Flash Deal: Get 30% award discount on Turkish Airlines flights with Miles&Smiles

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles is running a limited-time offer for award bookings to/from selected cities.

This is similar to the offer that ran last year-end.

Key points to note

• Get 30% discount on award tickets to/from selected cities (see below), from anywhere in the world
• Valid only for Turkish Airlines-operated flights
• Valid for Economy or Business Class flights
• Valid for roundtrip or one-way flights
• Valid only on promotional award tickets (saver)
• No registration required
• Book from 18 to 27 Dec 2023
• Fly from 18 Dec to 31 May 2024
• Blackout dates between 27 Mar and 15 Apr 2024
• Terms & conditions

Selected cities for award discount

Get 30% off award tickets when you fly within Turkey, and to/from selected cities:

Abidjan, Aktau, Alexandria, Algiers, Almaty, Amman, Amsterdam, Asmara, Astana, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Banjul, Bari, Batumi, Beirut, Belgrade, Bilbao, Billund, Bishkek, Bordeaux, Bremen, Budapest, Bukhara, Cairo, Caracas, Casablanca, Catania, Chisinau, Cologne, Conakry, Constantine, Copenhagen, Cotonou, Dakar, Dammam, Dar Es Selaam, Detroit, Dhaka, Doha, Dubrovnik, Durban, Dushanbe, Dusseldorf, Entebbe, Erbil, Fergana, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Hong Kong Hurghada, Kigali, Kinshasa, Kuwait, Lefkosa, Leipzig, Ljubljana, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Malta, Maputo, Marrakech, Marseille, Nairobi, Naples, Nouakchott, Nuremberg, Oran, Osaka, Palermo, Panama, Podgorica, Pointe-Noire, Pristina, Riga, Riyadh, Rome, Salzburg, Samarkand, Sarajevo, Sharm El – Sheikh, Skopje, Sofia, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Taif, Tallinn, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Thessaloniki, Tivat, Toulouse, Tunis, Turkistan, Ulaan Baatar, Urgench, Valencia, Varna, Vilnius, Zagreb

Redemption opportunities to consider

Let’s start with the bad news. Unfortunately, Turkish Airlines have removed Business Class award availability entirely for flights between Singapore and Europe.

However, there are still plenty of ways to use Miles&Smiles miles, as a Singapore-based traveller:

• Economy Class awards, from Singapore to anywhere, can be found easily
• Business Class awards, from Singapore to non-European destinations, can be found easily
• Business Class awards, from Jakarta/Manila/Ho Chi Minh/Hanoi to Europe can be found fairly easily

Turkish Airlines gives you access to a number of Central Asian cities, like those in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, as well as plenty of Eastern European cities.

Turkish Airlines Business Class seats

As much as possible, you’ll want to book flights on Boeing 787 or Airbus A350 aircrafts (with newer seats), instead of on Boeing 777 aircrafts (with older seats).

Review: Turkish Airlines Boeing 787-9 Business Class

Is this a good deal?

Absolutely.

Even with the fuel surcharges, this is a fantastic opportunity to fly from Far East Asia to Europe and Central Asia for as little as 21k miles, plus S$183 in taxes/fees (if you’re departing from Singapore in Economy Class).

How to book

These discounted award tickets can be booked directly on turkishairlines.com.

How to earn Turkish Airlines miles?

If you are based in Singapore, only Citibank cards have Miles&Smiles as a transfer partner (with a good conversion ratio).

In my experience, miles/points conversion from Citi cards to Miles&Smiles take 2 to 3 calendar days. So, be sure to plan early!

Reminder: When deciding between cards with similar earn rates, always pick Citi cards for better transfer flexibility in future and longer points validity.

Related: Singapore Bank Transfer Partners of Credit Card Miles and Points

Best cards for Turkish Airlines flight bookings

Travellers can earn up to 6 miles per dollar for the taxes/fees on Turkish Airlines award bookings.

UOB Lady’s

Earn 4 mpd on chosen bonus category

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🎁 Sign-up bonus

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UOB Lady’s Mastercard

Suitesmile rating:

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✍️ Short summary
This card, which is also available to men, gives you a great earn rate of 4 miles per dollar on your pre-selected bonus category, up to $1,000 per calendar month.

Take note that cardholders will only earn 0.4 mpd on other categories and spending above $1,000 per calendar month.

Cardholders can choose/change a preferred bonus category every quarter.

The 7 bonus categories available are:

1. Beauty & Wellness (e.g. cosmetic stores, hair salons, spas)
2. Fashion (e.g. clothing, shoes stores)
3. Dining (e.g. restaurants, food delivery)
4. Family (e.g. supermarkets, children clothing stores)
5. Travel (e.g. flights, hotels, duty-free stores)
6. Transport (e.g. public transport, taxi, petrol)
7. Entertainment (e.g. bars, night clubs, cinemas)

Cardholders may check existing selected bonus category by calling UOB.

