Pimpbot

Anybody know what the journey time from San Jose airport to San Francisco is and what the cost of a shuttle would be?. My wife and I are looking at an aniversary trip to San Francisco in september and we are looking at flying in some place other than Oakland, which seems to have the most expensive shuttle service I've ever known. SFO is not an option, as Southwest do not fly into it.

edwords

I'd count on at least an hour to 90 minutes, even more in traffic.

Pimpbot

I think I have found a new winner in the most expensive shuttle service. According to the San Jose airport website, it lists the estimated cost of travelling to the city as $69 for the low and $79 as the high. Thats half the cost of the flight!. Looks like its back to Oaktown.

Franklin

Have you considered ATA airlines? I used them to fly to SF. Seemed to be a low cost airline.

Pimpbot

My wife has a free ticket with Southwest due to our rapid reward cards. Thats why we want to use them.

Englishmum

Here is a list of the ground transportation options from San Jose airport:

http://www.sjc.org/travelers/public.html

and one thing you could consider is that you could take the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) trains/trolley buses directly into San Francisco - it should be inexpensive:

http://www.bart.gov

(The Bart system is clean and efficient - we used it when we stayed at the Embarcadero center. I was impressed to be on what I thought was just a trolley bus which we got on at the Golden Gate Park and suddenly it went underground and became a sort of train!).

Englishmum

Actually on hindsight it would be far easier to take the VA airport shuttle to the Caltrain station; you can see the Caltrain route map and the trains go right into San Fran.

Pimpbot

Thanks. I've used the Bart a few times in the past. I'll look into the route.