Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles - Chi to Istanbul Promo rate

there is an incredible promo rate on THY from Chicago to Istanbul right now. starting from $212.00 + tax. Today is the last day to purchase. Travel must take place btw 8/31 and 9/25/09

Just saw 544$ a-i on kayak...

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there is an incredible promo rate on THY from Chicago to Istanbul right now. starting from $212.00 + tax. Today is the last day to purchase. Travel must take place btw 8/31 and 9/25/09

still on sale.

$543.70 in US Dollars
1 adult @ $543.70
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Airport legend:

ORD: Chicago O'Hare
IST: Istanbul Ataturk
Chicago, IL to Istanbul, Turkey: 5473 miles 11 hrs 5 min

Turkish Airlines Flight TK6 on an Airbus A340 (jet) in coach class
(meal)
Departs Chicago, IL (ORD) Mon, Sept 14 10:20p 11 hrs 5 min
Arrives Istanbul, Turkey (IST) Tue, Sept 15 5:25p
Note: The flight from Chicago (ORD) to Istanbul (IST) is overnight.


Istanbul, Turkey to Chicago, IL: 5473 miles 11 hrs 55 min

Turkish Airlines Flight TK5 on an Airbus A340 (jet) in coach class
(meal)
Departs Istanbul, Turkey (IST) Mon, Sept 21 11:20a 11 hrs 55 min
Arrives Chicago, IL (ORD) 3:15p

Be aware that the $543.70 (all in) fare does not seem to combine well with connecting flights into ORD.

dfwoods says it well...apparently TK is not allowing cheap point-to-point here...I visited their office in YYZ and they will not do point-to-point fares (fare quoted there ORD-IST-ORD was the $5XX amount, but DTW-ORD-IST-ORD-DTW was quoted at $8xx, with cheap DTW-ORD tickets available at $150).

Have finally found that Orbitz will price relatively correctly (within $60 of $150+$5xx)

JL