I went to Madrid February 1-4, 2013.
Booking Madrid
The ticket was only $281 R/T in economy thanks to an awesome deal described in this post from The Points Guy. I was actually in the middle of putting together The Points Game guide, so this was a real opportunity to put some of the things I’d learned from the blogs into practice.
The currency conversion came to $281
I bought the ticket for a number of reasons:
- As a Silver Medallion on Delta, I was entitled to a 25% RDM bonus
- The itinerary was JFK-FCO-MAD-FCO-JFK – over 10K MQMs and nearly 13K RDMs
- The end result was 2 cents/mile – a screaming deal
Multiply this times two – I credited the flights to Delta’s SkyMiles program
I paid for the ticket with a no-foreign-transaction-fee credit card (my Amex Platinum Card) since I had a credit with them after bitching for a solid week in September.
And I’d always wanted to visit Spain. You can’t beat a $281 R/T ticket that comes with ~13K RDMs. It would also be my first chance to utilize my Global Entry (coming back to JFK) that I got through the Amex Platinum Card.
