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British Airways vs Turkish Airlines

British Airways and Turkish Airlines score level at 8.8/10 on verifiable product.

By Jon Miksis · cabin data verified · fares for travel November 8–14, 2026

Best product each one flies

Scored on what can be verified. Service, food and ground recovery are absent deliberately: they need someone in the seat, and they live in the reviews rather than here.

One caveat on the Value line, stated rather than buried: Value is computed from business fares, and a carrier with too few of them does not get a Value score at all. Where you see a dash, we have fewer than three priced business routes for that airline and did not want to invent a figure from one or two — so its product score is the mean of three dimensions rather than four, and it is not directly comparable to a score built on hundreds of fares. The airlines with the most fares behind them are named on the business-class ranking.

British Airways

A350-1000 / 787-10 / 777 (Club Suite)

Seat
10/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
7/10
Product score
8.8/10

Turkish Airlines

787-9 / A350-900

Seat
8/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
9/10
Product score
8.8/10

Dimension by dimension

  • Seat: British Airways

    10/10 on the A350-1000 / 787-10 / 777 (Club Suite) against 8/10 on the 787-9 / A350-900.

  • IFE: level

    Screens, connectivity and power: 8/10 against 8/10.

  • Lounge & bags: level

    What the fare includes before you board: 10/10 against 10/10.

  • Value: Turkish Airlines

    Median premium over the cheapest carrier on the same route: 7/10 against 9/10.

Where both were priced on the same dates

Every fare is November 8–14, 2026, so a difference between two rows is a difference between two airlines and nothing else. These are economy fares, while the cabin scores above describe the business product — read them as how each airline prices against its competitors, not as what its business seat costs.

