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- Bookable on Priceline. Tickets purchased from Priceline today are refundable until 11:29pm EDT tomorrow. Please see this post for directions on how to cancel these tickets.
- Also bookable on Orbitz or Expedia.
- Limited seats are available on each date.
- A Saturday night stay is required.
- Always search for 1 seat and then work the search up to the number of seats you need in order to book as many seats on sale as you can.
- Use a card like Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card to earn 2 points or Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card or Sapphire Reserve to earn 3 Chase points per dollar spent and get free trip cancellation/interruption insurance, travel accident insurance, luggage insurance, trip and luggage delay protection, and more!
- Coach passengers can still check 2×50 pound bags for free on Turkish.
- Flights connect in Istanbul.
- Turkish is a very highly rated airline. Thousands of religious Jews have taken their flights without issues and report that service has been far superior to other airlines. Turkish has an award winning Star Alliance lounge in Istanbul. They operate a whopping 10 flights a day between Istanbul and Tel Aviv. There are even 2 Synagogues in Istanbul’s airport!
- Turkish offers freshly made kosher meals from Istanbul and Tel Aviv in all classes and the meals for flights departing Istanbul are highly regarded as well. They are made in Turkey and are kosher supervised by the OK and Chabad of Turkey.
JFK to Tel Aviv $659 outbound dates:
January: 26, 27, 28, 29
February: 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26
March 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11
April 20, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29
May 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13
Tel Aviv to JFK $659 return dates:
February: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27
March: 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19
April 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29, 30
May 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28
June 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22
Miami to Tel Aviv $639 outbound dates:
January: 22, 27, 29
February: 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26
March 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11
April 22, 26, 27, 28, 29
May 4, 5, 6
Tel Aviv to Miami $639 return dates:
January: 27, 28, 29, 30
February: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27
March: 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19
April 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29, 30
May 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 18, 26, 27, 28
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22
Sale fares are also available from:
- San Francisco: $669
- Washington DC: $699
- Los Angeles: $729
- Houston: $749
- Boston: $750
- Chicago: $780
- Montreal: $793
Using Chase Points:
If you have a Chase Sapphire Reserve® card you can redeem points for 1.5 cents each towards travel. If you have a Chase Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card® Card or Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card you can redeem points for 1.25 cents each towards travel.
You can login to your account and redeem Chase points for travel here. The cost will be 42,600 points round-trip with a Sapphire Reserve. That rate include all taxes and you will still earn flight miles as well!
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$589 with ukraine?
Ukraine is weak.
Also, hope you don’t have carry-ons or fly near Tehran.
On the topic of Tehran… Turkish is one of the few airlines that has not suspended their flights to or over Iran (also Qatar and Oman Air). As far as I can tell practically all other airlines have rerouted. Some airlines rerouted immediately after the shooting when it was suspected but not official, while most others rerouted after Iran admitted
Even though tlv-bound flights from NA and Europe will of course not pass over Iran, this gives you a sense of the corporate culture — who puts customer safety above all else; who is worried about being “PC” or somewhat blindly playing by the rules (eg Lufthansa which continued overflights until Iran officially admitted); and for whom politics trumps safety
Of course with each passing day, the flight risks go down and no doubt eventually will go back to “normal.” But the few days after the incident were definitely revealing about each airlines’ attitudes
In Qatar Airlines’ case, they wouldn’t be able to operate at all without overflying Iran, given the GCC blockade.
Not sure that is true… Qatar today flies over Iraq (I see some flights from Europe going via Iraq). Other flights are going over Iran (including some flights to the us). So I don’t think it is correct to say the gcc blockade is forcing Qatar to go over Iran, either looking at the existing flight paths or just by looking at a map of the gulf (since Iraq is not in the blockade)
i flew Ukraine and loved it. Yes the xtra security scan they do b4 entering airport security is madening, but overall, I’d take them over Turkish any day of the week…
What exactly was better about Ukraine over Turkish?
Never spoke to anyone before that preferred Ukraine.
When searching on Chase.com, it also returns Aeroflot for $651. Which airline would you recommend?
Feb 12 – Feb 17
Turkish is much better.
Going through Russia adds a few hours to the trip. It is not really on the way.
“Highly rated”, shmighly rated…
If you miss your flight’s check-in time by even one minute, you can kiss your thousands of bucks goodbye. Those Ottoman anti-semites won’t book you on another flight even on standby. No standard decency like on American carriers. They won’t refund you a penny, no matter what good excuse you can come up with and they won’t let you on the next flight even with a fee. It’s like you never had a ticket.
