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TurkishAirlines has a rating of 1.9 stars from 50 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about TurkishAirlines most frequently mention customer service, business class, and istanbul airport problems. TurkishAirlines ranks 260th among Plane Tickets sites.

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Top Positive Review

“Accommodating”

Agbozie D.
8/24/20

This is the best airline I have used since I've been travelling, the interior of their airplane is perfect, the cabin crew are cheerful and helpful, and above all this you get free interment for a while which gives you access to the world even when you're on the air

Top Critical Review

“Terrible”

Adrian O.
5/28/22

Terrible. I went to the ticket office at Manila airport and tried to change my flight home. I was told that "they did not talk to customers" in that office and that I would need to email them. She gave me a tiny slip of paper with contact details on. She also told me that all flights from Manila were fully booked that week without even looking at the computer to check. I complained to the CEO of Turkish airlines and heard nothing. Not even an "autoresponse". It was booked through lastminute who have an even worse reputation

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January 16th, 2024

Great app for online reservation and payment!Fantastic ground crew maximum care for minors who travel alone.Exellent care for elderly and disable passengers.Unlimited hospitality during the flight.Well sanitized and prepared to welcoming guests cabin interior.No extra charge for escort service.Please be fair about the negatives if you purchase the tickets from a 3rd vendors!

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July 20th, 2023

My experience with Turkish Airlines turned into a harrowing ordeal. I bought a round-trip ticket (#*******333), only for it to be canceled by Turkish Airlines on the same day, without any prior notification. This unexpected action left a family member stranded in a foreign land, grappling with language barriers.

Turkish Airlines, rather than assisting, resorted to denial and indifference. Despite their claims of a refund, none was forthcoming.

With no other option, I purchased two replacement tickets at a premium price. Turkish Airlines disregarded this added expense, offering no compensation.

Thanks to the intervention of Wells Fargo, I finally received a refund for the original ticket. However, the silence from Turkish Airlines regarding their role in this chaos was disconcerting.

This ordeal revealed an unsettling truth about Turkish Airlines: they can disappoint and abandon you when needed most. Remember this cautionary tale before entrusting your travel plans to them.

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April 1st, 2014

I have a negative experience with them. My friend from Turkey wanted to change his flight and they allowed him to do this. He can not paid cash, so i give him my credit card. Turkish airlines charged not only for this flight, but also penalty for changing day flight, witch was not mentioned by them.

Second negative experience is Miles&Smiles business offer. It just don't work with cheap flights, you can collect miles only if you buy expensive flights. And this info you will not find in information brochure! I am disappointed, i spent a lot of time to create Miles&Smiles account and so on.

Service is nice, so i still give Turkish Airlines 3 stars.

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November 14th, 2023

The cabin crew welcomed us with a smile and a welcome drink. We were very surprised because we did not expect this, but it was very nice. Inflight services were excellent. Everything was prepared in magnificent order.

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August 24th, 2020

This is the best airline I have used since I've been travelling, the interior of their airplane is perfect, the cabin crew are cheerful and helpful, and above all this you get free interment for a while which gives you access to the world even when you're on the air

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May 28th, 2022
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Terrible.

I went to the ticket office at Manila airport and tried to change my flight home. I was told that "they did not talk to customers" in that office and that I would need to email them. She gave me a tiny slip of paper with contact details on. She also told me that all flights from Manila were fully booked that week without even looking at the computer to check.

I complained to the CEO of Turkish airlines and heard nothing. Not even an "autoresponse". It was booked through lastminute who have an even worse reputation

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January 28th, 2021

Trying to obtain a refund for a connecting flight they cancelled that left me stranded at an airport. TA is refusing to refund me. They claim that I authorised the cancellation.
Had to spend the night sitting in the cold airport in Paris as no one from TA was present.
Then I had to pay for a ticket to get myself to my final destination.
The airline is claiming that I authorised this cancellation, which is ridiculous. The distance between Paris and Toulouse (my final return destination) is nearly 700 km – not a distance anyone would choose to walk, dragging their luggage behind them.
Moreover, had I done so, they would have HAD to offer a voucher or air miles. They didn't.
I have written at least ten emails to their customer service. Their replies have been negative and unhelpful.
I have since joined a class action group in order to try to recover the cost of my national ticket.
I will never fly with this airline again

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TA is now rated 89th on the list of the world's best airlines

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December 30th, 2021

Disgusting airlines with no respect to human being.
My friend bought a ticket and he was changing his airplane at istambul, then the nightmare started, they simply dropped him off from the airplane in front of the gate at boarding. Reason? "your return ticket was NOT purchased through stupid turkish airlines" REALLY?! Seriously it is your business to check which airlines I am using to go back? Shame on you stinky airlines! You have no respect to anyone, all you guys want is money, greed will kill you. I wish you hell and rot in inflation with bankruptcy. If you respect yourself please, stay away from this terrible airlines

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refund the money since they dropped at the gate

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April 1st, 2023

Horrible customer service, not interested in solving problems. Our first outbound flights was canceled, they kept saying cancellation not in their system, refused to change reservation and don't refund the money. Stay away from them, not worth it. They just keep lying and their representatives can never do anything, just tell you they will send an email...

