However, I noticed that the row across from me had about 4" inches of additional space so I am thinking that the row I was on was set in error. This needs to be fixed. Also, they were much to late in turning on the air conditioning as we loaded and waited for takeoff.
Pros: "The flight crew was great. The ride was smooth". Cons: "The food was ok Not an option for vegetarian". Pros: "The food and boarding went fine. Cons: "There was no air in our section of the plane. The entire flight from Houston to Istanbul was miserable.
It was 85 degrees or higher, and every chance we got to complain to a flight attendant was met with dismissal. We were told they were trying to fix it, but really there's nothing they could have done, and they shouldn't have made it sound like if we just waited a little the problem would get fixed. Not only was it hot, but there was no actual air flow of any kind, and as a person with Asthma this was extremely uncomfortable. Our section was right behind the first class section, and the flight attendants kept trying to keep us separated with the curtains, even though the only way we were getting any air was from that cabin.
We consistently requested them to leave the curtains open in the hopes that some air would make it's way to us, but there was little change. Some families with newborns were moved to first class, and some passengers were able to scout out and find other available seats throughout the plane, but for the majority of us in that section, we had no air, and were treated very poorly for as much discomfort as we were going through.
There was no apology and little acknowledgement to the problem at hand and I felt personally very disrespected by the whole experience. Pros: "Movie selection was great". Cons: "The seats were stained and especially very tight on legroom.
Pros: "Flight left on time. Crew was friendly and was multilingual. Entertainment on our personal monitors was good. Cons: "Overall it was a good flight but since I was not familiar Turkish Air, there were some glitches. Although I'm not wheelchair bound, I have great difficulty walking distances with fear of falling. I was never offered some assistance by the Houston airport or the airline at this point.
The seating on the plane is difficult to maneuver for a disabled person. The flight was OK except for cramped spaces. The flight left on time and that was good considering Houston had just gone through the hurricane. Pros: "I loved the food. The air hostesses were amazing and attentive. Great service! Also the colored lights in the cabin were cool. Pros: "The food, when you get what you ask for, isn't bad".
Cons: "Rude attendants, running out of food frequently, not getting options, intermittently working entertainment with poor choices. Pros: "As usually, the crew, good, entertainment, and comfort were all marvelous. Cons: "The boarding process was slower than normal though it seemed out of control of the Turkish Airlines staff. Pros: "They went above and beyond to ensure comfort". Pros: "The seats were comfortable, food was ok. Staff were friendly". Cons: "The service was a bit relaxed, with kids I had a little hard time getting attention promptly".
Pros: "That I heard great things about Turkish Airlines". Cons: "Staff at the gate and on the plane were rude.
At the gate, I asked if there was an isle seat or an emergency row seat available because I have long legs and long feet and he said he would check and see. Well, he failed to inform me if any of the seats were available, so I sat in a window seat to Istanbul and a middle seat to Venice.
I asked if the airline allowed military members to check a third bag for free, I was laughed at, and told that US military members get charged more because we're not in the Turkish military. So as you can see, this trip started off horribly. My flight attendant seemed like she was having a horrible day because her attitude and customer service was bad.
Pros: "The food on board was better than average. Cons: "The whole operation was shabbily done. Because of a Turkish airlines' flight delay, we wouldn't be able to make our connecting flight to Venice from Istanbul. It took a long time and a lot of work on my part to get our tickets corrected to all be on the same flight, and the whole thing was very unprofessional.
The lower price for Turkish airlines is not worth it when you have to spend an entire day of your vacation sitting in the Turkish Airlines airport hotel because Turkish Airlines can't properly get you to your destination on time. Pros: "Food, crew".
Cons: "The flight was delayed 1. Pros: "Crew was amazing, food was incredible, service awesome, awesome airline". Cons: "The cushioning on is too thin and not so comfortable for such a long trip but that is the price we have to pay for not being in business class".
Pros: "The crew was very nice. The entertainment quite rich. Cons: "Since the flight was very crowded, they didn't let me bring in the cabin my garment bag, I had to stuff it in the suitcase. Pros: "This was the best coach experience I've ever had.
