Oh, come on. This is such a dismissive comment. Not every negative news article is a smear campaign. Sometimes brands you love actually do shitty things. There is nothing patriotic about defending Turkish Airlines.

> It’s surprising to see The New York Times criticize them when there are countless horror stories that could be written about other airlines

Do you mean stories like these ones?

8 Incidents in 2 Weeks: What’s Going on With United’s Planes?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/travel/united-airlines-bo...

United Airlines Faces Closer F.A.A. Scrutiny After Safety Incidents

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/business/united-airlines-...

Severed Cable Forces Lufthansa to Cancel More Than 140 Flights

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/business/lufthansa-it-pro...

Transportation Department to Investigate Delta After Flight Delays

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/us/pete-buttigieg-delta-o...

Ah, living up to the Turkish rep for being super nationalistic and defensive, I see. Also, seems like GPT or similar did a major overhaul on this comment.

I’ve had bad experiences on Turkish Airlines and in Turkey more broadly.

I cut my last visit to Istanbul short because I no longer had the patience for the scam attempts.

I like visiting parts of Turkey, but let’s not pretend it’s a fairytale land where everyone is happy and kind.

Your comment reads as heavily biased, and I suspect you are a Turkish person.

Was this post written by the Turkish marketing team?

Bed bugs have nothing to do with lack of cleanliness. The babies are basically undetectable, and the adults barely so.

They feed on blood, not sugar or food or other markers of “dirtiness”. They don’t need to feed for very long stretches of time, so they can be hiding anywhere, anytime, and only toxic insecticides can get rid of them.

Glad to hear you spent enough money (or most likely your employer spent enough) to get that status, the airline probably really appreciates it, right about as much as the next 80,000 ahead of you. But perhaps they appreciate those customers just a smidge more.

Hate to break it to you, but all airlines, regardless of status programs have issues. Some are just better at hiding them than others. It’s kind of humorous how a simple story elicits such a feeling of a personal attack. Perhaps try flying private if you’re traveling that much?