RouteCabinBritish AirwaysTurkish AirlinesCheaper
BOS → MLAeconomy$949$702Turkish Airlines by $247
DEN → PRGeconomy$991$731Turkish Airlines by $260
DEN → VIEeconomy$1004$751Turkish Airlines by $253
DEN → MLAeconomy$1041$753Turkish Airlines by $288
JFK → PRGeconomy$755$790British Airways by $35
ATL → MXPeconomy$756$860British Airways by $104
IAD → ZRHeconomy$1087$759Turkish Airlines by $328
ORD → BUDeconomy$1049$760Turkish Airlines by $289
ORD → PRGeconomy$983$760Turkish Airlines by $223
ORD → VCEeconomy$793$760Turkish Airlines by $33
DEN → BCNeconomy$760$762British Airways by $2
IAD → VIEeconomy$1048$760Turkish Airlines by $288
BOS → MXPeconomy$1066$761Turkish Airlines by $305
ORD → ATHeconomy$913$761Turkish Airlines by $152
DEN → ATHeconomy$965$761Turkish Airlines by $204
DEN → CPHeconomy$764$847British Airways by $83
DEN → MADeconomy$831$766Turkish Airlines by $65
ATL → VCEeconomy$767$859British Airways by $92
ATL → FCOeconomy$771$910British Airways by $139
IAH → MADeconomy$775$835British Airways by $60
JFK → VCEeconomy$3751$781Turkish Airlines by $2970
DEN → BUDeconomy$1077$781Turkish Airlines by $296
DEN → FCOeconomy$1114$781Turkish Airlines by $333
DEN → MXPeconomy$998$781Turkish Airlines by $217
DEN → VCEeconomy$1090$781Turkish Airlines by $309
DEN → ARNeconomy$952$782Turkish Airlines by $170
ORD → VLCeconomy$902$784Turkish Airlines by $118
LAX → ARNeconomy$802$786Turkish Airlines by $16
IAD → BUDeconomy$844$790Turkish Airlines by $54
ATL → OPOeconomy$791$849British Airways by $58
DFW → MXPeconomy$797$809British Airways by $12
DEN → BEReconomy$1043$799Turkish Airlines by $244
DEN → VLCeconomy$903$808Turkish Airlines by $95
DFW → PRGeconomy$953$809Turkish Airlines by $144
DFW → VCEeconomy$934$809Turkish Airlines by $125
SEA → PRGeconomy$944$809Turkish Airlines by $135
DFW → FCOeconomy$1011$810Turkish Airlines by $201
DFW → LISeconomy$812$893British Airways by $81
DFW → NCEeconomy$817$928British Airways by $111
IAH → BCNeconomy$819$845British Airways by $26
SEA → AMSeconomy$820$883British Airways by $63
DFW → ZRHeconomy$920$829Turkish Airlines by $91
ATL → MUCeconomy$833$912British Airways by $79
SFO → VCEeconomy$1527$834Turkish Airlines by $693
BOS → ATHeconomy$836$1033British Airways by $197
SFO → VLCeconomy$903$836Turkish Airlines by $67
IAH → MLAeconomy$1046$837Turkish Airlines by $209
DFW → BUDeconomy$908$840Turkish Airlines by $68
IAH → VCEeconomy$950$841Turkish Airlines by $109
DFW → ARNeconomy$908$842Turkish Airlines by $66
IAH → ARNeconomy$951$842Turkish Airlines by $109
IAH → DUBeconomy$846$882British Airways by $36
ATL → BEReconomy$1300$848Turkish Airlines by $452
ATL → ZRHeconomy$849$855British Airways by $6
JFK → MLAeconomy$934$852Turkish Airlines by $82
IAH → VIEeconomy$1003$852Turkish Airlines by $151
SFO → VIEeconomy$1314$852Turkish Airlines by $462
DEN → LISeconomy$967$853Turkish Airlines by $114
DFW → VLCeconomy$855$868British Airways by $13
IAH → LISeconomy$855$968British Airways by $113
LAX → VLCeconomy$893$856Turkish Airlines by $37
IAD → NCEeconomy$866$858Turkish Airlines by $8
DFW → ATHeconomy$935$859Turkish Airlines by $76
IAH → MXPeconomy$937$859Turkish Airlines by $78
DFW → VIEeconomy$964$860Turkish Airlines by $104
IAH → BUDeconomy$924$860Turkish Airlines by $64
IAH → FCOeconomy$985$860Turkish Airlines by $125
SEA → VIEeconomy$869$860Turkish Airlines by $9
SFO → ATHeconomy$899$860Turkish Airlines by $39
SFO → BUDeconomy$919$860Turkish Airlines by $59
ATL → BUDeconomy$1017$860Turkish Airlines by $157
ATL → VIEeconomy$1232$860Turkish Airlines by $372
ORD → CDGeconomy$1210$861Turkish Airlines by $349
IAH → PRGeconomy$1016$862Turkish Airlines by $154
