Personally I would fly out on Friday - you can get late flights if this is a work problem and you have no fear then of delays. Also hotels are genuinely fairly cheap (unless you want 5* deluxe) so an extra nights hotel isn't the killer financially as it normally is in these gamesJust seen a return flight into Istanbul £503 arrives at Istanbul airport 16.50 local time do you think this is doable or to much of a risk considering possible delays etc?
I heard that Sport Options were doing a day trip although I've seen nothing official.Different from the Sportsworld one that's sold out?
I heard that Sport Options were doing a day trip although I've seen nothing official.
Sports world (Man city travel) have just emailed me to say that all day trip packages are sold and they will not be releasing any further supply. I can only make setting off early Saturday morning so it looks like I will be watching at home. Can anyone advise me if I can return my ticket which I have ordered through my supporters club ( I would probably have got one having over 19000 points).SPORT OPTIONS
Dear Man City Fan,
Before you read this update in full we are hopeful for some more positive
news this week. We want to assure you we want to operate a flight to
Istanbul. We have operated flights on and off for Manchester City fans for
20 years. However this is the situation as we currently see it.
As everyone is aware we would normally offer flights for City games in
Europe.
Following numerous massive European Finals in recent years, involving teams
such as Glasgow Rangers, Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham, the
airlines have been spoilt with huge numbers of travelling fans paying almost
any price to get to the destination. In all cases many thousands travelling
without tickets. In the case of previous finals and even in the case of West
Ham in Prague, DIRECT flights were ALL completely SOLD OUT hence we had and
other operators have had the demand for charter flights.
Firstly, as far as we can see, very unusually direct flights are currently
easily available from both Manchester and also from London (a lot cheaper
from London). We have never known a final where so many flights are actually
available to fans in the days after the semi.
In terms of chartering whole aircraft, as we have said the airlines have
been spoilt and are seemingly waiting on another bonanza! The prices quoted
to us are more expensive than prices you see online with one airline that
has added on extra flights. In light of this, our policy has not been to say
"yes" to these high priced charters as we would not think any of you would
be too happy if we did. You can see that others are offering subsidised
flights at circa £1k, so presumably paid in excess of that and this
unfortunately sets a bad precedent in the market. Especially when we are
trying to keep costs as low as possible on your behalf.
For the time being we are not getting involved in this auction. We cannot
offer flights cheaper than some you already see online and we also cannot
subsidise flights. So right now we will have to wait and see how things
unravel. As stated, there are lots of options available online to get to
Istanbul and is the first time that we have encountered seeing so much
availability for a final.
If things change and we can offer something that we think will sell at a
reasonable value, in line with what else you can buy, we will of course try
to offer this to you.
Again we want to assure you we want to operate flights to Istanbul, but we
only want to do this if we feel it is reasonable value compared to the rest
of the market. Hopefully we will be able to offer this to you this week.
Many Thanks
Team Sport Options and Spike
There is a Pegasus flight leaving Manchester at 9.10 on the Saturday or a Turkish Airlines flight at 10.45, both should get you into Istanbul in plenty of timeSports world (Man city travel) have just emailed me to say that all day trip packages are sold and they will not be releasing any further supply. I can only make setting off early Saturday morning so it looks like I will be watching at home. Can anyone advise me if I can return my ticket which I have ordered through my supporters club ( I would probably have got one having over 19000 points).
Isn't that the e-mail from Sunday?SPORT OPTIONS
Dear Man City Fan,
Before you read this update in full we are hopeful for some more positive
news this week. We want to assure you we want to operate a flight to
Istanbul. We have operated flights on and off for Manchester City fans for
20 years. However this is the situation as we currently see it.
As everyone is aware we would normally offer flights for City games in
Europe.
Following numerous massive European Finals in recent years, involving teams
such as Glasgow Rangers, Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham, the
airlines have been spoilt with huge numbers of travelling fans paying almost
any price to get to the destination. In all cases many thousands travelling
without tickets. In the case of previous finals and even in the case of West
Ham in Prague, DIRECT flights were ALL completely SOLD OUT hence we had and
other operators have had the demand for charter flights.
