How about Turkish Airlines? Turkish Airport Duty Free Shop Guide 2019

When traveling to Turkey, you must deal with the airport and the airline. Which airline is better? You can also check out the relevant travel guides about the airport. Here are the relevant airport guides. About IST

(Istanbul Ataturk International Airport, IST is its airport code)

IST is the main international airport in Istanbul, Turkey, and your first stop when arriving in Turkey .

Because of the geographical relationship, it is quite suitable to transfer in the Middle East when traveling to Europe, Africa, and South America. Most of the connecting places are Istanbul (TK Turkish Airlines), Dubai (EK Emirates), Doha (QR Qatar) and Abu Dhabi (EY Etihad).

The reason is very simple. No visa is required for connecting flights in these places, the airlines operated by them are good, and connecting air tickets are much cheaper than direct flights.

Free accommodation benefits in IST

If you are flying Turkish Airlines and connecting in Istanbul.

If you take business class, you will be provided with 2 days of free accommodation when connecting flights. The hotel is 5 stars.

If you take economy class, you will be provided with 1 day of free accommodation when connecting flights. The hotel is 4 stars.

You can apply if you stay in Istanbul for more than 20 hours. The application method is by email. Many people miss this benefit without knowing it.

Application email: freehotelchina@thy.com

In IST, free travel benefits (TourIstanbul)

Similarly, if you transfer in Istanbul and are international Flights, with stopovers of 6-24 hours, you can explore Istanbul with the free Touristanbul service.

After connecting to an international flight with Turkish Airlines, you can sign up directly at the hotel service desk at the arrival terminal.

Depending on the time, there are 5 tours to take you to explore the city of Istanbul every day.

It's also completely free.

The itinerary was great, and we visited all the classic attractions in Istanbul, such as the Blue Mosque, the Obelisk, the Serpentine Column, the museum, etc...

Even lunch was It's given to you for free.

About taking part in a free trip to Istanbul, you can read in detail on the following website.

/en-hk/flights/fly-different/touristanbul/

In IST, luggage delivery benefits (this is often ignored by many travelers)

< p>When you arrive in Istanbul, you can ask for your luggage to be sent directly to the hotel, and then go out on your own.

When leaving Istanbul, you can ask for your luggage to be sent directly to the airport, and then stroll to the airport slowly by yourself.

This service is paid. Miniport, a subsidiary of Turkish Airlines, provides baggage transfer services between Istanbul Ataturk Airport and partner hotels, exclusively for Turkish Airlines travelers.

Although it is paid, this service is very cheap. For example, sending a piece of luggage from the Four Seasons Hotel in Istanbul to the airport only costs 15.03 Turkish lira, which is almost less than 20 yuan. It is really Quite cheap.

Link to this service: https://miniport.istanbul/en

IST’s airport duty-free shop

You can pay UnionPay, and UnionPay starting with 62 The card offers a 10% discount on purchases over 150 euros, which is pretty good and worth recommending. About TK (Turkish Airlines)

Hong Kong Airlines, I still have feelings for TK.

Many years ago, I matched for TK’s gold card, which is also equivalent to the Star Alliance gold card. Although I didn’t sit in TK after Match, I often used TK gold to enter and exit various Star Alliance lounges.

When I flew around the world at the beginning of this year, I finally flew on TK. I had two flights, Buenos Aires-Istanbul-Shanghai, which happened to be TK’s business class.

When going to Türkiye, TK is indispensable.

Because there are many direct flights, there are TK routes from Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei that can fly directly to Istanbul;

Because of the good aircraft, the former Eurasian hegemon , TK has been rated the most popular European airline by Skytrax for six consecutive years. When flying domestically to Türkiye, TK always flies with 77W.

I also recommend TK when traveling to Europe, Africa, and South America via connecting flights.

When I flew around the world, I flew with 6 airlines in 10 sectors, and the best experience was with TK.

The picture below is TK’s route map, radiating from Istanbul as the center.

Turkish Airlines’ 77W business class cabin adopts the AuraEnhanced2-3-2 layout.

It looks like there are 7 people sitting in a row, but the width of the seats is actually quite large, and the tables and chairs have built-in massage functions, which makes me feel amazing.

On the journey from Buenos Aires to Istanbul, there was no one around. There was just one seat for sleeping and one seat for sitting, which felt great.

In addition, TK is one of the few airlines in the world that has chefs on board its aircraft. It is said that Turkish Airlines has hired more than 400 chefs to serve on the aircraft. Under this huge formation, the food tastes great and the appearance of the dishes is also very high.

The pictures of the dishes below are actual photos I took at the time. I have also flown in JAL’s business class. It can be said that TK’s meals are definitely comparable to those of JAL and ANA.

In addition, TK has WIFI onboard, in-flight entertainment is all in Chinese, Clarins, noise-canceling headphones Molton Brown, and the flight attendants are good-looking and have beds made.

The overall experience is great.

How to take TK in a cost-effective way? Let me provide some tips.

TK belongs to the Star Alliance. Most of the Star Alliance airlines can use miles to redeem TK flights. Currently, the most cost-effective redemption methods are:

ANA, 93k miles , redeem domestic business class tickets to and from Europe, and you can choose TK flights for transfer in Istanbul.

ANA, 107k miles, redeemable for domestic business class flights to and from Africa.

UA, 85k miles, can be redeemed for business class domestic flights to South America. You can choose TK for transfer in Istanbul. About Turkish electronic visa

First of all, please remember this website, the only, correct and official electronic visa application system of Turkey and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

https://www .evisa.gov.tr/en/

No way, there are too many fake websites.

It’s all in Chinese, just follow the steps to the end, it’s very simple, and you can also pay with Alipay in the end. About Turkish Hotels

Hotels in Turkey are really cheap. Of the 25 Hilton hotels in the world that only cost 5,000 points (160 yuan), more than half are in Turkey.

The same goes for Marriott. There are a large number of Category 1 and 2 hotels in Turkey, including big cities like Istanbul.

Even if you book directly by yourself, hotels such as InterContinental, Grand Hyatt, and W in Istanbul are very cost-effective.

Cheap hotels do not mean poor quality. There are a lot of good hotels in Turkey, especially some incredibly beautiful cave hotels, which are not only photo-worthy but also super cheap.