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Old Jul 25, 2025 | 2:54 am
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Originally Posted by nacho
No, on the contrary. I was with Mr and another Iranian dude in the limo. All C pax. On our way back it's the limo but it's only two of us.

When I was on my own in C I was the only pax and they put me alone in a minivan to a 3 star hotel without breakfast. I had to pay if I want breakfast and my flight was at 15.xx. That is what I got as a non-white Asian female. I was waiting at the hotel desk for more than 2h before getting onto a bus and that was after all the others were left and I had to go to the hotel desk asked about it several times and they kept saying that they wanted to find me a nice hotel. Basically a bunch of BS. I don't understand why they just sent me to the Ramada just like all the Y pax. It's better than the one I got.
Maybach that TK uses for transfers is not a limo, it is minivan or luxury minivan to be precise. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter etc. TK uses is a van.

That " non-white Asian female" racism victim card is disgusting!
Years ago, I got Vialand hotel and some other less known brand hotel as business class passenger, not a 5 star for sure. There were always the breakfast and dinner included when TK appoints the transit hotel. I have been waiting at the hotel desk more than an hour too many times and every time around midnight, while prefering the fast ride to hotel. Always the economy class passengers had taken to their hotels earlier. I dislike 5 stars Sheraton Esenyurt because of their general service and usually have got the hotel that I do prefer just by asking at the TK hotel desk. Btw. I chosed once Ramada as IST stopover hotel for one night, because it was most convenient to relocate on the following day.
Any "victim card" should I take from my pocket as " white as snow European male" for Vialand, no name hotel and waiting the hotel transfer more than an hour?
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