Firstly, as far as we can see, very unusually direct flights are currently
easily available from both Manchester and also from London (a lot cheaper
from London). We have never known a final where so many flights are actually
available to fans in the days after the semi.
In terms of chartering whole aircraft, as we have said the airlines have
been spoilt and are seemingly waiting on another bonanza! The prices quoted
to us are more expensive than prices you see online with one airline that
has added on extra flights. In light of this, our policy has not been to say
"yes" to these high priced charters as we would not think any of you would
be too happy if we did. You can see that others are offering subsidised
flights at circa £1k, so presumably paid in excess of that and this
unfortunately sets a bad precedent in the market. Especially when we are
trying to keep costs as low as possible on your behalf.
For the time being we are not getting involved in this auction. We cannot
offer flights cheaper than some you already see online and we also cannot
subsidise flights. So right now we will have to wait and see how things
unravel. As stated, there are lots of options available online to get to
Istanbul and is the first time that we have encountered seeing so much
availability for a final.
If things change and we can offer something that we think will sell at a
reasonable value, in line with what else you can buy, we will of course try
to offer this to you.
Again we want to assure you we want to operate flights to Istanbul, but we
only want to do this if we feel it is reasonable value compared to the rest
of the market. Hopefully we will be able to offer this to you this week.
Many Thanks
Team Sport Options and Spike
Looks like Pegasus and Turkish have been putting on loads of extra flights priced around £800 which has effectively captured much of the normal charter market.SPORT OPTIONS
Dear Man City Fan,
Before you read this update in full we are hopeful for some more positive
news this week. We want to assure you we want to operate a flight to
Istanbul. We have operated flights on and off for Manchester City fans for
20 years. However this is the situation as we currently see it.
As everyone is aware we would normally offer flights for City games in
Europe.
Following numerous massive European Finals in recent years, involving teams
such as Glasgow Rangers, Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham, the
airlines have been spoilt with huge numbers of travelling fans paying almost
any price to get to the destination. In all cases many thousands travelling
without tickets. In the case of previous finals and even in the case of West
Ham in Prague, DIRECT flights were ALL completely SOLD OUT hence we had and
other operators have had the demand for charter flights.
Firstly, as far as we can see, very unusually direct flights are currently
easily available from both Manchester and also from London (a lot cheaper
from London). We have never known a final where so many flights are actually
available to fans in the days after the semi.
In terms of chartering whole aircraft, as we have said the airlines have
been spoilt and are seemingly waiting on another bonanza! The prices quoted
to us are more expensive than prices you see online with one airline that
has added on extra flights. In light of this, our policy has not been to say
"yes" to these high priced charters as we would not think any of you would
be too happy if we did. You can see that others are offering subsidised
flights at circa £1k, so presumably paid in excess of that and this
unfortunately sets a bad precedent in the market. Especially when we are
trying to keep costs as low as possible on your behalf.
For the time being we are not getting involved in this auction. We cannot
offer flights cheaper than some you already see online and we also cannot
subsidise flights. So right now we will have to wait and see how things
unravel. As stated, there are lots of options available online to get to
Istanbul and is the first time that we have encountered seeing so much
availability for a final.
If things change and we can offer something that we think will sell at a
reasonable value, in line with what else you can buy, we will of course try
to offer this to you.
Again we want to assure you we want to operate flights to Istanbul, but we
only want to do this if we feel it is reasonable value compared to the rest
of the market. Hopefully we will be able to offer this to you this week.
Many Thanks
Team Sport Options and Spike
It’s still a lot of money for flight only. I’ve managed to get there and back plus three nights hotel for not much more than half that.Looks like Pegasus and Turkish have been putting on loads of extra flights priced around £800 which has effectively captured much of the normal charter market.
I'd day that's exactly what happened. Someone told us they were going to do this before we qualified so someone in those airlines is doing their job well. But i'd also say that Sports Options have seen how many people will pay £1000 for there and back and they probably want a piece of that.Looks like Pegasus and Turkish have been putting on loads of extra flights priced around £800 which has effectively captured much of the normal charter market.