rozy

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******** UPDATED on Feb 04th, 2010************
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Valentine Day Special is now on.

For a quick reminder, here is the thread for Last Year's St Valetine's Special.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...ng-haul-j.html

By the way, this promotion is valid in economy with very attractive rates but if you are not living in Turkey or driving distance to Istanbul, it won't be very interesting for you. Let me know if you are interested, I can try to put economy fares as well.

JLOVE fares (Business Class in J)

For SouthEast Asia (BKK/SGN/SIN/CGK/HKG/PVG/PEK)
JLOVECN €599+Tax
JLOVECP €1+Tax

For the rest of Long-houl Flights (JFK/IAD/ORD/CPT/JNB/GRU/TYO/OSA/DEL/BOM/KHI/JFK/ORD/IAD/ICN)
JLOVECN €999+Tax
JLOVECP €1+Tax


Ticket Rules

• This promotion is valid ex-IST.
• Tickets may only be sold in Turkey.
• Ticketing must be completed within 24 hours after reservations are made.
• Must be accompanied on all sectors in same compartment by a passenger in JLOVECP/GLOVECP fare class. No more than 1 accompanied passenger permitted for each JLOVECP/GLOVECP passenger.
• Permitted 09 Feb 11 through 14 Feb 11 on the first international sector.
• Validity of the ticket is 8 day max.
• No minimum stay is required.
• Valid for RT or OJ trips only.
• Valid on any TK flight operated by TK. (Not valid on Codeshare Flights)
• Changes not permitted in case of noshow / reissue / revalidation.
• Ticket is non-refundable in case of cancel / no-show / refund.

ALL Destionations can be ticketed in January if you are lucky to find seats!

Good Luck!


AP.ADVANCE RES/TKT
RESERVATIONS FOR ALL SECTORS ARE REQUIRED AT LEAST 7 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE. You can make your reservation now and ticket in 24hours for all destionations.


When you are calling TK Call Center, be firm. And please note that even if they say you that you have a 7day option, you have to complete the ticketing within 24hours.

Sample reservation (1)
TK 040 J 09FEB 3 ISTCPT HK2 2345 1255+1 330
TK 041 J 15FEB 2 CPTIST HK2 1710 0610+1 343

First passenger €999+tax = $1682/€1277
Second passenger €1+tax = $308/€232

$995/€750 per person in J.
+ €75/$99 service charge per person (valid for TK Call Center)


Sample reservation (2)
TK 050 J 13FEB 7 ISTNRT HK2 1750 1225+1 77W
TK 051 J 16FEB 3 NRTIST HK2 1425 2005 77W

First passenger €999+tax = $1584/€1204
Second passenger €1+tax = $259/€197
$922/€701 per person in J.
+ €75/$99 service charge per person (valid for TK Call Center)

More expensive than last year but still a very good deal;
LH Miles and More, J earns 2x: 23.012 miles => 4.4cpm
TK Miles and More, J earns 1,5x
UA Mileage Plus, J earns 1,5x award, 1x elite status.

Just note:
* you may not find this rate in ITA.
* Regional TK offices could not help you. Must be ticketed in Turkey.

Good Luck!

rozy

By the way, this promotion is valid most of the TK destionations including North Africa, Europe, Middle East, Pakistan, Central Asia, Far East, US, South America in economy and business.

I just put the long hauls in the first post as most of you interested in J fares in long haul.

Jurgenb

Too bad they don't accept registrations for the SE Asia destinations this year.
Flew IST-SIN in J last year and TK Business was rather nice.
Will for sure go same route this year and perhaps NRT also.

Biggest pain was to actually book the trip...
"I'm sorry sir my computer crashed, Please hold I connect you" every 3rd minute during the booking sequence.

rozy

Jurgenb

You can fly to SIN this year as well but you have to wait till Feb 2 to make a reservation and ticket. And on that day you may find out that no J capacity is available. Too risky in my opinion.

On NRT, you pay more but you can book and ticket in January.

MLang2

We flew to CGK last year. Would love to do HKG this year, but the TKT restriction is really crap....

Thanks rozy for informing us!

moeser

I concur that the rate is still a good one.

Thanks a lot rozy ^

IBIK

Thanx rozy^

Jurgenb

Yes, I did read your statement about the changes over last year, thanks for the post.. I have been waiting for this years Valentine Special

Jurgenb

I was thinking of switching to LH M&M this year and maybe this Valentine Special could be a good start. I guess the following could be pretty tight to squeeze in on the limited dates but hey it should give you LH SEN...IST-NRT-IST-SIN-IST-GRU-IST-ORD-IST hehe..

46k Miles x2 + 25% LH FT bonus after becoming LH FT.

Maybe out of the blue here but LH SEN for ~2K EUR (per person) should be decent right?

FlyingSwiss

Sorry Jurgenb,

but no 25% Exec Bonus on Turkish.

Jurgenb

Ah got ya...would have been pretty tight to fly those segments anyhow I guess...

rozy

I thought that it would be too tight as well but this one could work. Anyone wants to try??????

3 TK 046 J 09FEB 3 ISTKIX HK2 I 2355 1755+1 330
4 TK 047 J 10FEB 4 KIXIST HK2 2330 0555+1 330

5 TK 005 J 11FEB 5 ISTORD HK2 I 1130 1540 330
6 TK 006 J 11FEB 5 ORDIST HK2 5 2125 1610+1 330

7 TK 040 J 12FEB 6 ISTJNB HK2 I 2345 0930+1 330
8 TK 041 J 13FEB 7 JNBIST HK2 A 2025 0610+1 343

9 TK 001 J 14FEB 1 ISTJFK HK2 I 1050 1445 77W
10 TK 002 J 14FEB 1 JFKIST HK2 1 1645 0925+1 77W


€3100 per person including 4 service charges (€75 x 4 tix)
83140 miles (LH/BD)
3,7 euro cent per mile

Meneer Guggenheimer

So useless if you are not in T? As there is no way to pay with a non Turkish CC.

HamburgAround

It is an amazing deal, especially for us Europeans with next to no real MR-worthy deals and IST within a 3h-flights reach and nonstop flights from almost any airport around ;-)
Thanks for that info...

englisha

You can call their call centre and book directly with international CCard, I did this last year. I live in Bulgaria and Istanbul is my nearest longhaul airport.
Rosy, thanks for being the first to post this info as ive also been waiting for this offer for some time.
Its a real shame that you cant book SE Asia until 1 week before. Do you know if this is the same for economy class?
Ive been checking thy.com and still no info yet
Thanks again Rosy