With both Spurs and Liverpool through to the Champions League final in Madrid on Saturday 1st June 2019, flights to the Spanish capital from the UK have sky rocketed:
Jesus wept.
Therefore, I’ve pulled together a load of different ways that you can get yourself over to the final for less.
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Right. ONWARDS!
I’m going to take you through five different options. Click on what you’re after to head straight to that section:
- The cheapest flights from London, Liverpool and Manchester that only require up to one day off
- The cheapest flights from London, Liverpool and Manchester if you can be flexible with your dates
- The cheapest flights leaving from alternative UK airports
- The cheapest flights to alternative Spanish airports
- WILDCARD – Do it yourself and fly from as little as £119 each way
Scenario One
THE CHEAPEST FLIGHTS FROM LONDON, LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER
(that only require up to one day off)
The headline here is that the only way you’re going to be able to pull this off for under £500 is to do a one stop flight.
For all of these one stop flights, I haven’t included any overnight waits but warning – there are some long layovers…
I didn’t say it was gonna be pretty.
From London
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June
£379
From London
Sat 1st June – Mon 3rd June
£284 (there’s also a flight with a 4 hour 55 min return for £349)
From Liverpool
Sat 1st May – Sun 2nd June
£504 (just nipped over from £499 this morning – genuinely this was the best deal I could find!!)
From Manchester
Sat 1st May – Mon 3rd June
£498 – Rising quickly – last night’s best price was £379 (though the flights included longer layovers).
Scenario Two
THE CHEAPEST FLIGHTS FROM LONDON, LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER
(if you can be flexible with your dates)
London – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £812 (08/05 price £710)
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £379 (08/05 price £418)
Thurs 30th May – Weds 5th June – £287 (08/05 price £288)
Thurs 30th May – Thurs 6th June – £268 (08/05 price £291)
Weds 29th May – Mon 3rd June – £532 (08/05 price £465)
Weds 29th May – Tues 4th June – £156 (08/05 price £143)
Weds 29th May – Weds 5th June – £56 (08/05 price £63)
Liverpool – see details
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £481 – 1 stop (08/05 price £437)
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £244 – 1 stop (08/05 price £303)
Thurs 30th May – Weds 5th June – £380 – 1 stop/direct (08/05 price £378)
Weds 29th May – Mon 3rd June – £355 – 1 stop (08/05 price £311)
Weds 29th May – Tues 4th June – £201 – 1 stop (08/05 price £194)
Weds 29th May – Weds 5th June – £618 – direct (08/05 price £588)
Weds 29th May – Weds 5th June – £265 – 1 stop/direct (08/05 price £252)
Next direct and cheap(ish!) flight is:
Mon 27th May – Mon 10th June – £371
Manchester – see details
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £344 – 1 stop (08/05 price £475)
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £870 – direct (08/05 price £866)
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £320 – 1 stop (08/05 price £303)
Thurs 30th May – Weds 5th June – £240 – 1 stop/direct (08/05 price £231)
Weds 29th May – Mon 3rd June – £397 – 1 stop
Weds 29th May – Tues 4th June – £240 – 1 stop (08/05 price £223)
Weds 29th May – Weds 5th June – £153 – 1 stop/direct (08/05 price £146)
Weds 29th May – Thurs 6th June – £120 – 1 stop/direct
Next direct and cheap(ish!) flight is:
Tues 28th May – Thurs 6th June – £210
Scenario Three
THE CHEAPEST FLIGHTS LEAVING FROM ALTERNATIVE AIRPORTS
Whilst flying from your nearest airport may be the most convenient, have you thought about travelling within the UK first to get the price down?
This is also one for those Liverpool and Spurs fans that don’t reside in London or Liverpool!
Now there were quite a few good deals to be found here but since Tottenham qualified, many have been snapped up – GODDAMIT!
FRIDAY 31ST MAY – SUNDAY 2ND JUNE
One stop
Bristol – £375 (includes overnight layover) (09/05 price £375)
FRIDAY 31ST MAY – MON 3RD JUNE
All one stop
Edinburgh – £335 (08/05 £364)
Southampton – £450 (08/05 price £417)
Bristol – £394 (08/05 price £383)
SATURDAY 1ST JUNE – MON 3RD JUNE
All one stop
Cardiff – £332
Birmingham – £358
Scenario Four
THE CHEAPEST DIRECT FLIGHTS TO ALTERNATIVE SPANISH AIRPORTS
VALENCIA
- 1 hour 40 train from Valencia to Madrid – around £80 return for 1 adult
- 3 hours 40 drive from Valencia to Madrid – car hire as cheap as £5 a day!
