Today in #Renfe crazy price hikes:

A return Barcelona-Cartagena on Intercities (9 hours each way with a change in Valencia Nord) costs 98.10€ in Elige Confort - the first class offering.

...but that's if you go in March.

If you look in May, the return leg takes an hour longer because of a wait in Valencia, and you go back on the Euromed. On top of that, Elige—the semiflexible second class seat—is 132.70€. And in Elige Confort... 202.20€

And that is on the one train combination offered each day.