When is the cheapest time to buy a fare to spain?

Question

My best friend is going to Spain this spring semester as an exchange student, and I'm planning on going to Spain for a week to visit her (probably in march or april ?) Please help!

Answer 1

Try to avoid taking a trip when it is holiday time here in the US.  This is when most people travel and when prices are the highest.  So if you can avoid the Easter break and go before the summer you should save some money.  Speak to a travel agent about consolidator fares.  These are usually the cheapest rates.

Answer 2

on the other hand, even though it's more expensive, it's also prime time to visit Spain (Easter time) because of the Semana Santa celebrations in Andalucia.  That means it's going to be more crowded, difficult to see many monuments, and more expensive, but also a most interesting event to take part in.  (just some food for thought).

Where is your friend studying?

Answer 3

Easter is towards the end of March this year. Flights will probably be expensive at that time of the year. Mid week flights are usually the cheapest.

You don´t say which country you are flying from. There can be huge savings depending on where you live and which carrier you fly with. Furthermore, you don´t say where in Spain you are flying to. Flying to a regional airport may be cheaper than flying to a hub or larger airport.

Edit;  They´ve just started flights direct non stop from New York to Málaga if it helps in anyway.

Answer 4

try to make travel arrangements bti/w tuesday - friday

the best time is as soon as you can

airlines work on a srategy,that is they sell limited no of seats at a particular price, and when those seats are sold out the price goes up.

as far as low fare is considered, they have certain rstrictions too which could be like paying a chng fee for making changes, or non refundable status of tickets

Answer 5

Just buy a few weeks in advance and leave and come back during the middle of the week.  Flights leaving and /or coming back on Thurs. thru Monday are at least 25% more because people want to travel more on those days.