I'm trying to get from Portland (PDX) to Turkey. If I fly in the first week of August, it's half the price (less than $1000) than if I fly in the last week of July ($2000). Further, if I go to Istanbul (IST) it's much cheaper than if I go to Ankara (ESB) or Kayseri (ASR). Kayseri is my final destination, and it's a four hour drive from there to Ankara, and Istanbul is the other side of the country (12 hour drive).
Is there a way I can do this affordably and not three flight changes? Right now I'm thinking to go to San Francisco, do the direct flight from there to Istanbul via Turkish airways, and pay for a separate flight from there to Kayseri (buying the ticket in Turkey is much cheaper). This gets complicated with work and scheduling though.
I'm sure I'm not the only person going from one hard-to-reach place to another. Do you have any general advice for people in these cases? And I feel Portland and Ankara are cities that shouldn't be that hard to reach!
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I'm trying to get from Portland (PDX) to Turkey. If I fly in the first week of August, it's half the price (less than $1000) than if I fly in the last week of July ($2000). Further, if I go to Istanbul (IST) it's much cheaper than if I go to Ankara (ESB) or Kayseri (ASR). Kayseri is my final destination, and it's a four hour drive from there to Ankara, and Istanbul is the other side of the country (12 hour drive).
Is there a way I can do this affordably and not three flight changes? Right now I'm thinking to go to San Francisco, do the direct flight from there to Istanbul via Turkish airways, and pay for a separate flight from there to Kayseri (buying the ticket in Turkey is much cheaper). This gets complicated with work and scheduling though.
I'm sure I'm not the only person going from one hard-to-reach place to another. Do you have any general advice for people in these cases? And I feel Portland and Ankara are cities that shouldn't be that hard to reach!
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