DEN → AMSeconomy$1028$862Turkish Airlines by $166
DEN → NCEeconomy$889$862Turkish Airlines by $27
MIA → VLCeconomy$897$864Turkish Airlines by $33
BOS → VCEeconomy$898$867Turkish Airlines by $31
IAH → VLCeconomy$902$868Turkish Airlines by $34
SEA → BEReconomy$1088$868Turkish Airlines by $220
SEA → VLCeconomy$870$868Turkish Airlines by $2
ATL → VLCeconomy$907$875Turkish Airlines by $32
SEA → MXPeconomy$1057$879Turkish Airlines by $178
SEA → VCEeconomy$971$879Turkish Airlines by $92
SEA → FCOeconomy$1039$880Turkish Airlines by $159
SFO → PRGeconomy$880$880level
IAH → ZRHeconomy$1018$881Turkish Airlines by $137
IAH → OSLeconomy$975$883Turkish Airlines by $92
SFO → BEReconomy$1092$889Turkish Airlines by $203
SFO → MXPeconomy$890$904British Airways by $14
DEN → ISTeconomy$895$1121British Airways by $226
IAD → ISTeconomy$895$1121British Airways by $226
DFW → FRAeconomy$962$896Turkish Airlines by $66
DFW → BEReconomy$903$898Turkish Airlines by $5
IAH → BEReconomy$1042$898Turkish Airlines by $144
SEA → DUBeconomy$1029$902Turkish Airlines by $127
MIA → BUDeconomy$907$949British Airways by $42
IAH → HAMeconomy$909$918British Airways by $9
SEA → ATHeconomy$1075$909Turkish Airlines by $166
DFW → CDGeconomy$943$910Turkish Airlines by $33
ATL → ATHeconomy$942$910Turkish Airlines by $32
DEN → DUBeconomy$1035$916Turkish Airlines by $119
LAX → ISTeconomy$917$1201British Airways by $284
DFW → ISTeconomy$917$1151British Airways by $234
SEA → NCEeconomy$1061$918Turkish Airlines by $143
SFO → MUCeconomy$2028$918Turkish Airlines by $1110
ATL → NCEeconomy$1217$918Turkish Airlines by $299
ORD → EDIeconomy$1056$919Turkish Airlines by $137
ORD → MANeconomy$1217$919Turkish Airlines by $298
SFO → ISTeconomy$919$1301British Airways by $382
MIA → ISTeconomy$919$1151British Airways by $232
IAD → MLAeconomy$975$921Turkish Airlines by $54
MIA → ATHeconomy$1033$922Turkish Airlines by $111
BOS → MANeconomy$1266$924Turkish Airlines by $342
LAX → MLAeconomy$929$962British Airways by $33
ATL → ISTeconomy$929$1071British Airways by $142
LAX → MANeconomy$930$954British Airways by $24
ORD → ISTeconomy$932$1091British Airways by $159
IAH → ISTeconomy$932$1181British Airways by $249
IAH → CPHeconomy$1034$934Turkish Airlines by $100
IAD → EDIeconomy$1030$935Turkish Airlines by $95
IAH → NCEeconomy$938$938level
IAD → MANeconomy$1197$938Turkish Airlines by $259
DEN → EDIeconomy$988$939Turkish Airlines by $49
DEN → MANeconomy$994$942Turkish Airlines by $52
MIA → MLAeconomy$1029$952Turkish Airlines by $77
IAD → HAMeconomy$1101$954Turkish Airlines by $147
SEA → LISeconomy$955$1002British Airways by $47
DFW → EDIeconomy$961$999British Airways by $38
SFO → MLAeconomy$973$961Turkish Airlines by $12
DEN → LHReconomy$1567$966Turkish Airlines by $601
DFW → LHReconomy$1105$970Turkish Airlines by $135
IAH → LHReconomy$1509$970Turkish Airlines by $539
SEA → BCNeconomy$1138$972Turkish Airlines by $166
SFO → EDIeconomy$1088$985Turkish Airlines by $103
DEN → CDGeconomy$1324$987Turkish Airlines by $337
DFW → MANeconomy$988$1002British Airways by $14
JFK → ISTeconomy$999$1011British Airways by $12
SEA → EDIeconomy$1094$999Turkish Airlines by $95
IAH → MANeconomy$1077$1002Turkish Airlines by $75
SEA → MANeconomy$1079$1002Turkish Airlines by $77
DEN → HAMeconomy$1094$1004Turkish Airlines by $90
SFO → HAMeconomy$1094$1011Turkish Airlines by $83
DFW → HAMeconomy$1081$1014Turkish Airlines by $67
ATL → LHReconomy$1331$1022Turkish Airlines by $309
SFO → MANeconomy$1030$1023Turkish Airlines by $7
BOS → ISTeconomy$1144$1031Turkish Airlines by $113
IAH → EDIeconomy$1101$1093Turkish Airlines by $8
SEA → ISTeconomy$1097$1201British Airways by $104
ORD → BERbusiness$7439$3957Turkish Airlines by $3482
