Manchester to Ercan through Thomas Cook

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
24/04/2008 15:21

I have just booked flights Manchester to Ercan with Turkish Airlines through Thomas Cook, June 2nd - 20th, £236 each including taxes. We used them in February and got good prices then, you do have to change planes at Istanbul but on most flights it,s only an hour there which is about the same length of time you have to sit on the plane with CTA. The service on all of the flights was excellent and really does put CTA to shame. If you can be flexible with travel dates you have a good choice of flights as the fly every day from Manchester.

McSteviet



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1089

Message Posted:
24/04/2008 15:45

Hattkins



Did you do it through the web or Thomas Cook shops?



MC

Barrovian1



Joined: 16/11/2007
Posts: 95

Message Posted:
24/04/2008 16:36

Hattikins



Me and the wife have used Turkish Ailines on the last 3 occasions that we have travelled from Manchester to Ercan. Agreed we have had good prices , compatable with yours, but the downside is that one time we had a 6 hour wait in Istanbul - Manchester. Every other time we have had a 4 hour wait.

This is booking well in advance as well. We are going over next month, but this time we are going Cyprus Airways, Manchester-Larnaca.



Bob.

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
24/04/2008 17:20

Hi MC,

I booked through the website, as I said if you can be flexible with your dates you can get a good deal. I originally tried to book for two weeks only but that was about £200 more than the price for 18 days.



Hi Bob,

Yes some of the flights have a long wait at Istanbul but again if you can be flexible you can avoid that, Sunday flights tend to have the four hour wait but most others are just the hour.



Hattikins.

Felicity


Joined: 16/04/2008
Posts: 11

Message Posted:
24/04/2008 18:07

Hi everyone.



We have been flying to NC for years, and this last year we have used Turkish Arlines.



Depending on when you travel (what day) it can be a short stop-over from Manchester to Istanbul (ie) about an hour and a quater, up to several hours.



I think the Airline is fantastic, better leg room, free drinks, a film to watch, and you don't have to pay for the ear phones. The stop-over in Istanbul, allows you a much needed 'comfort break' - the hubby has a ciggie, and get my beloved Costa Coffee ....bliss!



The flexibility of the 'whatever day' to fly to and from Manchester makes it really easy to book.



We even cancelled one set of flights and rescheduled and we only had to pay a £10 per person charge.



we always book through http://www.ebookers.com. They are really good to use.



Regards



Fliss ...

batterboy58



Joined: 20/04/2008
Posts: 442

Message Posted:
24/04/2008 19:22

Do you have to check baggage in twice or is it automatically changed to the next plane.

John

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
24/04/2008 19:52

Hi John

Luggage is booked in just once and automatically transferred to the next plane



Hattikins

angel121


Joined: 21/04/2008
Posts: 36

Message Posted:
04/05/2008 16:13

Hi There



We travel to ercan alot from manchester and if you have a credit card you can go on kthy.net the flights are really cheap and only touch down in either dalaman or antalya for 1hr the only down side is no films to eatch pretty basic but better than travelling all day.