Business Platinum Card from American Express
130,000 MR points
Free Istanbul Layover Perks by Turkish Airlines
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Business Platinum Card from American Express
- Earn 90,000 MR points upon spending $15,000 in the first three months
- Plus, earn 40,000 MR points upon making a purchase in months 14–17 as a cardholder
- And, earn 1.25x MR points on all purchases
- Also, receive a $200 annual travel credit
- Transfer MR points to Aeroplan and other frequent flyer programs for premium flights
- Unlimited airport lounge access for you and one guest at Priority Pass, Plaza Premium, Centurion, and other lounges
- Credits and rebates for business expenses throughout the year with Amex Offers
- Bonus MR points for referring family and friends
- Qualify for the card as a sole proprietor
- Annual fee: $799
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Extremely useful insight! Thank you for sharing!
One note though – the time of layover has been changed from 10h to 12h for economy class and from 7h to 9h for business class.
https://www.turkishairlines.com/en-ee/flights/hotel-service/
Sounds like not a very Canadian friendly option – $60 USD e-visa + not eligible for free accoms or tour if departure is from Canuckistan. Can someone confirm this?
Thanks. Very interesting. However, reading the "small font" info on hotel stay eligibility while in transit, it looks like passagers from Canada, including travelling business are not eligible to a free night. However, it is available if you are travelling from the US; sounds like the option then would be to start your TK journey out of an American city. Also, all legs on a ticket must be eligible otherwise, your plans for free hotel are void.
https://www.turkishairlines.com/fr-ca/flights/stopover/
Well explained, thank you!
Are flights from Canada eligible for the stopover? Based on their cities and countries scope, I don’t see Canada listed as a departure country.
It is expensive for a short visit. Even China allows either 72 or 144 visa free stop-overs depending on the city. The thing that annoys me the most is it is only Canada that has to pay $60. Almost every other country on the planet pays $20. It is really a shame. I did a 3 week trip around Turkey a few years back and it would be wonderful to visit again. I have transited through IST over a dozen times in the past several years and would have planned an overnight stay every time and certainly several few days or week or two stops. Instead I picked the shortest connection time and waited in the HSBC lounge. I take some comfort in thousands of dollars of lost revenue for Turkey that got spent elsewhere.
I’ve looked into this a few times for my layover in IST this summer. How do you think the new airport will affect this free service? I’m really looking forward to seeing the city. It’s $60 US for the e-Visa, pretty hefty to enter for a few hours.