Originally Posted by
mookie10
+1 - if you are fortunate to have a choice of airlines, then do the maths for not just the flight / extras costs, but also the costs / time of getting to and from your departure & destination airports - this can work both ways depending where you live and where you're going on to.
When I was in Spain last fall, I ended up going with Spanair (BCN-MXP) after looking at various airlines (including Ryanair's fees). Still cost me only $49 all in - dirt cheap given I fly YVR-YEG sometimes and tend to get $170+ one way fees.