I may be flying TK for the first time on the 777, ORD-IST. If travelling alone in J, which seat do you recommend. I do not mind the bank of three seats, but would prefer not to have the FA leaning over me to serve the middle seat.

I had to use the ticket number to get my reservation to come up on TK's website (used UA miles). Try once with TK PNR and the next screen that pops up when it fails (or says it wasn't booked on TK.com) lets you put the ticket number in. You can't start with the ticket number, in my experience.

Not sure if this has been discussed already but is there any way to reserve the bulkhead seats in business class in advance? I'm referring to 5A and 5K on the 777-300ER. On the seat map these are shown as occupied while in reality they are simply just blocked. Have tried calling the call center several times hut to no avail, they insisted that the seats are taken even though the cabin is empty.

Seats 5A and 5K are reserved for passengers with infants and open at airport check-in. Unfortunately, no way to get it earlier.

Elite Plus do not even get free seat selection on TK? Quite stingy treatment of elites :td:

From late September, they allow Elite & Elite Plus members to get free seat selection on domestic routes after the introduction of Basic Economy in these routes.
However, still, no free extra legroom ( bulkhead or exit-row ) seats for Elite & Elite Plus members.

Currently not applicable for international flights ( every pax has free seat selection ) but after the alcohol reduction movement due to cost-cutting, we could assume that TK would apply the same process for international flights on a close date.

For my upcoming economy booking (international, short-haul), there was a charge for seat selection :confused:

For non-exit-rows or non-bulkhead seats?

LOL, I guess those are the only seats I tried! You are correct, free for other seats. Thanks for correcting me ^

Are premium seats released to be selected for free at check-in time?

Bulkheads are released for free at OLCI, exit-row seats could only be taken at the airport for free.

Thanks mate, I will try my luck that way then

I guess TK can still bump you to another seat if there's a baby who needs the bulkhead seat?

Yes, they could bump you in case there is a baby onboard.

A350 J: best seats for a couple are 1EF, 3EF, 5EF, and 7EF. I booked a flight several months from now and I can select any seat in J except the F seats because they are blocked (not being occupied). I called customer service and I was told even on the phone they cannot give me those seats, without being able to tell me why. Does anybody on FT know what is the issue?