
Cheap Flights from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area
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What is the cheapest Reno to San Francisco Bay Area flight route?
The cheapest ticket to San Francisco Bay Area from Reno found in the last 5 days was to San Jose, at $127 round-trip. The most popular route is from Reno (RNO) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $251.
What is the cheapest time of day to fly to San Francisco Bay Area?
The cheapest time of day to fly to San Francisco Bay Area is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $629 on average. Morning departures are around 2% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San Francisco Bay Area is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $683.
Can I save money by flying with a layover from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area?
No, with an average price for the route of $424, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area?
The cheapest month for flights from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area is March, when tickets cost $242 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $419 and $318 respectively.
What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area?
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to San Francisco Bay Area on a Saturday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Reno, you should consider flying back on a Saturday, and avoid Tuesdays for better deals.
How far in advance should I book a flight from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area?
To get a below average price on the flight from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 42% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.
Which airlines fly non-stop between Reno and San Francisco Bay Area?
There are 2 airlines that fly nonstop from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area. They are Southwest and United Airlines. The cheapest airline for this route is Southwest, with the best round-trip deal found costing $167 and arriving in San Jose (SJC). On average, Southwest offers the best prices for nonstop flights between Reno and San Francisco Bay Area.
Which airlines fly most frequently between Reno and San Francisco Bay Area?
Reno and San Francisco Bay Area are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (36 flights per week), Air Canada (21 flights per week), and Air New Zealand (14 flights per week).
Which cabin class options are there for flights between Reno and San Francisco Bay Area?
There are 4 cabin class options for the route. These are First, Business, Economy and Prem Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.
How many flights are there between Reno and San Francisco Bay Area per day?
Each day, there are between 4 and 6 nonstop flights that take off from Reno and land in San Francisco Bay Area, with an average flight time of 1h 23m. The most common departure time is 6:00 pm and most flights take off in the morning, while the most flights land at San Francisco. Each week, there are 37 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Monday, when 16% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Tuesday.
What’s the earliest departure time from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area?
The earliest flight from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area departs at 6:00 am, landing in San Francisco at 7:15 am.
What’s the latest departure time from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area?
If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Reno to San Francisco Bay Area jets off at 6:53 pm and lands in San Francisco at 8:10 pm.
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Overall good experience...exception: very cold temp in teh cabin.
Overall good experience...exception: very cold temp in teh cabin.
Delayed for no reason at all originally. Then they said it was due to weather conditions. Communication between kayak and Southwest was terrible because both displayed different delays and departure times for HOURS throughout the day. The plane then had technical issues which delayed us from taking off even longer. Didn’t actually take off until 11:45pm when the original departure time was 7:35pm. I didn’t get home until 1:30am the next day. I was exhausted and pissed off. I am not confident if I’ll fly southwest in the future or use kayak to book.
It would have been better if the flight was on time
It was just okay, no frills, basic transportation with no luxury. No screens on the seats, no water or drinks on a short flight. Full flight but at least it was on time.
Plane was clean and comfortable. Flight attendants and gate staff were professional, friendly and efficient. Boarding and deplaning were orderly and efficient. All in all, the typical excellent Southwest experience.
No food or entertainment, just a quick 40 minute flight. A little bumpy due to Santa Ana winds but pilot has no control over that. Good flight and landing!
As always, the entire Southwest experience was perfect. Purchasing the tickets on the Southwest web site was effortless, departure and arrival gates were spotless and comfortable, plane was clean and comfortable, crew was excellent and flight was on time. Wheelchair service in Las Vegas at departure was somewhat chaotic and disjointed, but I am not sure if that was Southwest problem, airport problem or combination.
The crew was nice. Boarding sucked. Instead of loading from the back to the front people just sat wherever and you had to wait for them to move to get to a seat. And the flight was 25 minutes delayed.
Flight was on time and the crew was very nice.
Crew was great but because of fog they diverted us to Ontario instead of our Santa Barbara destination. Instead of cancelling the flight as soon as we landed in Ontario, they instead held us in Ontario for almost 4 hours before cancelling the flight. I had to rent a car in Ontario to get back to ventura on time to get an elderly relative his medication and take over his caretaking… otherwise if I had taken the buses you offered from Ontario I wouldn’t have even arrived to Santa Barbara till at least midnight (according to southwest airlines employees at Ontario), and then would have had to drive back down to ventura. At least renting the car I could get up to ventura by 10 pm to take care of my loved one.
There were no vegan options for first class. Even though we were promised the satellite internet for free, we received NO wifi at all. Even though we were promised a 20-min early arrival, we ended up over 30 mins late.
The plane left over an hour late. I missed my connection going to Tokyo. They haven’t sent my bag to Thailand, where I ended up. It took me over 32 hours to get here. Very bad experience so far. I hope they can fix this and get my bag to me, within 24 hours it doesn’t look good at this time.
Flight staff and all was fine. Food always sucks on planes so nothing new.
Checking in united could not figure out my star alliance gold. Baggage did not get marked priority and didn't receive boarding passes. When got to SFO lounge personal fixed everything Immediately
We had to wait almost an hour for the wheelchair porter to be ready to pick up my mother. And when she arrived in Newark airport the porter was not there and she started walking with her cane and her poor mobility. When the Newark porter found her they didn't want to transfer her bags to the wheelchair for her.
I contacted both carriers months beforehand to change the cabin (booked in April) but to no avail (united asked to contact Swiss since it was their equipment, Swiss told me to reach out to united). So yeah… My seat was pretty worn down, legroom on 27K was more than enough, but still economy seating so, getting to know your neighbours was easy. According to ground staff, the flight was massively overbooked- and this showed. I ordered a gluten free meal beforehand (which was honoured) but for breakfast got a bread roll and croissant 🤷🏼♂️ The connection itself is great. Leaving SFO late PM to arrive at ZRH in the afternoon makes it easier to get re adjusted again. However, and since I’ve flown this connection a couple of times in the past, I will rather deal with one carrier only and include a layover on the east coast.
Overall good experience. The positive: nice courteous crew. A modern aircraft, with extra space for carry on luggage. The okeish: Unfortunately, no entertainment screens, you have to you use your phone with the United App. The bad: in seat power was not working in our row, even it was promised as an onboard service. We were looking to charge our almost depleted phone batteries during g the flight This no power also happened in the flight to las Vegas. We paid extra to be in seats closer to the entrance. It was not advised that the seats we selected couldn't recline as behind us was was the emergency exit.
Food on this flight was horrendous, and I've had a lot of plane food, I know it's not fine dining but everything tasted terrible. The staff were friendly and helpful, boarding was OK and flight was on time.
Convenience is what I liked… Very little needs to be improved as it’s a domestic flight that connects to an international long haul.
The boarding process was pretty messy both at the gate and on the plane with staff who were not particularly friendly or helpful. I also think in comparison to their competitors the allocated space is less