The Suite Life: Istanbul and Tokyo in TK F, TG F/J, LX F (pics)
Aug 11, 2010, 8:12 am
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The Suite Life: Istanbul and Tokyo in TK F, TG F/J, LX F (pics)
I had previously arranged my Istanbul/Tokyo trip for May but had to cancel it for personal reasons. I hadn’t decided when to re-book the trip when a few weeks ago I was sitting at home looking at my calender in August and saw two free weeks. I got online and spent the better part of a day trying to find flights.
A combination of pure luck and/or the availability gods being in a good mood, I was able to maximise my F experience with three airlines, and two I had never flown before. So here is the trip I was able to ticket 22 days before departure:
SZG-FRA OS J
FRA-LHR LH J
LHR-IST TK F (stop)
IST-BKK TK F
BKK-NRT TG F (stop)
This allows me to experience Turkish Airlines First Class and Thai First Class and the Royal First Lounge and Spa.
I'm only going to post about the F legs because the others are too short to be worth writing about (unless something interesting happens). As soon as I have flown/written the flights I'll link them.
Here we go:
Turkish Airlines F TK1980 LHR-IST (LIVE)
Turkish Airlines F TK60 IST-BKK (LIVE)
Thai Airways F TG640 BKK-NRT (LIVE)
-The Young Foodie
Last edited by QFBoy; Jan 31, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Aug 11, 2010, 1:52 pm
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Indeed, their F hard product looks as if it beats the sh*t out of those of LH, LX (old style) and TG (old & new)...
Great start of your trip report, looking forward to the rest!
Great start of your trip report, looking forward to the rest!
Aug 11, 2010, 5:31 pm
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Looks like you have an amazing trip lined up. I've never flown TK F and can see it is rivalling the best out there. The service will come I'm sure with experience. My only real experience of TK is their very annoying "We are Turkish Airlines: we are globally yours" TV Commercials that seem to be on one of the major cable news channels at every break right now!
Great report so far -I particularly like the photograph of the champagne in front of the window!
^
Great report so far -I particularly like the photograph of the champagne in front of the window!
^
Aug 11, 2010, 9:53 pm
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Aug 12, 2010, 5:38 am
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Oct 13, 2010, 6:20 pm
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After a long absence, PART TWO is LIVE!! Enjoy!
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-The Young Foodie
Turkish Airlines F TK60 IST-BKK (LIVE)
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Oct 13, 2010, 7:13 pm
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Oct 23, 2010, 5:34 am
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Always enjoy your reports!
Thanks for another interesting read with great pictures as well. Our fellow Austrian Mr. Dogudan seems to have done a great job with TK F! Would love to try them just for the food!
Looking forward to the Lufthansa part too!
-Tom
Looking forward to the Lufthansa part too!
-Tom
Dec 15, 2010, 2:15 pm
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Dec 16, 2010, 9:41 am
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Very nicely presented photo report. I especially like the composition and clarity of your photographs. Now that Turkish has received its own 777-300s (instead of the loaners from Jet Airways) I wonder if the First Class cabin is as nice or nicer?
Dec 16, 2010, 2:18 pm
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Can anyone confirm?