Originally Posted by
sehgalanuj
In my case, I preferred to add two connections (AMS and CDG) to be able to keep my original long haul. So perhaps an IST->AMS->CDG->US would work for you?
I updated my post they actually moved us to Friday. It appears the IST-CDG flight is running that day though it is zeroed out. I actually originally wanted to fly on Friday but the points cost was like 3-4x higher than Thursday. So for me this is a win.