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Old Feb 3, 2014, 10:04 pm
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Join Date: Feb 2014
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thanks!
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Old Feb 5, 2014, 7:38 am
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Programs: TK Elite Plus, SAS EBG, QR Platinum, Hilton Diamond
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Originally Posted by bobby7321
Hello.

So I have a question. I have 45k miles from TK, and my father another 45k. Most of which expire for us in 2015. So I'm heading to Istanbul again in December 2014. I'd like to see if I can transfer his 45k to my account, then use the 90k to get the best ticket I can LAX > IST. Any advice?
thanks!
-Bobby
It's not possible to transfer miles from one account to the other, unless the member is a deceased. However you can simply book two one-way tickets using the miles from the two separate accounts.

A round trip LAX-IST is 70K miles in Business Class. But sadly the availability is nonexistent.
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Old Feb 6, 2014, 6:01 am
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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flown 8 segments with Lufthansa in the last 6 months and had nothing credited

can anyone else shed any light on this?
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Old Feb 6, 2014, 6:21 am
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: HH Diamond, Kimpton IC, Marriott Plat, AS MVP Gold
Posts: 549
checkin at jfk
Hi, I have a trip on TK4 in April. It was booked with United miles. I read somewhere that TK requires you to show at checkin the credit card used to book the tickets. Can someone explain how this works for checking in at jfk on an award ticket? I do not use the credit card anymore that was used for the taxes and fees for these award tickets.

Also, do I checkin with United or Turkish?

Thanks
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Old Feb 6, 2014, 9:00 am
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: ARN
Programs: BAEC Gold, TK*Elite+, EBD, FBG, EKS, IHG Royal Ambassador
Posts: 768
Originally Posted by drewdawg199
Hi, I have a trip on TK4 in April. It was booked with United miles. I read somewhere that TK requires you to show at checkin the credit card used to book the tickets. Can someone explain how this works for checking in at jfk on an award ticket? I do not use the credit card anymore that was used for the taxes and fees for these award tickets.

Also, do I checkin with United or Turkish?

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You check-in at the Turkish counter.

Regarding showing your CC, that has never been asked of me. I always just show them my passport and that's it.
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Old Feb 9, 2014, 1:53 am
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Originally Posted by mfgr
flown 8 segments with Lufthansa in the last 6 months and had nothing credited

can anyone else shed any light on this?
Some booking fares are not eligible,e.g.P Have you checked ?

Originally Posted by drewdawg199
Hi, I have a trip on TK4 in April. It was booked with United miles. I read somewhere that TK requires you to show at checkin the credit card used to book the tickets. Can someone explain how this works for checking in at jfk on an award ticket? I do not use the credit card anymore that was used for the taxes and fees for these award tickets.

Also, do I checkin with United or Turkish?

Thanks
I was asked twice,which is not often ! None the less.
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Old Feb 9, 2014, 2:53 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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so let's go with the assumption that I will be asked for the CC card that was used to "purchase" the tickets (I only paid taxes and fees on a United reward ticket), what do I do if the card I used is no longer active??

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Old Feb 10, 2014, 2:14 am
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: DSS
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Originally Posted by drewdawg199
so let's go with the assumption that I will be asked for the CC card that was used to "purchase" the tickets (I only paid taxes and fees on a United reward ticket), what do I do if the card I used is no longer active??

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No problem at all.They'll see that the cc was used for payment and that it's yours.That's it.

I don't think that they will ask you for the card,but better safe than sorry.
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Old Feb 11, 2014, 5:29 am
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 134
I am close to getting classic plus and it's february. if I break the 25k miles will they award me classic plus instantly for twelve months, instantly but only until the end of the calendar year or at the end of this calendar year for the following calendar year?

thank you :-)
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Old Feb 11, 2014, 10:05 am
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: ARN
Programs: BAEC Gold, TK*Elite+, EBD, FBG, EKS, IHG Royal Ambassador
Posts: 768
You get it instantly, but for 24 months I believe. At least Elite and Elite+ is for 24 months anyways. I've only been Classic for a month or so, so I don't know
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Old Feb 15, 2014, 7:24 am
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Scotland, Spain
Programs: Skywards Gold, Amex Plat, SkyTeam Silver
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Hopping over from the EK forums for my newbie question.

Group is travelling TK to Colombo in August and I'm struggling to work out what our baggage allowance is. The E-Ticket on the website says 30K.

However underneath it says "Upper limit of 1 pcs for business baggage is 32 Kg and upper limit of 1 pcs for comfort and economy baggage is 23 Kg"

And on the FAQ of the site it under [link=http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-int/travel-information/baggage/free-baggage-allowance]Free Baggage Allowance[/link] it says 20Kg.

Can somebody shed some light please? Thanks
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Old Feb 15, 2014, 7:38 am
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: GYD
Programs: Azerbaijan Airlines Gold, Turkish Miles and Smiles, IHG Plat
Posts: 663
Originally Posted by marconess
Hopping over from the EK forums for my newbie question.

Group is travelling TK to Colombo in August and I'm struggling to work out what our baggage allowance is. The E-Ticket on the website says 30K.

However underneath it says "Upper limit of 1 pcs for business baggage is 32 Kg and upper limit of 1 pcs for comfort and economy baggage is 23 Kg"

And on the FAQ of the site it under [link=http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-int/travel-information/baggage/free-baggage-allowance]Free Baggage Allowance[/link] it says 20Kg.

Can somebody shed some light please? Thanks
In my experience, the baggage rules on TK's website rarely match the allowance shown on my tickets. The ticket is the 'contract' and therefore I've always used this allowance as a guide. They've always honoured the higher 'ticket' allowance - in fact it's never been an issue on check in.
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Old Feb 18, 2014, 12:48 pm
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For anyone who has taken the JFK-IST and IST-JFK routes, is there one side of the plane that is better with regard to seating if I want to be able to take some nice pictures flying into and out of Istanbul?
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Old Feb 20, 2014, 5:40 am
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: HH Diamond, Kimpton IC, Marriott Plat, AS MVP Gold
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Also if anyone can comment on the TK4 experience in Biz, that would be great.
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Old Feb 23, 2014, 10:22 am
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: PIT-SCE-AOO-PHL-NYC-WAS
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With United's PQD game, I am taking my money to somewhere, so here I am right now. I love *A network.

I can see that TK will give out 37,500 Status Miles in two years to *A gold members. 37.5k miles require me to fly on TK metal, or it can be any *A airline? my gut say TK metal but want to ask
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