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2012
12
June
Vancouver 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 *never* cheap though, and usually hover around a minimum of $1300-$1400 roundtrip after taxes.
But then KLM decided to have a contest, and thanks to a little assistance from YVR Deals followers, well, here we are. I can't emphasize enough how rare an opportunity this is. 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, but the majority are in the range of $750 roundtrip after taxes (as KLM promised they would be), depending on the dates.
To find them, you can just go to http://www.klm.com and search for flights from Vancouver 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#YVR-INT-YVRIST
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)
Austrian Airlines
Delta
Lufthansa
United
Example search on Kayak: https://www.kayak.com/flights/#/YVR-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
2
June
Vancouver to Bangkok, Thailand - $775 roundtrip after taxes
2
June
UPDATE: Due to the popularity it looks like the example dates I posted have sold out. I've replaced them with some other dates.
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2012
30
May
Vancouver to Scotland - $563 roundtrip after taxes (and some cheap ones to Amsterdam and London)
30
May
June 12-20 and June 12-27 from Vancouver to Glasgow, Scotland just dropped to $563 roundtrip after taxes.
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2012
24
May
New record for cheapest Vancouver to Paris flight - $598 roundtrip after taxes
24
May
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure this is the cheapest roundtrip flight ever found between Vancouver and Paris. And it's in June too.
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2012
16
May
Vancouver to Shanghai, China - $732 roundtrip after taxes - availability from November 2012 to April 2013
16
May
UPDATE: Looks like other Asian destinations that China Eastern flys to (which is a lot of destinations) are on sale too.
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2012
1
May
New record for Vancouver to Chicago - $275 roundtrip after taxes
1
May
For those who might have missed the crazy prices to Chicago back in early April, Westjet is at it again, only ever so slightly cheaper this time...
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2012
17
April
Vancouver to Amsterdam, Scotland, Paris, London - from $564 roundtrip after taxes
17
April
Air Transat tends to make their biggest price cuts to Europe sometime within a month of departure. They're focused on mostly April/May cuts at the moment, but even some June prices have been slashed.
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2012
5
April
Vancouver to Chicago - $319 roundtrip after taxes
5
April
The WestJet Blue Tag Thursday deals have been kind of ho-hum lately, but they dropped a *really* exciting one today! I believe this is as cheap as I've ever seen to Chicago from Vancouver. Ever.
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2012
27
March
Vancouver to Europe - from $518 roundtrip after taxes - Croatia for $654!
27
March
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