Shalashaska

I am trying to optimize the use of miles of different program by finding overlapping Middle East / Asia with Europe.
Middle East often stretches to Egypt and Israel.
Turkey seems like the most likely other candidate. Maybe Northern Africa too.

Thank in advance!

nux

I don't think so, but there are many programs that offer distance based awards rather than zone based.

Indelaware

Your question is not clear. What do you mean?

And TK is not a middle eastern airline. It is an European airline.

Efrem

I'm fairly sure it's this:

Frequent flyer programs have different mileage requirements among different parts of the world. Sometimes it may be better to fly to a country considered part of Europe. Other times, it may be better to fly to a country considered part of the Middle East.

Most airlines seem to consider Turkey to be in Europe. Are there any that put it into their Middle East region (as defined by that airline's program, which may not match generally recognized geographic regions)? ]

Editorial comment: I can see advantages in flying to "Europe" from another part of Europe, then flying from "the Middle East" to Asia. That would work if one country can be in both, depending on the airline ...

(I don't know of any, but that doesn't mean there aren't any.)

Indelaware

Most (all?) airlines follow IATA geography. Turkey is part of Europe by that scheme. The following site provides a good map:

https://thetourismschool.wordpress.c...ata-geography/

nux

It's not all, some *A carriers differ with a few countries around Europe/ME/Asia but all I think count Turkey in Europe.

Efrem

There was one a few years ago that had Israel in Europe. They may still. If I remembered which it was, I'd check. (Doesn't help with the OP's Turkey question, but supports nux's point that generally recognized geographic regions don't always control frequent flyer program award schemes.)

fassy

SAS considers Israel to be Europe: http://www.sas.se/eurobonus/point-ch...points-charts/ but also Turkey.