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💸 Annual fee
$196.20
(First year waived)

💼 Income requirement
$30,000/year

🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%
(Avoid this fee by linking this card to Amaze!)

⏰ Points expiry
2 years from transaction

🫱‍🫲 Transfer partners
KrisFlyer and Asia Miles

💯 Transfer ratio
1 UNI$ = 2 miles

🧮 Transfer block
5,000 UNI$ (10,000 miles)

💲Transfer fee
$25 per transfer

🤗 Points pooling
UNI$ from this card can be combined with those from other UOB cards and transferred out together at once.

❓How/When points are credited
Earn 1 base UNI$ per $5 dollar spent, plus 9 bonus UNI$ for eligible transactions on the bonus category (equivalent to 4 mpd in total). Base and bonus points are credited immediately when the transaction is posted.

📜 Terms & conditions

HSBC Revolution

Earn 4 mpd or 2.5% cashback on selected online/contactless spending

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🎁 Sign-up bonus

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HSBC Revolution Visa Card

Suitesmile rating:

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✍️ Short summary
This card gives you a strong earn rate of 4 miles per dollar on online and contactless spending (in foreign currency too!) on certain spending categories like retail shopping, flight tickets, ride-hailing and dining (excl. fast food), up to $1,000 per calendar month.

Take note that cardholders will only earn 0.4 mpd on other categories and spending above $1,000 per calendar month.

This is a great fuss-free card that offers a great earn rate on key spending categories for most people, without any annual fee to worry about.

There’s a little quirk though. To transfer HSBC points to Frequent Flyer Programs, cardholders need to enroll in HSBC’s Mileage Programme, which costs $43.20 annually. Upon enrollment, cardholders can make unlimited points transfers, at no additional cost. (FYI: Most other cards charge about $25 fee per transfer)

Not into Miles or travel-hacking? Redeem your points for 2.5% cashback instead, on the aforementioned spending categories!

Cardholders also get complimentary access to the ENTERTAINER with HSBC app, where there are over a thousand 1-for-1 deals on dining, entertainment and hotels.

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💸 Annual fee
No annual fee, ever

💼 Income requirement
$30,000/year

🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%

⏰ Points expiry
3 years from transaction
(37 to 38 months to be exact)

🫱‍🫲 Transfer partners
KrisFlyer and Asia Miles

💯 Transfer ratio
2.5 points = 1 mile

🧮 Transfer block
25,000 points (10,000 miles)

💲Transfer fee
$43.20 annually
(Unlimited transfers)

🤗 Points pooling
Points from this card cannot be combined with those from other HSBC cards and can only be transferred out separately.

❓How/When points are credited
Earn 1 base point per dollar spent, plus 9 bonus points for eligible online/contactless spending (equivalent to 4 mpd in total). Base points are credited immediately when the transaction is posted, while bonus points are credited by the end of the following calendar month.

📜 Terms & conditions

DBS Woman’s World

Earn 4 mpd on online spending

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🎁 Sign-up bonus

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DBS Woman’s World Mastercard

Suitesmile rating:

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✍️ Short summary
This card, which is also available to men, gives you a strong earn rate of 4 miles per dollar on online spending (in foreign currency too!) on key spending categories like online shopping, flights, hotels, food delivery and ride-hailing, up to $1,500 per calendar month.

The biggest drawback is that DBS points earned on this card have an expiry term of just 1 year. With a minimum transfer block of 5,000 points (10,000 miles), cardholders often find themselves with expiring “orphan” points of under 5,000, that can only be redeemed for low-value items like mall/dining vouchers.

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💸 Annual fee
$196.20
(First year waived)

💼 Income requirement
$80,000/year
(Not strict. Many readers with lower income have reported that you can get an approval by applying without SingPass, then entering an annual income above $80k, before uploading your actual proof of income that is under $80k.)

🤑 Foreign currency fee
3.25%

⏰ Points expiry
1 year from transaction

🫱‍🫲 Transfer partners
KrisFlyer, Asia Miles, Qantas Frequent Flyer

💯 Transfer ratio
1 point = 2 miles

🧮 Transfer block
5,000 points (10,000 miles)

💲Transfer fee
$27 per transfer

🤗 Points pooling
Points from this card can be combined with those from other DBS cards and transferred out together at once.

❓How/When points are credited
Earn 1 base point per $5 dollar spent, plus 9 bonus points for eligible online transactions (equivalent to 4 mpd in total). Base points are credited immediately when the transaction is posted, while bonus points are credited around the middle of the following calendar month.

📜 Terms & conditions

Bottom line

Turkish Airlines is offering 30% off selected award tickets booked by 27 Dec 2023, for travels up till May 2024. This is a great opportunity to fly to Europe and Central Asia at a discount.

If you are converting Citi miles/points to Miles/Smiles, be sure to do it soon, so that you have enough time to make a redemption at the discounted award rates.