Food was great, tv screens were large, little bags with earplugs, slippers Other airlines could take some pointers on how to treat passengers on long, overseas flights. Pros: "It is very hard to separate the hassle of air travel from the airlines so the size of your seat and the many security checks that infuence our opinion are beyond their power.
The food, service, little overnight packet and staff were excellent. Cons: "The general hassle of air travel. Small seats, little space and the herding thru security and long lines.
You really have to be slim and trim to fit in the seats and walk the long distances from one gate to another. Great motivation for getting in shape and loosing weight. Pros: "Comfortable plane Good food Excellent entertainment options Friendly service". Cons: "Turkish flights always seem to be late in boarding".
Pros: "Food was good. Entertainment was great. Cons: "Flight was delayed but that wasn't the main problem. Went to the wrong gate for my connecting flight, Turkish air rep at the gate checked my boarding pass, didn't say a word about me being at the wrong gate. Tgere was no announcement of any kind found out later, Turkish sir doesn't do announcement at the Istanbul airport. No clue as to why. Thought, tgere was another delay and by the time I asked, it was too late to catch my flight and that's when I got a full dose of every single person w Turkish air trying to stiff me with the most outrageous penalty for changing Nguyen my ticket.
Rude, talking down at me and telling me that if I don't pay the penalty, my return ticket will be cancelled. I keep getting bounced from one person to another being told to wait here and wait there then I finally got so sick of all of it, bought a new connecting flight online, spending the night in Istanbul and will see what will happen w my return flight to the US. I call this 'theft' as if i buy an entire new ticket from Istanbul to Cairo then back to the US online, it will cost me less than the penalty they're trying to get me to pay.
Shame on you Turkish airline!! You'd think w all the issues they're having w tourism in their country these days they'd care about not doing this kind of mistreatment of their clients. Cons: "Too long". Pros: "Good chow, decent beer, and stewardesses that can walk straight down the aisle! Pros: "From extra free bag, to all the little things they give you to make you feel much more comfortable, to the scrumptious meals and constant attendants attentiveness to passengers needs.
Loved everything!!! Especially the way we can follow our route on the screens. Cons: "Nothing at all". Cons: "Flight attendant didn't instruct the passenger infront of me that during having food he have to upright his seat".
Pros: "Flight attendant cared a lot about the older lady sitting next to me, was grateful when I helped her. Food was excellent, screen size and selection of viewing material was very good. We were on time and the little comfort bag was very good, lip balm! Cons: "Nothing that I didn't really like, the price was good and the service excellent. Pros: "Ecellent food, service on board, on time departures,". Cons: "Huge Plane and only 3 WC". Pros: "The service was excellent. Cons: "The interior of the planes seem a little outdated.
The seats were cloth and had a slightly strange smell to them. Cons: "Never returned my money when the flight was canceled". Pros: "Lufthansa is an airline that prides itself on timeliness and service.
The boarding procedure was very good, food was very good and service was excellent. Cons: "The weather, we hit some turbulence which is beyond the Captains control. Seatbelt sign came right on and even with that we still landed about 20 minutes early in Frankfurt". Pros: "Good enough. Cons: "Flight delayed and I missed connection". Pros: "There was a good amount of leg room and the seat reclined to a comfortable position to sleep. Pros: "The large amount of entertainment to choose from was very nice.
Cons: "Timeliness and comfort in seats could be better. Pros: "Very friendly, helpful and communicative crew. Cons: "Only complaint: the touch screen on the seat back was oddly unresponsive and this made it a bit difficult to interface with the various in-flight entertainment options; the streaming music in particular.
Pros: "Great crew. I love Lufthansa. I just wish there was more room for my legs. Cons: "More leg room! Pros: "They give you food in this airlines. Crew was nice always serving drinks. Pros: "Loved the food and drink service. Cons: "Did not like how far back the seat in front of me went. Causes a cramped ride. Pros: "crew wasn't friendly, seats are very narrow and uncomfortable". Pros: "Excellent". Pros: "One of the best flights airline I have ever flown.