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Literally any other airline is better. Turkish are scammers

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January 4th, 2016

The Turkish airline plane we took from JFK to Istanbul was old and not maintained. Many of the televisions kept freezing or didn't work at all, which makes the long trip more miserable. We couldn't communicate with the flight attendants because non of them knew how to speak English, and acted very rude. Seats were too tight, and uncomfortable for a 10 hour International flight.

I believe that above conditions, are not acceptable for even a short flight especially a long international flight.

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June 24th, 2020

Booked a business class flight Manila to Vienna, they cancelled within 12 hours but still took my payment. They said I will have to wait up to 60 days for a refund. Check flight radar 24 first to see if the flight is flying before booking. After it was cancelled it was still possible to book the same flight on line. SCAMMERS.

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June 20th, 2023

We boarded one hour late without any explanation and we missed the connecting flight in Istanbul. We would have made it if we were accommodated by the Malaga flight crew but we were not allowed to move into business class before the landing just to be able to leave the plane first. We knew we were going to miss the flight but the flight attendants were trying to sell us the cart driving service instead of assisting us. We were given a hotel room but we were made to pay for visas although we had no desire of staying in Istanbul. We had no responsibility for missing the flight but we still had to pay for visas. The worst experience ever - this is my fifth time missing a flight with TA for the same reasons. I believe they do it on the purpose! Do not use TA if you have less than 3 hours in transfer - they will make sure you don't make it and then they will make sure to charge you for visas and everything else! I am definitely never choosing them again!

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November 6th, 2019

I cannot believe that in this century, 3 months prior to a booked ticket, I contacted you to help me with my problems which are normal these days: you buy tickets for your honey moon couple of months in advance, and for medical reasons you cannot travel anymore, Turkish Airlines is refusing to help a young couple by reimbursing the money or offering other options! I will post this problem together with your official answers everywhere online! It is a misery! And of course I will start official complains to the European Authorities! Next time I will fly with different companies!

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August 17th, 2023

Watch out! You have "No" rights as a consumer with this company. If by any chance you have an incident with the flight, your Ticket, you luggage or their Service, be aware that they will never solve it and you will be unable to discuss it with anyone! You will waste tones of time and energy, receiving as feedback only standard sentences from their manuals.
You can not say you were not warned as other references mention the same. It is your choice of taking the risk by buying a ticket to this company. I will definetly not do it again.

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August 29th, 2023

Had a 36 hours flight from hell. Originated from Tehran the plane was delayed 2/5 hours. In Istanbul Missed my connection flight to london by 5 mins. (By same airline). They put me on a flight for 4 hours later and a McDonald voucher. But that flight was canceled however, they refused to give me a hotel until 7 pm! After so much fights and arguments with staff! They gave me a hotel only until 4 am next day. (Few hours in the hotel) they picked me up 5 hours early for the next day flight at 9 am! I could not understand why? Probably trying to cut corners and save money. Staff were rude snd absolutley vile all the way through. No compassion whatsoever. Treated me like im nothing! Shouting at me. Ignoring me! So basically, i started my journey 12 midnight and reach london 36 hours later.

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July 27th, 2019

Well I used Turkish Airlines to board from Uganda to Turkey recently. The first thing I noticed was the flight attendants. They we're all nice and Jolly. They make you feel kinda important and they listen to all your requests however disturbing. What I didn't like though was their coffee and Burger... The coffee was too strong and the burger. Well the bread was too dry. Maybe I got even more frustrated when I didn't get my miles. But oh well the rest was on point.

