Majesty:
Try Air Europe. They quoted me a fare of 538 (584 with taxes) leaving from New York on June 25th. Good luck!

Well, I did it! I'm going! June 24th to July 5th, Newark to Madrid on British Airways, for $704. Found it on Expedia. Not as cheap as I would have liked, but Priceline didn't want my bids and this was the best I found.

has anyone tried bucket shops like cheaptickets? i found fare for $850 with only one change in Philly. This is for travel from SFO, 6-13 to 7-16. They also have a 800 number...800-CHEAPTIX. buen suerte!

Jensdog, well, what is the supersecret password? We won't tell. Majesty318, all the places you mentioned, don't have fees associated with them. You do have to have log on, but no fee is involved. Bestfares is the only one that has a fee atached and Jensdog seems to have the secret.

RGF's methods for cheap tix include: the great promotional fares offered by major airlines, often about 3 months before your trip... checking expedia OFTEN, because wierd cheap fares pop up sometimes.

But my best recommendation is rather sneaky. I usually fly USAiR, DELTA or other usa based carriers. Something ALWAYS goes wrong on the flight: delay, lost luggage, etc. I always write a polite, to the point letter of complaint, and they always send me vouchers worth $100 to $150!! Then, bingo, your next ticket is going to be that much cheaper. Apply as often as needed. Repeat.

See, you guys missed me on the board... who else would tell you that!!

Just booked San Diego-Madrid, Sept 20
on Lufthansa for $517 inc. tax one-way
We are going back to the states by
ship. I checked everywhere and finally
found an agent in Houston.

Someone else had already posted it on here but the user name is making and the password is waves. It changes every month or so though.

I have booked a flight from Toronto Canada to Malaga for only 520 $...and that's the lowly Canadian dollar folks! Check out selloffvacations.com and lastminuteclub.com, both let you search for great deals, you do have to join lastminuteclub, but only after seeing if there are deals! For those of you from the US, it may well be worth it to catch a lastminute deal from the US to Canada...especially with your dollar!

I had a great experience on Air France and for $378 round trip, what more could you want? Flew into Paris with a 40 min layover and was on my way. Same on the way out. Here is another site that has tickets from $400 from NYC to Madrid. May be cheaper than the Philly flight. www.onetravel.com

Your first eight words have raised everybody's eyebrows Nic and we are all anxiously waiting for you to continue........ go on, tell us more!!