Official Turkish Airlines Business Class Menu Thread
Oct 10, 2018, 3:20 am
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PDB I asked for a G&T which was happily accommodated
had to ask every time for a refill or else the crew would whisk my glass
away.....so annoying.
even requests for water were ignored and required follow up.
not impressed.
Oct 10, 2018, 8:54 am
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Was hit or miss for me on the same route in July. On the way to IST refills were usually on point, though I had to ask a few times, however the crew missed me on the amuse bouche (while serving it to my wife seated right next to me) and one other item I'm blanking on now. Return flight from IST, the crew was more solid.
Oct 10, 2018, 10:33 am
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Was hit or miss for me on the same route in July. On the way to IST refills were usually on point, though I had to ask a few times, however the crew missed me on the amuse bouche (while serving it to my wife seated right next to me) and one other item I'm blanking on now. Return flight from IST, the crew was more solid.
The return flight crew was on point for TK1, but that could be because the business class cabin was pretty empty.
Overall on both flights I found the food to be good, and the service was good. Although they did run out of champagne on TK1. I was also a bit disappointed with the arrival meal options considering the flight is 9.5hrs and we landed late in the afternoon.
This was my second long haul RT with them this year, and I would fly them again if the price was on point which is the reason I booked these tickets in the first place.
Overall, I don't find the crew to be very proactive based on the two RT this year. The cabin manager on TK1 was proactive, but he's only one person.
The lack of proactive services reminds me of the big Asian airlines, but there's not the anticipating what you want in the way Asian airlines tend to do.
As one of the other posters mentioned, they are more likely to take an empty glass rather than offer you more to drink. I think that's an easy spot they could drastically improve customer satisfaction, and a big deficit compared to competitors I've traveled. I don't know if it's cultural, policy, or just poor training.
Oct 11, 2018, 3:23 am
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Oct 12, 2018, 8:20 am
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They seem to do a much better job on the beef appetizer course than the main meal. On the return the beef appetizer was amazing. Nice, rare, and tender.
Oct 12, 2018, 9:43 am
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Ah, sorry. I had the beef. It was fine. I had beef on the flight out there and it was fine too. Not the best beef I've had on a plane, but not the worst. Definitely edible by any measure.
They seem to do a much better job on the beef appetizer course than the main meal. On the return the beef appetizer was amazing. Nice, rare, and tender.
They seem to do a much better job on the beef appetizer course than the main meal. On the return the beef appetizer was amazing. Nice, rare, and tender.
. BA have put me off airplane beef for life!
Dec 4, 2018, 5:03 pm
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Thanks for this post ibmman69, I have heard that TK provides excellent service and as a frequent flier of Air Canada, I wanted to fly a different star alliance carrier. I will fly TK from Frankfurt to Istanbul to Shanghai. I also appreciate everyone advising me in advance that they aren't proactive with the drink refills because that is certainly what I'm expecting .
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Dec 4, 2018, 9:45 pm
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About the drinks not being proactively offered.. I think it really depends on the crew. Last week I flew IST-ORD, they were offering to refill my drink even before I finished it, and they were very generous about it
Dec 6, 2018, 6:16 am
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On TK flights from BKK - IST and IST - TXL yesterday, the business class menus were advertising 'dine on demand'. Basically, you get the same menu but can choose when to eat. I did not try the service out but will do in future.
Dec 6, 2018, 8:37 am
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Dec 6, 2018, 10:21 am
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Do you happen to have any photos of the menus?