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Ever wanted to see the Hagia Sophia? Well, you can currently book award flights from Dallas to Istanbul with Turkish Airways for as little as 21,000 miles in economy or just 31,500 miles in business class.
You're going to need Turkish Miles & Smiles to take advantage of this promotion. But, don't worry if you don't already have Turkish Miles & Smiles; you can transfer from Citi ThankYou Points, Capital One Miles, and Bilt Rewards at 1:1 transfer rates.
Turkish Airways' Dallas to Istanbul Promotion
Now through May 13, 2022, you can book a one-way flight from Dallas to Istanbul with Turkish Airways using as little as 21,000 points. The airlines are advertising discounts on all their flights from Dallas, but the biggest deal seems to be on the forthcoming Dallas to Istanbul flight.
Fly economy class direct from Dallas to Istanbul for 21,000 miles, plus just $170 taxes and fees:
Or fly business class direct from Dallas to Istanbul for 31,500 miles each way, plus $170 taxes and fees:
To find these deals, log in with your Miles and Smiles account and select “Award ticket – buy a ticket with miles” when searching. You can get the same deal flying back from Istanbul to the US, except the taxes and fees are a bit higher (about $200).
Round-trip flights are priced starting at $1,058 and $3,531 for economy and business classes respectively. That means you'd get over 5 cents per mile in value for a round-trip business class award. That's the $3,531 cash cost less the ~$370 in taxes and fees divided by the 63,000 miles needed for the round-trip.
Turkish Airways has operated their direct Dallas to Istanbul flight 4 times a week starting back on September 24, 2021. The aircraft is a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner — one of my favorite airlines in the skies.
AwardWallet Editor JT Genter recently got a chance to fly in just this product and found it to be excellent:
Transfer from Citi and Capital One to Turkish Miles and Smiles
If you don't already have Miles and Smiles, you can transfer points from your Citi, Capital One, or Brex.
- Citi ThankYou Points transfer to Turkish Miles at a 1:1 transfer ratio and take one day to process. You can buy 1,000 Citi ThankYou Points for $25.
- Capital One Venture Miles now transfer to Turkish Airways Miles and Smiles at a 1:1 transfer ratio (instant transfer).
- Bilt Rewards also transfer to Turkish Miles & Smiles at a 1:1 transfer rate.
Just make sure to create a new Turkish Airways account, if you don't already have one. If you have more than enough miles, don't forget you can use Miles & Smiles to book inexpensive award flights with any Star Alliance airline.
Our Take
My cousin recently spent a week in Turkey and can attest that the city is definitely open for business…and pleasure. The Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque are open, although the Basilica Cistern is temporarily closed for renovations.
A direct flight flying business class from Dallas to Turkey for just 31,500 miles is an awesome deal!
Is this a deal you would take advantage of?
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great deal! plus, if you have a stop of several hours turkish airlines offers a free tour or free hotel!
Unfortunately, it looks as if “Stopover Free Accommodation Service has been temporarily suspended as a precaution to Corona Virus (COVID-19) as of 13th of March, 2020.” https://www.turkishairlines.com/en-int/flights/stopover/
Just you to know the Turkish lira has hit a record low last Nov , this means that holidays will be cheaper than ever.
31,500 miles for business class on Turkish is a great deal.
It is definitely an excellent opportunity to get to know Turkey, I recommend it. Don’t miss out on this fascinating country!
If you are contemplating travel to Turkey, I highly recommend a couple of weeks exploring the west of the country at least, outside of Istanbul. Amazing place, lots of Roman and ancient history, the food is absolutely superb, ( particularly their wonderful breakfasts) and the country is well set up for tourists. Politics aside, a very worthwhile travel destination.
This is a great deal for AA flyers from South America due to easy and big number of combination of routes that AA has bettwen Dallas Airport and South Americas airports .
It seems to be a great opportunity!
They are now 31500 miles in business
Thanks for the heads up! We updated the post.
That is an amazing deal for both economy and business class–especially business class. But my big points are with Chase and others that don’t transfer to Miles and Smiles. Istanbul is an amazing place and I would love to go back some day. However, in addition to this not being a deal for me, travel to Asia during the ongoing Covid crisis is more hassle than I want right now.
Istanbul is always a great city for a layover.
The Turkish Airlines Business Lounge in the New Istanbul Airport is supposed to be fantastic.
TK hard product in Long haul is is great and the short haul business probably the best in Europe, so can be worth the detour to IST.
Looks like a good way to visit turkey on the cheap
What a great deal! Time to open up a Citi Premier card to transfer all those points to Turkish Miles and Smiles.
Thanks for the tip! Istanbul is also also a short distance from other places, it is easy to hop back to Greece and even Italy in the same trip .
Always wanted to go to IST and have heard great things about TK’s hard and soft products
Feels like the fee surcharge ($170) is a bit too high…
100% agree. I paid $563 for a one way ticket from ATH-IST-BOS-RDU for a flight in October 2019 — 22,000 miles + $170 doesn’t seem like a great deal.
That business class ticket seems like a GREAT deal though.
A great opportunity to enjoy the excellent business class of Turkish
This is certainly a very good deal. Does anyone know how the overall availability is for 2 seats ?
This is an awesome opportunity to visit Turkey. I’ll definitely be checking it out to get a chance to visit Turkey for the first time.
Turkey nowadays is a gate to America for Europeans. You just have to spend 2 weeks there before departure.
I’m refraining from nonessential travel at this time, but will look for good deals to fly to Turkey in the future.
That’s a hot deal. Headed to Turkey next year (knock on wood). Luckily got a similar price on the direct flight from LA.
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