Icmeler Online Holiday Forum & Reviews - Turkey

Hahaha I knew it was expensive here but as I am nipping home for a week or so with my son and the Thomas Cook flight is delayed 6 hours we have paid £21 each to do the executive lounge (no alcohol included anymore) we were kicked out of there after 3 hours so in the bar facing

£11 for 2 330ml bottles of Efes

All we have seen is people arguing at the bar as they ordered first for kids cokes and then stung.



I needed a drink though

As the song says john " Always look on the bright side of life"
never mind when your home have a good old british fry up and a pint of best
hope you have a nice break take care mate
Rab

Sorry to hear you have been delayed, hope you have a nice wee break at home though.

Had the same trouble with TC going out in may, 5 hour delay, and a £4 voucher to spend in Gatwick(who they kidding), and we lost our evening meal in resort that was paid for, and paid extra for a morning flight, and of course no recompense from them ,so me too never again with TC ( i,ll let everone guess what TC stands for to us now,answers on a postcard to Tc head office)

why did they kick you out after 3 hours ? Are you only allowed in there for a limited period of time ?

that's what i was thinking colette! if that's that case, it's a rip-off. surely when booking the lounge one of the factors you would be taking into consideration would be delays - i know it is for me.

it's a scandal that they are happy to take your money, but you are only allowed in for a certain amount of time. another dalaman con

Executive lounges in the UK are the same, 2 hours but will push to 3 but the difference in the UK ones is you could if you wanted get your monies worth with all the booze.

A woman came to the bar again while I was there for 2 small cokes (draft) and a fruit shoot £17

never knew that,

Think I was on that flight last night too! I paid 22 lira for a tub of pringles. What am I to do when my 3 year old is hungry? Total extortion.

Colette wrote:never knew that,

me neither

dinky_cath wrote: I paid 22 lira for a tub of pringles

that is absolutely scandalous - but you're right what other option do you have if your flight is delayed??

lol its a conspirecy between the airlines and dalaman they delay flights dalaman charge you a fortune for a drink then split it with the airlines

shall be eating and drinking before we leave and starving and dehydrating at dalaman thank you

Isn't this really a catch 22. Don't get me wrong the prices at the airport go way way behond remotely reasonable. Now if Turkey were in the EU I don't think they would be allowed to charge anywhere near these prices (maybe I'm wrong) so if theyre in the EU they will go into the Euro...more pricey over there, cheaper in the airport. It does seem though that airports in general rely on delays to rake in profits, which I personally find disgusting.

Since the opening of the new airport at Dalaman and its high unreasonable price structure we have stop spending any money either in the Food Hall or Duty Free as our way of protesting.
Depending on the time of flights if any eats may be needed we arrange to take something with us and have a drink of water at the last possible moment.
I have sent a message like other forum members to the Turkish Tourist Office in Mulga but got no satisfaction so I intend to carry on in this manner as my way of saying No Thank You

are your bottles of water taken off you at the first security check as you enter or the one at the gate ??

We took a few bottles through the 2 check points but too warm to drink so only a wet

raji wrote:are your bottles of water taken off you at the first security check as you enter or the one at the gate ??

Yes they are.....then I paid about £2.50 for a small bottle at the bar. I was fuming!

There is a security as you enter the airport,then after checkin,another,this is the one that you cant take liquids through,there isnt any security at the gates now.

Chris wrote:There is a security as you enter the airport,then after checkin,another,this is the one that you cant take liquids through,there isnt any security at the gates now.

This year we don't intend going airside until an hour before takeoff, that way if we are delayed we will still have liquids etc with us.

Dave

kentcabbie wrote:Had the same trouble with TC going out in may, 5 hour delay, and a £4 voucher to spend in Gatwick(who they kidding), and we lost our evening meal in resort that was paid for, and paid extra for a morning flight, and of course no recompense from them ,so me too never again with TC ( i,ll let everone guess what TC stands for to us now,answers on a postcard to Tc head office)

Nothing to do with TC, delays could happen with any airline at any airport. I had a similar delay with Turkish Airlines, Aeroflot, British Airways, Lufthansa, Onur Air...so, its not the company to blame here, after all, they dont profit from delays and actually loose out alot.

Not happy to hear about Dalaman airport prices however its run by a private German company named ATM so you can always send your "regards to them" and share your thoughts with them about their tenants and their pricing policy. Do not waste your time with contacting Turkish officials. They have no say over all this. Below is the contact details of the company that runs Dalaman Airport.
Address:
ATM Dalaman Havalimanı Dış Hatlar Terminali
48780 Dalaman / MUĞLA
Tel : +90.252.792 5555
Faks : +90.252.792 5565
E-mail : [email protected]

As for the original post of Turkish bar staff calling customers bad names. I can imagine swear words going around amongst the turkish workers but highly doubt that they would be personally aimed at any of the customers. Knowing Turkish words as a tourist and picking them out is a different thing, but knowing where and how they could be used is a total different thing and unless you are a good Turkish speaker, its merely impossible to come to a final conclusion of things in that respect.

Rami

We flew in and out of Bodrum two years ago and the prices are the same and the airport is worse cos its TINY!Seating area is far too small.Does the German company ATM.....sounds familiar..is that what they think we all are run Bodrum as well?