Rove is out with yet another monster transfer bonus, this time a 50% bonus when transferring your Rove miles to Turkish Miles & Smiles between June 1st and June 30th, 2026. While Turkish Miles & Smiles has devalued a bit in recent years, there are still some solid uses for Turkish Miles that become considerably more attractive when paired up with a 50% transfer bonus.
The Deal
- Rove is offering a 50% transfer bonus when members transfer Rove miles to Turkish Miles & Smiles between June 1st and June 30th, 2026.
Key Terms
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Campaign Period: 1 June 2026, 00:00 (GMT +3) to 30 June 2026, 23:59 (GMT+3)
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Bonus: 50% additional Bonus Miles awarded on all Rove Miles converted to Miles&Smiles Miles during the campaign window
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Eligibility: Open exclusively to Miles&Smiles members. Non-members can register for the Miles&Smiles Program to participate
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Note: Bonus Miles awarded under this campaign are Bonus Miles only. No additional Status Miles will be credited
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Restrictions: This campaign cannot be combined with any other Turkish Airlines campaign
Quick Thoughts
Turkish Miles & Smiles became all the rage in 2019 when we first reported that, at the time, it was possible to book domestic United flights, including from the mainland to Hawaii, for just 7,500 miles each way. At the time, they also had some solid rates for partner business class awards to Europe and beyond. Unfortunately, they’ve devalued their award charts in recent years, and even if you could find availability, they’ve now increased their pricing to more or less match what United charges for those awards. However, Turkish Miles & Smiles still has some solid use cases.
For instance, business class between the United States and Turkiye costs 65,000 miles each way on Turkish-operated flights. Turkish does add surcharges on those awards; however, if you’re getting a 50% transfer bonus from Rove, you would only need to transfer 44,000 Rove miles to Turkish Miles & Smiles to book that award. Tim has reviewed Turkish business class between the US and Europe.
Flying partners in Business Class to Europe costs either 85k or 90k Turkish miles one way, which would be 60k or fewer Rove miles with this bonus. That could certainly be good for business class Star Alliance Awards to Europe, particularly for those based on the West Coast. The Middle East for 93,000 Turkish Miles and Smiles miles each way in business class is another potentially strong use case, given that you would only need 62,000 Rove miles. Further, we frequently see Turkish offer limited-time promotions that discount economy class awards by as much as 50%.
All that said, Turkish Miles and Smiles is notoriously poor when it comes to customer service, and their website has long been incredibly glitchy. Sometimes, the ability to pay for an award is suspended for months at a time, so there just won’t be a button to submit your payment details on the final checkout page. In those cases, you would be at the mercy of whatever phone agent you can reach, which is often an exercise in frustration, with many phone agents being woefully unable to find Star Alliance award space that you could otherwise see on the website. There’s definitely some element of gamble where I would only consider this transfer bonus if I had an award that I wanted to lock in right away and I was reasonably confident that my travel plans wouldn’t change.
It is very encouraging to see Rove continue solid transfer bonuses like this one. Based on our Current Point Transfer Bonuses page, it looks like Citi has been the only other program to offer a 50% transfer bonus to Turkish Miles and Smiles from any other program. Airline transfer bonuses just don’t tend to be so high from any programs other than Bilt and Rove.
Rove has really been on a roll both in adding new transfer partners and in offering compelling transfer bonuses over the last year. It’s good to see that trend continue, even if this isn’t a bonus I’m likely to use.
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