I've been looking at flights from SMF to AUS by way of SFO, but not all the United Express flights shown when I look at SMF to SFO turn up for the SMF/AUS itinerary. The idea SMF/SFO flight leaves at 9:22 a.m., arriving at SFO at 10:04--plenty of time to catch the 11:00 flight on to AUS. But that combination doesn't come up when I search for SMF/AUS. Any ideas?

You didn't specify ant dates, but here is what I found on www.ual.com when searched by SCHEDULE:

Sacramento, CA (SMF) to Austin, TX (AUS) Wednesday, Sep 21

Flight info Dates Misc Fares
United Airlines 6465
(Operated by United Express/Skywest)
Canadair Jet Sep 21 9:37 am depart SMF
Sep 21 10:21 am arrive SFO stops: Non-stop
Class: Coach
Fare Basis Code:
SP14ANQ1
Booking Class: S
Fare Rules
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United Airlines 656
Airbus A319 Sep 21 11:05 am depart SFO
Sep 21 4:30 pm arrive AUS stops: Non-stop
Class: Coach
Fare Basis Code:
SP14ANQ1
Booking Class: S
Fare Rules
Pack and Fly U.S. sale

Austin, TX (AUS) to Sacramento, CA (SMF) Wednesday, Sep 28
Flight info Dates Misc Fares
United Airlines 657
Airbus A319 Sep 28 7:57 am depart AUS
Sep 28 9:36 am arrive SFO stops: Non-stop
Class: Coach
Fare Basis Code:
SP14ANQ1
Booking Class: S
Fare Rules
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United Airlines 6466
(Operated by United Express/Skywest)
Canadair Jet Sep 28 10:50 am depart SFO
Sep 28 11:31 am arrive SMF stops: Non-stop
Class: Coach
Fare Basis Code:
SP14ANQ1
Booking Class: S
Fare Rules
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So why, I wonder, didn't that package come up when I looked for the same flights? I have to say that I find the AA web site much more straightforward.

Underhill

As noted by AAFF, If you want to get flights at a particular time, you must do your search by "schedule" rather than by "price."

I did search by schdule for SMF/AUS, but the 9:22 flight didn't come up until I looked only at SMF/SFO.

Underhill
You might want to check your dates. According to my schedule, the 9:22 flight ended on 9/6 and was changed to 9:37. The flight goes back to 9:22 sometime at the end of Oct. When I ran a search by schedule for your flight for Nov 1, the 9:22 showed up. It does not show up on Sept 21. Searching by schedule gives you all available flights.

I'm looking for February travel.