Apr 2, 2019, 3:31 am
Last edit by: starflyergold
Unlike like Atatürk Airport, at Istanbul Airport there is more than one international lounge. Eligibility depends on your travel of class and your frequent flyer card status. PLEASE READ THIS WIKI BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS.
For discussions and questions regarding outstation lounges ( Moscow, Nairobi, Washington DC ) and all other domestic lounges ( including SAW ) please refer to the respective forum.
For PriorityPass Lounges in Istanbul Airport (IST) please consult this thread in the Europe forum or the Istanbul Airport Master Thread for questions regarding contract lounges.
This thread covers TK Lounges at IST airport.
Chart of Eligibility for Lounges:
Thanks to DELLAS for sharing this chart.
International Lounges:
Miles&Smiles Lounge: This lounge is open to all Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles Elite, Elite Plus card holders and Star Alliance Gold status holders along with one of their guests when flying Turkish Airlines or another Star Alliance member. Miles&Smiles Elite Plus members are also able to guest family members regardless of the number of people (spouse and children). Also Turkish Corporate Club members are allowed to access this lounge with one fellow guest who holds a valid boarding pass on Turkish Airlines.
To access this lounge take the elevators across gate C1 to the mezzanine level.
Business Lounge: This lounge would be open for all Business Class passengers on Turkish Airlines and Star Alliance partners. Unfortunately, no guests are allowed to this lounge.
To access this lounge take the elevators across gate E1 to the mezzanine level.
Both lounges are non-smoking. The nearest "terrace" (IST does not advertise smoking areas) is: For the business lounge: exit via the escalators, turn left and left again, past the public rest areas, and the terrace is on the right hand side. For the M&S lounge: exit via the escalators, turn right and right again, past the public rest areas, and the terrace is on the left hand side. In both cases a 3 minute walk.
Exclusive Lounge: No details, no plans as of yet
Arrivals Lounge: No details, no plans as of yet
Both the Business Lounge and the Miles&Smiles Lounge have showers, sleeping rooms and Turkish speciality food.
To use the sleeping rooms, you must have a connection time between 4h and 9h and the duration of one of your flights must be more than 8 hours. Unfortunately, Miles&Smiles Elite card holders and Star Alliance Gold card holders traveling in Economy Class are not eligible to use the sleeping room service. For sleeping room related issues please consult the this thread.
None of the international lounges have direct lounge access from the check-in hall; however, priority immigration and security checkpoint are available both for transfer passengers and passengers starting their journey in Istanbul.
Domestic Lounges:
The domestic lounge has two sections; one for Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles Classic Plus and Elite card holders, Star Alliance Gold card holders and Turkish Corporate Club members (if they have a same day onward international connection); and the other one for Business Class passengers and Miles&Smiles Elite Plus card holders.
Miles&Smiles Elite passengers, Star Alliance Gold card holders and Turkish Corporate Club members can invite one guest into the lounge. Miles&Smiles Elite Plus passengers can also guest one passenger or their family members regardless of the number of people (spouse and children). Miles&Smiles Classic Plus card holders do not have the right to guest someone.
The lounge has a separate entrance and check-in lobby from the street, along with a special valet parking drop-off point. Transfer passengers and passengers who decide to use the main terminal building can also access this lounge by using the elevators across gates G6 and G7. Be aware that there are no lounge signs within the terminal so it's advised to follow signs for gates G6 and G7.
For discussions and questions regarding outstation lounges ( Moscow, Nairobi, Washington DC ) and all other domestic lounges ( including SAW ) please refer to the respective forum.
For PriorityPass Lounges in Istanbul Airport (IST) please consult this thread in the Europe forum or the Istanbul Airport Master Thread for questions regarding contract lounges.
This thread covers TK Lounges at IST airport.
Chart of Eligibility for Lounges:
Thanks to DELLAS for sharing this chart.
International Lounges:
Miles&Smiles Lounge: This lounge is open to all Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles Elite, Elite Plus card holders and Star Alliance Gold status holders along with one of their guests when flying Turkish Airlines or another Star Alliance member. Miles&Smiles Elite Plus members are also able to guest family members regardless of the number of people (spouse and children). Also Turkish Corporate Club members are allowed to access this lounge with one fellow guest who holds a valid boarding pass on Turkish Airlines.
To access this lounge take the elevators across gate C1 to the mezzanine level.
