Turkish Business Class Barcelona Istanbul Flight Review is part of the ANA, Take Me ‘Round the World Trip Report.
I checked SeatGuru before I booked this flight to make sure it had lie flat seats. When I went on the mobile site, I didn’t see the description that confirmed this to be true. Could this be another equipment change like Lufthansa (see Lufthansa Equipment Change: BRU-MUC)? I waited in angst to see if, post a night in Barcelona (see For One Night Only: Barcelona Party Guide), it would linger on.
My anxiety was for nothing. I quickly saw the beautiful sight of pod seats. While the upholstery could use some work, I paid it no attention as I prepared for my slumber.
Welcome Champagne
None
Amenities Kit
None
Pillow
One tiny one.
Blanket
I was freezing but was too tired to ask for a blanket. Graciously, the flight attendant wrapped me in one as I slept.
Chef
The chef walked by and greeted everyone. The hat is silly.
Mezze
The mezze wasn’t as good as I recalled it to be on a previous Turkish flight (see Turkish Airlines Business Class: IST-ICN). It was nothing compared to Emirates (see Emirates Shower Class JFK-DXB: One More Time).
Bulgar
The Turkish meatballs were decent. Still, business class food seems to be going down hill.
The Seat
Even with no mattress pad, I slept like a hungover baby.
Service
Besides the kind woman bringing me a blanket, the service was impersonal. It could be the language gap but, “You? Drink?” is too brash.
Taxiing
We landed on time but we taxiied for an eternity. I took two mini naps and we still hadn’t reached the gate. It was at least twenty minutes of taxiing. Good thing I had hours to go in the Turkish Business Class Lounge.
Overall
I came for sleep. I got it. That’s all I wanted.
Turkish Business Barcelona Istanbul Flight Review is part of the ANA, Take Me ‘Round the World Trip Report.
Ohh, you got one of the ex-Jet A330’s. I recently was supposed to be in a lie flat 330 from Vienna but got equipment changed to an A321 at 24 hrs out. That was a nice plane actually but sad to miss out on the widebody. I had the exact same menu and main. I thought the mezze was pretty good, shame to hear it used to be better. I agree the taxi time at the new IST was insane, I clocked it in at 25 min.
1 out of 4 Turkish flights on this trip. This was the only good one.
Bulgur Pilaf sounds very healthy!
Thanks for the informative review – great photos!
Lol our bulgur is better