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Old Sep 30, 2024 | 3:13 am
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Originally Posted by bisonrav
I think you should look at SH prices on TK for international flights before making that assertion possibly.
Depends, TK doesn't do 'bargain basement' pricing for sure so you won't be picking up £350 CE returns like on BA. It's a proper business class product which takes up more floor space though so you'd expect it to be more expensive. If you aren't booking months in advance the pricing is often competitive with BA CE on LHR-IST and clearly if you book an A350 or 777 rotation you come out ahead.

I also somewhat disagree the food is broadly similar to BA for short haul in terms of quality and quantity, I was on TK1983 last night again (flown this flight twice in the last month, as well as taking BA the similarly timed BA IST-LHR). The TK food is much more generous in terms of portion with a set up broadly similar to what BA serves in Club World. More interesting ingredients also - last night was swordfish which I don't recall eating in CE ever...

Below is TK’s take on BA’s three prawn salad on IST-LHR a few weeks ago. Except this is a starter on TK, not a main course…

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