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Seems to be offered from outstations only. Examples:

Germany-IST Y->C EUR 200
Germany-Turkey Y->C EUR 250
TLL-IST: Y->C: EUR 150 (Dec.2017)
HEL-IST: Y->C: EUR 150 (2017 still the same 3/2022 )
MAN-IST: Y->C: USD 250 [173 GBP] (2016)
RIX-IST: Y->C: EUR 200 (2016)
TBS-SAW: Y->C: EUR 150 (2018)

TPE-IST: Y->C: USD 850 [TWD 29k] (2016)
DEL-IST: Y->C: USD 300 (2015)
DEL-IST: Y->C: USD 425 (2017)
BKK-IST: Y->C: EUR 749 (2024)
BOM-IST: Y->C: USD 300 (2014)
BOM-IST: Y->C: USD 400 (2016)

ICN-IST: Y->Y+:EUR 250 (2015)
ICN-IST: Y->Y+:KRW 55k [about USD 500] (late 2016)
IST-CLJ: Y->C: EUR 120 (2024)
HAN-IST: Y->: USD 500 (2018)
HKG-IST: Y->C: EUR 750 (2018)

HKG-IST: Y->C: EUR 750 (March 2016)
HKG-IST: Y->C: EUR 750 (2015)
HKG-IST: Y->Y+:EUR 400 (2014)
HKG-IST: Y->C: EUR 800 (2014)
KUL-IST: Y->C: USD 520 [MYR 2k] (2018)
MNL-IST: Y->: USD 500 (2018)
NRT-IST: Y->C: USD 570 [JPY 60k] (June 2016)
NRT-IST: Y->C: USD 300 (2014)
SGN-IST: Y->: USD 500 (2018)

IAD-IST: Y->C: USD 500 (2015)
JFK-IST: Y->C: USD 1000 (2015)
JFK-IST: Y->C: USD 500 (2016)
JFK-IST: Y->C: USD 1099 (2021)
ORD-IST: Y->C: USD 999 (2015 and 2018)
IAH-IST: Y->C: USD 999 (2015)
IAH-IST: Y->C: USD 750 (2014)
IAH-IST: Y->Y+:USD 300 (2014)
IAH-IST: Y->C: USD 999 (2017)
LAX-IST: Y->C: USD 999 (2016)
LAX-IST: Y->Y+:USD 350 (2015)
LAX-IST: Y->Y+:USD 300 (2014)
SFO-IST: Y->C: USD 1299 (2015 also Nov 2023)
SFO-IST: Y->C: 699 to 999 based on the C-class load (2017)
YYZ-IST: Y->Y+: CAD 361 (2016)
GRU-IST: Y->C: USD 749 (2017)
MRU-IST-MUC: Y->C: EUR 800 (June 2022)

THY Now Offering Paid Discounted Airport Upgrades

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Mar 16, 2018, 6:50 am

#151

flyerby

Join Date: Sep 2017

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https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/turkish-airlines-miles-smiles/1580040-thy-now-offering-paid-discounted-airport-upgrades.html

Mar 16, 2018, 5:41 pm

#152

hfly

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If they are available, and for one of the qualifying flights, 2 generally do not qualify, which are generally the dependable widebodies, you are looking at about 150 GBP plus tax, one way.

Mar 17, 2018, 4:02 am

#153

lonelycrowd

Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: GAI

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Posts: 364

Quote:

Originally Posted by hfly

If they are available, and for one of the qualifying flights, 2 generally do not qualify, which are generally the dependable widebodies, you are looking at about 150 GBP plus tax, one way.

Can confirm that I saw 150 GBP quoted on a sign in the check in area at LGW yesterday.

Mar 17, 2018, 7:31 am

#154

FlyingDobber

Join Date: Jul 2005

Programs: SQ *G / A3 *G

Posts: 195

Anyone any experience of a Y-J upgrade from DXB to IST?
Do I just get there really early?

Mar 17, 2018, 11:15 am

#155

hfly

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Uhh,m he asked about LHR, not LGW, from LHR on the sign they specifically refer to four floights and the 150 GBP has an *, which at the bottom is explained as *plus taxes.

Mar 18, 2018, 4:52 am

#156

108912

Join Date: Feb 2015

Posts: 699

Quote:

Originally Posted by woobl

Does anyone know if TK offers paid upgrades to J at check in? If so what do these go for? Travelling LHR - IST.

