🔥Exceptional DealAiFly Score: 75/100Verified 11 Aug 2026 01:00 UTC

Chicago to Sofia with Turkish Airlines from $659 / €647 — 18% below the typical deal price of $800. Verified 11 Aug 2026 at 01:00 UTC

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🏷️ 18% below typical deal priceTypical deal price: $800

This deal vs. typical deal price for this route — verified 13 Jul 2026 at 06:11 UTC

Tickets from $659 both ways — checked baggage included.

✈️ Turkish Airlines — AFR 65/100 (full-service)

In this fare:

Checked baggage: 2 × 50 lb
Onboard meal: Hot meal
WiFi: Free messaging (members only)
Cabin: 31″ pitch on A321neo

📍 Routing & layovers

Outbound — Layover 1h 45m (Good connection) ✓
Return — Layover in IST: 13h 10m (Very long layover) 🌆
Return — 🌆 13h 10m in Istanbul — Visit Hagia Sophia, walk to the Blue Mosque, or see Grand Bazaar (or Topkapi Palace + Bosphorus ferry). 50 min from IST to the city · Turkish Airlines TourIstanbul — free guided tour for 6-24h layovers + Stopover hotel programme · EU passports visa-free 90 days; USA/CA e-Visa $50 online · full layover guide → · Turkish Airlines' free Istanbul hotel →.

📖 Traveler Resources:
✈️ Airport Guides
📍 Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) — Terminals, Transport & Tips
📍 Chicago Midway (MDW) Airport — Terminals, Transport & Tips
📍 Sofia Airport (SOF) — Terminals, Transport & Tips

Available Dates

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🧳 Baggage Allowance

Bag Type	Dimensions / Weight	Included
👜 Personal Item	40 × 30 × 15 cm, 4 kg (under seat)	✅ Yes
🎒 Cabin Bag	18 lb	✅ Yes
🧳 Checked Bag	2 × 50 lb	✅ Yes

✅ Turkish Airlines fare includes 2 × 50 lb checked baggage.

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🌍 About Sofia

Sofia sits right under Vitosha, a 2,290m mountain you can reach by public transport from downtown — locals ski it in winter and hike it in summer, which no other EU capital really offers. The other distinctive thing is the Square of Tolerance: an Orthodox church, a Catholic cathedral, the Banya Bashi Mosque and Europe's third-largest synagogue all within a few minutes' walk. Don't miss the Roman ruins of Serdica, excavated and left open inside the Serdika metro station — you walk past 2nd-century streets to catch a train. Eat banitsa, the flaky cheese pastry sold at every bakery for pocket change; Sofia is one of the cheapest capitals in the EU, so a deal fare goes a long way. Come May, June or September for warm, sunny days; December–February is cold and snowy unless you're there to ski.

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