Traveler story
The same flights, at half what Kayak and the airlines quoted
Michael · 2025
The logistics
What another traveler can take from this trip
- Route: Albuquerque (ABQ) - Bilbao (BIO), overland to Barcelona (BCN) - Palma de Mallorca (PMI) - ABQ.
- Same requested flights, roughly half the total of the OTA and airline direct quotes.
- A multi-year customer (a 2019 Panama and Maine trip is also on file).
The interview
The conversation
You'd already shopped this trip around. What did AirTreks change?
The flights selected were what I wanted and needed, however the total cost was HALF the cost when I tried to book the same flights through Kayak, Expedia, Delta, and United. Furthermore, the folks at AirTreks gave me some advice I had not even thought about.
What kind of advice?
Timing. I was set to arrive in Spain just before the October 2025 entry-rule change, and AirTreks made sure the schedule kept it that way, feeding me each airline change as it came.
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