American: Houston – Madrid, Spain. $477 (Regular Economy) / $337 (Basic Economy). Roundtrip, including all Taxes

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A good sale to Madrid.  Pricing will vary slightly depending on routing

American / British Airways / Finnair / Iberia’s $477 fare is a regular economy fare with ONE checked luggage and normal size carry-on

American / British Airways / Finnair / Iberia also have a $377 fare, but it is a Basic Economy / Economy Light fare. These Basic Economy / Economy Light fares:

• DO NOT allow for advance seat assignment
• DO NOT include checked bags – they are $60 each way for the 1st bag and $100 for the 2nd
• DO NOT allow for changes
• DO NOT allow for cancellations – so if you cancel after the 24 hour risk free period, the Basic Economy version will have no value for future travel
• Most online travel agencies are not properly displaying these fares with American / British Airways / Finnair / Iberia as BASIC ECONOMY.

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Cibeles square from the city hall in Madrid). Photo: Miguel Diaz via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0

Sample Travel Date:

• January 16th – 21st, 2020
  • This is a sample date. See below for more available travel dates

Fare Availability:

• Valid for travel from January 2020 – February 2020 for Monday through Thursday departures and returns. A 7 day minimum stay is required. Must purchase at least 28 days in advance of departure

• Note: This fare is valid at the time of posting. If this post is more than two days old, the fare is most likely gone.

How to Search for Availability:

• Use ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search and use the following search criteria:
  • Departing from: IAH
  • Outbound Advanced Routing Code:
    • Textbox 1: aa aa
    • Textbox 2: maxconnect 240
      • This is instructing ITA to search for the Basic Economy fare. Use those dates on Priceline and you will be presented with an option to upgrade to a regular economy fare.
  • Destination: MAD
  • Return Advanced Routing Code: 
    • Textbox 1: aa aa
    • Textbox 2: maxconnect 240
  • Click on the “Advanced Routing Codes” link to enable advanced routing code input
  • Select “See calendar of lowest fares”
  • Enter departure date
  • Length of stay: 3-10
    • The maximum search range is 7 days, so enter ranges in this format: 0-7, 3-10, 5-12, etc.

• The ITA search page should look like the following when all values are inputted.

• You cannot buy tickets through ITA. To buy tickets, follow our instructions below in the “How to Buy Airline Tickets” section.

Fare Class:

• O

Elite Qualifying Dollars:

• $370

Sample Routing:

• IAH – DFW (Dallas) – MAD (Madrid) – DFW – IAH

Sample Mileage:

• Miles Flown: 10,350 miles or 4.3 cents per mile
• Elite Qualifying Miles: 10,350 miles
• Redeemable Miles: 1,850 miles
  
  

How to Buy Airline Tickets:

• Support us by using our Priceline link to book with dates found on ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search.
  • Select the $337 fare in the search results and you will be presented with the option to upgrade to a regular fare for $140 more (or $477 total roundtrip). The regular fare with advance seat assignment and ONE checked bag included.

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