London to Valencia – All direct (these have FLOWN up since Spurs qualified)
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £429 (08/05 £572)
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £586 (08/05 £797)
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £546 (08/05 £574)
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £293 (08/05 price £396)
Sat 1st June – Sun 3rd June – £1118!!! (08/05 price £570)
Sat 1st June – Mon 3rd June – £637 (08/05 price £492)
Sat 1st June – Tues 4th June – £590 (08/05 price £314)
Liverpool to Valencia – One stop
Fri 31st May – Tues 3th Jun – £415 (cheaper option for overnight layover)
Manchester to Valencia – One stop
Fri 31st May – Fri 7th June – £289 (cheaper option for longer durations)
East Midlands to Valencia – Direct
Tues 28th May – Tues 4th June – £254 (08/05 price £136)
Bristol to Valencia – Direct
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £468 (08/05 price £466)
Fri 31st May – Fri 7th June – £254
Edinburgh to Valencia – Direct
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £185
BILBAO
- 4 hours 10 min bus from Bilbao to Madrid – prices from around £50 return
- 4 hours drive from Bilbao to Madrid – car hire as cheap as £7 a day!
London to Bilbao – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £341 (08/05 price £452)
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £768 (08/05 price £761)
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £494 (08/05 price £358)
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £255 (08/05 price £126)
Sat 1st June – Sun 3rd June – £516 (08/05 price £522)
Sat 1st June – Mon 3rd June – £494 (08/05 price £281)
Sat 1st June – Tues 4th June – £228 (08/05 price £79)
Manchester to Bilbao – All direct
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £469 (08/05 price £485)
Bristol to Bilbao – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £509 (08/05 price £474)
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £199 (08/05 price £170)
Edinburgh to Bilbao – All direct
Weds 29th May – Sun 2nd June – £260 (08/05 price £261)
BARCELONA
- 3 hour 10 min train from Barcelona to Madrid – around £170 return (ouch!)
- 6 hour 19 mins drive – car hire as cheap as £4 a day
London to Barcelona – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £273
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £143
Thurs 30th May – Weds 5th June – £81
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £320
Liverpool to Barcelona – All direct
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £454
Manchester to Barcelona – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £633
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £323
Thurs 30th May – Weds 5th June – £272
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £742
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £431
Fri 31st May – Weds 5th June – £380
Birmingham to Barcelona – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £599
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £341
Thurs 30th May – Weds 5th June – £261
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £531 (note that morning flight back!)
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £531
Bristol to Barcelona – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £354
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £171
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £437
Fri 31st June – Tues 4th June – £254
Cardiff to Barcelona – All direct
Tues 28th May – Tues 4th June – £72
Glasgow to Barcelona – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £268 (note that 1215 flight home!)
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £227
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £315
East Midlands to Barcelona – one stop/one direct
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £364
Newcastle to Barcelona – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £477
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £336
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £167
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £551
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £410
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £241
Edinburgh to Barcelona – All direct
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £351
SANTANDER
- 4 hour 7 train from Santander to Madrid – around £75 return for 1 adult (but they don’t run often so check those times!)
- 5 hour drive from Santander to Madrid – car hire as cheap as £8 a day!
London to Santander – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £280 (08/05 price £241)
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £121 (08/05 price £109)
Edinburgh to Santander – All direct
Weds 29th May – Sun 2nd June – £176 (08/05 price £150)
Weds 29th May – Sun 5th June – £107 (08/05 price £82)
SEVILLE
- 2 hours 30 min train from Seville to Madrid for around £110 return
- 5 hours drive – car hire from only £7 a day
London to Seville – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd Jun – £392
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th Jun – £225
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd Jun – £607
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £344
Manchester to Seville – All direct
Weds 29th May – Mon 3rd June – £403
Weds 29th May – Weds 5th June – £225
Bristol to Seville – All direct
Tues 28th May – Tues 4th June – £54
East Midlands to Seville – All direct
Tues 28th May – Tues 4th June – £117
Edinburgh to Seville – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £257
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £143
REUS
- 6 hour overnight bus from Reus to Madrid and 7 hour bus back to Reus around £70 return (they don’t run often so check before booking)
- 6 hour drive from Reus to Madrid – car hire as cheap as £17 a day!
