TK J Sept 15/22 SFO-IST RT 789 boxed food. No amenity kits
TK J Oct 4/10 SFO-IST RT 789 boxed food. No amenity kit outbound, SHOCK! A Versace kit on return.

TK Nov J 3/10 ORD-IST RT 789 TBD, I'll come back and update post. Damn I hope they serve cocktails and some hot food UPDATE, : outbound, no hot food, no cocktails, no coffee. Versace amenity kit, yay. Side note ORD sucks so hard and so bad. Disaster of an airport. UPDATE, amenity kit, no ice, no cocktails and boxed food on return flight (Nov 10). I'll note the pear juice mixed with the white wine is surprisingly tasty. Also, all legs (TK domestic/TATL) were 100% ON TIME.

The boxed food is edible but in no way a pleasurable experience. The "cheese sandwich" is particularly revolting. TK Biz lounge in IST is ramping up hot offerings so that's one positive development.

Without the chef, the seats are the focus of the trips and I am coming to hate them more and more. Impossible to get through a flight without hitting the GD controls with elbow and either calling the attendant, turning on my overhead light or making the screen illuminate. Ugh. Terrible design for long haul.

One ray of sunshine: I've read in some posts people whining mightily about TK flights never being on time, I CAN say in 8 flights, int'l and domestic, every one has been on time or usually early to depart. So there's that.

Bottom line- without the chef the J experience is one to be endured.

PS- Turkey is awesome!
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