from domestic Turkish to international BA at SAW & IST
Dec 25, 2023, 2:36 am
#16
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If you are happy to run the non negligible risk of a forced overnight and potential full fare ticket back to London, then give it a go.
Personally I’d just fly TK the whole way (TK Y on a wide body is in many ways as good as CE) or fly in the morning and pop into Istanbul for lunch.
Personally I’d just fly TK the whole way (TK Y on a wide body is in many ways as good as CE) or fly in the morning and pop into Istanbul for lunch.
Dec 25, 2023, 3:00 am
#17
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That is obviously the main way to go if someone is going to travel to/from Nevşehir, if the OP hasn't bought any ticket yet.
Dec 25, 2023, 3:07 am
#18
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I'm about to book a TK domestic flight from Nevsehir NAV to Istanbul IST.
Have a separate flight on BA to LHR departing at 18:45.
Am I safe to book the 15:40 - 17:10 TK flight on the basis that TK will definitely check my bags through to LHR? or should I go for the earlier 13:30 - 15:00 TK flight and hang around for 3 hours at IST?
Have a separate flight on BA to LHR departing at 18:45.
Am I safe to book the 15:40 - 17:10 TK flight on the basis that TK will definitely check my bags through to LHR? or should I go for the earlier 13:30 - 15:00 TK flight and hang around for 3 hours at IST?
You might well decide a short wait a small price to pay for peace of mind. You won't be hanging around for three hours. The transition airside to landside and back, book-ended by the boarding palaver, will eat into that margin leaving you an hour or so to kill. That's in an airport with plenty to do airside, but an airport where loooong taxi times can work up anxiety .... even when things are more or less to schedule.