No, we were thinking we'd fly into Madrid, stay in Madrid for 5-7 days (including 3 days for my conference), then taking a train to Cordoba, train to Seville, then car to drive down to Costa del Sol. We'd keep the car for the Costa del Sol week and ideally fly home out of Malaga.

But there's a number of variables- the biggest being whether/when we can get business class flights and whether/when we will get our timeshare exchange. We will almost certainly need to book the flights before we know about the timeshare but should have 80,000-90,000 Starpoints by the time the trip takes place so can switch to a points-based hotel stay if need be.

We're also open to returning home from Barcelona, in which case we'd probably be looking at a one-way car rental. We'd also consider a two city trip if it makes sense with flight schedules- ex Madrid & Paris or Madrid & Geneva, etc.

H