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Deal Alert: Fly business class to Istanbul from 67.5k miles round-trip

Liz Ramanand
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Nov. 21, 2021
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3 min read
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If the idea of exploring the vibrant culture, history, cuisine and architecture of Istanbul intrigues you, keep reading. Turkish Airlines is offering business class seats ranging from 67,500-90,000 miles round-trip to Turkey's capital from a handful of major U.S. cities.

The deal is good for travel between January-May 2022 and July-October 2022.

This deal was originally sent out by Thrifty Traveler to its Premium members, who are notified about savings on flights, award flights and business-class deals by email for $7.99 monthly or $49.99 annually.

Nonstop round-trip flights to Istanbul (IST) from Dallas (DFW) are available for 67,500 miles in business class. Other routes, including Chicago (ORD) and New York (JFK) are 90,000 miles for business-class seats. You will have to pay an additional $378.97 in taxes for either of these deals.

Deal Basics

Airline: Turkish Airlines
Routes: Atlanta (ATL), Chicago (ORD), Dallas (DFW), New York (JFK), New Jersey (EWR), Los Angeles (LAX), Houston (HOU), Washington D.C. (IAD) to Istanbul, Turkey.
How to book: Directly through Turkish Airlines.
Travel Dates: January-May 2022 and July-October 2022.

The business-class experience on Turkish Airlines includes lie-flat seats with an in-chair massage feature depending on the aircraft.

Related: Turkish Miles & Smiles: Why you should care about the hottest frequent flyer program of 2021

Sample Flights

At the end of January, we found business class direct flights from DFW-IST for 67,500 miles round-trip (+378.97 in taxes).

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(Screenshot courtesy of Turkish Airlines)

Nonstop business-class flights are also available at the end of January from JFK-IST for 90,000 miles round-trip (+378.97 in taxes).

(Screenshot courtesy of Turkish Airlines)

Similarly, ORD-IST in early January is available for 45,000 miles each way, a total of 90,000 miles round-trip (+$378.97 for taxes).

(Screenshot courtesy of Turkish Airlines)

Related: How to get to Istanbul on points and miles

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Bottom Line:

Fly in business-class style using points for these direct flights to Istanbul from cities across the U.S. Book directly on Turkish Airlines for this great round-trip deal.

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