Far too short. Even going from gate to gate takes ages and often involves a camel.
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Far too short. Even going from gate to gate takes ages and often involves a camel.
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I see on the title page you have six other threads running right now. Isn’t that enough worrying for one man?Originally Posted by joe552
christianpfc (October 23rd, 2017)
Probably, gerefan. All I can say in my defence is that it's in my nature.
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
A final word on this (promise). Finally got through to Turkish Airlines in Dublin and they re-assured me that 90 minutes is a comfortable transfer time. I know, I should have called them first.
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
Next time Joe. Send the airline an e-mail. Tell them you're a right idiot and it's entirely your own fault but you booked without realising the time to change planes was too short. I did that for a Cathay flight change in Hong Kong. Someone from Cathy met me off the plane and whisked me through to the next one.
The problem lies elsewhere. Assume the flight departs 30 minutes late, and there is a 30 minutes queue at security check, then you are left with only 30 minutes to get to the new gate. Nothing Turkish Airlines in Dublin can do about it. I would closely monitor times during your flight and in Istanbul, and if there are any delays inform airline or airport staff that you have a flight to catch.
I know I said my last post would be my final one on this topic (but of course, you didn't actually believe me, did you?) I was told the minimum transfer time is 60 minutes. The staff member I spoke to was Turkish, not Irish, so maybe she knows?
Christian, thanks for the advice. That's exactly what I'll do.
arsenal, that's also a good piece of advice, thanks. The problem is that when I try to access their website, I get a message telling me to "please enlarge your screen". I've no idea what that means, or how I would do it. Me and computers don't generally get along.
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
I haven't flown Turkish Airlines for years, but did use them a couple of times to fly to BKK's Don Muang airport in the 1990s.
Those were memorable flights that have provided two good stories that have made people laugh over the years:
1. On one occasion, just as the aircraft was taxiing and about to take off, I glanced out of the window. There, on the tarmac in the pouring rain, was an unloaded pallet of luggage - including mine. My cases (soaked through) were put onto a subsequent flight and eventually caught up with me in Thailand. I learned afterwards that Istanbul airport was at the time notorious for that sort of thing and that it was a regular occurrence.
2. In those days Turkish Airlines allowed smoking in the cabin. But instead of restricting it, say, to the rear - which would have been bad enough but would at least have taken most non-smokers some way away from the fumes, the system was that seats on one side of the aisle were for smokers and that those on the other side of the aisle were for non-smokers. Thus, wherever you sat, you were likely to be just a few feet away from a smoker!
I hope that, for the OP's sake, things have changed for the better in the past 20-odd years.
"The fruits of peace and tranquility... are the greatest goods... while those of its opposite, strife, are unbearable evils. Hence we ought to wish for peace, to seek it if we do not already have it, to conserve it once it is attained, and to repel with all our strength the strife which is opposed to it. To this end individual[s]... and in even greater degree groups and communities are obliged to help one another... from the bond or law of human society." [Marsilio dei Mainardini (c.1275-1342), Defensor Pacis]
christianpfc (October 24th, 2017)
Well, Marsilius, all flights are now non smoking. When I flew to the Philippines back in the 90s, smoking was limited to the rear of the cabin. I was travelling alone, but soon found myself with a group of Filipinos, having beers and smoking our heads off. Ah, happy days!
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
Joe:
The airlines will not sell you a ticket these days without validating the minimum transit times
Your 90 mins is within the minimum transit time... so therefore if you miss your second flight for whatever reason... you will be automatically booked on to the next available flight... and get free hotel and meals etc. whilst you are waiting
(Unfortunately also a lonely Birthday in Istanbul airport hotel!)
In saying that, it might be no harm to ask the Check-in people on the DUB=>IST flight for a seat near the front of the plane, to prevent further delays if things are running late
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christianpfc (October 24th, 2017), joe552 (October 24th, 2017)
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