Madrid, Spain on American Airlines from Auckland $1714 (and a Random $1656 w/ Air China!), Christchurch $1700, Wellington $1711
Beat That Flight
10 November 2023
So I was watching NZ v Sri Lanka in the cricket last night and playing around with dates and found American Airlines has a sale on to Europe. Now this is odd because it almost never appears in my hundreds of searches - almost always, the cheapest path to Europe is heading NW from NZ to Australia/Asia and westwards to Europe, not eastwards through the US. So hey, a win!
So then I wrote a python script to check thousands of dates overnight, woke up to find it’d broken, fixed it, and ran it again, and it’s just fnished now as I watch SA v Afghanistan, so time to post. These late night updates are hopefully going to decrease after the cricket world cup ends, although my 4 month old might have something to say about that ;)
Anyway, I’ve posted the best below.
What I nearly left out, but felt I should at least show it - on almost every date the cheapest way to Madrid was via AA - except for one date in March. I checked it manually, and indeed, while AA is $1714 that day, Air China is $1656. So I’ve left that in, in case :P
Now if Afghanistan’s middle order could just roll over already, I might get an earlyish night ;)
Auckland to Madrid
Dates: 10 Nov 23 - 31 Mar 24
| Return Price | Travel Dates |
|---|---|
| $1735 | 10 Nov to 24 Nov |
| $1733 | 13 Nov to 1 Dec |
| $1715 | 16 Nov to 4 Dec |
| $1715 | 19 Nov to 7 Dec |
| $1715 | 22 Nov to 6 Dec |
| $1718 | 28 Nov to 24 Dec |
| $1715 | 21 Jan to 4 Feb |
| $1715 | 24 Jan to 7 Feb |
| $1715 | 27 Jan to 26 Feb |
| $1715 | 30 Jan to 13 Feb |
| $1715 | 5 Feb to 19 Feb |
| $1715 | 8 Feb to 5 Mar |
| $1715 | 11 Feb to 12 Mar |
| $1715 | 14 Feb to 11 Mar |
| $1714 | 20 Feb to 21 Mar |
| $1723 | 23 Feb to 20 Mar |
| $1714 | 26 Feb to 27 Mar |
| $1724 | 29 Feb to 14 Mar |
| $1725 | 3 Mar to 25 Mar |
| $1714 | 6 Mar to 20 Mar |
| $1663 | 12 Mar to 26 Mar |
- Cheapest :$1663 return
Christchurch to Madrid
Dates: 20 Jan 24 - 11 Jun 24
| Return Price | Travel Dates |
|---|---|
| $1716 | 21 Jan to 4 Feb |
| $1734 | 21 Jan to 8 Feb |
| $1734 | 21 Jan to 12 Feb |
| $1737 | 21 Jan to 16 Feb |
| $1751 | 2 Feb to 16 Feb |
| $1751 | 2 Feb to 24 Feb |
| $1733 | 2 Feb to 28 Feb |
| $1751 | 2 Feb to 3 Mar |
| $1718 | 11 Feb to 25 Feb |
| $1718 | 11 Feb to 4 Mar |
| $1733 | 11 Feb to 8 Mar |
| $1718 | 11 Feb to 12 Mar |
| $1755 | 14 Feb to 3 Mar |
| $1755 | 14 Feb to 11 Mar |
| $1734 | 20 Feb to 21 Mar |
| $1716 | 23 Feb to 8 Mar |
| $1734 | 23 Feb to 12 Mar |
| $1700 | 8 May to 22 May |
| $1700 | 8 May to 3 Jun |
| $1700 | 20 May to 3 Jun |
| $1700 | 20 May to 11 Jun |
- Cheapest :$1700 return
Wellington to Madrid
Dates: 28 Nov 23 - 05 Jun 24
| Return Price | Travel Dates |
|---|---|
| $1835 | 28 Nov to 24 Dec |
| $1874 | 18 Jan to 13 Feb |
| $1890 | 21 Jan to 12 Feb |
| $1834 | 24 Jan to 23 Feb |
| $1734 | 30 Jan to 25 Feb |
| $1764 | 8 Feb to 5 Mar |
| $1734 | 20 Feb to 21 Mar |
| $1714 | 8 May to 22 May |
| $1714 | 8 May to 26 May |
| $1714 | 8 May to 3 Jun |
| $1711 | 14 May to 28 May |
| $1711 | 14 May to 5 Jun |
- Cheapest :$1711 return