Where it is better to accumulate star alliance miles : Turkish miles & smiles or Lufthansa likes and more ? I am flying quite a lot in Middle East and south east Asia

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Booking with Turkish is a huge headache, but they have great domestic awards and okay charts for the ME. Lufthansa isn’t useful if you’re not flying to Europe a lot

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Super helpful info, thanks for sharing. Do you have any other rewards programs that you would recommend?

I've heard that Turkish Miles & Smiles is often quite overlooked but a really great reward program!

Accumulate avios through all their partner cards and use British airways to transfer avios to Qatar airways. Qatar flies to Doha and not to mention QSuites.

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