[202_Cyclist]

Originally Posted by caligrad

Not necessarily. If you buy tickets early enough, You can get a round trip ticket with southwest for around 55 with taxes and fees. getting a full tank in a comfortable sized car going one way is about 60. Then tolls, parking, depending on how long you're staying, gas again. Taking a car can quickly end up being 180 for gas (60 going, 60 while you're there, 60 on the way back), most hotels in SF have a 20 dollar average daily parking fee that that's another 60, then paying for parking if you decide to drive to places, then the tolls that you will most likely hit if you decide to travel over the bay. Even if you go with another person, splitting that in half, Flying is still cheaper. LA isn't as bad but it'll still be cheaper to fly, granted a bigger hassle since LAs is more spread out.

Flying can be affordable if you know you when you're traveling and you purchase your ticket sufficiently far ahead of time. I looked at sample fares for Burbank - SFO for next Monday, February 25. Flights are between $138 - $178, with most flights priced at $146 (taxes and fees included) for the cheapest fares on Southwest. If you are a business traveler and want a flexible ticket that you can change, the fares are between $256 - $265.