Loved this review! It's a real shame we have very few true business class products on intra European flights. Cyprus Airways used to have a great short haul business class, but sadly they don't exist anymore. From what I understand, one of the reasons behind this, is the majority of flights in Europe are under 3 hours and most people are not prepared to pay for business class on those flights and there isn't the volume of frequent flyers with status as there would be in the USA for example. Apparently short haul business or "first" class in the USA is mainly full of frequent flyers who've been upgraded.
We were discussing this just now. Totally makes sense, I looked at Aegean or Athens and they follow the same three seats with one blocked out. As for the USA I previously asked about paying for an upgrade and was told I couldn't do it because I needed to go on the upgrade list for frequent flyers and just hope. Then again they sell it heavily through their credit cards with various benefits.
@@liftoffandtravel Yep, America has so many different types of reward credit cards, we’re relatively limited in the UK. With Turkish Airlines, they also use the 777 on quite a few flights out of LHR to IST which means you essentially get Long Haul J class on a 3.5 hour flight. I know Iberia also does the same on some flights to Madrid.
@@Alex-yy8ng Have you been on Iberia's? We've had a few lucky swaps from the A330 to the A350 and I was genuinely surprised how good they are now. As for Turkish yes a good way to experience the 777. I even noted from a friends Instagram they occasionally send the A350. Yes credit cards, it's sort of Amex or nothing 😮💨
@@liftoffandtravel I’ve not done Iberia long haul J unfortunately, but definitely want to try. I did TAP J from LIS - JFK on A330 and I thought it was pretty good. Wasn’t crazy about the food though, but for me when I do get have the opportunity to fly J class, which is not that often, the hard product is more important.
@@Alex-yy8ng do you rate the seat on the A330? We would love to try the A330-900 Neo at some point over to Brasil 🇧🇷. Curious to know what wasn't great about the food. Portugal has some delicious things so it's a shame.
Nice Trip Report! Turkish Airlines is an incredible Airline, delicious Food, Incredible Service, Entertainment. One of my top airlines in the world.
Totally agree, the rumours were true and I was very impressed ☺️
Nice review. Turkish European Route Business Class are excellent. The Inflight meal really tasty 🍴👌👍👏💐
Thank you, even the economy is really good! Large Inflight entertainment screen, very good Turkish food and a modern cabin.
Can't go wrong 🍲✈️
Loved this review! It's a real shame we have very few true business class products on intra European flights. Cyprus Airways used to have a great short haul business class, but sadly they don't exist anymore. From what I understand, one of the reasons behind this, is the majority of flights in Europe are under 3 hours and most people are not prepared to pay for business class on those flights and there isn't the volume of frequent flyers with status as there would be in the USA for example. Apparently short haul business or "first" class in the USA is mainly full of frequent flyers who've been upgraded.
We were discussing this just now. Totally makes sense, I looked at Aegean or Athens and they follow the same three seats with one blocked out.
As for the USA I previously asked about paying for an upgrade and was told I couldn't do it because I needed to go on the upgrade list for frequent flyers and just hope.
Then again they sell it heavily through their credit cards with various benefits.
@@liftoffandtravel Yep, America has so many different types of reward credit cards, we’re relatively limited in the UK.
With Turkish Airlines, they also use the 777 on quite a few flights out of LHR to IST which means you essentially get Long Haul J class on a 3.5 hour flight. I know Iberia also does the same on some flights to Madrid.
@@Alex-yy8ng Have you been on Iberia's? We've had a few lucky swaps from the A330 to the A350 and I was genuinely surprised how good they are now.
As for Turkish yes a good way to experience the 777. I even noted from a friends Instagram they occasionally send the A350.
Yes credit cards, it's sort of Amex or nothing 😮💨
@@liftoffandtravel I’ve not done Iberia long haul J unfortunately, but definitely want to try. I did TAP J from LIS - JFK on A330 and I thought it was pretty good. Wasn’t crazy about the food though, but for me when I do get have the opportunity to fly J class, which is not that often, the hard product is more important.
@@Alex-yy8ng do you rate the seat on the A330? We would love to try the A330-900 Neo at some point over to Brasil 🇧🇷.
Curious to know what wasn't great about the food. Portugal has some delicious things so it's a shame.
Great Video, though the Music is annoying
Thanks for watching 👀📺✈️