Business-class award flights from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Kathmandu (KTM)

The lowest one-way business-class award each program showed on IST→KTM, sorted by points.

Program	Points + taxes	Stops	Airlines seen	Seats	Dates seen	Newest observation
Turkish Miles & SmilesLowest observed	35,000 pts + taxes not reported	Nonstop	TK	2	12	Nov 11, 2026, 05:03 UTC	See dates
Air Canada Aeroplan	91,300 pts + $75.88	2 stops	EKFZGFMS+1	2	12	Nov 11, 2026, 05:04 UTC	See dates

Not seen means AwardTool hasn't observed this cabin on this route in the last 30 days. It doesn't mean the airline has no seats. Dates seen counts departure dates with an open award in that cabin at any price; newest observation is the latest time AwardTool saw one of them. Seats is the count the program reported when we observed it; some programs report at most 9.

Observed business-class award examples

Awards AwardTool observed for departures in the next 60 days (one way, per traveler)

Departure	Program	Points + taxes	Seats	Stops	Observed (UTC)
Nov 26, 2026	Turkish Miles & Smiles	50,000 pts + taxes not reported	2	Nonstop	Oct 16, 2026, 19:39 UTC	Check this date
Nov 26, 2026	Air Canada Aeroplan	120,900 pts + $62.60	8	1 stop	Oct 16, 2026, 19:39 UTC	Check this date

Prices are one-way per traveler: the program's points or miles plus taxes and carrier fees in USD, as AwardTool observed them in the observation window. Award space changes constantly. A seat we saw may be gone, and space we haven't seen may exist. Always confirm with a live search before transferring points; most transfers can't be reversed.

How often business-class award space showed up

Departure dates in the next 365 days that AwardTool checked for each program in the last 30 days, how many had business-class award space at any price, and the latest departure with space.

Program	Dates with space	Share of dates checked	Latest departure with space
Turkish Miles & Smiles	12 of 14	85%	Oct 25, 2027
Air Canada Aeroplan	12 of 14	85%	Oct 25, 2027

Nonstop and connecting business-class awards

Each program's lowest business-class award with its stops, its lowest nonstop award, and on how many of its departure dates with business-class space a nonstop award was open.

Business class compared with economy, by program

Each program's lowest one-way business-class and economy awards on IST→KTM, in its own points or miles, and how many times the economy points the business-class award needed. — in the last column means one of the two is a mixed-cabin award or was not seen on 2 or more dates.

Best months for business class from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Kathmandu (KTM)

Lowest prices among the dates we observed, by departure month. A record, not a forecast.

Month	Lowest observed	Program	Dates
Nov 2026	50,000 pts + taxes not reported	Turkish Miles & Smiles	1
Mar 2027	50,000 pts + taxes not reported	Turkish Miles & Smiles	2
Sep 2027	35,000 pts + taxes not reported	Turkish Miles & Smiles	5
Oct 2027	50,000 pts + taxes not reported	Turkish Miles & Smiles	4

A month's taxes are those of an award AwardTool recorded at that month's lowest price for a departure that month. “Taxes not reported” means the data has none for that month; the award still has taxes and fees.

Each program's lowest one-way business-class award by departure month, in its own points or miles, with the taxes of that month's lowest award and the program's open dates that month under it. A price without taxes had none reported for that month. — means the program showed no business-class space that month.

Lowest prices among the dates we observed, by departure month. A record, not a forecast.

Program	Nov 2026	Mar 2027	Sep 2027	Oct 2027
Turkish Miles & Smilesmiles	50,0001 date	50,0002 dates	35,0005 dates	50,0004 dates
Air Canada Aeroplanpoints	120,900+ $62.60 · 1 date	—	91,300+ $75.88 · 6 dates	94,2005 dates

Airlines seen in business class

Airlines that appeared on the award itineraries AwardTool observed, and the programs that showed them.

• Emirates (EK): Air Canada Aeroplan
• flydubai (FZ): Air Canada Aeroplan
• Gulf Air (GF): Air Canada Aeroplan
• Egyptair (MS): Air Canada Aeroplan
• Turkish Airlines (TK): Turkish Miles & Smiles and Air Canada Aeroplan

Business class on nearby routes

The lowest business-class award AwardTool observed on related routes, as each route's page shows it: the return direction, other airports in the same cities, and more routes from Istanbul Airport (IST) and to Kathmandu (KTM). One way, in the program's points or miles, with that award's taxes when the data has them.

Route	Lowest observed	Program	Dates seen
Istanbul Airport (IST) to London Heathrow (LHR)Also from IST	8,497 miles + taxes not reportedNonstop	Turkish Miles & Smiles	310
Istanbul Airport (IST) to Dubai (DXB)Also from IST	15,000 points + $59.00	Alaska Atmos Rewards	40
Istanbul Airport (IST) to New Delhi (DEL)Also from IST	40,000 points + $64.78	Air Canada Aeroplan	347
Istanbul Airport (IST) to Doha (DOH)Also from IST	15,000 points + $59.65	Alaska Atmos Rewards	314
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Kathmandu (KTM)Also to KTM	85,000 Avios + taxes not reported	Qatar Airways Privilege Club	224
Chicago O’Hare (ORD) to Kathmandu (KTM)Also to KTM	85,000 Avios + taxes not reported	Qatar Airways Privilege Club	161
Singapore (SIN) to Kathmandu (KTM)Also to KTM	33,000 miles + $116.94	Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	39
Los Angeles (LAX) to Kathmandu (KTM)Also to KTM	107,400 points + $42.80	JetBlue TrueBlue	2

US card points to program miles or points: ratio and typical transfer time

Program	Amex	Bilt	Capital One	Chase	Citi	Wells Fargo
Air Canada Aeroplan	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	—	—
Turkish Miles & Smiles	—	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	—	1:1 · ~1 day	—

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