Here is the deal. When you arrive at ICN, go to the Transfer desk. The Transfer desk will be located just before Immigration. At the Transfer Desk, they will check your documents for your next flight. You can provide a Boarding Pass, or a flight confirmation document. Then you will go through security and then up you go to the Departure level.
Having said this, I believe Turkish Airlines will be located in the Concourse Terminal (gates 1xx-) so you will need to take the underground Terminal train to the Concourse terminal. Just follow the signs to get to your gate. Concourse Terminal has all facilities there (lounge, duty free etc.) so no need to spend time at the Main Terminal where KE operates.
One tip, the Transfer desk usually does not have many staffers working and may only have 1 security line operating. So I recommend that you get to the transfer desk as quick as you can the second you deplane. I got stuck behind a family with a baby and stroller and it took forever to process them.
Originally Posted by
maiges
First time poster here hopng readers can clarify something. Here's my situation--
I'm flying Fukuoka (Japan) to Seoul-Incheon on Korean Airlines. 90 minutes after the scheduled arrival at Incheon, I'm scheduled to fly Turkish Airlines, Seoul-Istanbul.
Now, here's the rub. The two tickets are separate tickets. I bought them at an online agency. I thought since it was under the 'minimum international transfer' time limit that it would be OK, I'd be protected etc. but, obviously, separate tickets are different from a transfer on the same itinery (or with the same, or related, airline). Ouch. I know.
But,
I will have no checked in baggage, only hand bagage.
I will have checked in online for the Turkish Airlines flight and print up my boarding pass in advance.
So, can I not just go through the transfer desk at Incheon after arriving (OK timewise) or MUST I go through immigration into Korea and then all the way to the Turkish Airlines check-in counter (which, of course, closes 1 hr before departure, giving me only 30 minutes from my arrival at Incheon)? The latter puts me at great great risk of missing the check in and even foreiting a huge ticket (family of three).
Help.