Win 1 million miles by flying Turkish Airlines to ...

We have seen a number of enjoyable promotions just lately for incomes plenty of miles and even typically elite standing after engaging in attention-grabbing challenges.

For instance, a number of days in the past, we wrote about how one can earn up to 350,000 JetBlue TrueBlue points and Mosaic elite status for 25 years if you happen to fly to 25 JetBlue locations. Now, Turkish Miles&Smiles is coming into the scene with its own promotion.

The phrases and circumstances make it sound simple at face worth: Journey to 6 continents with Turkish Airways and win a million miles.

However the satan is within the particulars. So, this is a abstract of what you need to know earlier than diving headfirst into this promotion:

• You should e-book and fly between June 27 and Oct. 27, 2025
• Eligible flights should originate from or transit via Istanbul
• Solely scheduled flights operated by Turkish Airways rely
• The international locations included in every continent are outlined in a chart on this page
• Your frequent-flyer account for every flight should be set as Miles&Smiles earlier than journey (so you possibly can’t get pleasure from advantages from one other Star Alliance standing after which credit score your flight to Turkish)
• Solely arrival locations rely towards finishing the required continents (so New York–Istanbul–Tokyo counts solely as Asia, however New York–Istanbul–Tokyo–Istanbul–New York counts as each Asia and North America)
• Award tickets, company settlement tickets, group tickets, workers tickets and particular passenger section tickets (akin to seafarer, medical and scholar fares) aren’t eligible for this promotion
• Tickets bought with a promo code aren’t eligible for this promotion
• You should e-book via a licensed journey company or the Turkish Airways web site, cell app or gross sales places of work

In the event you efficiently go to six continents as outlined by the foundations of this promotion, Turkish will deposit the miles into your account between Nov. 1 and 15.

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That is numerous flying to rack up a million miles (and doubtless much more alongside the best way). Nonetheless, as TPG bank card author Danyal Ahmed rapidly famous, “On the saver stage, that is 15 one-way business-class tickets between North America and Istanbul.” So if you concentrate on it in these phrases, you might stroll away from this promo with numerous probably beneficial award journey as your prize.

I’m personally tempted by this promotion, particularly since I journey as a digital nomad and have numerous open house in my journey schedule later this yr. Istanbul can also be one in all my favourite cities, so I do not thoughts originating from town for a number of journeys if wanted. Nonetheless, it might be a bummer not to have the ability to use my Star Alliance Gold advantages that I’ve earned as an Asiana Diamond member, since I would want to connect my Turkish Miles&Smiles quantity as an alternative of my Asiana quantity to the flights for this promotion.

As somebody who as soon as took 18 flights in 16 days as a part of a promotion that got me Oneworld Sapphire status for over two years, let me provide some recommendation if you happen to’re contemplating this promotion: Learn and totally perceive the promotion’s terms and conditions earlier than you propose and e-book your flights. One small misunderstanding or mistake may imply you spent some huge cash making an attempt to attain this promotion with out reaping the reward.