- Asiana Airlines
- Austrian Airlines
- Avianca
- Brussels Airlines
- Copa Airlines
- Croatia Airlines
- Egyptair
- Ethiopian Airlines
- EVA Air
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Shenzhen Airlines
- Singapore Airlines
- South African Airways
- Swiss International Air Lines
- TAP Air Portugal
- Thai Airways
- Turkish Airlines
- United Airlines
Award flights operated by all Star Alliance partner airlines are priced according to a single award chart. It’s also worth noting that Turkish Airlines has several non-alliance partners, including Azul, IndiGo, Olympic Air, GOL and Oman Air. However, the Miles&Smiles program allows you to earn miles for flying with these non-Star Alliance airlines but not redeem miles for award flights on these non-Star Alliance airlines.
Once again, all Star Alliance-operated award flights (except for flights operated by Turkish Airlines) are priced using the same award chart. However, the Star Alliance award chart published on the Turkish Airlines website is rather large and confusing. So, to simplify things, we’ve broken this award chart into three separate award charts organized by cabin class.
Unlike Turkish Airlines-operated awards, partner-operated award flights are priced per direction and not per segment. So, the miles required for a one-way partner-operated award flight would be the same whether that flight were nonstop or involved layovers.
Economy Class
The following award chart applies to one-way Star Alliance-operated award flights in economy class. The following values are expressed in thousands of Turkish miles:
| Region of departure or arrival | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 35 | 40 | 50 | 60 |
| 2 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 45 | 50 | 60 | 70 | |
| 3 | 125 | 35 | 33 | 35 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 65 | 75 | ||
| 4 | 25 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 55 | 55 | 60 | 70 | 80 | |||
| 5 | 25 | 38 | 43 | 53 | 53 | 58 | 68 | 78 | ||||
| 6 | 25 | 45 | 55 | 55 | 60 | 70 | 80 | |||||
| 7 | 30 | 60 | 60 | 65 | 75 | 85 | ||||||
| 8 | 25 | 70 | 75 | 85 | 95 | |||||||
| 9 | 35 | 75 | 85 | 95 | ||||||||
| 10 | 30 | 90 | 100 | |||||||||
| 11 | 35 | 110 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 30 |
Once again, the values above apply to one-way flights. To calculate the price of a round-trip Star Alliance award flight, simply double the price of a one-way award flight on the same route.
Domestic Star Alliance flights in economy class within the same country on Star Alliance airlines cost 15,000 miles per direction.
Business Class
The following award chart lists the rates of one-way Star Alliance award flights in business class (in thousands of miles):
| Region of departure or arrival | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 28 | 40 | 60 | 75 | 65 | 65 | 75 | 140 |
| 2 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 48 | 60 | 80 | 95 | 85 | 85 | 95 | 160 | |
| 3 | 35 | 60 | 53 | 65 | 85 | 100 | 90 | 90 | 100 | 165 | ||
| 4 | 35 | 63 | 75 | 95 | 110 | 100 | 100 | 110 | 175 | |||
| 5 | 35 | 68 | 88 | 103 | 93 | 93 | 103 | 168 | ||||
| 6 | 35 | 100 | 115 | 105 | 105 | 115 | 180 | |||||
| 7 | 40 | 135 | 125 | 125 | 135 | 200 | ||||||
| 8 | 35 | 140 | 140 | 150 | 215 | |||||||
| 9 | 50 | 130 | 140 | 205 | ||||||||
| 10 | 40 | 140 | 205 | |||||||||
| 11 | 50 | 215 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 40 |
The award rates listed in the chart above apply to one-way flights. If you wish to know the price of a round-trip Star Alliance flight, simply double the price of a one-way award flight on the same route.
The rate of domestic Star Alliance flights in business class within the same country is 22,500 miles per direction.
