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Old Feb 17, 2020 | 6:58 pm
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akg88
 
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Originally Posted by ISTFlyer
Unfortunately, in your case, you would not be able to visit the lounge. You need a qualifying onward departure boarding pass in order to access airside and TK won't produce you one at JFK as you have a layover more than 24 hours. If your JFK-IST flight is delayed by more than 2 hours, you would be able to obtain your boarding pass at the transfer counter and visit the lounge by passing through transfer security.

For unattended bags, I have no idea.
Thank you for your reply! In that case we might just spend some time at the airport waiting to check in for the next flight.(we land 630am so won't get our hotel that early anyway). Just hoping there's no issues with our bags.Thanks again
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