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- How I booked her flight from Honolulu, Hawaii back to Los Angeles using 7,500 miles + $5.60 each way with Turkish Airlines
- Another example of a round trip booking from Mainland US (from Denver to Honolulu, and from Honolulu to Detroit) for 7,500 miles + $5.60 each way with Turkish Airlines
First option – Southwest
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not a direct flight (with a stop on Maui)
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arriving really late in LA (10:35pm)

Let’s check Turkish Airlines
- Saver Award
- United Economy (X)

Transferring miles to Turkish Airlines
Call Turkish Airlines to book
Since I could not book the flights directly using the Turkish website, I decided to call Turkish Airlines directly. I knew exactly what to expect and I was ready for it. Last time, it took me 5 hours to book my roundtrip business class tickets to Greece. I figured anything less than 5 hours would be a major win for me.
- The phone # to call was 800-874-8875. Here’s what I had prepared for the call
- My Turkish Airlines Miles and Smiles account number. It’s a 9-digit # that begins with TK
- My Turkish Airlines PIN code. It’s a 6-digit number
- My flight information that I want them to book for me
- My credit card information
What to expect when calling Turkish Airlines
- You will be asked for the full names of the traveler/s
- Spell the names out phonetically – for example Jason – J for Juliet, A for Alpha, S for Sierra, O for Oscar, N for Nancy
- Do the same for the email address
- When asked for your phone #, for us in the US, our phone number begins with a +1 (that’s the country code, then the area code and phone number)
- Credit Card name (exactly as shown on the card)
- Expiration Date and Security Code
Once the agent finds the flight that you requested
The agent will send you an email with a Booking Reference Number (PNR). It’s a 6-digit code. You will be given “time” to finish the transaction:
- pay the fees (using a credit card)
- pay the amount of miles required to book (basically, you’re authorizing Turkish Airlines to apply your miles to the booking
This is a two-step “payment” system.
- Step 1: The agent will NOT take the credit card payment info from you. You will be transferred to a voice prompt that will ask you to key in your credit card number, expiration date, security code.
- Step 2: For the miles/points transfer, you will be asked to punch in your Turkish Airlines 6-digit PIN code. This is KEY!!! Do not screw this up.
Once that’s all clear, the agent will confirm, and an e-ticket is sent to your email immediately. Once I received the confirmation email, I checked the United Airlines website to manage the booking and selected seats….DONE!
Sample testimony: booked a flight to Hawaii from Mainland US (Denver, CO) and back home to Detroit
Sandy M. from my Daddy Travels Facebook Travel Group recently booked a trip to Hawaii coming from her home state. Here’s what she shared:
I live near Detroit, so on the way there to Honolulu, I am taking a positioning flight to Denver the next morning, flying United from Denver to San Fran to Honolulu…. on the way home no positioning flight needed….Honolulu to San Fran to Washington DC home to Detroit.
The flights I found on United, Turkish reps could not find, I called multiple days emailed several different locations and no response. So I ultimately found both on the Turkish website, booked mine going online easily but couldn’t book my husbands online…ugh. So then I called Turkish and they said there were no more tickets to book. I checked their website and it wasn’t there either. I panicked for the next three hours I was looking for another option and then magically my flight from Denver appeared as open and found my same flight for my husband and called Turkish again and booked his going to Hawaii.
On the return trip, I found it on Turkish website and booked both my husband and my flight with a Turkish rep on the phone (took a couple of calls for the rep to understand me). The process took a long time and was a bit overwhelming. Thanks for all your help and support making my first big redemption…. I am so excited!
Which credit card points transfer to Turkish Airlines
Citi Premier
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Earn 60,000 bonus ThankYou® Points after you spend $4,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening
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Annual Fee: $95
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Earn 3x points – Restaurants, Supermarkets, Gas stations, Air Travel and HotelsEarn 3x points at Supermarkets
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Earn 1x points on all other purchases
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$100 ANNUAL HOTEL SAVINGS BENEFIT – Enjoy $100 off a single hotel stay of $500 or more, excluding taxes and fees, when booked through thankyou.com or 1-800-THANKYOU.
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No foreign transaction fees
Capital One Miles (Venture or Venture X)
I signed up when the bonus was 100,000. So I transferred another 70,000 from Cap One to Turkish. There are two great offers with these cards, they both earn 75,000 bonus points, they differ in annual fee, the Capital One Venture X is the one I hold, it’s been one of my favorite cards with $300 travel credit, Priority Pass for up to 4 Authorized Users, Global Entry TSA Pre Credit of $100…and so much more.
- Capital One Venture X – $395 annual fee – earn 75,000 miles
https://milevalue.com/creditcards/venture-x/?aff=dtn - Capital One Venture – $95 annual fee earn – 75,000 miles
https://milevalue.com/creditcards/venture-rewards/?aff=dtn
Patience and flexibility
Your dates may or may not always show availability with Turkish. After all, these are award flights and awards are not available on ALL days….so be flexible.
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Funny you spelled your name wrong in the spell phonetically. You said “R” for Romeo instead of “N” ……for the last letter of Jason.
Finally – someone actually read it 🙂 EDITED now 🙂