First Class
The following chart applies to one-way Star Alliance award flights in first class (in thousands of miles):
| Region of departure or arrival | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | 35 | 50 | 40 | 60 | 90 | 110 | 100 | 100 | 110 | 200 | |
| 2 | 45 | 65 | 80 | 70 | 90 | 120 | 140 | 130 | 130 | 140 | 230 | |
| 3 | 45 | 90 | 80 | 100 | 130 | 150 | 135 | 135 | 150 | 230 | ||
| 4 | 45 | 95 | 110 | 140 | 165 | 150 | 150 | 165 | 250 | |||
| 5 | 45 | 100 | 130 | 150 | 140 | 140 | 150 | 240 | ||||
| 6 | 45 | 150 | 170 | 160 | 160 | 170 | 260 | |||||
| 7 | 50 | 200 | 190 | 190 | 200 | 285 | ||||||
| 8 | 45 | 210 | 210 | 225 | 310 | |||||||
| 9 | 65 | 195 | 210 | 290 | ||||||||
| 10 | 50 | 210 | 290 | |||||||||
| 11 | 65 | 310 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 50 |
The redemption rates listed above apply to one-way Star Alliance award flights. The price of a round-trip Star Alliance award itinerary is double the price of a one-way Star Alliance award flight on the same route.
The rate of domestic Star Alliance flights in first class within the same country is 30,000 miles per direction.
Miles&Smiles Award Chart for Turkish Airlines Upgrade Awards
In addition to booking award flights through the Miles&Smiles program, you can use Turkish miles to book cabin class upgrades on Turkish flights that you’re already booked on. You can use miles only for upgrades from economy to business class. So, to purchase an upgrade award on Turkish Airlines flights, you must already be booked in an economy-class seat.
Additionally, only Turkish Airlines flights with the fare codes Y or B are eligible for upgrade awards.
| Türkiye (Region 1) | Region of departure or arrival | From economy to business class |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,000 | |
| 2 | 20,000 | |
| 3 | 25,000 | |
| 4 | 35,000 | |
| 5 | 28,000 | |
| 6 | 40,000 | |
| 7 | 60,000 | |
| 8 | 75,000 | |
| 9 | 65,000 | |
| 10 | 65,000 | |
| 11 | 75,000 | |
| 12 | 140,000 |
The values shown in the table above are for one-way upgrades on Turkish Airlines flights. If you want to purchase an upgrade for an entire round-trip itinerary, you’ll be required to pay double the number of miles.
For upgrades from economy class to business class on in-region Turkish Airlines flights, you’ll be required to pay 20,000 miles each way.
Miles&Smiles Award Chart for Star Alliance Airlines Upgrade Awards
Turkish miles can also be redeemed for cabin class upgrades on certain Star Alliance-operated flights, depending on the airline that you’re flying with and the fare class of your original ticket.
The following table includes fare classes on which Star Alliance airlines are eligible for upgrade awards through the Miles&Smiles program:
| Airline | Upgrade type | Fare classes eligible for upgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Aegean Airlines | Economy → business | Y, B |
| Air Canada | Business → first | N/A |
| Economy → business | Y, B | |
| Air China | Business → first | C, D |
| Economy → business | Y, B, W | |
| Air New Zealand | Business → first | N/A |
| Economy → business | U, E, O, Y, B | |
| ANA | Business → first | C, D, J, Z |
| Economy → business | Y, B, E | |
| Asiana Airlines | Business → first | C, D |
| Economy → business | Y, B | |
| Austrian Airlines | Business → first | N/A |
| Economy → business | Y, B | |
| Avianca | Economy → business | Y, B |
| Brussels Airlines | Business → first | N/A |
| Economy → business | Y, B | |
| Copa Airlines | Economy → business | Y, B |
| Croatia Airlines | Business → first | N/A |
| Economy → business | Y, B | |
| Egyptair | Business → first | C, D |
| Economy → business | Y, B | |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Economy → business | Y, B, G, S |
| EVA Air | Economy → business | Y, B, K |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Business → first | N/A |
| Economy → business | Y, B | |
| Lufthansa | Business → first | C, D, J |
| Economy → business | G, E, Y, B | |
| Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) | Business → first | N/A |
| Economy → business | Y, B | |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Business → first | N/A |
| Economy → business | Y, B, M, H | |
| Singapore Airlines | Business → first | Z, C, J, U, D |
| Economy → business | S, T, P, L, Y, B | |
| South African Airways | Economy → business | Y, B, M (domestic sectors only) |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Business → first | C, D, J |
| Economy → business | Y, B, U, M | |
| Thai Airways | Business → first | N/A |
| Economy → business | Y, B | |
| TAP Air Portugal | Business → first | C, D |
| Economy → business | Y, B | |
| United Airlines | Economy → business | Y, B |
Now that you’re familiar with which Star Alliance flights are eligible for upgrade awards through the Miles&Smiles program, let’s look at the rates for each upgrade award.
