Turkish Airlines - any tips on how to get cheap flights?

[power71]

I need to book a one way flight from Antalya to Istanbul around 18 September and have gone onto Turkish Airlines website and found it costs A$300+, yet some weeks ago it was only A$120. I could opt to travel with AtlasAir or Pegasus for significantly cheaper amounts, however would prefer to fly Turkish as I am a Star Alliance (Matched) Gold Member for lounge access before the flight - and not sure on the safety of the other two airlines.

Does anyone have any suggetions or tricks on how to book with Turkish cheaper?

Thanks in advance

 

[Pro777]

The price has reduced back down to about 130.

 

[power71]

not sure which website you're looking at. Still $330

 

[Pro777]

Under $100 AU at the moment on turkishairlines.com

$172 TRY = about $97AU.



ie. TK2403

Passenger	Fare	Taxes & Carrier-Imposed Fees	Ticketing Service Charge	Total
1 Adult	129.00 TRY	33.00 TRY	10.00 TRY	172.00 TRY

Airline/Aircraft	/ -
Departure	Antalya Airport 03:50/ 18 Sep 2013/ Wed
Arrival	Ataturk Airport 05:05/ 18 Sep 2013/ Wed
Cabin/Fare/Class	Economy / Flexible / T

 

[power71]

3:50am departure - gives a whole new meaning to 'red-eye' flight

 

[Pro777]

3:50am departure - gives a whole new meaning to 'red-eye' flight

Any visitor to turkishairlines.com can see there's many flights starting at that price. Would 7:20AM or 7:15PM flight suit you better?... As per your original request, 'tricks' may be to ask a travel agent... Good luck.

 

[Danger]

Turkish Airlines has some cheap J fares ex-SIN at the moment, but only to Copenhagen and Stockholm. Both are about EUR2340 return. Each earns circa 20k Miles&Smiles points.