The Newbie Zone: ask your questions here
Oct 8, 2017, 11:55 am
#1561
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 14
anyways gave the TK office in town a ring and was resolved.
turns out Hawaii and Aus and NZ are categorised as the same region. this can be rather interesting for 50k miles rt in J
Oct 11, 2017, 10:29 am
#1563
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: OSL
Posts: 2,145
I am currently in the process of booking a trip Oslo-Instanbul-Nairobi-Istanbul-Oslo. Wanted to book business class. The reason for this is that I want a business class seat, do not really care about F&B, I just want to sleep well. Having checked seat guru, I see that there are several versions of aircrafts used for each flight. Is there a way to find out which version I will fly with before booking? No point of booking business class if the seat is same as tourist class with just an empty chair in between...
Oct 11, 2017, 12:12 pm
#1566
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Cologne
Programs: FB Plat, IHG RA Spire, TK Elite+, HH Diamond, LH SEN, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 972
I am currently in the process of booking a trip Oslo-Instanbul-Nairobi-Istanbul-Oslo. Wanted to book business class. The reason for this is that I want a business class seat, do not really care about F&B, I just want to sleep well. Having checked seat guru, I see that there are several versions of aircrafts used for each flight. Is there a way to find out which version I will fly with before booking? No point of booking business class if the seat is same as tourist class with just an empty chair in between...
ive flown IST -> KHI 4 Times in the past few months... I have had 4 different business class seats.
1 standard US domestic first class
2 different angled sests
1 full flat seat
Oct 11, 2017, 12:42 pm
#1567
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: OSL
Posts: 2,145
Thanks. I booked now and just have to keep fingers crossed. Will be better than tourist class seats in any case i assume. Not like European Business class which is basically tourist class seats on a row of three where they block the middle one.
Oct 11, 2017, 12:49 pm
#1568
Join Date: May 2000
Location: HFA
Posts: 1,712
Shuly
Oct 13, 2017, 9:23 pm
#1569
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: SIN
Programs: A3 Gold, SQ KF Elite Gold, QR Gold, IB Plata, Hilton Honors Gold
Posts: 175
Which aircraft have the newest Business Class seats?
Hi all, I’m just wondering if anyone knows if one can tell which aircraft, specifically the 777, have the newest version of the business class seat? This is the Zodiac Aura Enhanced seat. Is TK refurbishing the older planes or are they only installed on the later deliveries? Is the deployment of aircraft with these seats random? Thank you!
Marcelduchamp
Marcelduchamp
Oct 15, 2017, 3:30 am
#1570
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: London UK
Programs: BAEC Silver,, Oman Air Gold
Posts: 747
yes it’s true. There is a Miles & Smiles desk between Check in area A and B. They printed out one for me in a few seconds last year.
Oct 15, 2017, 12:19 pm
#1571
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: MD/DC
Programs: Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, TK Gold
Posts: 1,536
I'd appreciate the wisdom of the crowd.
I've matched to TK *G status in 2015. Between then and now I've met the qualification for renewal (37,500 miles in 2 years).
My card is set to expire at the end of the month (10/30 on the new website version, 10/31 on the old website version).
Does anyone know when the extension to the card should be available and a new card will be sent? Of course, it is all more complicated because I am to travel on 10/31 and 11/1.
I've matched to TK *G status in 2015. Between then and now I've met the qualification for renewal (37,500 miles in 2 years).
My card is set to expire at the end of the month (10/30 on the new website version, 10/31 on the old website version).
Does anyone know when the extension to the card should be available and a new card will be sent? Of course, it is all more complicated because I am to travel on 10/31 and 11/1.
Oct 20, 2017, 4:13 am
#1573
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: MUC
Programs: BA Executive Club Silver
Posts: 108
I´m a little bit confused by the Information provided to me by TK. I read on their website, that I, as a Business Class passenger, can guest someone into the International TK Lounge at IST for 100 TL. Now there is something written that confuses me: "Between 5-12 hours". Does that mean you can only guest someone in between 5am-12am or you can stay between 5 and 12 hours? Would be nice to have lounge access for both for a 3 hour layover. We are travelling MUC-IST-HRG on Sunday. And if that is not possible, is there a possibility to upgrade only the Leg IST-HRG for cash or is it only possible to upgrade the whole outbound segment?
Thanks for any advice.
Thanks for any advice.
Oct 22, 2017, 2:31 pm
#1574
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: TK E+
Posts: 398
The M&S terms state "Classic Plus, Elite, Elite Plus card holders can purchase up to 10.000 status miles to upgrade their card status within one year."
Does this mean that if someone gets 70,000 status miles within a consecutive 12 month period, they can simply pay for an additional 10,000 status miles in order to get upgrade to E+ ?
Does this mean that if someone gets 70,000 status miles within a consecutive 12 month period, they can simply pay for an additional 10,000 status miles in order to get upgrade to E+ ?
Oct 22, 2017, 2:35 pm
#1575
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: TK E+
Posts: 398
Under the M&S terms for upgrading the status it says: "Process cannot be evaulated even if ticket was issued. Flight must be completed and registered to the member’s account for the mileage calculation."
Since it typically takes a few days from the flight until the status miles get registered, does that mean that if someone makes a flight that should take him past the 80k mark, exactly 1 day before again falling far below 80k (due to a flight from 12 months ago no longer being counted), then the delay in registration will prevent the eligibility for the E+ status despite technically 80k miles being flown within a 12 months period?
Since it typically takes a few days from the flight until the status miles get registered, does that mean that if someone makes a flight that should take him past the 80k mark, exactly 1 day before again falling far below 80k (due to a flight from 12 months ago no longer being counted), then the delay in registration will prevent the eligibility for the E+ status despite technically 80k miles being flown within a 12 months period?