Thanks in advance.

As hfly says.

I travelled LHR-IST last month and was booked in Y on the 11-ish AM flight operated by a 777 (later subbed to a !330). When I arrived at LHR T2 there was a sign up about upgrades available for £150 but it had specific flight numbers, which mine was not included. I thought i'd ask at the ticket desk anyway and the ticket agent was very pleasant, said yes there are seats left in Business Class and it would be £864 to upgrade. Errrrm thanks but no thanks lol.

It was my first time on TK and I actually found Y very comfortable, food and seating good so I wasn't disappointed.

On the return IST-LHR sector I did book business as the fare difference was only around £120 at the time of booking over Y and it was a nice experience (i travelled on the A330-300).

Apr 5, 2018, 7:52 am

#157

seat56f

Join Date: Jun 2009

Location: STO

Programs: SK EB*G

Posts: 231

RM2000 to upgrade from Y->C for KUL-IST reported by a colleague today.

(~USD520 or ~EUR420)

May 20, 2018, 6:58 pm

#158

BA Humbug

formerly mattking2000

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Location: DXB

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Posts: 1,187

C$ 1299 for yyz-ist on 20 may 2018

Jul 31, 2018, 9:06 am

#159

PurdueFlyer

Join Date: Mar 2003

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Posts: 752

Tbs-saw 150€

Asked about cash upgrades on TBS-SAW this past week at check-in. They directed me to the ticket office (another counter) off to the side ... they quoted 150€ for that leg. I declined as it's only a 2-hour flight, and its a good thing I did, because on boarding I realized the 737-800 "business class" was standard coach seats with the center seat blocked off. I had never seen this configuration before on TK as I've only bee on A321's intra-europe with traditional TK business class recliner seats. Lesson learned to check into that for next time!

Jul 31, 2018, 3:47 pm

#160

CoweyB

Join Date: Sep 2007

Location: London UK

Programs: BAEC Silver,, Oman Air Gold

Posts: 747

Quote:

Originally Posted by PurdueFlyer

This sometimes happens on very short flights from IST. I flew, coincidentally, IST-TBS-IST last week. The outbound flight was as you describe above but the return flight was the usual short haul business recliner seat.

Jul 31, 2018, 11:24 pm

#161

flyerby

Join Date: Sep 2017

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Posts: 1,869

Quote:

Originally Posted by PurdueFlyer

... because on boarding I realized the 737-800 "business class" was standard coach seats with the center seat blocked off. I had never seen this configuration before on TK as I've only bee on A321's intra-europe with traditional TK business class recliner seats. Lesson learned to check into that for next time!

Few years ago that was the standard but I haven’t flown on such for the past 2 years from or to TLV/CAI (1:45 net flying time).

Aug 1, 2018, 2:30 am

#162

shuly

Join Date: May 2000

Location: HFA

Posts: 1,712

This was a SAW flight. I believe they are all like this.

Shuly

Oct 28, 2018, 7:00 pm

#163

sodaisei

Join Date: Jun 2017

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Programs: ANA SFC (*G)

Posts: 530

Last time I did NRT - IST (one year ago) they offered an upgrade for 70.000Y at airport check in. Hopefully they will offer it again this Thursday... (crossing fingers)

Oct 30, 2018, 1:53 pm

#164

Nhan Thanh Nguyen

Join Date: Sep 2014

Posts: 13

So upgrade is not available for flight from IST?

Oct 31, 2018, 1:49 pm

#165

Goaguy

Join Date: Nov 2017

Location: DXB

Programs: TK Elite Plus

Posts: 413

Maybe a bit too late to post. But was offered an upgrade to business on DAR-IST for $200 at check in Oct 2017. I accepted, that's a fantastic price for a close to 8 hour flight, though a narrow body. He said I would be served standard economy meal though, since they didn't have enough business class meals. I did see he had a note with various hand written prices, some slightly more, for each booking class you upgraded from.
I accepted and paid cash. But later in the lounge the same guy came and found me, saying they had done a mistake (oversold upgrades) gave me a new boarding pass in Y and my cash back.
He did manage to give me a whole row in Y to myself. And next morning I got an upgrade at the gate flying IST-CPH, I would assume this guy might have had something to do with that.