JFK → VCEbusiness$7980$3996Turkish Airlines by $3984
BOS → BUDbusiness$7918$4003Turkish Airlines by $3915
ORD → DUBbusiness$8021$4076Turkish Airlines by $3945
IAH → BERbusiness$8172$4097Turkish Airlines by $4075
ORD → AMSbusiness$6029$4148Turkish Airlines by $1881
JFK → VIEbusiness$6968$4203Turkish Airlines by $2765
ATL → OPObusiness$4294$4768British Airways by $474
LAX → HAMbusiness$7168$4302Turkish Airlines by $2866
ORD → CDGbusiness$6117$4322Turkish Airlines by $1795
DFW → MUCbusiness$6647$4353Turkish Airlines by $2294
JFK → MLAbusiness$5455$4363Turkish Airlines by $1092
ORD → EDIbusiness$7634$4386Turkish Airlines by $3248
ORD → MANbusiness$7357$4388Turkish Airlines by $2969
ORD → ARNbusiness$7621$4392Turkish Airlines by $3229
ORD → LHRbusiness$9927$4432Turkish Airlines by $5495
ORD → VLCbusiness$7560$4446Turkish Airlines by $3114
SEA → DUBbusiness$8205$4486Turkish Airlines by $3719
ATL → PRGbusiness$8526$4500Turkish Airlines by $4026
LAX → PRGbusiness$6015$4511Turkish Airlines by $1504
LAX → MLAbusiness$4539$4903British Airways by $364
ORD → VCEbusiness$7804$4571Turkish Airlines by $3233
ATL → VLCbusiness$7074$4606Turkish Airlines by $2468
ATL → VCEbusiness$11699$4631Turkish Airlines by $7068
LAX → ARNbusiness$5944$4632Turkish Airlines by $1312
BOS → MANbusiness$7906$4658Turkish Airlines by $3248
SEA → VCEbusiness$9671$4686Turkish Airlines by $4985
IAH → FCObusiness$7703$4691Turkish Airlines by $3012
LAX → MANbusiness$7597$4698Turkish Airlines by $2899
JFK → OSLbusiness$6426$4707Turkish Airlines by $1719
DEN → ISTbusiness$7821$4731Turkish Airlines by $3090
JFK → HAMbusiness$6825$4762Turkish Airlines by $2063
SEA → ARNbusiness$7257$4776Turkish Airlines by $2481
ATL → ATHbusiness$7917$4788Turkish Airlines by $3129
LAX → OPObusiness$5659$4805Turkish Airlines by $854
DFW → VLCbusiness$8560$4826Turkish Airlines by $3734
SEA → VLCbusiness$7442$4826Turkish Airlines by $2616
IAH → VIEbusiness$9065$4843Turkish Airlines by $4222
LAX → BUDbusiness$6009$4851Turkish Airlines by $1158
SEA → BUDbusiness$7263$4853Turkish Airlines by $2410
IAH → MADbusiness$6804$4890Turkish Airlines by $1914
MIA → BERbusiness$6239$4897Turkish Airlines by $1342
SEA → MANbusiness$6358$4900Turkish Airlines by $1458
DFW → CPHbusiness$6627$4901Turkish Airlines by $1726
DFW → PRGbusiness$6581$4902Turkish Airlines by $1679
SEA → PRGbusiness$7555$4902Turkish Airlines by $2653
MIA → BUDbusiness$7739$4950Turkish Airlines by $2789
BOS → FCObusiness$6511$4961Turkish Airlines by $1550
MIA → OSLbusiness$7966$4977Turkish Airlines by $2989
SEA → MADbusiness$6120$4990Turkish Airlines by $1130
SEA → VIEbusiness$7674$4993Turkish Airlines by $2681
LAX → EDIbusiness$5649$4996Turkish Airlines by $653
SEA → CPHbusiness$9585$5009Turkish Airlines by $4576
IAH → ARNbusiness$8043$5032Turkish Airlines by $3011
IAH → PRGbusiness$8207$5045Turkish Airlines by $3162
SEA → BERbusiness$7937$5047Turkish Airlines by $2890
IAH → CPHbusiness$8105$5066Turkish Airlines by $3039
ORD → NCEbusiness$7827$5071Turkish Airlines by $2756
SEA → FRAbusiness$9769$5082Turkish Airlines by $4687
SEA → HAMbusiness$7578$5082Turkish Airlines by $2496
LAX → DUBbusiness$7282$5086Turkish Airlines by $2196
DFW → BERbusiness$7639$5097Turkish Airlines by $2542
MIA → PRGbusiness$6181$5150Turkish Airlines by $1031
JFK → EDIbusiness$5471$5156Turkish Airlines by $315
BOS → BCNbusiness$5810$5171Turkish Airlines by $639
DFW → VIEbusiness$6600$5219Turkish Airlines by $1381
SEA → ATHbusiness$8900$5268Turkish Airlines by $3632
MIA → MANbusiness$7373$5298Turkish Airlines by $2075
SEA → MUCbusiness$9893$5365Turkish Airlines by $4528
IAH → LISbusiness$9358$5376Turkish Airlines by $3982
