ADD to IST red eye Biz
Dec 10, 2018, 2:53 pm
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ADD to IST red eye Biz
Has anyone taken this red eye? Biz is in recliners. Not lie flat. Gets into IST early morning. Trying to decide if this is worth it with the family so we can spend 2 full days in Istanbul for the first time on the way back to the states. How well can we sleep in those seats?
which lounge do you use in ADD?
thanks!
which lounge do you use in ADD?
thanks!
Dec 10, 2018, 9:48 pm
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Has anyone taken this red eye? Biz is in recliners. Not lie flat. Gets into IST early morning. Trying to decide if this is worth it with the family so we can spend 2 full days in Istanbul for the first time on the way back to the states. How well can we sleep in those seats?
which lounge do you use in ADD?
thanks!
which lounge do you use in ADD?
thanks!
I’m not familiar with that route, but know just about all TK seats pretty well.
I’ve sometimes slept like a baby in a Y middle seat and not at all in full lie-flat J. It really depends on the person that day.
From ADD (and my family), I would probably choose to sit in the back, spending the saved money on booking a nicer hotel at a better location in Istanbul.
Dec 10, 2018, 11:43 pm
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Thanks!
We would arrive into ADD on Ethiopian Biz and depart on Turkish Biz. Can anyone confirm we would have access to which lounge? Ethiopian Lounge #2 ?
We would arrive into ADD on Ethiopian Biz and depart on Turkish Biz. Can anyone confirm we would have access to which lounge? Ethiopian Lounge #2 ?
Dec 11, 2018, 12:00 am
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Oh one other question. If our Ethiopian flight Nairobi to ADD is booked separetly from the ADD to IST (Turkish Airlines) flight can I check my bags all the way through? We'll have a 3 hour layover from about 9:30 pm.
Dec 11, 2018, 12:53 am
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Dec 11, 2018, 1:05 am
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In my experience you'll need one PNR in order to check your luggage all the way through. I had that issue last year when I checked in in FRA to Arn with LH and had to check in again in ARN to fly further with SAS. According to the counter it was not possible to check through.
Dec 11, 2018, 1:06 am
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No experience with anything other than transitting ADD, but that sounds like a really bad idea. Three hours would be tight at a European airport that you are familiar with.
Dec 11, 2018, 1:52 am
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Just flew through ADD! They have 3 lounges: one for their Silver card holders, one for their Gold & Above and all *G pax, AND one Cloud Nine (for their J class pax, and *A J-class pax). My bet, you'd probably use the Cloud Nine lounge: although, it's nothing to write home about. Tried the *G lounge briefly, and, it did look emptier than Cloud nine lounge during peak evening time.
Dec 11, 2018, 8:56 am
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Just flew through ADD! They have 3 lounges: one for their Silver card holders, one for their Gold & Above and all *G pax, AND one Cloud Nine (for their J class pax, and *A J-class pax). My bet, you'd probably use the Cloud Nine lounge: although, it's nothing to write home about. Tried the *G lounge briefly, and, it did look emptier than Cloud nine lounge during peak evening time.
Thanks again!
Dec 11, 2018, 11:03 am
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In my experience you'll need one PNR in order to check your luggage all the way through. I had that issue last year when I checked in in FRA to Arn with LH and had to check in again in ARN to fly further with SAS. According to the counter it was not possible to check through.
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Dec 11, 2018, 12:40 pm
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There are a lot of threads about ADD airport, lounges and transit in the "other Middle east and African carriers" forum, even a sticky one about ADD airport.
I would not have paid extra to fly in J from ADD to IST, flight is too short and those recliners, though better than a standard Y seat, are nowhere near a flat bed experience.
I should add: ET just announced a new route to IST, and on wide body as far as I can see. ET wide body J is definitely preferable over TK narrow body.
Edit: Link to the sticky ADD airport guide:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/africa/1894288-add-addis-ababa-bole-international-airport-connections-facilities-layovers.html
I would not have paid extra to fly in J from ADD to IST, flight is too short and those recliners, though better than a standard Y seat, are nowhere near a flat bed experience.
I should add: ET just announced a new route to IST, and on wide body as far as I can see. ET wide body J is definitely preferable over TK narrow body.
Edit: Link to the sticky ADD airport guide:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/africa/1894288-add-addis-ababa-bole-international-airport-connections-facilities-layovers.html
Last edited by Goaguy; Dec 11, 2018 at 12:47 pm
Dec 11, 2018, 12:42 pm
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Plus a dedicated lounge only for Shebamiles Platinum. Both the Star Gold lounge and Cloud Nine lounges can get very packed during peak hours (8pm - 11:00pm ish)
Dec 11, 2018, 1:19 pm
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There are a lot of threads about ADD airport, lounges and transit in the "other Middle east and African carriers" forum, even a sticky one about ADD airport.
I would not have paid extra to fly in J from ADD to IST, flight is too short and those recliners, though better than a standard Y seat, are nowhere near a flat bed experience.
I should add: ET just announced a new route to IST, and on wide body as far as I can see. ET wide body J is definitely preferable over TK narrow body.
Edit: Link to the sticky ADD airport guide:
ADD / Addis Ababa Bole International Airport - Connections, Facilities, Layovers
I would not have paid extra to fly in J from ADD to IST, flight is too short and those recliners, though better than a standard Y seat, are nowhere near a flat bed experience.
I should add: ET just announced a new route to IST, and on wide body as far as I can see. ET wide body J is definitely preferable over TK narrow body.
Edit: Link to the sticky ADD airport guide:
ADD / Addis Ababa Bole International Airport - Connections, Facilities, Layovers
not a wide body as you mentioned and I had hoped.
ET720Aircraft:Boeing 737-800Also, I agree with you on the idea of not paying extra for biz on a short flight. However if it's a red eye that might make me lean a bit more towards biz. HOWEVER, in this case the cost of flying Biz ADD - IST - JFK is less than half the cost of simply flying IST - JFK. So that's why I'm looking at that routing and why I need to figure out how to get from NBO to ADD.....