Flights to Madrid for the Cup Final

[Greg Read]

With many moaning about the price of fares on our Railways, spare a thought for those heading for Madrid for the Cup Final, with fares around £1,300 !
Easy Jet are doing a fare for £750, the catch is, that is one way !

Then it seems, once you find a flight... there is no chance of finding a Hotel room for less than £1000 ! (one night)

 

[Condor7]

I thought about going but the price convinced me that watching from the comfort of my own home with some friends some beers and pizza wasn’t such a bad alternative.

 

[Kite159]

It is a simple case of supply & demand. Happens every year there is a cup final. Accommodation around the host city is hiked up as well as transportation.

The closest the railway gets is the non availability (or poor availability) of advance tickets.

 

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With many moaning about the price of fares on our Railways, spare a thought for those heading for Madrid for the Cup Final, with fares around £1,300 !
Easy Jet are doing a fare for £750, the catch is, that is one way !

Then it seems, once you find a flight... there is no chance of finding a Hotel room for less than £1000 ! (one night)

Cheapest from Manchester are around 560 mark which is hefty but are returns but massive long journeys with 1 stop in them

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Why don't these people look at going via Paris on Eurostar, TGV and AVE? Yes, it takes a bit longer but it's not going to cost anywhere near as much - although I agree it wouldn't solve the hotel prices half of the issue.

 

[AM9]

Why don't these people look at going via Paris on Eurostar, TGV and AVE? Yes, it takes a bit longer but it's not going to cost anywhere near as much - although I agree it wouldn't solve the hotel prices half of the issue.

Spain is a country brimming with leisure accommodation. Both Barcelona and Seville are connected to Madrid by high speed lines. Travel time (on both) 2Hrs 45Mins. It could take longer to get from Liverpool to White Hart Lane or London to The Cop.

 

[Mag_seven]

With many moaning about the price of fares on our Railways, spare a thought for those heading for Madrid for the Cup Final, with fares around £1,300 !
Easy Jet are doing a fare for £750, the catch is, that is one way !

Then it seems, once you find a flight... there is no chance of finding a Hotel room for less than £1000 ! (one night)

The charter operators (e.g. Thomas Cook) are bound to start arranging some flights soon. Also the transport journalist Simon Calder on Sky Sports News today was saying that scheduled carriers such as BA may decide to roster some larger aircraft (e.g. 747s) to the route so some fares may come down.

 

[158756]

Spain is a country brimming with leisure accommodation. Both Barcelona and Seville are connected to Madrid by high speed lines. Travel time (on both) 2Hrs 45Mins. It could take longer to get from Liverpool to White Hart Lane or London to The Cop.

Not that easy to get there though. We've seen what Easyjet are charging :- for airlines not going quite that extreme, on the 31st May (day before the final) Ryanair have seats available only on an extra Liverpool-Madrid flight they've put on (at £400 one way), everything else to mainland Spain is showing sold out. Same from Manchester - Ryanair flights to Spain completely sold out, Jet2 just have Girona at £300.

 

[Bald Rick]

The charter operators (e.g. Thomas Cook) are bound to start arranging some flights soon. Also the transport journalist Simon Calder on Sky Sports News today was saying that scheduled carriers such as BA may decide to roster some larger aircraft (e.g. 747s) to the route so some fares may come down.

Thomas Cook are arranging flights. About £550 return.

Trouble is the match is the last weekend of half term, and most airlines have their fleets fully employed that Saturday / Sunday.

 

[Bald Rick]

Why don't these people look at going via Paris on Eurostar, TGV and AVE? Yes, it takes a bit longer but it's not going to cost anywhere near as much - although I agree it wouldn't solve the hotel prices half of the issue.

You say that, but you’re looking at about £800 return from London. Plus, if you don’t want to spend 13-14 hours travelling in one day (each way) another £100 at least for hotels / food etc en route.

Personally I’d rather spend the money on the plane. There will be plenty of charters going, just not confirmed yet.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

You say that, but you’re looking at about £800 return from London. Plus, if you don’t want to spend 13-14 hours travelling in one day (each way) another £100 at least for hotels / food etc en route.

Personally I’d rather spend the money on the plane. There will be plenty of charters going, just not confirmed yet.

As much as that?! Yikes!! Six years ago I did a family of four from St Pancras to Lourdes - admittedly a shorter distance - for roughly £400 return in total, including an overnight stopover in Paris in each direction.

 

[Bald Rick]

As much as that?! Yikes!! Six years ago I did a family of four from St Pancras to Lourdes - admittedly a shorter distance - for roughly £400 return in total, including an overnight stopover in Paris in each direction.

I just checked, Friday out, Sunday back. Best bet would be to stay in Barca Friday night, and you’d have to stay in Madrid Saturday. Even then you’re looking at £170 Eurostar, €320 TGV Paris- Barca, and €180 Barca to Madrid. So about £600. Plus 2 hotels and 2 extra days ‘provisions’. And Madrid hotels are not cheap for that Saturday night!

 

[sprunt]

Just be grateful you aren't trying to work out how to get to Baku...

 

[Ianno87]

Why don't these people look at going via Paris on Eurostar, TGV and AVE? Yes, it takes a bit longer but it's not going to cost anywhere near as much - although I agree it wouldn't solve the hotel prices half of the issue.

I'm wondering how much UK<>Spain ferries are going for at the moment.

 

[Bald Rick]

I'm wondering how much UK<>Spain ferries are going for at the moment.

Outbound are all sold out next week.

 

[greyman42]

Would flying via Amsterdam or Frankfurt be an option?

 

[AnthonyRail]

If you had a connecting flight at Amsterdam with different airline but it was 22 hrs layover are you allowed to leave airport and spend time in Amsterdam? Then return to catch flight to Madrid.

They don’t expect you too sleep 22hrs at airport do they?

 

[Puffing Devil]

If you had a connecting flight at Amsterdam with different airline but it was 22 hrs layover are you allowed to leave airport and spend time in Amsterdam? Then return to catch flight to Madrid.

They don’t expect you too sleep 22hrs at airport do they?

You're free to leave, passport and visa permitting.

 

[ChiefPlanner]

My no 2 son is going for the "atmosphere" (has a free sofa to sleep on !) , quick of the mark and with my advice he and his mate scored a £250 return off Gatwick to Alicante (British Airways) - and a £65 return on the HS train. Pays to have some advice and to dive in quickly