Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Vail to California
There are no direct flights for this route listed on KAYAK, the shortest multi-flight duration is 6h 06m
The cheapest ticket to California from Vail found in the last 72 hours was $160 one-way, and $390 round-trip. The most popular route is from Vail to Los Angeles, and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $160.
Entry restrictions
The United States has restricted the entry of all foreign nationals who have passed through or have been in China, Iran, Most European Countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City), the UK, Ireland, Brazil and South Africa in the past 14 days.
With the exception of certain travelers which includes certain family members of US citizens or permanent residents including; spouses, children (under the age of 21), parents (provided that his/her US citizen or permanent resident child is unmarried and under the age of 21), and siblings (provided that both the sibling and the US citizen or permanent resident are unmarried and under the age of 21);
There is also an exception for travelers with the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-1, C-1/D, C-2, C-3, CR-1, CR-2, D, E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, IR-1, IR-4, IH-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 visa;
Members of the US Armed Forces, spouses, and children of members of the US Armed Forces;
Travelers with invitation of the USA government for a purpose related to the containment/mitigation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19);
Travelers with documents issued by the US Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, or US Department of State indicating that the traveler is exempt from the restriction;
B1 crew crewmembers that are engaged in lightering, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activity, wind farm activity, private air/sea crew and other similar crewmember activities;
Students with an F-1 or M-1 visa and their F-2 and M-2 dependents, if they arrive from or have been in Ireland, the UK or Schengen Area in the past 14 days.
Entry requirements
All travelers, 2 years of age or older (including US citizens and transit passenger) must present a negative COVID-19 viral or antigen test result issued 72 hours prior to departure or have a proof of recovery from the virus within the last 90 days prior to boarding the plane.
Travelers must complete a disclosure and attestation form before departure.
Exemptions or waiver to the testing requirements may be granted by the CDC on an extremely limited basis when emergency travel (like an emergency medical evacuation) must occur to preserve someone’s life, health against a serious danger, or physical safety and testing cannot be completed before travel.
US citizens and permanent residents arriving from the UK must present a medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR or antigen test result issued within 72 hours prior to departure.
Travelers arriving in New York State must complete the Traveler Health Form.
Travelers arriving in Massachusetts must complete the Massachusetts Health Form.
Quarantine requirements
Travelers are advised to get tested 3-5 days after travel and stay home and self-quarantine for 7 days after travel. Even if they test negative, they must still stay home and self-quarantine for the full 7 days. If the test is positive, isolate to protect others from getting infected.
Travelers who did not get tested, are advised to stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.
All other info
Travelers are subject to COVID-19 measures set by the state/territory of their final destination. For more information go to CDC website.
Please see our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel Restrictions page for more information on restrictions worldwide.
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Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
Pros: "Again the flight did not happen since my flight from Munich to Dallas was cancelled without informing me why and so on."
Pros: "On time. Fast boarding. Comfortable seating."
Cons: "50 minute wait for a gate to deplane. How could there not be a gate at 10:30 pm? It’s not like our arrival was a surprise!?"
Cons: "On Time. Delayed advice 3 times."
Pros: "They had the AC on while we were waiting on the plane at the gate for 1.5hours"
Cons: "That the flight was delayed for 2 hours, information was inaccurate/missing, they knew we'd miss our connections but did nothing except, "they'll deal with it in San Francisco" and when we landed there was no one in sight to help us--no escorts/expedite to gates, no one to tell us where to get rebooked, and after going back and forth between terminals, waited in line an hour to get rebooked on a series of flights that would get me in 22hrs later after my original flight."
Cons: "almost an hour late - and no explanation. First class was about equal to Jet Blue regular class but without seat power."
Pros: "Comfortable"
Cons: "I was in 10C a So I was able to hear a disgruntled AA employee. Just like office politics. But up in the air. I didn’t need to hear"
Cons: "Delays sucked."
Pros: "Highly skilled pilot."
Pros: "Everyone was nice and it went smoothly!"
