Why do you still use sfo or oak airports? (San Francisco: rental, limo)

[Chimérique]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

Why would you take Uber to SFO? If you don't own a car you could rent a car for far less than what you are quoting for UBER

So you would drive all the way to SFO for a trip to Atlanta because you can save $8 on airfare, when it will cost $50-$200 getting to SFO and back, parking and inconvenience to whoever drives you and back. Seems so "cowtown" to even consider such a thing.

That doesn't make sense, rent a car to drive all the way to SFO, and pay the enormous one-way car rental penalty. So you are gone for 1 week, the car rental is going to cost you $250-$500 and you still have to drive all the way to SFO and back to Sacramento.

You can lyft for $16 to SMF or lyft to SFO for $164(one-way)

[Chimérique]

You can pick more than one option in the poll.

[evening sun]

We flew out of SFO to Ireland last year, because I could not get the specific dates I needed ( we were going to an event) out of Sacramento. We drove down & left the car with a pal, who dropped us at the airport, & gave us a bed for the night. Next trip will be domestic & we will drive down to SMF & use the park & fly option at one of the hotels.

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Your poll is so skewed lol. Even though there are more than one option, it's like asking if you love Trump or do you just adore him. Those would, in theory, be two separate options, yet not. If all of your options say it's stupid not to fly out of Sac and there are no good reasons to do otherwise, those are not separate options. There wasn't one that I'd choose - even if I still lived there.

Nobody is going to drive to Oakland or SF, when Sac is closer - without good reason.

It's the same thing for people who live in the SF/Oakland area. People would normally prefer to fly out of Oakland or SJ than SF because it's less insane, but it's still not always the best option - either because of price or flight options.

[Chimérique]

Originally Posted by evening sun

We flew out of SFO to Ireland last year, because I could not get the specific dates I needed ( we were going to an event) out of Sacramento. We drove down & left the car with a pal, who dropped us at the airport, & gave us a bed for the night. Next trip will be domestic & we will drive down to SMF & use the park & fly option at one of the hotels.

Sounds like a good friend :-)

So what bay city does the friend live in?

Curious, How hard did you look for a flight out of SMF? If the friend wasn't willing or able, would you still fly directly out of SFO, or consider SMF options? You have more choices going to Europe than Asia flying directly out of SMF.

How far are you from SMF?

[Chimérique]

Originally Posted by NoMoreSnowForMe

Your poll is so skewed lol. Even though there are more than one option, it's like asking if you love Trump or do you just adore him. Those would, in theory, be two separate options, yet not. If all of your options say it's stupid not to fly out of Sac and there are no good reasons to do otherwise, those are not separate options. There wasn't one that I'd choose - even if I still lived there.

Nobody is going to drive to Oakland or SF, when Sac is closer - without good reason.

It's the same thing for people who live in the SF/Oakland area. People would normally prefer to fly out of Oakland or SJ than SF because it's less insane, but it's still not always the best option - either because of price or flight options.

In a sense you answered my poll.

Regarding SFO versus OAK or SJC, is it more than price or flight options? As a SF city resident do you always check all 3 airports, or are you more likely to check SFO only, or do you always check all 3 different airports?

It's not skewed, I legitimately want to know if someone is willing deal with Bay Area traffic, parking fees, just so they can save $8 in airfare, lol.

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by Chimérique

So you would drive all the way to SFO for a trip to Atlanta because you can save $8 on airfare, when it will cost $50-$200 getting to SFO and back, parking and inconvenience to whoever drives you and back. Seems so "cowtown" to even consider such a thing.

That doesn't make sense, rent a car to drive all the way to SFO, and pay the enormous one-way car rental penalty. So you are gone for 1 week, the car rental is going to cost you $250-$500 and you still have to drive all the way to SFO and back to Sacramento.

You can lyft for $16 to SMF or lyft to SFO for $164(one-way)

I never said I would drive anywhere to save $8, did I? What I questioned was your comparing SFO to SMF by adding $280 in costs to the fare of every SFO flight and claiming that was a reasonable comparison. You can avoid one way car rental drop charges if you do a little shopping, the car rental business is about supply and demand, if your destination airport needs cars you can get a good deal with a one way rental, also some discount or loyalty programs mitigate or eliminate them.

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by Chimérique

How much does it cost you to park at Oakland, do you factor that in your cost? Ground transportation cost and Time? Practically every flight east that goes out of Oakland or SFO involving one connection will take you the same route as from SMF mostly on 737-800, 737-900 or larger. Very few small jets are used out of SMF; its not Reno. How much of your decision to fly out of SFO or OAK is force of habit?

You are very defensive...I never said I wouldn't fly out of SMF did I? I said if I couldn't find a direct flight or one with more than one stop at SMF that I would probably fly out of OAK, so please go back and read my initial post.

What I won't do is offer some oath of fealty that I will never fly out of an airport other than SMF.

[aslowdodge]

I have no dog in this fight, but the poll does seem very skewed and the op seems to insult the respondent if they aren't waving the sacto airport banner .

[Chimérique]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

I never said I would drive anywhere to save $8, did I? What I questioned was your comparing SFO to SMF by adding $280 in costs to the fare of every SFO flight and claiming that was a reasonable comparison. You can avoid one way car rental drop charges if you do a little shopping, the car rental business is about supply and demand, if your destination airport needs cars you can get a good deal with a one way rental, also some discount or loyalty programs mitigate or eliminate them.

Did I add $280 to every SFO flight, no, I did not.

So you really would go the extra trouble to research "good deals" on car rentals so you could drive additional 100 miles or more to a more congested airport....just so you can "save" a few bucks on airfare.