I have about 23k miles on turkish and I was looking to use them next year to go to Kinshasa-DRC.
I found that I could get IST-FIH return for 20k and just 53 USD in fees, not particularly useful becuase I'd neet to get o IST first from GRU and that would be tiresome.
Another option is I could get JNB-FIH return with SAA, but I am a newbie in redeeming miles and I could not find this route easily in the turkish miles&smiles website, I actually did for 60k and 200+ USD in fees, I am assuming the TK site doesn't search for *A award tickets and routes me through IST, is this correct?
How can I book this ticket? What would be the best way to search and book them? Is there a preferred website or do I call an office? Also, what would you suggest is the better alternative, going through JNB, IST, or maybe ADD.