I wouldn't fly to Istanbul if you paid me, but for all of you that would:
The Points Guy reports that on Flyertalk pple are reporting fares from Chicago to Istanbul $528
Don't worry, nobody's paying you.
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This may be a matter of opinion, but I fail to see why people are afraid of IST. As Chaikel said (tongue-in-cheek), they no longer allow people to bring RPGs into the airport, so it's not so bad...