Bits: £269 business class to Istanbul, Azimo £10 Amazon voucher

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• HiDeHi says:

  9 May9 May 03:56

  Hotels in Istanbul are super cheap right now. At least for the bank holiday at the end of this month, the Conrad is less than £75 a night and some of the Hiltons even cheaper. I booked the Hilton Bomonti for £48 a night in their last sale. Especially good bargain if you are getting the Diamond benefits.

  • HiDeHi says:

    9 May9 May 03:57

    I’m assuming the occasional terrorist attacks are contributing to this hotel price drop…

    • Fadi says:

      9 May9 May 06:11

      Do you think so?

    • mark2 says:

      9 May9 May 08:51

      There is always a reason. I would think that the whole Middle East is risky at present (even more than normal).

      • Rob says:

        9 May9 May 08:53

        If you live or work in London I doubt your risk is increased …..

        • Genghis says:

          9 May9 May 09:25

          Agreed. On our recent holiday to Turkey, many people had cancelled hotel bookings in places outside of Istanbul due to recent troubles. However, Istanbul was so busy! No logic. But such events could happen anywhere…

        • Callum says:

          9 May9 May 13:03

          I doubt that. It seems fairly likely the risk in Istanbul is higher than London – what with there being 2 bombings this year alone (and 2 more in the capital from a group that is specifically fighting Turkey, not that Ankara is really worth a visit anyway).

          Not that it would stop me going – if you’re going to start micro-managing risk on that tiny level you shouldn’t really travel anywhere at all. Or use a car!

    • Boris says:

      9 May9 May 09:35

      Indeed.

      My bicycle tour guide last week – Istanbul by Bike – was saying that it was well down on usual. I heard someone mention 30-40 percent.

      I think that many of the Americans have stayed home with mother. Plus fewer Russians.

      Plenty of Brits though.

      Conrad currently having outdoor terrace rebuilt – so no outdoor pool at present.

      • HiDeHi says:

        10 May10 May 03:41

        I would agree the risk is higher than in London but it is still very low. Some people have fears that are disproportionate to the risk involved, like my friends parents who would not come to London after the Paris attacks last year.

• Raffles says:

  9 May9 May 08:48

  Should be OK, they only emailed me about it on Friday. Will chase.

  • Rob says:

    9 May9 May 09:55

    Now fixed!

    • Craig says:

      9 May9 May 10:58

      Thanks, a bit late for me.

• Matt says:

  9 May9 May 09:08

  Rushed into buying some business returns to Istanbul last week at £269 from Gatwick, thinking it was a one off, good to see it’s still available!

  Always wanted to try Turkish in business, only a short flight of course but worth a go while it’s cheap.

  • Boris says:

    9 May9 May 09:42

    I was in economy. The business offering did not look impressive, as there was often a nearly full length queue of toilet-waiters through the Business section.

    Plus the Economy food was good imo.

    • Matt says:

      9 May9 May 12:25

      Given the review by Raffles recently I’m expecting a few toilet queues! Although at the time of booking it was only slightly more than the economy fare so I thought it was worth a punt.

• James A says:

  9 May9 May 09:36

  Not just IST. Ercan (northern Cyprus) is £404 in business from LHR. Seems like a LON only sale, MAN prices are unchanged.

  • Rob says:

    9 May9 May 09:47

    Beijing is just over £1k

    • Yan says:

      9 May9 May 19:49

      this LON-PEK J fare has been around for a while, 7 days advance purchase

  • Ben says:

    9 May9 May 16:45

    Shame not from EDI. Prices even apply across summer holidays.

• InsideFlyer Tom says:

  9 May9 May 11:50

  Yep, and Bangkok at just over £1200 return is a great fare too.

• Clive says:

  9 May9 May 19:20

  If you want a cheapy with TK to Asia then CDG – HKG is pricing up under £300 on certain days in Y

• harry says:

  9 May9 May 20:46

  National Rail are giving away 125,000 FREE Family & Friends Railcards (2 months validity). It entitles you to discounted train fares across the country. Use the Sun promo code ‘3PL8 WG64’.

  Should get you cheap tickets to Heathrow & Gatwick if you use some of the tips mentioned previously on HFP.

  • harry says:

    9 May9 May 21:00

    Provided you have a sprog lol 🙂

    • Sussex bantam says:

      9 May9 May 23:07

      Thanks Harry. Good spot !

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