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Fare Alert! Fall Barcelona fares from New York for under $250!

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) on Mar 5th 2009 at 6:30PM

It's that time of the year when fare sales start to come in heavy and the frugal traveler with wanderlust is fraught with options. This one, however, was too outstanding to not pass to Gadlingers:

Iberia, Spain's national carrier, just put half of Europe on sale, starting with Barcelona and Madrid for about $250 from New York City. You can't get to Los Angeles for that price half of the time!

But it gets better. Other destinations throughout the continent are sale, from Istanbul for $300 to Paris for a shade more.

Fares appear to be good for March and November of this year with a few fares bleeding out on either side of those dates. The key is to be flexible and patient in your search. Start at Kayak.com and search "weekends" from NYC to XXX (BCN, MAD, IST) etc, or use the "flexible dates" function to expand your search. Then, bounce over to Iberia.com and lock in tickets.

You can even get through the booking process and save your ticket for 48 hours if you want to ask your significant other for permission.

These tickets book into the Q fare class, so if you're planning on earning American Airlines (OneWorld) miles, you'll only get 30%. But for $244, who cares?

Search and book as soon as you can, fares this hot won't last more than a few hours!

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

President Mar 5th 2009 11:40PM

I love Gadling...I just came back from vegas two weeks ago from the deal I heard on here...and now this one...just booked for Nov 8th to the 11th for a quick weekend trip to Spain...Thanks Gadling!!!

Andrew Mar 5th 2009 11:50PM

I found fares for $205 this month!

www.thebrooklynnomad.com

nismo334 Mar 6th 2009 1:33AM

looks awesome!!! the LAX prices are pretty good too, but still not anywhere near that magic $250 Round trip number. This has me wishing I was in NYC. Then again, I wouldn't have been able to pick up a ticket to panama for $200 RT from LAX on mexicana last night.