Book flights to Spain online One of the reasons the low cost airlines have been so successful is because the fact that passengers reserve their flights directly, either over the phone or electronically, means that no agent commission has to be added to the price.

While Internet has affected most sectors of the economy, the travel industry has literally been transformed by the possibilities offered by online reservation. Consumers no longer have to go along to the local travel agents to book hotels, trains, flights etc. And the young, low-cost airlines have been the quickest to recognise the advantage of having quick, user-friendly websites to encourage online booking.

See below for a quick review of what we think are the best low-cost airlines offering online purchase of cheap flights to Spain. Click on the airline's name to access its website.

Easyjet: Excellent website, very easy to register and to book flights online. Refunds on cancelled flights are not possible, but Easyjet do let you change the details of a booking (name, flight, day....) either over the phone or, as from this year, online, although you are charged for the change. Easyjet do flights to the following Spanish airports: Alicante, Almería, Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Ibiza, Madrid, Mallorca, Malaga, Murcia, Menorca and Valencia.

Ryanair: The directors of this company have confirmed rumours that the airline plans to offer free tickets in the future if its onboard gambling games prove to be as profitable as Ryanair expects. Check the site for regular sales to top destinations in Spain which are often as low as 14p. Ryanair is Europe's largest low-cost airline and offers flights to the following Spanish airports: Girona, Barcelona, Murcia, Valencia, Zaragoza, Santiago de Compostela, Almeria, Vitoria, Santander, Jerez, Seville, Granada, Malaga and Valladolid.

Thomsonfly: Flight from 24 UK airports to the following destinations in Spain: Malaga, Alicante, Mallorca, Valencia, Mallorca, Ibiza, Barcelona and Gerona. Best deals available to customers who book early. For example, flights for October to Malaga are now on offer at just £1.49.

Jet2: Based at Leeds Bradford with hubs at Manchester and Belfast. The airline flies to the following destinations in Spain: Alicante, Barcelona, Ibiza, Malaga, Murcia, Palma, Menorca, Tenerife, Valencia . The company has just launched a special offer of flights to Spain in June and July starting from £15 one-way. 

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  Easyjet special promotion

Easyjet has launched a special promotion on all its flights with up to 40 percent discount on many major destinations for people wanting to fly before 30th June.

4 million seats at greatly reduced prices are available for anyone who books from now until midnight Tuesday 25th April. This offer includes the Summer half term school holiday and is valid for all Easyjet Spain destinations.

A few tips for people looking for a flight on the Easyjet website:

• All special promotions are highlighted in yellow. So when you get your flight options, if the background of the box with flight price, number and times is white, the price is standard. If it is bright yellow, the flight is part of the promotion
• To get the cheapest option, go to the Want the cheapest prices? box on the right-hand side of the site, and click on "calendar". You will be able to compare prices over a two-week period
• Flights midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) are usually cheaper than weekend flights. So if you can be flexible about when you fly, try to choose midweek dates
• If you fly regularly between Spain and the UK you may be interested in receiving news about Easyjet special offers as and when they happen. Subscribe to their news letter to get regular updates here: https://www.easyjet.com/EN/members/newMember.asp
• You can make changes to your booking online anytime, but you will be charged for this. Changes to any booking for whatever reason cost £15 if you make the change yourself online per passenger per flight and £20 per passenger and per flight if you do it over the phone
• If you need to phone Easyjet to make changes to existing bookings, call 0905 821 0905 (calls cost 65p per minute; calls from mobiles and other networks may cost more). If you are phoning from Spain, call 90 229 9992 (operators speak Spanish and English).

 

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  Latest news about low-cost flights to Spain This is a new section in which we will try to keep all our visitors up-to-date with the latest news and offers from all low-cost companies selling flights from the UK to Spain.

Thanks to the success of low-cost air companies like Ryanair, Jet2, Thomsonfly, Easyjet etc., the average price of flights from Britain to all major Spanish destinations has fallen substantially over the past few years. And experienced travellers who know how to shop around can fly between Spain and the UK for next to nothing. It's just a question of knowing how to do it.

Some Spanish friends of ours wanted to visit London last June but couldn't find a cheap offer from Alicante airport to London, so they checked out the offers from the small San Javier airport in Murcia and found a bargain return flight to London Stansted for just 0.90 euros(plus airport tax)!! San Javier Airport is just one hour's drive away along the motorway from Alicante.

Through this blog we hope to give you some ideas to find the cheapest way of flying to Spain. We will publish and update information on the latest special offers, offer tips on how and where to search for cheap flights to Spain, give the latest news about new routes between the smaller Spanish and British airports and publish the low-cost flight experiences - good and bad - sent to us by our visitors (if you want to share your experience of a cheap flight to Spain with our readers, send us an email to euroresi@euroresidentes.com).

There are lots of reasons for travelling to Spain. Some people who are buying a house in Spain need to come over frequently to look at property for sale, others make frequent visits to family who live here. One removal company told us that more and more families have moved their family base here from Britain, their children go to international schools in Spain, while the main wage-earner commutes from southern Spain to London three or four days a week. Golfers from colder or wetter climes come over for weekend breaks in the Autumn and Winter months to play on one of the many golf courses along the warm Mediterranean coast. Whether you want to have a cultural weekend break exploring one of the hundreds of beautiful places in Spain, or just want to relax on a beach somewhere, if you know where to look and how to plan, you can do so at a very cheap price. 

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