dimmedlights

This is TK, they unique and I don't have any high expections from them.

moeser

They will offer you an Up IF you are willing to pay they fare difference.
A lot of other airlines would do the same !

joer1212

It's funny that I actually thought they were considered to be a good airline. I was reading nothing but positive reviews about them until now.

moeser

They are a good airline as long as there are no problems

joer1212

I'm sorry, I don't care what anyone says, but this is just not right.

It's one thing if you got downgraded because of circumstances beyond an airline's control, it's quite another when they deliberately screw a passenger well beforehand, and choose not to tell him about it until the last minute. That is most definitely not beyond their control. If they do this, it's only right that they fairly compensate the passenger for it.

starflyergold

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dimmedlights

the lounge will be less congested when tk eliminates cc

johhenrik

Comfort Class does not give access to the lounge.

dvs7310

If that drives the other airlines' *G back to other airlines then perhaps yes, and I'm sure it will. I'm not sure how keen I'm going to be transiting IST once the CC ex-Asia is gone, but for now it makes sense for me as it's a comfortable ride and a small premium and I earn a few more miles by connecting a bit out of the way. I imagine on company paid trips I'll move to LH after their premium econ opens up.

But otherwise I think the lounge is just suffering from TK's rapid expansion. They're carrying about 40 million pax a year now, a lot of transit pax rather than O&D, so all of those who are in C or *G use the lounge, plus the growing number of other *A airlines now serving IST has their C and *G in the lounge... it's a great lounge and I loved it when it first opened but too small now for what IST has become, perhaps when it was designed they didn't take into consideration TKs very aggressive growth plans. A mirrored copy at the other end of the terminal would be great.

johhenrik

Add to the fact that they hand out Gold cards in the cereal boxes... no wonder it is crowded. It's usually ok the times I travel, but sometimes one has to walk around a lap or two to find a good seat.

vincewy

TK really needs to reconsider the decision, perhaps cut the seats down to 28-35 in a 777 and offer only O and U fares as I'm in exactly the same boat and will only fly TK (if CC is gone completely) if travelling to Turkey using upgrade vouchers.

dvs7310

I'm not sure cutting out A fares will help much. They just need to price to the market which I'd say is not their strong point. I've seen a number of points with no published A fare and the O fare was priced at fire sale prices and also other markets where both A and O are bargain basement though it's gotten a lot "better" (meaning smarter pricing on their side), even still the only one consistently priced between Economy and Business is the U fare.

dimmedlights

handing out gold cards ???????
it's their own FF that enables to bring in the entire clan into the lounge.

fnaime23

hi folks. haven't been following this thread for a while. since my last trip back in november. and since then there has been discussions of removing the CC class. I'm looking to book in CC for december. any updates or solid leads on this.

I will most likely buy CC and upgrade to business on the way there (LAX - IST) but not for the way back. I'm trying to make sure if CC will still be around.

thoughts??

johhenrik

They are not removing CC on existing planes but not installing it on new. That's the only info that's been said. They are still marketing CC. I get emails from them about it etc.