Booking a friend on Turkish Airlines
Apr 27, 2015, 6:37 am
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2015
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Booking a friend on Turkish Airlines
I plan to travel with a friend in May on Turkish Airways to Moldova. I have a Miles and Smiles account. I believe that I can get some sort of bonus miles by myself booking his flight with mine. How? I looked on the official webpage but as usual, I couldn't make a lot of sense of how this scheme operates.
Apr 27, 2015, 7:53 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2005
Programs: BA Gold, TP Silver
Posts: 888
I plan to travel with a friend in May on Turkish Airways to Moldova. I have a Miles and Smiles account. I believe that I can get some sort of bonus miles by myself booking his flight with mine. How? I looked on the official webpage but as usual, I couldn't make a lot of sense of how this scheme operates.
http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-in...ou_and_friends
Apr 28, 2015, 7:39 am
#3
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 64
Bringing a friend with me on TA
I have my online account up. Where do I go to on this site to see the right place? And these bonus miles I get for booking him on the same flight with me - where do I see them and when? On the plane ticket as I am booking? Or they are only included on this website?
I assume that these bonus miles are automatically added to my Total Miles figure on my online account, or are they not?
I assume that these bonus miles are automatically added to my Total Miles figure on my online account, or are they not?
Apr 28, 2015, 8:24 am
#4
Join Date: Nov 2005
Programs: BA Gold, TP Silver
Posts: 888
I have my online account up. Where do I go to on this site to see the right place? And these bonus miles I get for booking him on the same flight with me - where do I see them and when? On the plane ticket as I am booking? Or they are only included on this website?
I assume that these bonus miles are automatically added to my Total Miles figure on my online account, or are they not?
I assume that these bonus miles are automatically added to my Total Miles figure on my online account, or are they not?
The bonus miles are just for getting him to sign up, not for booking him on the same flight.
Apr 29, 2015, 8:41 am
#6
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: ZRH / YUL
Programs: UA, TK, Starwood > Marriott, Hilton, Accor
Posts: 7,293
You use "Other applications" -> "You&Friends" -> "Send an email" to send an email invitation to join Miles&Smiles to your friend's email address. Your friend uses the link contained to sign up to the program, and then puts his new FFP number in his TK flight booking.
After taking his flight, you will get 500 miles.
After taking his flight, you will get 500 miles.
Apr 30, 2015, 5:25 am
#7
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 64
Thanks for that. I sent him, from my Miles and Smiles account, an email, giving his details under this: "Please enter name, surname and e-mail address for sending membership offer." The "FFP number" (family and friends?) is a number assigned to him by Turkish airlines, I assume.
A problem. My friend has emailed me to say this:
I tried to enrol with milesandsmiles but it wouildn’t let me. I filled in the online form but it rejected me as it said my pin i.e. password had to be 6 digits but it would only allow me to enter 5, it said my security mothers maiden name was wrong (really!) it wouldn’t allow me to enter a city/town on the form, so thus gave up.
Any solution?
A problem. My friend has emailed me to say this:
I tried to enrol with milesandsmiles but it wouildn’t let me. I filled in the online form but it rejected me as it said my pin i.e. password had to be 6 digits but it would only allow me to enter 5, it said my security mothers maiden name was wrong (really!) it wouldn’t allow me to enter a city/town on the form, so thus gave up.
Any solution?
Last edited by ukthesis; Apr 30, 2015 at 8:08 am
Apr 30, 2015, 8:21 am
#8
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 8
Thanks for that. I sent him, from my Miles and Smiles account, an email, giving his details under this: "Please enter name, surname and e-mail address for sending membership offer." The "FFP number" (family and friends?) is a number assigned to him by Turkish airlines, I assume.
A problem. My friend has emailed me to say this:
I tried to enrol with milesandsmiles but it wouildn’t let me. I filled in the online form but it rejected me as it said my pin i.e. password had to be 6 digits but it would only allow me to enter 5, it said my security mothers maiden name was wrong (really!) it wouldn’t allow me to enter a city/town on the form, so thus gave up.
Any solution?
A problem. My friend has emailed me to say this:
I tried to enrol with milesandsmiles but it wouildn’t let me. I filled in the online form but it rejected me as it said my pin i.e. password had to be 6 digits but it would only allow me to enter 5, it said my security mothers maiden name was wrong (really!) it wouldn’t allow me to enter a city/town on the form, so thus gave up.
Any solution?
for issues with your friend enrolment - tell him to try to reload page etc. - some bugs happen from time to time.
Anyway, for all that hassle you only get 500 miles which is next to nothing - it doesn't worth it, imho.
Apr 30, 2015, 8:29 am
#9
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 64
Will ask him to do that. Is he on the right option? I click on "You&Friends" then go to the lower right of the page and click on the option "Send an email." (Not the option "Sending Offers"). Is this the correct one?
As you say, 500 bonus miles is not much. But I find the whole Miles and Smiles system complicated to use and because of this, it's quite easy to select "wrong" options and so losing out. Because of this, I've had to return to this forum over and over, because the "official" information on how to use the Miles and Smiles system is too often inadequate for those using it for the first time.
As you say, 500 bonus miles is not much. But I find the whole Miles and Smiles system complicated to use and because of this, it's quite easy to select "wrong" options and so losing out. Because of this, I've had to return to this forum over and over, because the "official" information on how to use the Miles and Smiles system is too often inadequate for those using it for the first time.