They’re cruel.
Good luck if you book with them and go to the airport EXTRA EXTRA early!
Had same issue with tap
Had the same with GOL.
In general, only select US carriers will let you go standby if you miss your flight. Other airlines will make you buy new tickets.
Why must we refer to them as “Ottoman anti-semites”? Very immature
Because they are. הלכה היא בידוע…
Is it truly totally safe? everytime they’re mentioned in the news, it’s always in a bad way toward Americans & Jews.
Yes.
Which news articles say something bad about Turkish Airlines?
Chabad makes up to 5,000 kosher meals/day out of Istanbul for Turkish Airlines…
I meant Turkey in general, not Turkish airlines in particular.
Why is that relevant?
Either way, I’d much rather connect in Turkey than Russia.
If you are looking to fly through Europe, there are very few clean hands. Ukrainian collaborators aggressively assisted in the Holocaust and some Poles were more than happy to assist the Germans and take over their property (watch the documentary Shoah). Same with French Vichy collaborators who went above and beyond what the Germans asked in deporting Jews. Turkey did not “fight” in WWII and permitted its Jews to emigrate to Israel in the late 40s.
Make sure you have enough time to connect. The new airport is beautiful, but huge, and transiting from US flight to the TLV flight(s) isn’t smooth.
How much time you say is needed for connection?
Minimum connect time is 75 minutes, but having 100 minutes is probably a good idea.
Return flights to Chicago are terrible, 25-30 hours unless you want to pay an extra $200
What do i do with my infant. Priceline says they dont support infants on international flights?..
Buy your infant a seat and bring a carseat. It’s the safe thing to do.
Otherwise, use Orbitz.
Just buy… “Just”!
Just take a private jet..
Wait, am I reading a “deals” site?!
Not everyone is rolling in dough, Dan.
If you can afford to buy international airfare, but can’t afford to keep your child safe, then don’t go. Same thing applies to being able to afford a car but not a carseat.
https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/travel-tips/flying-3-kids-airport-child-safety-strategy/
Affording to “keep your child safe” is very relative, and there’s no limit to the matter.
Statistically there’s exponentially higher risk of being hit my a car or lightning. So avoid the streets and please don’t endanger your child by letting them play outside when there’s a rain in the forecast.
(Hey Dan, how about start with quitting eating out and feeding your kids all that terrible junk food. Not just a “chance” at harming a child’s (and one’s self) wellbeing way more than the remote chance of injurious airplane turbulence, but a definite way of improving quality of life.)
Give me a break. Every person chooses what risks they’re willing to take in life (surely we can list many activities you partook of in your travels which were statistically much more dangerous), which insurances they want to buy (the sky’s the limit there too), etc etc.
No one should be given the guilt trip for something that wouldn’t be remotely considered putting their child in harm’s way.
well said.
Is it worth paying $325 more to go direct with united? People who did both please give opinion, thanks.
Worth is relative to how you value your time and money. Not sure how anyone can answer that question for you.
Is united a better economy product?
No.
I’ve flied myself and with a stopover.’When flying myself I think I would rather save the extra $325 and do the stopover.
However when flying with my children I would pay extra money to get there quicker with less time spent on the plane.
If you used points to pay for the ticket would you also do the stopover?
I personally would because points=money.
Thanks Dan! I booked this flight. Do you know if there is generally a minyan on these flights? (Obviously you have no idea about my specific flight just asking in general is there usually at least a handful of religious ppl). Also is it safe to be dressed outwardly Jewish in the airport? Or better to wear a cap? Thanks
Usually There is a nice few Jews dressed Jewish
If you fly during peak jewish times, there should be plenty of yidden on your flight. No need to disguise . You will be fine .
People say that Turkish has a lot of cancellations on their TLV flight. Is that true?
Cant find anything under 63608 points for april 20-29 from jfk to tlv?
Flying my family from EWR to TLV. United and Elal are the same price. Will be flying economy. Any advantage of one over the other?
Anyone?
Elal will have more jewish people onboard probably, interesting almost always united is more expensive
United >>>>>>> Elal .
Hi Dan,
I’ve just tried booking with my chase reserve points jfk-tlv may 10-13 cheapest comes up Turkish for 54.7k points
Where did you find those 42.6k deal?
A Saturday night stay is required.
How about tlv to ny any deal there?
Do you need to pick up your baggage and check in again at the stopover??? And is 1.5 hours long enough?
What about Amex points for this deal?
i’snt kiev a more safe airport fo jews
No.