What dates are you looking at for your United miles? I'd like to track fares, see if we can get my ticket for cheaper by booking a certain time/day.
I see departing Monday, Oct. 14 at 4:10 pm. Land Newark at 7:27. Depart Newark at 8:35. Arrive Madrid at 10:05 on the 15th.
Leave Madrid at 6:30 am on Wed. Oct. 30. Hour layover in Brussels. Arrive Chicago at 1:00 pm.
$1,003.
The nonstop flights on Iberia are running at $960 today. Trying to use miles will become more difficult as the days go by. The best option on United is through Philly and back through Munich or Frankfurt. I hate that the $960 fare is $370 for the fare and $590 in taxes.
ReplyDeleteBut I don't think that Philly flight is an option for me, not using miles.
DeleteWe are 3 months out. I agree we should book soon, but I think we ought to think about where we want to go and for how long. Are we going to book a 2 week trip and then figure out what cities we are going to?
Are we only doing Spain?
Or are Lisbon or Casablanca still in play? If so, we might want to do something like into Lisbon and out of Barcelona or something, just to avoid constantly going to/from airports.
If we are only doing Spain, we can probably do round trip to Madrid. It's centrally located in Spain.