Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles: 30% Discount on Miles Upgrades in March to Select Destinations

Turkish Airlines old business class cabin

Turkish Airlines is currently offering an interesting promotion for its frequent flyer program, Miles&Smiles. The good news: You’ll get a 30% discount on miles upgrades. The bad news: Only for flights in March to a specific list of destinations. If, however, you happen to have a Turkish Airlines flight booked in March to one of these destinations, this is quite a nice deal – especially as upgrades are quite attractive at Miles&Smiles anyways.

To benefit from this deal, you need to book your upgrade by March 10, 2025. Unlike other programs, Turkish Airlines allows upgrades from all economy booking classes. There merely needs to be upgrade availability in business class. There’s no official rule regarding the availability, but from experience, if booking class J is available, you’ll be able to upgrade your flight.

We believe these destinations to be the most attractive on the list, as these are the long-haul routes where a business-class seat actually makes sense.

DestinationUsual PricePromotional Price
Sydney140,000 miles98,000 miles
Melbourne140,000 miles98,000 miles
Cancún65,000 miles45,500 miles
Jakarta65,000 miles45,500 miles
Kuala Lumpur65,000 miles45,500 miles
Colombo65,000 miles45,500 miles
Seoul65,000 miles45,500 miles
Accra60,000 miles42,000 miles
Douala60,000 miles42,000 miles
Yaoundé60,000 miles42,000 miles
Dhaka35,000 miles24,500 miles
All prices are per direction.

If you only have a couple of miles that you want to get rid of and are planning a trip to Istanbul in March, you could also upgrade your flight from Europe to Istanbul if you’re flying from one of these cities:

OriginUsual PricePromotional Price
Athens20,000 miles14,000 miles
Bilbao25,000 miles17,500 miles
Birmingham25,000 miles17,500 miles
Bologna25,000 miles17,500 miles
Bordeaux25,000 miles17,500 miles
Brussels25,000 miles17,500 miles
Copenhagen25,000 miles17,500 miles
Frankfurt25,000 miles17,500 miles
Gothenburg25,000 miles17,500 miles
Lisbon25,000 miles17,500 miles
Ljubljana20,000 miles14,000 miles
Luxembourg25,000 miles17,500 miles
Málaga25,000 miles17,500 miles
Manchester25,000 miles17,500 miles
Marseille25,000 miles17,500 miles
Naples25,000 miles17,500 miles
Podgorica20,000 miles14,000 miles
Porto25,000 miles17,500 miles
Prague25,000 miles17,500 miles
Riga25,000 miles17,500 miles
Salzburg25,000 miles17,500 miles
Sarajevo20,000 miles14,000 miles
Stockholm25,000 miles17,500 miles
Stuttgart25,000 miles17,500 miles
Tallinn25,000 miles17,500 miles
Valencia25,000 miles17,500 miles
Warsaw25,000 miles17,500 miles
Venice25,000 miles17,500 miles
Vilnius25,000 miles17,500 miles
All prices are per direction.

Other than that, there are also a couple of other short routes available, though they’re not really a great use of your miles:

  • Abu Dhabi
  • Addis Ababa
  • Aktau
  • Alexandria
  • Almaty
  • Astana
  • Ashgabat
  • Beirut
  • Bishkek
  • Bukhara
  • Chisinau
  • Djibouti
  • Dammam
  • Doha
  • Ferghana
  • Hurghada
  • Kabul
  • Manama
  • Muscat
  • Samarkand
  • Sharm-el-Sheikh
  • Tashkent
  • Tunis
  • Turkestan
  • Urgench

Bottom Line

Last year, Miles&Smiles increased the prices for award flights and upgrades. Thanks to this promo, you’re almost getting the pre-devaluation prices back. However, the travel period is ridiculously short, so probably not many will be able to take advantage of this deal. At least the list of destinations offers quite a few attractive routes, especially to Asia.

Source: Loyalty Lobby

Cover Picture: Ditmar Lange

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