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Finding hotels and flights to SFO and Oakland International Airport

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San Francisco Airport Travel

Whether you're flying in and out of San Francisco or Oakland International Airports regularly. . . or moving to the city, looking for accommodations . . . or helping friends get a deal on a hotel around San Francisco . . . you can use Kayak search and other tools to find travel information.

Flying Southwest Airlines

You won't be able to book Southwest flights through sites like Kayak -- and will have to check flights and airfares directly at the Southwest Airlines website.

Flying jetBlue and Virgin America

JetBlue and Virgin America offer some special amenities to travelers, such as an MP3 library and pay-per-view movies (Virgin) or free wireless and DIRECTV (jetBlue). Both Virgin and jetBlue flights to and from the San Francisco Bay Area can be found using the Kayak search above.

Jet Blue flies out of both San Francisco and Oakland airports.

  • Jet Blue Website
  • From Oakland, Jet Blue flies to: Long Beach, CA | Boston, MA | New York JFK | DC Dulles
  • From SFO, Jet Blue flies to: Salt Lake City, UT | Austin, TX | Boston, MA | New York JFK

Virgin America began service out of San Francisco International Airport in 2007 -- and does not fly out of Oakland.

  • Virgin America Website
  • From SFO, Virgin flies to: Seattle, WA | Los Angeles, CA | San Diego, CA | Las Vegas, NV | New York JFK | Washington DC

Using TripAdvisor

Trip Advisor posts reviews submitted by travelers and readers -- on destinations, hotels, and attractions. The number of reviews can range from just one, to hundreds. It's a good way to get an overview of what other travelers are saying.

TripAdvisor Website

Ultimate Hotels

Ultimate Hotels reviews the top 50 boutique and luxury hotels in San Francisco. The site will help you define some of the popular hotels in the area.

Ultimate Hotels Website

Using Kayak

Kayak searches hundreds of hotels and travel services for deals. You can use the links below to initiate a Kayak search.

For flight information, click on the link and type in the name of your origination city to get flights and airfares to San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose.

Find a Hotel in San Francisco - Compare Prices - Kayak
Use Kayak to find your best rates on San Francisco hotels

Search Flights to San Francisco - Compare Prices - Kayak
Kayak search of available flights to San Francisco International Airport

Search Flights to Oakland - Compare Prices - Kayak
Kayak search of available flights to Oakland International Airport

Flights to San Jose - Compare Prices - Kayak
Kayak search of available flights to Mineta San Jose International Airport

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