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I should have added earlier - I look for flights not necessarily to / from where I want to be. Then get to / from there with a budget airline. I only do this where flight costs are substantially lower than flying direct. Overall cost usually works out higher, when including stopover ground...
Airfares have been brutal since the pandemic wound down, but I'm guessing you know that. So I don't believe the historical data out there is relevant to current fares.
I have had some luck with one-way flights though - Vietnam Airlines. Singapore Airlines, Turkish, Thai, Cathay Pacific.
And...
Lourdes?
It is a bit further than your 80km, but not outrageously so. And Chemin du Piémont Pyrénéen passes thru there, ending at SJPP.
You can take a left at Oloron-Saint-Marie onto yet another Way, the Chemin du Arles, and cross into Spain via the Somport Pass, eventually joining the...
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