Total cost + fair split
Where to meet flying from Madrid and Barcelona
For a group where some fly out of Madrid and others out of Barcelona, the cheapest and fairest place to meet tends to be Milan, from around €16 per person.
Cached estimate · prices checked October 2026
Check the live price →Prices for travel around 6 December 2026
| Destination | Group total | Per person |
|---|---|---|
| MilanMIL Best option | €32 | €16 |
| LisbonLIS | €55 | €28 |
| LondonLON | €57 | €29 |
| RomeROM | €70 | €35 |
| ParisPAR | €83 | €42 |
Who pays what · Milan
What each person would pay flying to Milan
Average: €16 per person
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Madrid and Barcelona are the two cities most people fly out of in Spain, so reunions usually come down to these two. The catch is familiar: a city that's cheap from Madrid can be expensive from Barcelona, and the other way round. Pick the destination off one person's cheap flight and the other ends up quietly subsidising the trip.
The difference from searching by hand on Skyscanner is that Skyscanner only takes one origin. Here you put both in at once and compare the total group cost, not one person's. You can also sort by fairness, so the gap between who pays most and least stays small and nobody gets stuck with the expensive leg.
Dates do most of the work. Midweek and outside long weekends, prices from both cities drop noticeably; August and weekends push them up. If you've got some flexibility, shifting the trip a couple of days often changes the winning destination. The table below is a snapshot from cached searches; before booking, open the comparison and check the live price.
Frequently asked questions
Why not just search for the cheapest flight?
Because the cheapest flight is cheapest for one person, not the group. A city that's a bargain from Madrid can be pricey from Barcelona; what matters is the total cost across everyone and a fair split.
Are the prices reliable?
They're an estimate from a cache of real searches, strongest in Europe. The top option can be re-checked against live prices inside the tool; always check the current price before booking.
What if we're more than two cities?
You can add as many departure cities as you need. The more origins, the more it pays to compare total cost and fairness instead of guessing one by one.