Star Gold Fast Track for Immigration
Sep 17, 2017, 1:21 am
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Star Gold Fast Track for Immigration
Im in the IST TK Lounge at the moment, Journey through o the whole went well. Good *Gold Luggage scan and reasonably quick baggage check in however then we had to join a long immigration queue at the right side of the building ( Other side to the TK Lounge).
I thought there would be a fast track immigration queue for *Gold yet I could only see one for the OW Airlines and TAV. Is there one? I'll be back in Istanbul most likely next month and the Immigration queue took 20 minutes to clear! Valuable lounge time wasted
I thought there would be a fast track immigration queue for *Gold yet I could only see one for the OW Airlines and TAV. Is there one? I'll be back in Istanbul most likely next month and the Immigration queue took 20 minutes to clear! Valuable lounge time wasted
Sep 17, 2017, 3:51 am
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There's a security and immigration entrance direct into the lounge. Far left-hand side of terminal.
Sep 17, 2017, 7:50 am
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Sep 17, 2017, 9:21 am
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Yes OP indicated in other posts that he is *G travelling in Y.
I was under the impression that this should still admit him to to the TK Business Class / Elite fast-track at immigration (not the direct entrance to the lounge).
I was under the impression that this should still admit him to to the TK Business Class / Elite fast-track at immigration (not the direct entrance to the lounge).
Sep 17, 2017, 11:44 am
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There is a fast track immigration queue for *G. It's where the regular immigration queue is, you just have to enter it from the right side.
It can be hard to see when coming from the lounge queue where you were redirected to the regular queue.
It can be hard to see when coming from the lounge queue where you were redirected to the regular queue.
Sep 17, 2017, 2:55 pm
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Sounds like you were on the wrong side of the terminal. The fast track entry mentioned above (or at least, the only one I've ever used other than the direct lounge access) is on the left-hand side of the building, relatively close to the lounge.
Sep 17, 2017, 4:43 pm
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Sep 19, 2017, 9:28 am
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Sep 19, 2017, 3:04 pm
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Sep 20, 2017, 2:32 am
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It's Yes.
You can use the arrivals Fast Track Immigration queue (or security queue if transiting). It's been officially open to other airline *G for a couple of years now and was more or less unofficially available long before that. I was always allowed into the Fast Track queue as a UA *G since my first time in Turkey about 6 years ago. I believe TK officially changed it when *A implemented the Gold Track system.
The only thing at IST that is off limits to other airline *G is the direct entrance to the lounge from the check in area. For that you have to be in TK Business Class or TK Elite Plus.
You can use the arrivals Fast Track Immigration queue (or security queue if transiting). It's been officially open to other airline *G for a couple of years now and was more or less unofficially available long before that. I was always allowed into the Fast Track queue as a UA *G since my first time in Turkey about 6 years ago. I believe TK officially changed it when *A implemented the Gold Track system.
The only thing at IST that is off limits to other airline *G is the direct entrance to the lounge from the check in area. For that you have to be in TK Business Class or TK Elite Plus.
