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  1. Nice review. Once on British Airways they gave me Hindu meal. I refused. So the attendant with lot of anger in voice said you better get your meal corrected. It is written Hindu vegetarian. Anyway he served me a different non vegetarian tray. I honestly do not have great expectation from Aeroflot or Turkish or other East European carriers.

    1. What I realized is that the color of your skin and your ethnic background matters a lot. When a gentleman of a different ethnicity demanded a Non Vegetarian meal the attendant when out of his way to get that Non Vegetarian meal out but the same never applied for me.

      Jet Airways was much better as they even offered my daughter a Child Meal but I guess you get what you paid for.

  2. Very nice write up Subhadip. Simple and good articulation. You have been very dispassionate in your writing even though you have faced hardship especially in your food choice. This review really helps me as I have to take a Turkish airline on the way to Europe.

  3. Thank you for this review. I am taking the same tk72l flight. And this review helps a lot.

    Do you know what were the contents of the non veg meal? I just called Turkish Airlines and they asked if I have any Meal preferences

    1. The flight from Mumbai had all Indian menu like chicken makhni and rice. You can request for a fruit basket or kosher (Jewish) meal. Apart from this there is the standard salad, cheese, bun, butter and jam. Basically not a great meal if you have traveled other international destinations.

  4. Very well taken Subhadip. Not only this is a good review but feels like a entertaining story. Could you tell what seat numbers you took which were behind the wing?

  5. The weight issue with carry on baggage, is in case of turbulence and if there is unexpected opening of overhead compartment during flight.. a bag weighing more than 8kg can hurt or cause physical damage to a person, if it falls on his/her head, or other fragile parts.. especially if the passenger is a child.
    ….Just to inform you why airlines do this.

    1. Please check your video and a seating map on seat guru, it shows it’s a 3-3-3 configuration, as opposed to you mentioning 3-4-3 . Wish I could upload a picture of it in the comments…

  6. Also just a tip out of observation from flying many long hauls, catering usually starts in the front and back of the economy cabin and they work their way to the middle. So like you must have been seated between rows 41 to 43, you were most likely to be receiving the meal last.. So unless you prebook a special meal , it’s likely you won’t get the preferred option

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