Pros: "No"
Cons: "Never made it"
Cons: "Delay luggage"
Pros: "entertaining system"
Cons: "food could be better, not bad though"
Cons: "See above"
Pros: "The staff was very nice and passed around several times offering drinks and food"
Cons: "The food selections is literally three things. I ordered the cheese tray and the grapes were rotten. I mean, it is already pricey and on top of that bad quality"
Cons: "Never made it to Chicago, rerouted through Washington DC."
Pros: "On time departure. Early arrival. Lots of seat back movies."
Cons: "Need more new releases for movie selection."
Pros: "Nothing. Just the pilot"
Cons: "Everything. Bad communication. 1 h delay. Then 3 hs in the plane. We ran out of gas. 2 more hours taxiing Never seen something similar. I really hope my mileage refund."
Cons: "The terminal 52A-J is a disgrace"
Cons: "The flight was delayed. The food was not great. There is not a lot of space in these planes, and it was a long flight. There is no power supply."
Cons: "They forgot to board my laggauge"
Cons: "No signage for checking bags. Was total cluster. No one knew where to take bags or what line to be in. Employees kept telling us we were in the wrong line but didn’t seem to tell us what was the correctly line."
Cons: "Lateness, seat comfort and gate checking a duffel bag"
Cons: "the connection time between flights was NOT adequate especially considering I had to go through customs! AA did page me and had a representative (I think his name was Brian) waiting for me to help me get to my connection. He gave me a bright red/orange tag. I still hit some barriers. I was stopped in security and my carry on was put aside to be searched. It sat and sat . I explained to the man I had to go. He said he was working alone, so I had to wait. I was ready to leave it and just run to catch the flight, but the security man said I wasn't allowed to do that. He finally called someone else to search my bag (nothing found) I did make it...barely!"
Pros: "Very nice crew. The flight attendants were very patient and efficient. Flight was very smooth and surprisingly not overcrowded. For the first time, in a long time, when getting off of the plane it was very organized and not everyone rushing and pushing to get off. Everyone followed suit and did row by row, and no one pushing or shoving which is always nice."
Cons: "The only this I would suggest is that on a longer flight you should offer better deals on food/snacks."
Pros: "Timely upgrade. Great service."
Pros: "Sightsee"
Cons: "Delayed"
Pros: "Quick and did good job"
Cons: "After flying Japan Airlines I wish there were more free food and entertainment"
Cons: "No electrical outlets. No monitors"
Pros: "When the lettuce looks like the salad you forgot to put away last night you know it has been around and about too long! Pity!"
Pros: "I loved my seat,with the leg rest‼️ THANK YOU"
Pros: "Loved the entertainment features. Great movie selection!"
Cons: "Nothing"
Pros: "Flight was on time."
Pros: "Took off and arrived on time."
Cons: "experienced a 1hr mechanical delay. it would be nice if refreshments were served."
Cons: "For a flight five hours or more I was disappointed that there was no complimentary food. It otherwise it was fine"
Pros: "blanket made it comfortable"
Cons: "No entertainment options"
Pros: "See above"
Cons: "See above"
Cons: "No Gogo entertainment"
Pros: "Good free entertainment. Thanks."
Cons: "No good free snacks. Only free drinks."
Pros: "I can't comment on food or entertainment and there is no N/A option. I did not purchase food or use the wifi for entertainment. The seat I upgraded to was comfortable and spacious even if it didn't recline (I sat in front of the OWWE)."
Pros: "Entertainment"
Cons: "That fact that on both ways they changed our flights which either we got to the destination late or we had to run across the airport so we don't miss our flights"
Cons: "People still using mobiles as we were taking off. Crew seemed not too bothered."
Pros: "Tebsnacks were awesome!!"
Pros: "no fresh food"
Cons: "Same as above"
Pros: "Nothing absolute nightmare .. no water .. are you serious"
Cons: "The plane was not stocked appropriately- ran out of mist drinks."
Cons: "All went well."
Cons: "United is awesome."
Cons: "All went smoothly for this short trip. I booked several weeks ahead but still couldn’t get nonstop from STS to SAN."
