Turkish Airlines restrictions on Russian nationals
Mar 29, 2022, 2:22 pm
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Turkish Airlines restrictions on Russian nationals
I’ve read online that Russian nationals are only able to “confirm” a flight ticket with Turkish Airlines if either the origin or final destination is in Russia itself. Apparently this is a restriction to do with payment processing (Visa and Mastercard being banned in Russia):
https://www.iol.co.za/travel/world/e...8-eb510f5c183d
Does anyone have any more information on this restriction? I don’t see anything on the website of Turkish Airlines itself.
We are planning a group trip from Istanbul to Cairo and the wife of a friend is a Russian national (who hates Putin for what it’s worth). My friend is American. Since he has an American Visa card, can he just book this flight for her? Would this restriction still apply?
https://www.iol.co.za/travel/world/e...8-eb510f5c183d
Does anyone have any more information on this restriction? I don’t see anything on the website of Turkish Airlines itself.
We are planning a group trip from Istanbul to Cairo and the wife of a friend is a Russian national (who hates Putin for what it’s worth). My friend is American. Since he has an American Visa card, can he just book this flight for her? Would this restriction still apply?
Jun 17, 2022, 6:53 pm
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Slightly different question but same idea.
As flying TK is the only reasonable way to get to MOW these days (despite the massively expensive and profitable fares) are foreigners with valid documents for Russia facing any issues to fly TK to Russia? My understanding is no, but there can't be too many people flying to RU with an EU passport lately. I know plenty of Russians, but they fly to Russia with RU docs. Wondered if there might be a data point.
As flying TK is the only reasonable way to get to MOW these days (despite the massively expensive and profitable fares) are foreigners with valid documents for Russia facing any issues to fly TK to Russia? My understanding is no, but there can't be too many people flying to RU with an EU passport lately. I know plenty of Russians, but they fly to Russia with RU docs. Wondered if there might be a data point.
Jul 3, 2022, 4:57 am
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To answer my own question, TK has no issues flying Russian Citizens with Russian passports on any segment. I flew with a friend from Paris to Istanbul on TK - she was a Russian passport holder - without any issues whatsoever.
In regards to the above question, I am certain that as long as you have a valid Visa for Russia they would let you board.
In regards to the above question, I am certain that as long as you have a valid Visa for Russia they would let you board.