Turkish Airlines has two identical lounges in the new airport. The one we visited on our first transit ended up being further from our gate, so we took a chance on the other one this time, but it too was further than the other would have been. They don't announce gates for flights until 90 minutes before departure, so you have to take some chances. This lounge had plenty of room and we each got an individual pod, in which we spent the multi-hour layover, which both of us thought passed rather quickly.
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| Making the Most of Our Layover |
We had yet another security screening at the gate for our flight to Washington, but that has become standard practice for flights to the United States. To run the board, this flight too was completely full, and it was larger plane than the one we took from Dulles originally. We had a slight delay, and ended up landing about 20 minutes late into Dulles. Both of us got about five hours of sleep on the plane, which was nice.
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| Waiting To Depart Istanbul for Washington |
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| Departure Out of Istanbul |
Immigration at Dulles was superfast with Global Entry, and we ended up waiting for the bags. Unlike in Bucharest, our bags were among the very first to come off, so we were in the Uber and on the way home in under 10 minutes. It was almost 8:30pm when we got the bags into the house. We hadn't been thrilled with the late arrival, but it ended up working out, as we both went to bed shortly after calling Anna to let her know we'd made it home and that the trip had far exceeded all of our expectations.
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