Int'l Transit at IST
 

I will be making an international connection to BA677 [IST-LHR] next month. On my previous trip to IST, my recollection is that of a very modern facility and would presume that it is possible to stay airside without clearing immigration. Is it possible to check-in for the BA flight in the transit area?

fyi, I tried to visit the IST web site, www.ataturkairport.com , but it does not seem to work.

I can't answer your question, but the link works for me.

I did a International Connection in Ist last November and you CAN connect without going through customs. Leave plenty of time because the transfer desk has to cover all airlines and they have to run upstairs to the BA desk to get boarding passes etc. I nearly missed a 90 minute connection with Swissair and a fellow I was talking with had a similar experience with BA.

If I were to be planning a same plane turnround on BA which is a 70 minute transit I might have some problems? Has anyone ever done this? Can BA issue both boarding passes in London before departure?

In my experience BA can issue both boarding passes. So you should have no problem, and the turnaround time is usually enough to chill out in the lounge and check out the shops.

I have a little over 2 hours between flights so it sounds doable. Thanks for the update.

Since my New Year break plans have fallen apart it looks like I might as well just do a quick MR while I'm in Europe, so I just wanted to check if anyone had had any experience (good or bad) of doing the same plane LHR-IST-LHR turnround recently? Can BA still issue both BPs in LHR?

Though you may find them a bit prickly if, by the sound of things, each of the two segs is on a different ticket. Isn't this back to backing, which I'm certain BA prohibits?

Not in my case - I just want to make sure I use all the segments on my AONE3 before I go down to CAI to get the next one.

No problem then :) Shame you're not going to spend any time in IST, such a great city.

I know. The same with CAI: four times there, never out of the airport.

At the moment my AONE3s are essentially just first class returns HKG-LHR-HKG with a lot of mileage running thrown in.

Now if I could manage to hold on to a girlfriend long enough to plan and take some holidays... :( (or summon up the enthusiasm to holiday on my own)

Indeed. I find that the hardest part of my travel plans, and the very reason I don't do as much of it as I'd like to do. I have the means and the time but alas, it takes two to tango, and after decades of it Viajera is kind of reluctant to keep on dancing. :)