How to Get a Cheap Flight to Spain
Flying to Spain is not cheap, but following a few simple principles can take you a long way in reducing your expenses.
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Instructions
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Work the websites of travel agencies and airlines, subscribing to every fare sale newsletter you can find. This will keep you apprised of fare sales for all destinations and reduce your legwork.
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Always mark your destination as Madrid's Barajas Airport (MAD) when searching for airfares on airline and travel agency websites. It is the central airport in the country, and going to a secondary airport will cause your prices to spiral, putting an end to your hope for a cheap flight to Spain. Most experts swear that Wednesday at midnight (EST) is when airlines are most likely to dump unoccupied seats, so this is the best time to go bargain hunting.
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Trade time for money. If so, and a fare sale comes up for a major European airport hub outside of Spain (London, Paris, Frankfurt), you can explore using that bargain basement airfare to get to Europe, and then use a budget European airline (such as RyanAir) to make your connection to Spain. If booked far enough in advance, a seat on a no-frills European airline can cost you mere dollars. Just be aware that the connection to a no-frills, budget European airline will probably mean switching to another airport, so include the cost of ground transit into your calculations. Also, budget airlines always fly to secondary airports rather than major ones, which may be better for you if you want to go to Granada or Barcelona rather than Madrid.This method requires spending time transiting between airports and is only safe if you build in layovers of several hours or more. On the plus side, you can pass the time in London, Paris or some other city while you wait for your flight. It is the means of trading time for money in getting a cheap flight to Spain.
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Tips & Warnings
"Name your price" websites are useful only in getting good bargains if you have the freedom to adjust your schedule to go at will. Otherwise, you will not get a bargain on your cheap flight to Spain that you could not find just through applying old-fashioned spade work on the Internet. Don't bother with them unless you really do have the ability to drop everything and go with whatever steep bargain you specify.
