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Cheapest Flights to San Fran?
Jan 3, 2019, 7:28 AM
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Any fellow Tigers have plane tix to San Francisco or surrounding area that’s not breaking the bank? College kid balling on a budget. Any help is much appreciated!
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Re: Cheapest Flights to San Fran?
Jan 3, 2019, 7:35 AM
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You're going to need to get very creative. You're not flying into SFO, SJC or OAK for under $1000, and it'll very likely be much higher than that.
Check out Sacramento or Reno (but beware the weather driving from Reno). Consider flying out of Atlanta instead of GSP. I think the best you can probably do is $600 unless you end up driving or taking a bus.
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Re: Cheapest Flights to San Fran?
Jan 3, 2019, 7:38 AM
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That’s what our plan was. We had a flight to Vegas for $330 and then another to San Fran next day for $130 but price quickly jumped. Assuming that they found out what we were doing. Thanks!!
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Weather?
Jan 3, 2019, 8:41 AM
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Aw crap, what's wrong with the weather driving from Reno? We land there Saturday at 2:30pm and the plan was to spend the night there and drive to San Fran Sunday morning. I can change that and head out of Reno Sat afternoon if I need to. I know nothing about the weather in Reno.
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Reno is fine, it's the mountains between Reno and SF
Jan 3, 2019, 8:46 AM
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that appear destined for snow this weekend.
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Google flights is your friend
Jan 3, 2019, 8:32 AM
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I checked a few options this morning and the best prices I could find was a round trip from Raleigh to Las Vegas for $303 and then a round trip from Vegas to Oakland for $106. That means leaving Raleigh Saturday evening, flying to Oakland Sunday, back to Vegas Tuesday morning and to Raleigh Tuesday night (I think that was the schedule).
Since you're a college student you don't need a hotel room Saturday, just pull an all-nighter in Vegas, get a hotel room somewhere for Sunday night and Monday night and back to Raleigh/drive to Clemson Tuesday.
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Re: Google flights is your friend
Jan 3, 2019, 8:36 AM
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Thank you! What airline is this?
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I remember it was Frontier going to Vegas
Jan 3, 2019, 8:42 AM
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don't remember which one was between Vegas and Oakland.
Frontier isn't the greatest, it's not even close, but it can get you to the Natty!
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Re: I remember it was Frontier going to Vegas
Jan 3, 2019, 8:43 AM
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Very true! Thanks for the information! We will do our best to bring back a W to Tiger Town! Go Tigers!
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Re: Cheapest Flights to San Fran?
Jan 3, 2019, 8:40 AM
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329 round trip to Vegas. Watch the game there.
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Re: Cheapest Flights to San Fran?
Jan 3, 2019, 8:45 AM
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Try www.skiplagged.com
A web site that shows "unusual" or "hidden" connections.
But, after you get the "suggestions" from skiplagged, I'd suggest still making your reservations DIRECTLY with each airline's web site.
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^^^Very good advice***
Jan 3, 2019, 8:47 AM
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Re: Cheapest Flights to San Fran?
Jan 3, 2019, 9:14 AM
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Doesn't help you now but for the future we booked flights right after the ACC Champs game with Southwest who allows you to cancel within a certain time frame without penalty you just have to use the refunded $$ with them within 365 days. Flying out of Orlando to Sacramento and back from Oakland for about $550.
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