Flights From The Usa and Canada
There is a fair variety of flights from most parts of the US to Madrid, with connections on to Barcelona. Occasionally, however - and especially if you're coming from Canada - your best bet may be to route via another major European city. Flying times to Barcelona (excluding lay-overs) is around eight hours from New York, nine hours from Toronto. If Barcelona and Spain are part of a longer European trip, you'll also want to check out details of the Eurail pass, which must be purchased in advance of your arrival and can get you by train from anywhere in Europe to Barcelona. Nonstop flights from the BUS to Barcelona are offered by Delta out of New York in high season and year round by Iberia also from JFK (approx. $1000 in high season). Air Europa operates direct flights from JFK to Barcelona via Madrid (with a short stop in Madrid but no change of plane). Iberia flies nonstop from New York, Miami and Chicago to Madrid, where you have to change planes to catch a connection to Barcelona. The US carriers Delta (from JFK), Continental (from Newark) and American (from Miami) also offer nonstop flights to Madrid, with onward connections to Barcelona on a European carrier - usually Iberia or Spanair. The lowest midweek Apex fare on Delta's high-season nonstop flights to Barcelona is $930. On other routings, you should be able to find return Apex fares from New York to Barcelona for approximately $420 in the low season or $920 in the high season. From Chicago expect to pay in the region of $640/$950, from Miami $700/$1000, from LA $1000/$1350. However, one of the airlines' special promotional offers is likely to be better value than any of the above, and you may even find that the cheapest fare comes with fewer restrictions when it comes to advance booking or duration of stay. At the time of writing, for instance, taking advantage of promotional offers from major airlines, you could pick up return fares to Barcelona for as little as $298 from New York, $320 from Chicago, $398 from Miami or $529 from LA. From Canada , Iberia operates three nonstop flights a week to Madrid from Montreal, with connecting flights to Barcelona. Expect Apex fares on indirect flights via Europe to cost around CAN$1250 (high season) or CAN$950 (low season) from Toronto or Montreal to Barcelona. From Vancouver the fares hover around CAN$1800 or CAN$1300 depending on the season. Also, from the West Coast, you could look into the economics of crossing the border and flying from Seattle to Barcelona (on Continental, for instance, via Newark and Madrid). From everywhere in North America you might also find it worthwhile asking about routings via other major European cities : Northwest/KLM via Amsterdam , Lufthansa via Frankfurt , TAP or TWA via Lisbon , British Airways via London or Sabena via Brussels , for example.
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