HOLY SMOKES That New Turkish Flight Is Giving Away Business Class Award Space

by Gary Leff

Last night I wrote that business class award space on the new Turkish San Francisco flight was wide open.

And even so, at the time I wrote the post I didn’t even realize just how wide open it was.

I showed that there were at least 4 business class seats available on every flight that Turkish would run on the route in April.

They’ll begin San Francisco – Istanbul service April 13, 2015 — initially 5 days weekly.

Here’s what availability looks like on those flights for seven business class seats:

In other words, every single flight they’ve loaded has at least 7 business class seats available during that first month in which they’re operating.

Remember, this is a business class cabin aboard the Boeing 777-300ER that only has 28 business class seats. This will not last. Book those Star Alliance awards to Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Africa now.

About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Comments

  1. Glad I nailed my two Business Class award seats IAH-IST using MileagePlus before the cost jumped by 40K. Sometimes the FAs miss the mark in ‘hospitality’ but everything else about Turkish Airlines is top drawer. I sleep most of the flight and the lay-flats are excellent.

  2. seatguru shows two 777 configs. One is 1-2-1 biz with F, the other is 2-3-2 biz , no F. Which is are they using for SFO?

  3. I believe the one with F is leased from Jet Airways and mostly flies to Asia. US based are 2-3-2, but only 4 rows deep.

  4. Believe those planes have been returned to JET and aren’t flying any TK routes since one can’t book F on any routes with TK. It used to be an extra luxe service but only temporary while the 777 fleet was built up. (TG used the same planes for a while with the same F cabins.)

  5. Seatguru still shows the Jet Airways 777 but Turkish no longer has those. Ignore any Turkish aircraft showing a first class, business is the top cabin they offer.

  7. So are there good links to Europe from IST?

    Could be a long way to get to Europe.

  9. phantom!!! i just transferred in 315k for tix after verifying space with agent. now agent claims tk hasn’t actually released space yet. argh

  10. Yup. Same experience with Aeroplan, though I only got burned for a 90k transfer. I have an award on hold with United, but I don’t think I’m going to transfer any miles until there are some reports of successful bookings.

  11. I don’t see these flights via United’s award booking engine; has anyone successfully booked with UA?

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