Originally Posted by
ACR2013
Newbie to TK here, but with enough home work done to think twice before booking TK. I have a few questions to recent travelers:
1. Are all TK airplanes old in 2-3-2 odd configuration in J except from ATL-IST?
2. Are lounges in JFK & IST open, and if so, how`s the quality in this "virus" times?
3. Does TK really limit one personal item to up to 4kg taken on board, and the rest has to be checked in?
4. When will be the normal catering resumed instead of sandwiches in both classes?
5. Does it really worth to pay for J nowadays? With miles, it is 30K+$90 in Y vs 45K+$215.
From what I saw, TK hard product was very weak, but great meal services made it up for it. Now, both are very weak.
1- No, only the 777-300ER aircraft of TK has the odd 2-3-2 configuration in J. However, TK may do last minute aircraft swaps and they do not pay any compensation or they do not give any extra rights during an aircraft swap.
2- IST is open, with limited food ( mostly individually pre-packaged food ), however, there are limited hot food options as well ( cheese panini in the morning, pide and köfte the rest of the day ). The contract lounge at JFK is closed at the moment.
3- Yes, they do; however, generally they do not weight the item. Instead, they look at the dimensions.
4- Nobody knows it
5- It's up to you. If you value the hard product ( flat-bed, etc... ) it might be worth it, however, if you value the soft product ( meals and drinks onboard, etc... ) it might not.