Business Lounge: This lounge would be open for all Business Class passengers on Turkish Airlines and Star Alliance partners. Unfortunately, no guests are allowed to this lounge.
To access this lounge take the elevators across gate E1 to the mezzanine level.
Both lounges are non-smoking. The nearest "terrace" (IST does not advertise smoking areas) is: For the business lounge: exit via the escalators, turn left and left again, past the public rest areas, and the terrace is on the right hand side. For the M&S lounge: exit via the escalators, turn right and right again, past the public rest areas, and the terrace is on the left hand side. In both cases a 3 minute walk.
Exclusive Lounge: No details, no plans as of yet
Arrivals Lounge: No details, no plans as of yet
Both the Business Lounge and the Miles&Smiles Lounge have showers, sleeping rooms and Turkish speciality food.
To use the sleeping rooms, you must have a connection time between 4h and 9h and the duration of one of your flights must be more than 8 hours. Unfortunately, Miles&Smiles Elite card holders and Star Alliance Gold card holders traveling in Economy Class are not eligible to use the sleeping room service. For sleeping room related issues please consult the this thread.
None of the international lounges have direct lounge access from the check-in hall; however, priority immigration and security checkpoint are available both for transfer passengers and passengers starting their journey in Istanbul.
Domestic Lounges:
The domestic lounge has two sections; one for Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles Classic Plus and Elite card holders, Star Alliance Gold card holders and Turkish Corporate Club members (if they have a same day onward international connection); and the other one for Business Class passengers and Miles&Smiles Elite Plus card holders.
Miles&Smiles Elite passengers, Star Alliance Gold card holders and Turkish Corporate Club members can invite one guest into the lounge. Miles&Smiles Elite Plus passengers can also guest one passenger or their family members regardless of the number of people (spouse and children). Miles&Smiles Classic Plus card holders do not have the right to guest someone.
The lounge has a separate entrance and check-in lobby from the street, along with a special valet parking drop-off point. Transfer passengers and passengers who decide to use the main terminal building can also access this lounge by using the elevators across gates G6 and G7. Be aware that there are no lounge signs within the terminal so it's advised to follow signs for gates G6 and G7.
TK in Istanbul Airport: Thread #2 - Lounges
Apr 28, 2019, 5:27 am
#151
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I'll give it a try on Tuesday if my connection time permits. I got in day before yesterday with my Y boarding pass.
Apr 28, 2019, 5:30 am
#152
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Let’s hope that if there are short connection points, they will be used smartly, not as the case of Attaturk.
Apr 28, 2019, 10:51 am
#153
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Sorry if it will be not as strictly as a topic ne, but in case we cant use the sleeping rooms and there is only 4-5 lie places in both business and m&s lounge, is there any special quite zone with sleeping places in new istanbul airport in public zones, like in Doha airport for example? Is there some map where we can see this place and which help to navigate to it while in specific gate in the aorport? Thanks in advance.
Apr 28, 2019, 10:54 am
#154
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Sorry if it will be not as strictly as a topic ne, but in case we cant use the sleeping rooms and there is only 4-5 lie places in both business and m&s lounge, is there any special quite zone with sleeping places in new istanbul airport in public zones, like in Doha airport for example? Is there some map where we can see this place and which help to navigate to it while in specific gate in the aorport? Thanks in advance.
Apr 28, 2019, 12:03 pm
#155
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How are the lockers in the International Miles&Smiles lounge? Is it the same disaster as with IST where some lockers worked, some didn't? Or are they new lockers?
Also, if I am on a layover from 0530-1910 (AUH-IST-ATH), can I enter the lounge at 0600 store a bag in the locker (if I get one), and then re-enter the lounge at 1600 to retrieve my bag before my flight? I plan on heading out and exploring a bit.
Thanks!
Also, if I am on a layover from 0530-1910 (AUH-IST-ATH), can I enter the lounge at 0600 store a bag in the locker (if I get one), and then re-enter the lounge at 1600 to retrieve my bag before my flight? I plan on heading out and exploring a bit.
Thanks!
Not sure about storing your luggage that long.
Apr 29, 2019, 3:54 am
#156
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1. Land at ISL, go to the transiting passengers side then head to the M&S Lounge
2. Drop off luggage at the lockers (since there are no locker facilities yet at ISL)
3. Head to "the entrance to immigration hidden between Gates B2 and C4 next to Complimentary Newspapers"
4. Check out Istanbul
5. Check back in and head to the lounge to get my luggage afterwards
Can anyone confirm this? If not, I'll be travelling in 2 weeks time and will report back!
