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Old Jan 19, 2022, 9:00 am
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Originally Posted by B747-437B
Seriously? How do you access the lounge then? There was zero signage (in English at least) to indicate this and the TAV staff at the info desk told us that these were the only check-in counters for Turkish. Even the supervisor who sorted our bags out didn't mention it. In fact, we even asked at the boarding gate (flight was delayed 40 mins) if there was a lounge and they said no. We eventually used the PrimeClass Lounge using Priority Pass.
There is a separate entrance at the end of the terminal in the arrivals level. The lounge has a separate check-in facility thus you wouldn't have needed to enter the main terminal.

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