[Expired] [Award Alert] Turkish Airlines Business Class U.S. to Istanbul From 65K Miles

Updated: April 9, 2025, 4:13am CDT

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Award Alert — The Details
How To Book
Final Thoughts

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The offer mentioned below has expired and is no longer available.

If traveling to Türkiye is on your wish list, you could consider a spate of deals we’ve found on flights to Istanbul, aboard hometown carrier Turkish Airlines, in business and economy class.

You can secure these flights for as few as 65,000 miles one-way in business, or 40,000 in economy.

Let’s explore the details.

Award Alert — The Details

Turkish Airlines has released a large number of business class seats to its Istanbul hub for later this year and early 2026, so you may want to act quickly before the award availability vanishes. With your ticket, you’ll enjoy a world-class lounge, top-notch dining onboard, and lie-flat seats.

Class: Business and economy
Route: Atlanta (ATL), Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW), Denver (DEN), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), Newark (EWR), New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle (SEA), and Washington, D.C. (IAD) to Istanbul (IST)
Cost: From 39,000 points plus $28.50 (in economy) and 65,000 points plus $218.50 (in business) per person, one-way, depending on how you book
Travel Dates: September, October, November, and December 2025; January and February 2026
Award Seats: Up to 2 per route in business and 5 in economy

Turkish flies a variety of aircraft on long-haul service: Boeing 787-9s, Airbus A350-900s, and Boeing 777-300ERs.

Turkish Airlines 787 Business Class — Business class seat on a Turkish Airlines 787. Image Credit: Greg Stone

Hot Tip:

If you can, you’ll want to avoid Turkish’s older 777-300ERs (which are due for a cabin refresh), as seats are arranged in a 2-3-2 configuration rather than a more comfortable 1-2-1 configuration on newer aircraft.

How To Book

Turkish is a member of Star Alliance, which means you can book flights using programs from more than 1 airline in the alliance:

Air Canada Aeroplan: 40,000 points and $56 in taxes and fees (only economy awards available)
Avianca LifeMiles: 39,000 miles and $28.50 in taxes and fees (only economy awards available)
Turkish Miles&Smiles: 40,000 miles and $91.50 in taxes and fees (economy class) or 65,000 miles and $218.50 in taxes and fees (business class)

Turkish Miles&Smiles is the only way to go for business class, but Avianca LifeMiles offers a better deal in economy class, charging the same miles for the ticket but far less in taxes and fees. As an added bonus, Avianca LifeMiles are easy to earn, as the program is a transfer partner of Amex Membership Rewards, Brex Rewards, Bilt Rewards, Capital One miles, Citi ThankYou Rewards, Marriott Bonvoy, and Wells Fargo Rewards.

LifeMiles JFK IST Award Alert — Image Credit: Avianca

If you want to check a range of dates across multiple airports, Seats.aero can help you do that quickly. As you can see below, there’s availability from many cities across the U.S.

Seats.aero Turkish Awards to IST — Image Credit: Seats.aero

Turkish Airlines’ Miles&Smiles program is a transfer partner of Bilt Rewards, Capital One Rewards, Citi ThankYou Rewards, and Marriott Bonvoy.

Final Thoughts

Turkish Airlines offers nonstop service to more than a dozen cities in the U.S. Thanks to this latest award deal, you can now book economy and business class for a very reasonable amount of miles. Book before it’s too late!