BA premium sale ends tomorrow …. or try some amazing Turkish fares to the US

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• Mike says:

  9 Mar9 March 09:45

  The US flights from Dublin allow US connections as well, so if you don’t mind a longer route they’re a good opportunity to get a few more tier points. I’m getting ~700 from my F trip next month.

• James67 says:

  9 Mar9 March 09:50

  About a week ago I also seen J return exARN with Turkish ranging from just under £1k for BKK to £1300ish SIN. My partner has flew Turkisk J from FRA-BKK before and hashappily recommended it to friends.

  • Rob says:

    9 Mar9 March 10:33

    I am keen to give it a go. I will see what flights from Heathrow use long-haul aircraft and potentially do a quick return run to Istanbul.

    • James67 says:

      10 Mar10 March 11:48

      TK are reportedly in negotiations to buy 10 a380s and lease two from MH. This raises the intriguing prospect of them deploying the whale as a time filler on LHR route, and perhaps FRA to up the stakes in their competition with LH. Interesting in itself that TK already has the routes, or at least has the ambition, to sustain a380 services. I have not flew TK personally but used to book for my partner in BMI days. Back then metal swap was an ongoing issue with them, and still seems to be the case from Jacs comment. Probably not worth the risk unless you want a few days in Istanbul.

      • Rob says:

        10 Mar10 March 12:00

        Turkish has just bought another pair of Heathrow landing slots from SAS for £20m.

• Rich says:

  9 Mar9 March 18:52

  Nice shiny TK A330 off the Runway recently in the Himalayas……. Yes their catering is good, but does that make up for it?!

• Jac says:

  9 Mar9 March 21:11

  I m not sure a trip report would give a fair representation of TK. They are notorious for changing aircraft at last minute so while you can book a full flat bed in a new Airbus you could be flying in the end an old plane with C just meaning the middle seat is left empty. Similar that exit seat you booked in advance easily becomes just a seat in the middle.
  While the food is normally good, the overall experience can be terrible.
  with other airlines flashing your gold card should get you rebooked quickly on another flight with TK you will be the last one to be helped for not speaking turkish
  for Xmas I was travelling with our baby in C and I tried to book a bassinet. Each time I called I was told they made a request and I should call a few days later to get confirmation (but there was no record of the earlier request) The first row however could not be booked as this is blocked for VIP (my elite plus status and travelling with baby did not help to reserve the first row)
  On our last leg to LGW we were allocated Seat 2a & 2c as they could not override the system. While TK had arranged for a bassinet (and baby food) the first row was taken by an elderly English couple who refused to swap seats (the other first row was taken by another couple travelling with a baby) I told them we were travelling with a baby and wanted to use the bassinet but they just replied that they had booked this seats and did not want to swap even though the seats (sloping beds) were identical. The cabin crew just told us that they could not force people to change seats so we had to carry our baby the whole flight in our arms not a 5* experience.

• James67 says:

  10 Mar10 March 13:22

  TG changing to once daily from LHR and deploying a380 so that wil be another pair up for lease or sale. I think TG are missing a trick here. I think if they used other pair with a two class a330 or 777 4x weekly to Phuket and 3x weekly to Chiang Mai the ease of doing twin centres might get them a lot of lost customers back.

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