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2012
12
June
Toronto to Istanbul, Turkey - from $700 roundtrip after taxes!
12
June
I've been waiting a long time for this! Turkey has always been near the top of my list of places on this planet that I want to check out (and it's a long list). Fares are rarely cheap though, and usually hover around a minimum of $1100-$1200 roundtrip after taxes.
But then KLM decided to have a contest, and thanks to a little assistance from YYZ Deals followers, well, here we are. If you've ever wanted to visit Turkey at an insane price, this is your chance.
At the time of this writing they haven't officially announced the winner, but I can see that they've already loaded the cheap fares to Istanbul into the system on KLM.com. In fact, I just bought my tickets. The bottom price looks to be $700 roundtrip after taxes.
To find them, you can just go to http://www.klm.com and search for flights from Toronto to Istanbul.
The cheap fare period is from mid October 2012 to May 5th of 2013 ! So it's a pretty wide date range that you can choose from. KLM has stated that the cheap fares will be in the system for 48 hours.
Personally, I would aim for October 2012 or late April 2013. Both would be great times to visit Turkey, with good weather and less tourists. Here's a link to historical weather for Istanbul.
Update: People have also reported booking with a multiple-night stopover in Amsterdam for pretty much the same price. 2 trips in one! For those that don't know how to do this, it's really easy. I've created a short tutorial, which you can find in the forums.
screenshot from KLM.com
I've already created a Google Map to outline the places in Turkey I want to check out:
Istanbul, Turkey
Cappadocia, Turkey
Pamukkale, Turkey
If you can't tell, I'm pretty excited about this deal! If anyone has any recommendations on places to check out in Turkey, please leave a comment.
See you in Turkey!
(NOTE: If you're interested in visiting Amsterdam, give it a try, you'll find it's a lot cheaper than usual as well, although not as good a deal as Istanbul.)
HEADS UP: Looks like Air Canada is matching the prices to Amsterdam and Istanbul...
https://www.AirCanada.com/en/offers/air/ams_ist/ams_ist.html#YYZ-INT-YYZIST
HEADS UP 2: Now it looks like every airline is matching the insanity to Istanbul !
Air France (should be possible to get a free stopover in Paris)
Alitalia
Austrian Airlines
Delta
Lufthansa
United
Example search on Kayak: https://www.kayak.com/flights/#/YYZ-IST/2012-10-17-flexible/2012-10-31-flexible
If anyone needs help on planning their trip to Turkey, there is a great resource from the guy who literally wrote the book on Turkey (for Lonely Planet and others) - http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/
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2012
11
June
KLM asking people to vote on which city they should put on sale
11
June
UPDATE:
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2012
5
June
Multi-city Europe flights hit a new low - from $293 roundtrip after taxes
5
June
Looks like Sunwing has started to really slash the price of their flights to Europe, which is resulting in some *extremely* cheap multi-city flights for anyone that can leave last minute.
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2012
16
May
June multi-city Europe flights - from $357 roundtrip after taxes
16
May
This is kind of a followup to the last post I made, which resulted in the Sunwing Portugal flights selling out pretty quickly. They appear to be selling some more cheap one way flights, although they're $94 now, instead of $35.
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2012
20
April
June multi-city flights from Toronto to Europe - $338 to $388 roundtrip after taxes
20
April
Update April 21 - I think YYZdeals followers might have sold out the Sunwing flights. I'm getting an error message now.
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2012
26
March
Toronto to Ponta Delgada, Portugal (Azores) - $383 roundtrip after taxes
26
March
UPDATE: Looks like there's some cheap ones available in late May now...
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2011
1
July
July flights to Portugal are now cheap - $396 roundtrip after tax
1
July
They're not quite as cheap as the ridiculous June flights, but it looks like July prices to Lisbon, Portugal just dropped. Will they drop to sub-$300 levels like they did in June ? Impossible to say, but sub-$400 to Portugal in peak summer season is still pretty amazing.
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2011
13
June
Ok this is just ridiculous - Toronto to Portugal - $281 roundtrip after tax
13
June
Yes, that June 20 to 28 flight from Toronto to Porto, Porutgal has dropped another $50. Because a flight from Toronto to Portugal for $330 roundtrip after all taxes apparently wasn't crazy enough.
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2011
13
June
Rome has fallen! - $398 roundtrip after tax
13
June
June 18 to July 3 is down to $398 roundtrip after tax on Sunwing.
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2011
11
June
Toronto to Portugal - $331 roundtrip after tax! Paris down to $473
11
June
There was an article in the Financial Post yesterday about how Air Transat is expecting an earnings decline this year due to unexpected competition from Sunwing on flights to Europe.
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