There are two types of Star Alliance upgrade awards available through the Miles&Smiles program: upgrades from economy to business class and upgrades from business to first class. So, to make things easier to understand, we’ve separated these award charts by the type of upgrade.
Economy to Business Class
The following award chart applies to upgrades on eligible one-way Star Alliance flights from economy to business class (in thousands of miles):
| Region of departure or arrival | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 28 | 40 | 60 | 75 | 65 | 65 | 75 | 140 |
| 2 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 48 | 60 | 80 | 95 | 85 | 85 | 95 | 160 | |
| 3 | 35 | 60 | 53 | 65 | 85 | 100 | 90 | 90 | 100 | 165 | ||
| 4 | 35 | 63 | 75 | 95 | 110 | 100 | 100 | 110 | 175 | |||
| 5 | 35 | 68 | 88 | 103 | 93 | 93 | 103 | 168 | ||||
| 6 | 35 | 100 | 115 | 105 | 105 | 115 | 180 | |||||
| 7 | 40 | 135 | 125 | 125 | 135 | 200 | ||||||
| 8 | 35 | 140 | 140 | 150 | 215 | |||||||
| 9 | 50 | 130 | 140 | 205 | ||||||||
| 10 | 40 | 140 | 205 | |||||||||
| 11 | 50 | 215 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 40 |
The rates listed above apply only to upgrades from economy to business class on one-way Star Alliance flights. If you want to upgrade a round-trip Star Alliance itinerary from economy to business class, it’ll cost you double the number of miles listed in the award chart above.
Business to First Class
The following award chart applies to upgrades from business class to first class on eligible Star Alliance partner flights (in thousands of miles):
| Region of departure or arrival | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | 35 | 50 | 40 | 60 | 90 | 110 | 100 | 100 | 110 | 200 | |
| 2 | 45 | 65 | 80 | 70 | 90 | 120 | 140 | 130 | 130 | 140 | 230 | |
| 3 | 45 | 90 | 80 | 100 | 130 | 150 | 135 | 135 | 150 | 230 | ||
| 4 | 45 | 95 | 110 | 140 | 165 | 150 | 150 | 165 | 250 | |||
| 5 | 45 | 100 | 130 | 150 | 140 | 140 | 150 | 240 | ||||
| 6 | 45 | 150 | 170 | 160 | 160 | 170 | 260 | |||||
| 7 | 50 | 200 | 190 | 190 | 200 | 285 | ||||||
| 8 | 45 | 210 | 210 | 225 | 310 | |||||||
| 9 | 65 | 195 | 210 | 290 | ||||||||
| 10 | 50 | 210 | 290 | |||||||||
| 11 | 65 | 310 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 50 |
The award rates listed in the chart above are for upgrades from business to first class on one-way Star Alliance flights. To get the price of a round-trip upgrade award from business class to first class on Star Alliance flights, simply double values in the award chart above.
The Bottom Line
While many frequent-flyer programs have converted to a dynamic pricing model to price award flights, the Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles program still uses region-based award charts to price its own award flights and upgrade awards as well as flight awards and upgrade awards on Star Alliance partners. This means that Miles&Smiles members can find redemptions that offer outsized value exceeding 1 cent per mile.
So, if you currently have a balance of Turkish miles in your Miles&Smiles account or you’re thinking of transferring points from one of the credit card rewards programs that partners with Turkish Miles&Smiles (including Capital One Rewards, Citi ThankYou Rewards and Bilt Rewards), then familiarizing yourself with these Miles&Smiles award charts is a good idea.
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