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tncricket May 18th, 2018 02:33 PM

SFO or OAK?
 
We will be flying to San Francisco for St. Louis Cardinals vs SF Giants.
Would it be better to fly into Oakland or SFO. We will probably take Transit to our hotel and to the game.

What would you do?
~~ A Traveling Tennessee Family

marvelousmouse May 18th, 2018 03:08 PM

Does price or schedule differ? That would decide it for me.

travelpuppy May 18th, 2018 03:11 PM

Depends where your hotel is. If your hotel is downtown or anywhere along the BART line, they both connect so I would go with whichever is cheaper/more convenient

sf7307 May 18th, 2018 03:26 PM

I live near the ballpark, and I fly from whichever one has the best schedule/cost ratio.

janisj May 18th, 2018 05:32 PM

As te others say - the airport make no real difference . . . the flights schedule, fares, and location of your hotel are more important.

StuDudley May 18th, 2018 08:39 PM

>>I live near the ballpark, and I fly from whichever one has the best schedule/cost ratio.<<


And how many times have you flown out of SFO, & how many time out of OAK????


Stu Dudley

sf7307 May 19th, 2018 09:30 AM


Originally Posted by StuDudley (Post 16732175)
>>I live near the ballpark, and I fly from whichever one has the best schedule/cost ratio.<<


And how many times have you flown out of SFO, & how many time out of OAK????


Stu Dudley

It's true that we most often fly out of SFO, (100s of times vs 10s of times) but for example, we recently flew to New Orleans and the best nonstop flight was out of and into Oakland. Sometimes fly to Reno from Oakland. Sometimes DC. If its going to save me money or time, I'll definitely go to OAK.

sf7307 May 19th, 2018 09:30 AM


Originally Posted by StuDudley (Post 16732175)
>>I live near the ballpark, and I fly from whichever one has the best schedule/cost ratio.<<


And how many times have you flown out of SFO, & how many time out of OAK????


Stu Dudley

It's true that we most often fly out of SFO, (100s of times vs 10s of times) but for example, we recently flew to New Orleans and the best nonstop flight was out of and into Oakland. Sometimes fly to Reno from Oakland. Sometimes DC. If its going to save me money or time, I'll definitely go to OAK.

tncricket May 20th, 2018 06:30 AM

We chose OAK. Southwest Airlines rates cannot be beaten!
I am unsubscribing to this Thread. No more posting is necessary.
Thanks, guys, and gals! You are the best!
~~TN Cricket

suze May 22nd, 2018 02:20 PM

I prefer Oakland because of it being a much smaller airport. I just think less can go wrong than at SFO.

MoBro May 23rd, 2018 09:15 AM

True. Oakland is a nice, small airport. We have used it, because we also fly Southwest.


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