TK - OSL-BKK RT - from 1490 EUR Business (J)
Apr 28, 2023, 4:51 am
#47
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I even checked with a friend who owns a travel agency (he knows all the tricks for frequent flyers) and he could not price the itinerary that i found with the multi-city search.
I guess expedia would not issue the ticket as well in the final payment step.
Last edited by f0zzyNUE; Apr 28, 2023 at 9:30 am
Apr 28, 2023, 5:06 am
#48
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Central Europe
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the availability in J is just not existent on the origin-destination segments. searching multi-stop itineraries seem to work without checking married segments. That check seems to kick in in the final step when the price is validated.
I even checked with a friend who owns a travel agency (he knows all the tricks for frequent flyers) and he could not price the itinerary that i found with the multi-city search. I wanted to book with him because he has access to corporate fares on TK that don't have change fees and cancellation fees or penalties - even for J.
I guess expedia would not issue the ticket as well in the final payment step.
I even checked with a friend who owns a travel agency (he knows all the tricks for frequent flyers) and he could not price the itinerary that i found with the multi-city search. I wanted to book with him because he has access to corporate fares on TK that don't have change fees and cancellation fees or penalties - even for J.
I guess expedia would not issue the ticket as well in the final payment step.
Apr 28, 2023, 5:20 am
#49
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Unfortunately I can't plan travel for myself currently, but as far as I understand the married segments problem could maybe be avoided by building in a (free) stopover of more than 24h (maybe someone can chime in here who knows how married segments work specifically). I'll look into Expedia later for a few sample itineraries to see if it progresses to payment.
Apr 28, 2023, 5:35 am
#50
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Thats what I thought. <24h married segments mean that if TK doesnt want to sell a J tariff it wont (for obvious reasons); beyond 24h married segments wont work anyway.
In some instances, those married segments even work in your favour, specifically when upgrading from Y - since it dont matter for UG purposes if, say, you upgrade SEA-IST or SEA-IST-OSL as long it is one segment. However it is tough to find UG availability (same infamous J bucket), so on more than one occasion, I ended up in Y on purpose. Isnt too bad on TK though to be honest.
In some instances, those married segments even work in your favour, specifically when upgrading from Y - since it dont matter for UG purposes if, say, you upgrade SEA-IST or SEA-IST-OSL as long it is one segment. However it is tough to find UG availability (same infamous J bucket), so on more than one occasion, I ended up in Y on purpose. Isnt too bad on TK though to be honest.
Apr 29, 2023, 3:43 am
#52
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Apr 29, 2023, 3:21 pm
#56
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Apr 29, 2023, 4:01 pm
#57
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Apr 29, 2023, 10:44 pm
#58
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cmdsea, just for my guidance, can you please provide the details of your itinerary (i.e. on which day which flight do you take)? Thanks a lot in advance.
Last edited by cmdsea; Apr 29, 2023 at 10:44 pm Reason: forgot to quote
May 2, 2023, 7:49 am
#59
Join Date: Nov 2018
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Tried to book one way which isn't a bad price. However can only be booked using Multi-City search. Anybody knows if EU261 will be honored booking this way? Connection time in IST is just a little over 2 hours and looking at arrival times of the first flight is pretty bad.
May 2, 2023, 8:49 am
#60
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If they sell you a ticket EU-Asia and you don't make the connection due reasons the carrier could influence: yes. Although I am sure it takes a long breath to actually get compensation in case that happens. The other way round it doesn't apply, as TK is not an EU carrier.