cheap airfare?

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I solemnly swear I am up to no good.

Anyone got any tips for finding a cheap (cheap!) last minute flight between NYC and SFO for about a week from now short of family death or dumb luck?

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[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Haha, oh, you are evil.

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[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

I suppose you don't know any airpine employees?

Southwest is just starting or about to start to fly into SFO, and might have deals. Virgin America has also just started business and is flying JFK-SFO.

I usually take JetBlue for that route and their prices are tolerable. Neither JetBlue or Southwest list prices on things like Expedia, so check their sites directly.

Oakland is our Newark; you can subway in/across to SF and SFO from OAK, so check that as well if that helps. OAK charges lower fees and is often cheaper as a result.

Does it have to be direct, or a transfer is OK?

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

lastminute.com comes up with $383 as its lowest feat. I suppose that's not cheap enough.

[xpioti.livejournal.com]

http://kayak.com has The Best Interface Ever, and it searches many (most?) of the 'cheap tickets' sites. Doesn't search SouthWest, though.

Sites it searches:
AA.com
airtran.com
alaskaair.com
cheaptickets.com
continental.com
frontierairlines.com
jetblue.com
midwestairlines.com
nwa.com
orbitz.com
spiritair.com
united.com


So if you've already checked all of those, don't bother with Kayak. :)

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

The new Virgin America seems to have very good rates, but I don't know what kind of advance purchase they require.

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