Cons: "They need to learn from asian airlines (specifically Thai Airways)"
Pros: "Food has gotten much better than maybe 10 years ago? Decent quantity and taste. Food is heated."
Cons: "Boarding took longer than usual but they did announce that the gate we were assigned was not setup for that plane."
Pros: "Comfortable plane. I love United Express."
Cons: "Nothing."
Pros: "Have seatback TV and arrived on-time"
Cons: "Sitting in window seat"
Pros: "Nothing. United has a long way to go."
Cons: "Food is terrible. Honey nut cheerios is the only cereal choice, great for diabetics."
Pros: "Flight left on departure and on board air cooling system was much welcome. Cabin crew were polite."
Cons: "Cabin was untidy, goodness knows what was stowed away at the back of seats towards the rear of the cabin, so rear of cabin was unwelcoming. Cabin crew should keep some overhead lockers for their own use. Poor sound quality on Inflight entertainment, either that or Headphones were poor. Food portions were painfully small (lunch of chicken risotto) AND I found pretzel flavoured breakfast bap unpopular."
Pros: "Read above"
Pros: "Sucked"
Cons: "On time, free food and WiFi for our troubles and serious delay, our money back."
Pros: "Boarding was great"
Cons: "Inflight Services was horrific and my stuff was damaged in my luggage."
Pros: "I purchased a 1st class ticket. No Wi-Fi were included. And as I wanted to charge my phone, there were no USB ports on this aircraft (Airbus A320). I been traveling with almost all the airlines and aircraft types in passed 7-8 years and this was the 1st time I saw an aircraft that does not have any USB-ports (there were regular outlet but not any USB-ports)!!"
Cons: "Food ran out and only one choice"
Cons: "The fuel mishap made us late which is just not ok.g get it right."
Pros: "Boarding was smooth and took an average amount of time. We arrived exactly on time. Staff were all friendly and helpful. Plane was clean.. overall very pleasant !"
Pros: "So many regrets for flying this dumpster fire."
Pros: "The help"
Cons: "Nothing"
Cons: "Early boarding in sfo, I had to forget my food."
Pros: "Food was way better than I expected."
Pros: "They gave out ice cream and plenty of snacks."
Cons: "I could not choose my seat"
Pros: "Food was great"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Everything"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Nothing"
Pros: "Attendents were very nice."
Cons: "Cramped"
Pros: "Nice staff"
Cons: "Small uncomfortable seating and comfort in general. Terrible WiFi"
Pros: "Convenient and on time. Comfortable"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Everything"
Cons: "Very uncomfortable plane!"
Cons: "It was quite late"
Pros: "Quick and easy to board."
Cons: "N/A"
Cons: "Didn't happen"
Pros: "Good service"
Cons: "Crowded"
Cons: "Long delay in chicago waiting for take off"
Cons: "delay service is really bad cant find my baggages"
Cons: "TV was broken"
Pros: "It was fine!!"
Pros: "Pleasant but not available"
Cons: "Over a hour and a half late leaving portland"
Pros: "Wish there was complimentary snacks ie peanuts or crackers"
Cons: "Not enough food at all"
Cons: "Delay"
Pros: "It was easy, fast, & simple."
Pros: "My overall experience was excellent except for your new food policy. Meals should included! I am handicapped and asked for help boarding and getting to flights! I was helped by your caring and very curtitious staff! Thank you for your help."
Pros: "Easy going stewardesses and brilliant connections"
Pros: "Comfort on time."
Cons: "Nothing"
Pros: "On both departure and on arrival. Lack of training? Bad attitude? Whatever, it was amateurish and annoying."
Cons: "Hate the airport"
Cons: "Paying extra for a nicer seat and boarding last."
Airlines flying from Vail to California have enacted additional safety measures and adjusted policies to better accommodate travelers. Policies vary by airline.
Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Vail to California
Mandatory masks
Masks required on board, masks provided on flights from Vail to California
Social distancing seating
Middle seats unavailable to book on flights from Vail to California
Pre-flight testing
Testing for antibodies, testing for symptoms for flights from Vail to California
Flexible cancellations
Waiving of change fees. Search flexible flights from Vail to California