Turkish or Lufthansa - Europe to SFO
Jul 5, 2017, 12:38 pm
#31
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But SEA is a very easy port of entry and it's only 2 hours to SFO. I would probably take that over five to six extra hours and an IST transfer.
There's also a legitimate chance LH and/or LX will open space to SFO in the weeks prior to departure.
Jul 5, 2017, 2:58 pm
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Strongly disagree on this. A couple hours in Y after a decent snack in SEA would be my preference over paying the change fee to increase my travel time by several hours to fly on TK.
Jul 5, 2017, 3:12 pm
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By October, I will have been traveling ("nomadding") for 9 months. I spent 5 months in Asia and just arrived in Europe last week. The flight we are discussing is my flight home to the states and I need to land in SFO/SJC/OAK. I have about a week of flexibility on this - October 17-23.
I have enough United miles to fly saver business from anywhere in Europe. I am happy to go and visit almost anywhere in Europe. So if the saver fare is from Frankfurt, I will spend my last week in Frankfurt. If the saver fare is from Milan, I will make it Milan, and if the saver fare is Vienna, I will make it Vienna.
I really appreciate all of your thoughts on this and am somewhat relieved to hear that it's not a slam dunk for TK since I'm currently booked on LH. Lounge alone is not a reason for me to eat the cancelation fee, so I will probably just stick with that I have.
Jul 8, 2017, 8:56 am
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Jul 8, 2017, 10:57 am
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Aug 1, 2017, 2:49 pm
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There are still plenty of award seats on TK flights to IST from ORD and IAH in J for 11 months from now showing on UA award chart. This is post laptop ban. Suspect a lot of travelers just don't want to go anywhere near Turkey even if it is just connecting after the IST bombing last year.