Wait, what? Spain? What happened to Iceland and England? We decided Iceland is a stand alone trip, it's too hard to combo with another trip. So we are toying with a trip to Spain in October.
I'm working on the assumption we want to be here for Bryant's wedding on Saturday, October 5. We also have John Oliver tickets on Friday, October 11. Otherwise, we are free in October.
If John Oliver works out, great, but if not, I think we'll be able to sell the tickets. He's hilarious, who wouldn't want to see him?
It looks like American, Iberia, British Airways, and Finnair have direct flights from Chicago to Madrid. Looks like we're in the $900-$1000 range, depending on the exact flight dates/times.
Looks like it's doable on United with 30,000 miles, but not direct. For example, we can fly out on Wed. October 9 at 1:31, connect in Philly with a 2 hour layover, arrive Madrid at 845 am on Thurs, Oct. 10. Cost of $5 to you. Return Wed. October 23, leave Madrid 8:25 am, hour and a half layover in Munich, return to Chicago at 3:05 pm. Cost of $79 to you.
I can't find those exact same flights for me for some reason. But in general, it's $1100 Chicago to Madrid on United, one stop, somewhere.
I'm not seeing non-stop to Lisbon on O'Hare, although I thought you said you did. Again, looks like we're in the $900-$1100 range, and I'm not seeing any non-stop.
Leave Chicago on Tuesday October 15 at 4:40 pm, arrive Madrid Wednesday, October 16 at 7:40 am. Finnair.
ReplyDeleteLeave Madrid Tuesday, October 29 at 11:50 am. Arrive Chicago at 3:20 pm.
$941 round trip. Not sure you can book these direct through the airline websites, since it's two different carriers. Are there fees to book with Expedia or similar?
It's $961 to take Iberia both ways. Same flight times, I assume they partner with Finnair.
DeleteIt looks like Sundays and Tuesdays are our best days to fly.
DeleteAccording to this site:
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Our best bet is to book at least a month in advance, on a Tuesday, in the afternoon.
So, we can probably monitor fares for a few weeks. I suggest writing them down on this blog, so we have a record of what they were, what airline, etc.
Those same flights were $930 earlier today, but are not currently listed. Which is weird.
ReplyDeleteToday it's $960 for a two week trip on Iberia
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