I have been looking at flights to Dalaman from Manchester for the last 2-3 weeks but the only flights in early March where with Turkish Airlines and the prices weren’t too bad but a little bit over our price range £500+ (for 2) so started looking further afield and came across Pegasus from Stanstead which where a lot cheaper at the time but not really wanting to travel to Stanstead 3hr + drive for me so I kept it as a last resort. At the same time the wife decided that she wanted to go somewhere else (not Turkey) so I looked at Tenerife got a bit of a shock £900+ for a week self-catering in a 3*** hotel including flights, why the shock for the last 9 years just booked flights as we have our own apartment anyway I decided let’s look at Antalya 3-4 days there then bus down to Calis so back on Turkish Airlines and lo and behold £345 for 2 including 23kg luggage and meals and drinks (result) all I had to do was wait for the wife’s rota to come out to finalise the dates then yesterday it came out so straight on the laptop to book the flights now the rout was Manchester to Antalya via Istanbul then Dalaman to Manchester again via Istanbul so tried booking on the Turkish Airlines website it gives you the choice to book multiple flights so I did
Manchester-Antalya 9th of March
Dalaman-Manchester 18th of March
The price as said £345 once I had gone through the several pages of different flight times it came to pay well this is where the excitement turned to disappointment as the computer said error please come back later well I did on numerous occasions but to no avail.
So I started again but this time one way to Antalya and one way from Dalaman but to my surprise the one way ticket for 2 was nearly £600 can’t afford that so one last desperate attempt I tried it this way (bearing in mind the option of multi city booking) all separately
Manchester to Istanbul
Istanbul to Antalya
Dalaman to Istanbul
Istanbul to Manchester
A bit long winded but it worked cost £341 for 2 with 23kg bags meals and drinks
Now that’s what I call a result