- When travelling in Economy Class with a stopover in Istanbul of 20 hours or longer - you get 1 nights’ complimentary accommodation at a 4-star hotel (Old Town) including breakfast.
- When travelling in Business Class with a stopover in Istanbul of 20 hours or longer - you get 2 nights complimentary accommodation at a 5-star hotel (New City) including breakfast
- Excludes return airport/hotel transfers
- Excludes costs of travel around the city
- Excludes all other meals
- Excludes all other items not specified under inclusions
- Free accommodation is available for flights departing from South Africa, with an International connection from Istanbul to:
- Asia-Far East
- America (USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Cuba)
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Europe
- Middle East (Israel, Iran and Saudi Arabia)
- North Africa (Morocco and Tunis).
- The Stopover Programme is NOT applicable if you are travelling from South Africa to Turkey as your final destination.
- The departure and last arrival point MUST be South Africa - for instance, Cape Town-İstanbul-Frankfurt-İstanbul-Cape Town.
- If stopover lasts more than 24 hours, the passenger should collect his luggage upon arrival in Istanbul. Make sure that your bag is tagged to Istanbul when you check-in in South Africa
- The stopover programme needs to be pre-booked no later than 72 hours prior to departure.
- Free accommodation is available for return tickets, with an international connection. This offer is NOT valid on one-way flights.
- Free accommodation can be used on either the outbound or return journey.
- Free accommodation is available to passengers with a stopover of 20 hours or more.
- Free accommodation is ONLY available for flights operated by Turkish Airlines and NO codeshare flights which are flight numbers starting with TK but operated by other airlines
- You can extend the accommodation at your own expense, at a discounted rate. Once Stopover is confirmed and the hotel voucher has been emailed to you, you can email the hotel directly to book the extended stay. The hotel will then send you a link and promo code.
