Each metric is scored 1–5. The overall rating is their average.

Where they fly from, how to earn with them, and who to call when it goes wrong.

Miles&Smiles status is earned on status miles over a 12-month period on Turkish Airlines and Star Alliance carriers, with a two-year validity once earned. Turkish is a Star Alliance member, so Elite and Elite Plus are Star Alliance Gold. Confirm current thresholds on turkishairlines.com.

1. 1Member

   How to earn it

   Free to join.

   What it gets you

   Earn and redeem miles; no elite benefits.

   At the lounge door

   No status lounge access. Lounge entry is by cabin, membership, or a card.

2. 2Classic Plus

   Star Alliance Silver

   How to earn it

   25,000 status miles in a year.

   What it gets you

   Priority check-in and boarding, an extra bag, a 25% bonus, and Turkish's own lounges at home.

   At the lounge door

   Turkish Airlines lounges on same-day Turkish flights only, without a guest. No Star Alliance lounges elsewhere.

3. 3Elite

   Star Alliance Gold

   How to earn it

   40,000 status miles in a year.

   What it gets you

   Lounge access across Star Alliance, priority everything, a 50% bonus, upgrade awards.

   At the lounge door

   Turkish Airlines lounges, including the Istanbul Business Lounge, with a guest on same-day Turkish flights, and Star Alliance Gold lounges, with one guest, whenever you fly a Star Alliance carrier the same day, in any cabin.

4. 4Elite Plus

   Star Alliance Gold

   How to earn it

   80,000 status miles in a year.

   What it gets you

   Top tier: the best priority, more upgrades, a 50% bonus, and status for a companion.

   At the lounge door

   Turkish Airlines lounges with a guest, and Star Alliance Gold lounges, with one guest, whenever you fly a Star Alliance carrier the same day, in any cabin.

The average value of a point, in the currency you spend.

Airports and terminals Turkish Airlines serves, from the lounges it operates there.

• AMSAmsterdam SchipholNon-Schengen Piers
• ATLHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta InternationalConcourse F
• AUHZayed InternationalTerminal A
• BOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj InternationalTerminal 2
• BOSBoston Logan InternationalTerminal E
• CDGParis Charles de GaulleTerminal 1
• CUNCancún InternationalTerminal 4
• DELIndira Gandhi InternationalTerminal 3
• DOHHamad InternationalMain Terminal
• DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne CountyNorth Terminal
• DXBDubai InternationalTerminal 1 (Concourse D)
• EWRNewark Liberty InternationalTerminal B
• FCORome FiumicinoTerminal 3
• GRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos InternationalTerminal 3
• IADWashington Dulles InternationalConcourse B
• IAHGeorge Bush IntercontinentalTerminal D
• ISTIstanbul AirportDomestic Terminal · International Terminal
• JFKJohn F. Kennedy InternationalTerminal 1
• LGWLondon GatwickSouth Terminal
• LHRLondon HeathrowTerminal 2
• MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid-BarajasTerminal 1
• MIAMiami InternationalConcourse J
• NRTTokyo Narita InternationalTerminal 1
• ORDChicago O'Hare InternationalTerminal 5
• SFOSan Francisco InternationalInternational Terminal A
• SINSingapore ChangiTerminal 1
• YYZToronto Pearson InternationalTerminal 1
• ZRHZurich AirportTerminal D · Terminal E

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