IAH → HAMbusiness$8203$5378Turkish Airlines by $2825
DFW → KRKbusiness$6364$5396Turkish Airlines by $968
ATL → EDIbusiness$7207$5396Turkish Airlines by $1811
IAH → CDGbusiness$10449$5398Turkish Airlines by $5051
DFW → VCEbusiness$7429$5436Turkish Airlines by $1993
DFW → FCObusiness$7592$5451Turkish Airlines by $2141
IAH → BCNbusiness$7929$5486Turkish Airlines by $2443
DFW → HAMbusiness$7642$5502Turkish Airlines by $2140
ATL → HAMbusiness$7548$5602Turkish Airlines by $1946
BOS → VIEbusiness$7458$5603Turkish Airlines by $1855
IAH → NCEbusiness$10489$5617Turkish Airlines by $4872
LAX → NCEbusiness$6142$5637Turkish Airlines by $505
BOS → MLAbusiness$5642$5963British Airways by $321
IAD → OSLbusiness$8503$5657Turkish Airlines by $2846
IAD → CPHbusiness$10581$5681Turkish Airlines by $4900
ATL → ISTbusiness$7381$5691Turkish Airlines by $1690
SEA → EDIbusiness$5724$5696Turkish Airlines by $28
ATL → VIEbusiness$10700$5743Turkish Airlines by $4957
IAH → DUBbusiness$10878$5750Turkish Airlines by $5128
MIA → EDIbusiness$7034$5796Turkish Airlines by $1238
SEA → FCObusiness$9694$5821Turkish Airlines by $3873
DEN → PRGbusiness$6819$5836Turkish Airlines by $983
DFW → BCNbusiness$7839$5886Turkish Airlines by $1953
IAD → MLAbusiness$6429$5894Turkish Airlines by $535
IAD → HAMbusiness$8120$5952Turkish Airlines by $2168
IAD → EDIbusiness$7151$5977Turkish Airlines by $1174
IAD → MANbusiness$7165$5978Turkish Airlines by $1187
ORD → BCNbusiness$7613$5997Turkish Airlines by $1616
LAX → ISTbusiness$6017$7291British Airways by $1274
SEA → ZRHbusiness$6025$6079British Airways by $54
DEN → MADbusiness$6056$6040Turkish Airlines by $16
LAX → LHRbusiness$12367$6042Turkish Airlines by $6325
DEN → AMSbusiness$6877$6061Turkish Airlines by $816
DEN → OPObusiness$6141$6155British Airways by $14
IAD → ZRHbusiness$8123$6149Turkish Airlines by $1974
IAD → OPObusiness$6841$6158Turkish Airlines by $683
DEN → BERbusiness$7813$6182Turkish Airlines by $1631
IAD → VCEbusiness$10322$6221Turkish Airlines by $4101
SEA → MLAbusiness$6680$6253Turkish Airlines by $427
LAX → MUCbusiness$7879$6275Turkish Airlines by $1604
DEN → VLCbusiness$7560$6376Turkish Airlines by $1184
DEN → FCObusiness$6827$6401Turkish Airlines by $426
IAD → VIEbusiness$7913$6433Turkish Airlines by $1480
DEN → BUDbusiness$10689$6444Turkish Airlines by $4245
DEN → CDGbusiness$7275$6448Turkish Airlines by $827
DEN → CPHbusiness$6861$6451Turkish Airlines by $410
DEN → MLAbusiness$6853$6454Turkish Airlines by $399
DFW → MXPbusiness$6461$7335British Airways by $874
SEA → MXPbusiness$6575$6476Turkish Airlines by $99
IAD → NCEbusiness$7586$6570Turkish Airlines by $1016
IAD → BUDbusiness$7738$6651Turkish Airlines by $1087
SEA → LISbusiness$8015$6716Turkish Airlines by $1299
LAX → VIEbusiness$6785$6743Turkish Airlines by $42
DEN → ARNbusiness$6792$6792level
IAH → EDIbusiness$6954$6796Turkish Airlines by $158
IAH → MANbusiness$7093$6798Turkish Airlines by $295
DEN → MXPbusiness$6816$6985British Airways by $169
DEN → VIEbusiness$6834$7343British Airways by $509
IAH → ZRHbusiness$8739$6844Turkish Airlines by $1895
DEN → HAMbusiness$7821$6922Turkish Airlines by $899
SFO → EDIbusiness$7043$9671British Airways by $2628
SEA → NCEbusiness$7746$7117Turkish Airlines by $629
DEN → ATHbusiness$8007$7718Turkish Airlines by $289
DEN → NCEbusiness$7882$8017British Airways by $135
BOS → ATHbusiness$7908$8428British Airways by $520
SFO → MXPbusiness$7976$8935British Airways by $959
SFO → MADbusiness$8631$8390Turkish Airlines by $241
SFO → MUCbusiness$14998$8495Turkish Airlines by $6503
SFO → ATHbusiness$10547$8968Turkish Airlines by $1579
SFO → VCEbusiness$10731$9611Turkish Airlines by $1120

