So from what i have read on the forum so far.... Once the status match begins you have 4 months to fly a turkish air flight, then from that date (or the date the status match begins?) you have to then accrue 15,000 status miles on TK metal.

So let's say one emails turkish airlines March 1st.. they hear a response back on april 1st saying your status match has begun. Does this mean that by August 1st one flight has to be flow on TK metal, and by March 31st the following year 15,000 miles must have been flown on TK metal?

So for example, let's say covid was obliterated and I wanted to take a summer trip to Turkey.

If I flew LAX->IST on June 1st, and a return flight on IST-> LAX on June 15th, i would satisfy the TK metal requirement in 4 months (before the August deadline). Furthermore, let's assume this was an economy Y class fare, on the TK website calculator this seems to be about ~8500 miles each way, therefore, the roundtrip would be > 15,000 miles. Would this satisfy the TK 15,000 miles OR do those 15,000 miles only begin after that first flight (meaning i would have to take one more LAX->IST one way (Y-fare) to hit the 15,000 minimum).

It says that the status will be extended for 2 years.
TIMELINE Recap:
March 1st, 2021: request
April 1st, 2021: status match begins
June 1st, 2021: LAX->IST (one way, y class)- 8500 points
June 15th, 2021: IST->LAX (one way, y class) - 8500 points.

In this example i would have cleared the TK metal in 4 months and the 15,000 miles requirement. Therefore My status would be extended until April 1st, 2023?

Now when it comes to maintaining status: I am not a turkish resident/citizen, so it appears i either need to accrue 25,000 status miles in 1 year or 37,500 status miles over 2 years.

In the situation i spelled out, This means that starting on April 1st, 2022, I would need to earn 25,000 status miles before April 1st, 2023 to extend my status until April 1st, (2024 or 2025)?
Or I would have to earn 37,500 status miles before April 1st, 2024, in order to extend until April 1st, (2025 or 2026)?

This was also a bit confusing.


I hope this was not too confusing of a question, but i have read so many different posts on this that my head started to spin.