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Old Sep 27, 2021 | 9:05 pm
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arfaczar
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Originally Posted by ISTFlyer
Dear folks,

Starting from 1 January 2021, Turkish Airlines would charge for advance seating on international flights as well. Passengers who hold Elite and Elite Plus status, Turkish Corporate Club members, and sailors would be still able to select standard (non-extra-legroom ) for free; however, all other passengers including non-TK Star Alliance Gold members would now need to pay for advance seat selection. Obviously, this only applies for Economy Class and Business Class seat selection remains unaffected..
Data Point: Booked a TK business class award ticket (US-IST-Asia) on the website - at the time of booking, I was able to select a seat on the IST-Asia segment, but not the US-IST segment. This is my 2nd booking for 2021 with the identical experience regarding seat selection.

Appears that seat selection is blocked for business class award tickets to/from North America - has anyone else had similar data points for reservations made in 2021?
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