Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles was recently devalued. Since then, travellers have told stories about the sweet spots they used at Turkish Miles & Smiles. It is not a bad program, but many alternatives have low fuel surcharge and cancellation. Turkish Airlines has created a new Award Sale with which you will get 20% miles back on booking a Turkish flight using miles.
Turkish Awards Sale: 20% Miles Back Details
You will receive 20% Miles Back when you book an award ticket during the Turkish Award Sale, where the following conditions apply:
- Book by 31st March 2024
- Travel by 31st August 2024
- 20% Miles Back with no limit
- Available only on Turkish Airlines and AnadoluJet Flights
- Not Valid on Codeshare or Star Alliance Flights
- Applicable only on Award Ticket in the name of member
- Miles are credited back within one week of the flight’s departure.
- Credited miles are only valid till 31st Dec 2025.
Official Links for promotion can be found here.
Things to Consider
After devaluation, you will have to pay miles on a segment basis. For Example, if you are flying from India to Europe via Istanbul the you will pay price for India-IST plus IST-Europe. So, it can be costly unless you have Turkish miles you wanna put to use.
Is this offer good?
This offer is good for those who already have miles in their Miles & smiles account since you will have a reason to use them and even get some miles back. Or for those already planning flights with Turkish miles.
However, giving miles back is a way to keep members in the loop. When the program is so highly devalued, there is little value in transferring miles and getting back some of it. To use these credited miles, you must transfer more miles if short. Also, offer is limited to member own ticket.
Even if you book a business-class flight from Turkey with highest promotional Award you will get 28K miles back, where would you use it? Options are limited. So, I would not recommend transferring points to Turkish unless you are sure you don’t have any alternatives or are already planning.
You may have a different opinion, as Turkish flies to several destinations worldwide, and many combinations can play here. However, I would not use my Turkish Miles to get 20% miles back that too valid till 31st Dec 2025.
Bottomline
The Turkish Airlines Award sale is good for members already having turkish miles in account or planning to fly turkish airlines. Overall, this offer is not for everyone since miles back are valid only till end of next year and you may have to transfer more miles to use the credited miles.