London to Reus – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £313 (08/05 price £313)
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £339 (08/05 price £321)
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £419 (08/05 price £395)
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £364 (08/05 price £319)
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £199 (08/05 price £174)
Manchester to Reus – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £292 (08/05 price £292)
East Midlands to Reus – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £340 (08/05 price £311)
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £336 (08/05 price £305)
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £158 (08/05 price £138)
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £428 (08/05 price £419)
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £364 (08/05 price £364)
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £219 (08/05 price £239)
Birmingham to Reus – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £174 (08/05 price £174)
Glasgow to Reus – All direct
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £206 (08/05 price £205)
Leeds to Reus – All direct
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £255 (08/05 price £141)
MALAGA
- 2 hours 45 mins train from Malaga to Madrid for around £116 return
- 5 hour 20 min drive from Malaga to Madrid – car hire as cheap as £1 a day (erm, wtf lads?)
London to Malaga – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £146
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £456 (1100 flight – 2240 is £604)
Fri 31st May – Weds 5th June – £179
Liverpool to Malaga – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £752 (1000 flight)
Manchester to Malaga – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £605 (1050 flight – 2110 flight is £649)
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £577
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £396
Birmingham to Malaga – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £407
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £511 (1225 flight – 2120 is £680)
Southampton to Malaga – All direct
Fri 31st May – Weds 5th June – £280
Norwich to Malaga – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £453
Leeds to Malaga – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £468 (1205 flight – 2135 £563)
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £448
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £523 (1205 flight – 2135 flight is £622)
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £473
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £298
Glasgow to Malaga – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £456
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £324
Thurs 30th May – Tues 4th June – £187
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £422 (1325 flight – 2045 is £488)
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £354
Fri 31st May – Tues 4th June – £248
Exeter to Malaga – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £196
Edinburgh to Malaga – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Sun 2nd June – £355
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd June – £235
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £435
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £315
East Midlands to Malaga – All direct
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £473
Bristol to Malaga – All direct
Thurs 30th May – Mon 3rd Jun – £275
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd June – £399 (1210 flight – 2350 flight is £630)
Fri 31st May – Mon 3rd June – £369
Belfast to Malaga – All direct
Fri 31st May – Sun 2nd Jun – £440
Scenario Five
LASTLY – DO IT YOURSELF AND SAVE EVEN MORE
Okay, so for all of these I’ve done a standard ‘whack it in Skyscanner and hope’ jobby but actually, you can save even more if you have a little play around with these ‘one stop’ options yourself.
To do this:
- Open a new browsing tab – we’re going to call this tab one – and go to Skyscanner and in ‘From’ type in your departure airport
- Next, in ‘To’, write ‘Everywhere’
- Select the date you’d like to travel to Madrid
- This will bring up a list of countries in price order – leave this open
- In a new tab – this will be referred to as tab two – again, go to Skyscanner but this time, write ‘Madrid’ underneath the ‘To’ box
- In the ‘From’, you’re going to look back at that lovely list of cheap countries in tab one
- For example, for London, my results show that flight to Germany start from £10 so I’m going to go back to tab two and enter ‘Germany’ as my departure country and hit search
- Straight away it tells me that I can fly from Berlin to Madrid for £54 and from Hamburg to Madrid for £56 – pretty good – and so now I head back to my London list in tab one to see how much they’re coming up as
- Hamburg is pretty pricey at £125 but Berlin is coming in at £44
- Next, return to each of your tabs to inspect the flights you’ve found to see if they could work together
- You want to check that they’re getting into the same airport and that you’ll have enough time to get on your connecting flight
- Here’s what I found:
From the above, I think the £80 LTN flight at 1325 and the £39 TXL flight work well. They both use the same airport – so no having to change – plus there’s more than enough time to make my connection. And at £119, it’s a pretty great price too.
This option simply does not come up on Skyscanner – or if it does, it gets lost in the results. In fact, these are the cheapest one stop options it comes up with:
Now, this was just my first try and so with this method, there’s huge potential to save even more money when booking your flights to the Champion’s League final in Madrid!
And remember – this way, you also don’t have to fly from and back into the same airport so check all the options to be in with a chance of bagging super cheap flights.
Good luck!
I hope this has helped you find a flight that works for both your budget and your schedule. If you end up booking something, let me know so I can holiday vicariously through you.
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