GREAT crew that were kind, pleasant and helpful. ZERO attitude. I def will fly with them again in the future. Pros: "Crew was super attentative. Cons: "Nothing, they tried hard to make sure everyone felt they were available to take care of what they needed and when they needed. Pros: "Flight attendants were excellent and very accommodating. Cons: "The Soviet Union wants its airline back.
Due to a delay caused by Frankfurt security and no fault of my own , I was delayed in reaching the gate. Since it was past my boarding time, I grabbed my bags from the conveyor belt once past security without having time to repack.
I arrived at the gate and the extremely rude Air Moldova gate agent on duty yelled at me and demanded that I give her my boarding pass. Go to the bus NOW! In addition to rude employees, the airline is clearly in violation of safety regulations. How did they expect people who read Romanian or Russian the local languages or English to understand it! On top of that, the plane was easily 20 years old or more and dirty. If they can't even keep a plane clean or have the appropriate safety cards, what else are they not maintaining.
Do not fly this terrible airline! Cons: "Great airline". Pros: "Lufthansa is a great airline. My problem is Kayak, who sold the tickets to us. Cons: "You, Kayak, sold me economy tickets. When I checked in online I saw it for the first time that our tickets were Economy Light.
I intend to dispute this case. Pros: "Friendly staff!!! Pros: "The incrediblesmoothness of the flight: the lane to Frankfortwas a dream plane, and the pilots are to be congratulated. Pros: "The flight was smooth and the flight attendants were very polite and helpful. It was a great experience".
Cons: "The bathroom was a bit smelly". Cons: "Late noisy too many children slow boarding". Cons: "Too hot on plane but food was more ham expected and drinks were appreciated". Pros: "Bad". Pros: "The crew was very friendly. There was no beverage service before the meal - that's new to me travelled 4x around the globe, mostly with LH 2.
It took 3 people to open the meal seal with the plastic knife You need a written contact with your neighbor about the foot placement - space is so narrow, you need to take turns if you would like to come off the plane without back injuries 4. Nobody walked around with water or juice between the meals - you had to wake your neighbor since climbing over someone is no longer possible [either] 6.
If you have 2 beverages on your tray and your neighbor needs to get out, you need a third person to assist impossible to get out of your seat with 2 beverages in your hands we tried it!
It was not clearly visible who boards where. An Economy couple standing patiently in line at the Wong boarding line was sent back to the end of the long economy line - although NOBODY was in the business line". Pros: "The plane, entertainment and crew except for the one flight attendant who seemed to think she was too good for the job. The personal at the airport were very helpful.
Cons: "A flight attendant was impatient with children, cranky and rude. Other members of the crew were very friendly and let my son check the second floor and cockpit. There was only one choose of main course.
Pros: "It could be better, the flight attendance one of them was overwhelmed and I could feel her attitude, although she made an accidental movement on my foot she never apologized. And her eye contact was very aggressive as if she would use words. I tried to save the moment, and avoided all further interactions.
Not even to look at her, or accept even a single glass of water. She did past through my area and again she was stocked with her cart, and she thought is was my foot again.
When she realized that this time was not my foot, which in the first time it was and she kicked my knee with the speed of her movement and I was not aware to save the moment nevertheless, the second time and for the rest of my trip I was so careful that it did not happen again.
But it happened one more time, but not with my foot. She looked at me again with a very bitter-eye but when she realized that the problem was not me she looked at another way acting as if she didnot understand what was going through her mind or my mind. Cons: "The attidute is what I try not to get involved. I am on the air, traveling, and I don't like to experience any negative feelings from no one.
I am consciously aware not to give any reasons for any form of unacceptable behaviors either with or without evidence. Which in my opinion, I believe she could say I am sorry, and not looking at me as her worse enemy. She honestly needs a psychological evaluation.
Cons: "No room for my knees. Pros: "Munich airport is great. Cons: "Flight was delayed. Mess in JFK airport". Pros: "Nice plane, airy.
