Originally Posted by
vincewy
Regarding married segments -
I tried to use my E+ vouchers for JFK-IST-XXX and upgrade only JFK-IST.
However, at IST the lady said only TK4 is available for upgrades (despite looking at flightstats.com and JFK-IST is widely available on J). This is confirmed by using JFK-XXX and yes, only TK4 was available for TK.
Question is, if I purchase just JFK-IST now, will I be able to use the vouchers? I'll just purchase IST-XXX seperately later. I'll try this later next month and report back.
Actually, you could burn only one voucher for JFK-IST-XXX route, don't spend your second one. But if you stay in IST more than 24 hours they might be a problem. You're supposed to be able to use one of your voucher on whole JFK-IST-XXX route.
Call CS for booking IST-JFK leg for J and C/D class for IST-XXX leg then request to waitlist of second leg for J. But do not seperate your PNR, it's important.
Stand-by on waitlist for J. AFAIK J class are valid for waitlist 2-60 days before departure. It’s not possible to waitlist for award seat (I) but possible for J.
If you try to purchase just JFK-IST now and purchase IST-XXX leg seperatly, you have to burn two vouchers for entire flight instead of one.
If you aren't lucky and TK won't release a J bucket for second leg, call CS agent and request for seperate your PNR, burn your voucher for first leg, go to the lounge in IST when you arrrive and explain your sitation to the front desk officer and try to chance for upgrading last segment.
BTW TK4 flight is A333 instead of 77W and they've different C seat configuration. TK2 and TK12 are 77W.