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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to fly that route often.  I would absolutely pay more for a non stop to Madrid from DC, but it may be seasonal route or prohibitively expensive.

If you must have a layover, JFK is the superior choice for a few reasons:

1. Iberian peninsula is closest European destination to North America, why fly further only to have to come backwards to arrive at your destination?

Closest option, Heathrow is a mess with connections and I have missed them at least twice. Had to wait five more hours to get to my destination and that was precovid with lots of available seats on next flight.) No gracias. Although, if you can get the midnight flight out of Dulles to heathrow, might be worth it so you don’t have to take a vacation day to fly out.

2. Lots of flights to Spain/Europe on different airlines so you have options if your flight is delayed/cancelled.

3. Coming back there are many options to get from jfk to dc (fly, Acela, bus, etc) if your connecting flight gets cancelled. You will not be camping out on the floor of some random European airport.

4. Flight to/from mad - jfk is very zippy, 6 hours and you are there. I love that!

One anecdote: the downside of flying out of national is if your connection to jfk gets cancelled, it is harder to get overseas. I once jumped in a cab from dca to Dulles to get a different flight when my flight to jfk was cancelled. You can avoid this stress by flying out of Dulles, lol.[/quote]

A lot wrong with this advice. For starters, there’s no midnight flight from Dulles to LHR. And MAD back to JFK in winter is at least 9 hours with wind, not 6. [b]Who is this person?![/b][/quote]

A person who has traveled to spain many, many times over many, many years. I've tried all the routes and I'm here to tell you what works: connect in JFK.

Give yourself enough time to get to your gate. Then wait among all the european tourists scarfing down authentic american mcdonalds food before they head back home to paris/rome/munich, their shopping bags full of northface jackets, macbook airs, and commemorative t-shirts from the M and M store in Times Square.  In less time than it takes to fly to hawaii, you will be eating a squid sandwich in the Plaza Mayor in Madrid and shopping for some toro-themed salt shakers to bring home. And thus, the cycle of tourism dollars continues.

While there is no scheduled midnight flight to LHR, the last virgin atlantic iad-lhr is often delayed until midnight. A good option to consider if you encounter difficulties with your scheduled flights (like you're connecting in miami but there's a hurricane...try to get re-routed through that flight)
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