bobscarano

we arrive on am American flight non stop Dallas to Madrid at 9:55am. Flight stats shows only on time 70% of the time.

we are trying to catch a flight to Ibiza, Ryan air has a 11:30 at 60E, other option is Air Europa at 12:10 at inflated price of 320E.

does anyone have experience clearing customs in Madrid and how much time should we alot for clearing customs and possibly changing terminals.

VividWorld

I don't have current experience with this but I cannot imagine anywhere in the world where 90 minutes is enough to get off a plane, get bags, go through customs, and make a flight that could easily be in another terminal. REmember, they board well before take off... The airlines themselves would recommend 2 hours, and often even that is not enough.

How big a risk taker are you??

cova

Check the easyjet flights, they might have one later than the Ryanair one at a decent price.
Bye, cova

aliced

We tried to something similar but en route home and the system would not take the reservation under two hours. The problem is most of the airlines like Ryan do not use the same main airports as do the international flights, never mind different terminals. When we used Ryan from Paris to Rome, neither airport was the international one (Orly or DeGaulle, Ryan uses Beauvais in France). I'd recommend an overnight first then take Ryan next day. En route back from Malaga to Madrid we are flying Iberia at higher cost because it will deliver us to same airport for connecting flight home. Don't think it'd be possible to make connection you specified. First locate Ryan airports and plan accordingly.

chapla

Noway can you make it-It's not customs but passport control and collecting your luggage! Customs you just stroll through.Then from 4S terminal you need to get to Terminal 1 to check in on Ryan and go through security!
I would consider spending a relaxing night in Madrid and take the Ryanair flight the next day.

StCirq

You don't go through customs unless you have something to declare. You go through immigration/passport control. If you're traveling on a non-EU passport, the lines can be daunting. No, you won't make that flight.

Southam

I'm betting you have no experience with Madrid Barajas airport or with Ryanair. You face rude awakenings on both counts.
Ryanair does fly out of Madrid Barajas, from Terminal 1. The airport's old terminals are in three sections, so far away from the new international Terminal 4 as to suggest it belongs to Portugal. American will put you down in that vast Terminal 4, admired only by architects who don't have to carry their own bags. It's a trudge to customs and immigration -- separate operations, you must surely understand -- and you will have to retrieve your luggage because Ryanair connects with nobody.
Their shed at Terminal 1 is as far away as you can get from 4. You will have to be at check-in 30 minutes before departure. Not in the line; at the actual check-in. If not, they will throw away your ticket without apology. Ryanair has become the biggest no-frills airline in Europe by too-bad-for-you customer relations.
You should take another look at their on-line ticket prices with that in mind. Only by working most of the way through their purchase process can you see the real price, counting the fees: for each piece of luggage, for using a credit card, for using cash, for taking a deep breath, on and on and on.
To be fair -- even though Ryanair hasn't earned it -- their website has become more forthright since the US insisted that websites put the full prices up-front a week or so ago.
Anyhow, it is too bad you are committed to American which doesn't sell connecting flights to Ibiza itself on its website. American is aligned with the big Spanish carrier Iberia (not just because they are both going through bankruptcy protection) so maybe you could get back to them by phone for a connection.
Other airlines in the same alliance as Air Europa (Delta-KLM, for instance) show quite reasonable prices from Dallas to that small island, depending of course on when you are travelling, also a key factor with Ryanair.
Among the European no-frills lines, look at Vueling, with one stop to Ibiza. easyJet doesn't show any Madrid-Ibiza flights now but suggests service in mid-June.

cova

By your other question it looks as if you are travelling in July. There are three daily Easyjet flights : 13:35, 17:35 and 23:40

Any of them will work for you better than Ryanair, unless you manage to get a flight with Iberia ...

Rgds, Cova

Robert2533

As Cove says, you should book your trip on one ticket, American/Iberia. If the flight's delayed, they have to get you on the next flight out. Otherwise, you're on your own.