Apr 29, 2019, 8:37 am
#157
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I was able to try both lounges; there's really no difference. Perhaps the M&S Lounge is a little bit more crowded, but that's definitely not a problem since there were a lot of places to sit.
The thing I don't really understand is these lounges are not *massive*. If TK is forecasting growth in the next few years, these lounges will not be enough. I wonder if there'll be satellite lounges in other parts of the terminal (Lounge A Gates, Lounge D Gates etc.) at some point in future.
I know they're going to open the Executive one, but that'll likely not solve the problem.
The thing I don't really understand is these lounges are not *massive*. If TK is forecasting growth in the next few years, these lounges will not be enough. I wonder if there'll be satellite lounges in other parts of the terminal (Lounge A Gates, Lounge D Gates etc.) at some point in future.
I know they're going to open the Executive one, but that'll likely not solve the problem.
Apr 29, 2019, 9:24 am
#158
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Thanks, based upon some data gathering from this thread and the other TK in Istanbul Airport: Thread
#3 - Stopover Hotel, Touristanbul, Sleeping Rooms thread, I should be able to:
1. Land at ISL, go to the transiting passengers side then head to the M&S Lounge
2. Drop off luggage at the lockers (since there are no locker facilities yet at ISL)
3. Head to "the entrance to immigration hidden between Gates B2 and C4 next to Complimentary Newspapers"
4. Check out Istanbul
5. Check back in and head to the lounge to get my luggage afterwards
Can anyone confirm this? If not, I'll be travelling in 2 weeks time and will report back!
#3 - Stopover Hotel, Touristanbul, Sleeping Rooms thread, I should be able to:
1. Land at ISL, go to the transiting passengers side then head to the M&S Lounge
2. Drop off luggage at the lockers (since there are no locker facilities yet at ISL)
3. Head to "the entrance to immigration hidden between Gates B2 and C4 next to Complimentary Newspapers"
4. Check out Istanbul
5. Check back in and head to the lounge to get my luggage afterwards
Can anyone confirm this? If not, I'll be travelling in 2 weeks time and will report back!
Also, adding my thanks to ISTFlyer for the work that he's done in these new airport threads - many thanks indeed!
Last edited by Stewie Mac; Apr 29, 2019 at 10:35 am Reason: thanking ISTFlyer
Apr 29, 2019, 9:30 am
#159
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There is a satellite lounge at concourse F that was used when first Istanbul Airport opened to operations with 2 daily international flights. This lounge was closed at the 10th of January and now it's not furnished; however, the Star Alliance Gold signs at the lounge is still present. AFAIK, there is no plans that TK would reopen that specific satellite lounge and open lounges at concourses. In their first plans, they were planning to open a satellite lounge at the end of concourse D which was planned to be only used by Turkish Airlines aircraft, but in the end, it didn't work and as the D concourse is being used by other carriers, probably the plan of the satellite lounge is cancelled.
Apr 29, 2019, 9:30 am
#160
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Thanks, based upon some data gathering from this thread and the other TK in Istanbul Airport: Thread
#3 - Stopover Hotel, Touristanbul, Sleeping Rooms thread, I should be able to:
1. Land at ISL, go to the transiting passengers side then head to the M&S Lounge
2. Drop off luggage at the lockers (since there are no locker facilities yet at ISL)
3. Head to "the entrance to immigration hidden between Gates B2 and C4 next to Complimentary Newspapers"
4. Check out Istanbul
5. Check back in and head to the lounge to get my luggage afterwards
Can anyone confirm this? If not, I'll be travelling in 2 weeks time and will report back!
#3 - Stopover Hotel, Touristanbul, Sleeping Rooms thread, I should be able to:
1. Land at ISL, go to the transiting passengers side then head to the M&S Lounge
2. Drop off luggage at the lockers (since there are no locker facilities yet at ISL)
3. Head to "the entrance to immigration hidden between Gates B2 and C4 next to Complimentary Newspapers"
4. Check out Istanbul
5. Check back in and head to the lounge to get my luggage afterwards
Can anyone confirm this? If not, I'll be travelling in 2 weeks time and will report back!
Apr 29, 2019, 10:29 am
#161
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Apr 30, 2019, 8:45 am
#162
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Apr 30, 2019, 3:33 pm
#164
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May 1, 2019, 7:08 pm
#165
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