Sleeping rooms in the IST lounge
Oct 13, 2018, 6:59 pm
#31
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That's crazy that they take away all the food...is there not even a station with salads or snacks? Is there at least wine overnight?
Oct 14, 2018, 1:10 am
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As I said, I have no idea whether they take away the strong alcohol at night, but olives, nuts, cakes, even homemade lemonade are all gone by midnight. If you are lucky you may find some kinder chocolate at the kids area. My flight usually gets in at IST at 10:30pm, I rush to the lounge, grab all the food I'm going to eat at once because I know they will stop serving food at around 11:30pm or so. Learned the lesson once and was shocked by it too, so I won't consider picking flights that have late arrival past 10:30 at IST.
Dec 31, 2018, 9:50 am
#33
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So I have a 9 hour layover at IST. Travelling in J but that’s over the 7 hour threshold for day rooms. I’m also on one of the “forced” longer layovers (could have, and would have taken a later CDG-IST flight but there was no award space) so as I understand it I don’t get access to the transit hotel either. Does this mean that we basically have nowhere to rest up for a few hours besides in the lounge itself?
Dec 31, 2018, 11:36 am
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So I have a 9 hour layover at IST. Travelling in J but that’s over the 7 hour threshold for day rooms. I’m also on one of the “forced” longer layovers (could have, and would have taken a later CDG-IST flight but there was no award space) so as I understand it I don’t get access to the transit hotel either. Does this mean that we basically have nowhere to rest up for a few hours besides in the lounge itself?
You won't get a sleeping room - they are strict on the 7 hour limit. You can try asking for a hotel room - you've got nothing to lose, and they do occasionally given out hotels even when not needed, although technically the fact there were no seats available is NOT a valid reason.
Worst case, if it's an overnight stay then there's no shortage of cheap hotels near the airport (some with shuttles), or if it's a day stay you can leave your luggage in the lounge and head into the city - either on their city tour or just on your own.
Jan 24, 2019, 3:27 pm
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Is this according to official arrival and departure time? If your flight is arriving late and when you show up at the lounge it is less than 7hrs, from next flight's departure will you qualify for the sleeping room?
Jan 25, 2019, 3:37 am
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According to official arrival and departure time. One more thing I didn't add is that at least one of the flights needs to be a long haul flight (8+ hrs) according to the dragons at the desk. I've been flying TK 2 to 3 times a month for over 6 years now and have not yet flown a compatible pair of routes that allows me to use these rooms.
Feb 11, 2019, 5:44 pm
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SGN-IST-VIE put us in the sleeping room. Connex was 4h05m 
We've also "slept" overnight just in the lounge itself. When wife was infuriated at my causing us to miss our flights, and didn't want to leave the airport risking next mornings rebooking.
It gets quiet overnight, although there were a few other sleepers as well. Beats the makeshift camps littered around the terminal.
We've also "slept" overnight just in the lounge itself. When wife was infuriated at my causing us to miss our flights, and didn't want to leave the airport risking next mornings rebooking.
It gets quiet overnight, although there were a few other sleepers as well. Beats the makeshift camps littered around the terminal.
May 30, 2019, 5:55 am
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If I go ahead with the booking I'm looking at I land in IST at 5 am and leave at 11:50am, connection of 6 hours and 50 minutes and the flight before this is 8 hours long, will there be food available at this time? And whats my chances of getting a sleeping room for 2 people?
Thanks
Thanks
May 30, 2019, 11:54 am
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jtz, sleeping room info is here on the wiki:
TK in IST: Thread #3 - Transit and Stopover Hotel, Touristanbul, Sleeping Rooms
I don’t think there are double sleeping rooms and faintly remember an earlier post from Atatürk where someone wasn’t allowed to share a room w someone else, but if both of you qualify, I don’t see why you couldn’t have two rooms.
and don’t worry about food!
TK in IST: Thread #3 - Transit and Stopover Hotel, Touristanbul, Sleeping Rooms
I don’t think there are double sleeping rooms and faintly remember an earlier post from Atatürk where someone wasn’t allowed to share a room w someone else, but if both of you qualify, I don’t see why you couldn’t have two rooms.
and don’t worry about food!
Last edited by gr8pirate; May 30, 2019 at 6:23 pm