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August 8th, 2022
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The worst company ever. Never will go again on the road with them. They lost my baggage an nobody care for that. I'm calling them on the phone. The
Operators when im calling in USA they hang up on the phone and this is not first time! When i'm calling in Skopje Macedonia nobody answer to me! So Turkish airlines i have a question to you? Is someone working in your company or just playing with the people? Who gonna pay for my baggage? I had baby items in the baggage and food for my baby! Who gonna pay for that? Instead enjoying i need to go and buy something for me and baby! So just spending money for the same thing!
How is possible to disappear baggage and no one to take over responsibility!
How to travel back with you and buy a ticket from you again? WORST, WORST, WORST. NEVER TRAVELING WITH YOU ANYMORE!

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March 10th, 2013

Are you planning for your summer?
Last summer I bought a ticket from TurkishAirlines.com, and had a trip to see Middle East. It was very cheap and comfortable. I encourage you to test it for your next trip.

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October 24th, 2023

I called twice. First moments after booking and realising I selected the wrong day (this was actually because the website kept kicking me back to the beginning of the process when I took longer than 5 seconds to find things like my wifes passport number... by the 5th time I was rushing to do it so fast I selected the same flight for the wrong date). Second time they rescheduled my flight to a super inconvenient time, destroying a planned 24 hour layover in istanbul and reducing it to just enough time to get into the city and back. Both times I was met by incredible rudeness. Sighing and absolutely no desire to help. When the first gentleman asked me if I wanted to pay £150 to change the flight, I asked a follow up question and was interrupted with 'Do you want it or not?!'. Second woman was more amicable but also had a very bad attitude and ultimately couldnt or wouldn't help reschedule the second leg of the trip to maintain my previously planned layover.

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March 23rd, 2023
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My flight was cancelled abruptly after sitting on the tarmac for 3 hours. The airline refused to rebook everyone and mant customers including me were left without flights. They were supposed to call us with rebooking info unlike most airlines which rebook you on site when a flight is canceled and many people got no calls. We were forced to buy new tickets ourselves from other airlines or be stranded. As you can imagine purchasing new tickets at the last minute was extremely costly. The airplane itself was old, musty and dirty. Never again.

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Dont use this airlines. My flight was cancelled abruptly after sitting on the tarmac for 3 hours. The airline refused to rebook everyone and many customers including me were left without flights. They were supposed to call us with rebooking info unlike most airlines which rebook you on site when a flight is canceled and many people got no calls. We were forced to buy new tickets ourselves from other airlines or be stranded.

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September 18th, 2023

To use our credit to book a ticket. Called the customer service to use our credit to book a ticket and spoke to two different people who couldn't help us. They are so rude and unprofessional. I will never travel with them again and I suggest you stay away from this airline.

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July 14th, 2022

The worse flight from Istanbul to Lagos old and over crowded same coming back to the Uk, from Lagos to Istanbul.
Got one of my my luggage destroyed while going to Lagos and coming back to the UK got both checked in luggage destroyed. I applied to their claim department but got no response.
I will rate their luggage handling and fligh to Africa zero, and would not recommend the airline to anyone.

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February 22nd, 2017
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Turkish Airlines is a disgrace. They cancelled my flight for no legitimate reason and did not refund me for the cancellation. The airline agents were rude and disrespectful.

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August 17th, 2023

If by any chance you have an incident with the flight, your ticket, your luggage, their website that works really bad or their service, they will just ignore you asking to raised feedback questionaries that are responded with an automated standard response and you will not be able to discuss or resolve the issue with any one.
STAY AWAY OF THIS COMPANY! EVEN IF YOU SEE A CHEAP PRICE!
I bought a flight in their website and in the email confirmation I got different departure and destiny of what I had booked. I wasted 2 weeks in calls, messages... without any response beyond: "I am ot authorised you have to raise a feedback ticked" or "Your ticked is closed you have to raise another one if you are not happy".
It has been the worth consumer experience I had in my life, and I have already an age.

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April 3rd, 2022

Lord, if I can help it, I will NEVER fly this airline again, I don't care how reasonable the fare. I had to change ticket (well aware that I am not a frequent flyer), and use a credit, so I booked a different destination 8 MONTHS IN ADVANCE, and I was over 8 hours early to my return flight, was denied check in in Dublin. Couldn't check in, not even online. Returned at the exact time they requested for the afternoon flight. Still sat in a non moving line for close to 2 hours. Wasn't given an option for a seat, have been placed in a middle aisle seat for both a 5 hour flight and a 14 hour flight. The process has been painful throughout my experience. Never simple, never easy. Doing the right thing, trying to show up early, none of it works, none of it helps. Awful. Avoid like the plague if you are a good passenger thinking playing by their rules will make the process easier or better. I don't need much, but a little consideration, situational awareness, and customer service go along way in case you haven't heard Turkish Airlines.

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