Turkish Airlines launches flights to Australia

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• twoclicks says:

  21 Jan21 January 11:11

  It’s great to have more options! But more importantly for a HFP audience, what will be the miles/taxes for a business redemption?!

• Lady London says:

  21 Jan21 January 11:15

  Good decision by the Aussie government to allow Turkish Airlines in ahead of greater Qatar saturation. Perhaps this is an indicator that the price gouging by monopoly Qantas may also see further steps to cut it back.

  • Michael Jennings says:

    21 Jan21 January 11:38

    They should have let in both

    • Lady London says:

      21 Jan21 January 16:45

      They will. But TK ahead of yet further QR expansion sends a good message.

      • Rhys says:

        21 Jan21 January 22:26

        Will they though?!

  • callum says:

    21 Jan21 January 12:37

    Qantas does not get along with Qatar at all – Qantas lobbies against them, partners with their biggest competitor (Emirates) and likewise, Qatar partners with their biggest local competitor (Virgin). If the government were going to focus on cutting the “price gouging” by Qantas then they would have allowed Qatar to expand.

    The main reasoning behind blocking them is that the Australian government doesn’t seem very happy about Qatar authorities sexually assaulting a group of Australian women who were transiting through Doha, and the general authoritarian nature of Qatar. Australians however, generally don’t care about it and just want cheap flights. It wouldn’t surprise me if they backtrack on this at some point in the near future.

    • Alex G says:

      21 Jan21 January 13:09

      “The main reasoning behind blocking them is that the Australian government doesn’t seem very happy about Qatar authorities sexually assaulting a group of Australian women who were transiting through Doha, and the general authoritarian nature of Qatar.”

      Great reason. I wish our Government had the backbone to take a similar stance with authoritarian regimes.

      But Brits too don’t really care about this sort of issue, and just want cheap everything today, regardless of the long term costs.

      • NorthernLass says:

        21 Jan21 January 15:38

        Turkey also has a pretty woeful record on women’s (and other minority) rights, so I’m guessing you won’t be flying with them either?

        • Alex G says:

          21 Jan21 January 16:11

          Probably not. I have principles.

• Robkeane says:

  21 Jan21 January 17:23

  With Gatwick being the outstation and Dublin being the main hub, air lingus is ending services TO Gatwick from Dublin, regardless of how London centric this site likes to be

  • Rhys says:

    21 Jan21 January 22:28

    We always write routes from the perspective of the UK, not the reverse, regardless of the airline!

• Ruth4325 says:

  21 Jan21 January 18:32

  I’ve had a CE flight cancelled tonight thanks to storm Isha, LCY to EDI. We have been rebooked on a flight tomorrow morning but in WT. The trip was booked using a 241 voucher which expired on Saturday (the outbound leg).

  My question is, is there any compensation of avios for the downgrading of cabin?

  • Nick says:

    21 Jan21 January 18:40

    You won’t be in WT to Scotland.

    Yes you can get something back from a downgrade. You can ask for the difference in fare/Avios price, or you can ask for reimbursement under EU261 – this will be under the Mennens formula, so you’d do well to read up before deciding which to ask for (there’s a very helpful guide on FT).

    Alternatively you can ask to be rebooked in CE as you were originally, though this may not be on the same day or even soon, depending on availability.

    • Stu_N says:

      21 Jan21 January 21:01

      If it’s an Edinburgh/ London round trip you’ll get about 6k Avios and £20 as reimbursement. Frankly I’d take the Euro Traveller seat rather than hang on for something in CE – looks like an “interesting” week of weather.

      If it’s domestic leg of a long haul 2-4-1 you’ll get even less.

      • Ruth4325 says:

        21 Jan21 January 22:53

        Yes, sorry it’s ET not WT, a return leg of domestic trip. We are definitely taking the seats in economy, god knows when CE will be available at this rate. Thanks for the info.

• kevin says:

  21 Jan21 January 20:36

  So is there no lounge availability for BA Silver members in Gatwick?

  • Rob says:

    21 Jan21 January 20:49

    Not when flying Aer Lingus.

  • Blair Waldorf Salad says:

    21 Jan21 January 22:49

    They’re not in OneWorld so ANY lounge access for OW elites is already over and above. Aer Lingus AerClub elites get sent to the No1 Lounge, along with anyone purchasing an Advantage or Aerspace fare.

• Bernard says:

  22 Jan22 January 13:49

  Maybe Global Airlines are renting the Aer Lingus slots. LOL.

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