Thursday, July 25, 2013

Spain Travel Option 4

This is a lot like 3, but we fly into Lisbon and out of Barcelona. We then take the train from Lisbon to Madrid, rather than fly Lisbon to Seville.


I'm going to start adding photos to spice these up. This is Lisbon
 So, leave Chicago at 1:31 PM on Tuesday, October 15. I know I switched from Monday to Tuesday for our departure date at some point. I think maybe the Philly to Lisbon route doesn't exisit on Monday, or is cheaper on Tuesday. I think the latter. I need to keep better notes!

Get to Philly at 4:45 PM. Leave for Lisbon at 8:35 PM. Get into Lisbon, Wed. Oct. 16 at 8:40 AM.

On Friday Oct. 18, we take the train to Madrid, arrive at 8:10 AM on Sat. Oct. 19.

Stay there until Wed. Oct. 23, take the train to Seville.

On Friday, Oct. 25 we take the train to Valencia.

On Sat. Oct. 26 we take the train to Barcelona.

Fly home Tuesday Oct. 29. Leave Barcelona at 9:45 AM, get into Philly at 1:45 PM. Leave for Chicago at 4 PM, home at 5:21 PM.

So, we cut down our layover in Philly on the way home. The flight home from Barcelona is like $7 more expensive than the one from Madrid. The train from Lisbon to Madrid is cheaper than the flight from Lisbon to Seville.

So, total cost is $1,453. Travel time is 44 hours, 8 of those are overnight (and offset one hotel room).

So, a little cheaper than Option 3. It still feels a little rushed to me, but I'm not sure we're any better or worse than we were with other options.

I still need to look at schedule/cost for using your United miles from Chicago as well as flip this option around - into Barcelona, out of Lisbon.
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  1. EricJuly 25, 2013 at 2:30 PM

    For $942 per person we can fly US Airways Chicago to Lisbon, Barcelona to Chicago. We basically get the same flight times I had flying United to Philly, and it's only $7 more expensive. Saves a little hassles I guess with changing airlines and baggage and stuff?

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    1. EricJuly 25, 2013 at 2:33 PM

      United wants $1,933 for that same itinerary. So, fuck you, United.

      Even if we could in theory use your miles for one of those tickets, the other ticket would still be more expensive than two tickets on US Air.

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  2. EricJuly 30, 2013 at 3:09 PM

    We can leave Saturday, October 12 and return Sunday, October 27, into Lisbon, out of Barcelona for $1,012. That's about $50 more than flying home on a weekday. It's surprisingly the same cost to fly out on Saturday as on a weekday.

    Gives us one extra day in Spain, still 10 days off work.

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    1. EricJuly 30, 2013 at 3:20 PM

      It's $997 to do Philly-Lisbon, Barcelona-Philly on these dates, use your miles for United.

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    2. EricJuly 30, 2013 at 3:25 PM

      It's $1,170 to do Chicago-Barcelona; Lisbon-Chicago on these dates.

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    3. EricJuly 30, 2013 at 3:31 PM

      It's $1,010 to do Chicago-Lisbon; Madrid-Chicago on these dates, so probably not worth it to go from Barcelona back to Madrid.

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  3. EricJuly 30, 2013 at 3:13 PM

    I tried bumping our departure back a week, leave Friday Oct. 18 (so we can see John Oliver). The flight is at 4:15 out of O'Hare, not sure if you could pull that off without taking a day off of work.

    Anyway, leave 10/18, return Sun. 11/3, total cost is $1,042. So, another $30 over the last option. All that extra cost is on the Barcelona to Chicago leg, not sure why.

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    1. EricJuly 30, 2013 at 3:22 PM

      It's $1,171 to do Philly-Lisbon, Barcelona-Philly on these dates. Weird.

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    2. EricJuly 30, 2013 at 3:26 PM

      It's $1,453 to do Chicago-Barcelona; Lisbon-Chicago on these dates. And you have to leave at 11:45 on Friday. And make 2 connections on the way home.

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    3. EricJuly 30, 2013 at 3:33 PM

      $1,010 to do Chicago-Lisbon; Madrid-Chicago on these dates. So, a little cheaper than flying home from Barcelona, but maybe not enough to offset the train trip from Barcelona-Madrid.

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