Originally Posted by ISTFlyer

An update that; I tried to select seats on the SV website.
The system asked me to call the SV call center so I wasn't able to select seats.

The agent told me that currently I can't fly from Turkey to Saudi Arabia due to the travel ban imposed by the Saudi Arabian government for passengers arriving from Turkey, thus told me that I can't select seats and wait until KSA opens their borders for arrivals from Turkey. He told me that if the restrictions doesn't lift by my travel date ( 2nd half August ), I would receive a full refund but I could still hold on to my reservation.

I am not sure if I should cancel this ticket within the 24h cancellation window as I booked it through an US OTA.
I don't want to deal with chargebacks and complaints, etc... so I am lenient towards a cancellation.

Just an alert for those who booked this trip.
Also, the KSA does not permit transfers over 12 hours without a transit visa and if the Winter schedule gets chopped like the summer schedule; there would be no IAD-IST options with a layover shorter than 12 hours. ( For those who have booked a JFK flight would not run with the 12h issue as JFK-RUH-IST is possible on the return ).