Lufthansa crew are always nice. Cons: "Chaotic check-in. I'd checked in and selected seats in advance. But flight was overbooked and I got a standby ticket with no seat while my 4 family members, including 3 on the same reservation, were seated. I had to stand in line as a standby, and then was assigned a seat that didn't recline at all -- not the best for an overnight flight, and having planned, checked in and gotten a seat, IOW done what I was supposed to, it wasn't a nice way to be treated.
Pros: "Efficiency and level of care, quality of food and drinks, not to mention the entertainment on Lufthansa Airlines! Chefs will introduce passengers to the Turkish cuisine, or world cuisine if they choose. All this is served on expensive china plates. Lounge Istanbul is not just a waiting room in the usual sense. Turkish Airlines provides a lounge area where you can taste delicious food, get a massage from professionals and use the cinema.
With such a lounge area, waiting for your flight becomes much more enjoyable. Turkish Airlines also provides the service of accommodation in hotels for those passengers who make a transfer in Istanbul. Another notable service they offer is a program that allows you to work with projects and business plans right during the flight. This service has appeared recently, but is already actively used on board of the business class.
The registration is absolutely free. You can do this on the official website or directly in the office. You can also get a Classic card, which you use to collect miles, for free.
An upgrade to business class at check in greatly simplifies the process and does not take much extra time. Our opinions are our own. Here is a list of our partners and here's how we make money. While a luxury trip in first or business class might not be in your budget, Turkish Airlines economy class offers a phenomenal onboard experience, with free meals, checked luggage and entertainment on all of its long-haul flights. The promotion class tickets come with the most restrictions.
You can avoid this charge by waiting until check-in for the airline to assign a seat for you. The number of miles you need will vary by destination and date. To fly from the U. Here's how.
Turkish Airlines operates many types of long-haul aircraft. You could be on a Boeing , or an Airbus You might get to fly on the newest Airbus A or Boeing Dreamliner.
Economy class seat maps differ by airplane. The Boeing , Dreamliner and Airbus A offer a configuration, meaning the plane has three seats on the left, three seats in the middle and three seats on the right. The Airbus A and Airbus A offer a configuration. I do not want to return but needs must be and this forced me into looking at flight tickets online. Now, all over the world, flight tickets are booked in the thousands every day of the week.
However four hours after commencing my search, I had still not booked a flight ticket and now have major concerns about the average cost of flight travel to and from Turkey. A number of factors have changed massively during the years of my self-imposed exile from the UK and the simple process of booking a flight ticket made me turn to the demon drink for seven simple reasons. At some point over the years, I developed an intense hatred for flight travel. The amount of time that was spent sitting around in airport lounges, making mad dashes to the luggage carousels and enduring the false smiles of the stewardess, made me believe that I would rather pull my toe nails out with eyebrow pluckers than sit on an airplane for four hours.
Explanation for the high price of flight tickets is given to us in the form of a fuel crisis. Now that Colonel Kaddafi has given up his fleet of private jets, can we expect to see improvements in the price of fuel very soon? The thing is, I am not an expert at how fuel gets traded around the world but I do think something is odd here.
Come back and tell me there is a fuel crisis when private jets are made illegal and families are limited to one vehicle per household, no matter how rich they are. Flight travel is based on the competition. Last month, when one small operator went bankrupt, the two major airlines companies that were operating the same routes put their prices up drastically overnight.
This makes me believe that somewhere in the world is a Jacuzzi full of fat, hairy CEOs rubbing their hands together while smoking Cuban cigars and laughing at how the average commoner on the streets is being ripped off left, right and centre because it is all perfectly legal!
When was that blatant and obvious form of daylight robbery introduced? How many people book a flight from Turkey to the UK or vice versa and do not check in with luggage?
I can tell you, absolutely nobody. Checking in baggage for two people costs an extra 30 euros. At this point, the fourth bottle of beer was consumed and I opened the fifth. The cost is 35,00 euros! I could buy 25 bottles of beer for that price or even feed myself for five days with 35, 00 Euros.
All the extras at this point are starting to add up and the original expensive flight quote is starting to look like false advertising. So apparently included in the price of the flight ticket is Carbon tax. All over the world, countries are jumping onto the carbon tax bandwagon generating thousands or maybe millions in extra money throughout the period of a year.
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