Originally Posted by EddyTheDog

OK - After months of painstaking research, or as long as it took to drink my morning coffee...

I asked for flights from New Zealand (Palmerston North) to Alicante in Spain on Sat 15 Feb - I checked "or nearby airports" box on all sites.

Skscanner - Whanganui>Auckland>Doha>Barcelona>Alicante - NZ$1351.00

Google Flights - Wellington - Auckland - Hong Kong - Madrid - Alicante - NZ$1381.00

Kiwi.com - Palmerston - Auckland - Doha - Madrid - Alicante - NZ$1406.00

Kayak referred me to kiwi.com but at the reduced price of $NZ$1268.00

NOTE: Google Flights popped up with a 'Tip' - Fly on the following Tuesday and get the flight for NZ$844.00

None of the flights had any outrageous stopovers or took a month to get there etc.

Google wins - I didn't need to ask for flexible dates - It offered it to me as a 'Tip' and NZ$844.00 is incredibly cheap - I'm almost tempted!...