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Seem to remember we were all given a free coach ride back to town last time!!!

THE They legally don't really have a choice. Under EU regulations they have to provide you with reasonable alternative routing that suits you. Also I think if you really push it they must actually find you an alternative routing for your day of travel with an alternative carrier that they have to rebook for you. That could be an interesting fight I think!!!!!! Again this is covered under the same section of the EU regulations. Most airlines adopt a bit of a bully boy approach and don't tell you all that you are actually entitled to. As i said yesterday they have offered Thursday as an alternative as it suits them.

There are no options at all to get free accommodation with Turkish on this route. The main reason is that there are 3 flights a day each way to Ataturk Airport in Istanbul at least one of which will always allow for a non stopover connection to the UK.

In the same "boat" /"plane" If you don't do anything within 14 days they will cancel your whole booking and refund in full. Not sure what to do!! Im sure they will let you transfer to the Saturday flight if you ask nicely. Thursday suits them as its obviously not so booked. if iI decide to cancel though am unlikely to get as cheaply as what we have paid if we rebook any route at a later stage. Will wait for the 14 days before making a final decision.

Mind that flights out of a different airport from the one you will fly in to from Edinburgh. Its from Sabiha Gökçen International Airport.

Just booked through Turkish Airlines website for 4 of us for an incredible £279 return per person from Edinburgh. If you book through the normal round trip option on their website it will come up with a minimum return price of £327 which is still excellent. However if you choose multi destination (it can end up cheaper) Enter : Flight 1 Edinburgh to Istanbul Flight 2 Istanbul to Tbilisi Flight 3 Tbilisi to Edinburgh It will then ask you choose flights for each segment of your trip If you choose the correct dates and flights it is possible to get it for as low as £274. We are making a bit of a holiday of it and leaving on the Sunday and staying a few days in Istanbul before we go to Tblisi mid week coming back Saturday with another overnight in Istanbul before back to Edinburgh on Sunday. If you do the stopover in Turkey you will need to get a Turkish evisa before you go that will cost about £12 per person which will allow you more than one entry into Turkey if you want a stopover on both the way out and the way back. Happy shopping!!