Bilbao is not as easy to reach as you may think.
It is served by direct flights from only three English cities – London, Manchester and Bristol.
According to reports in Spain, 282 flights are expected in Bilbao on Wednesday – a record for a single day – while there has been a 94% week-on-week spike in departures from the UK to Bilbao.
The prices of those flights – some as high as £1,400 – soared once United and Spurs made it to the final, with airlines scrambling to put on added flights to meet demand.
Even then, many fans had been priced out, preferring instead to catch indirect flights or fly to nearby Spanish or French cities before making connections.
Others have avoided flying, preferring instead to cross the Channel via ferry, car or train to France before making their way to the north coast of Spain.
Some fans took a direct 33-hour ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao, while one United fan made a 2,500 mile journey from Manchester taking in Dublin, Paris and Rome.
Bilbao has one airport, which is 12km from the city centre.
Most people opt for a bus or taxi into town but local newspaper El Correo reported, external that Uber prices have surged to more than 100 euros for a journey which normally costs about 30.