What happens if the aircraft swaps

Both carriers are paying-the-same-fare-either-way propositions on some frames. The worst product each one flies:

British Airways

787-8 / some 787-9 (old Club World)

Seat
5/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
7/10
Product score
7.5/10

Turkish Airlines

777-300ER (legacy)

Seat
5/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
9/10
Product score
8/10

British Airways: The outgoing yin-yang cabin: eight seats abreast, half of them rear-facing, and window seats requiring a climb over a stranger. A materially worse product at the same fare.

Turkish Airlines: The cabin the retrofit is replacing, on the aircraft Turkish flies most from the US.

Common questions

Is British Airways or Turkish Airlines better to Europe?
British Airways and Turkish Airlines score level at 8.8/10 on verifiable product. On the four dimensions we can verify, British Airways wins 1 and Turkish Airlines wins 1. Service and food are not scored here because they cannot be read off a spec sheet.
Which is cheaper, British Airways or Turkish Airlines?
On the 289 routes where both were priced for the same week (November 8–14, 2026), British Airways was cheaper on 51 and Turkish Airlines on 238. Every pair of fares is the same departure and return date in the same cabin, so the difference is the airline rather than the dates or the cabin.
Does the aircraft change the answer?
Yes. British Airways scores 10/10 on the A350-1000 / 787-10 / 777 (Club Suite) and 5/10 on the 787-8 / some 787-9 (old Club World). Turkish Airlines scores 8/10 on the 787-9 / A350-900 and 5/10 on the 777-300ER (legacy). Check the equipment on your date before deciding.
Has Jon flown either of these?
Neither, so this page is product facts and fares only. Any review we publish of either will be labeled Researched until that changes.

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