Hours to drive from Disneyland to Oakland Airport?

[bcla]

First of all, most airlines will only honor an interline baggage agreement if the tickets are on the same itinerary. Second, Southwest doesn't have interline agreements. So the OP will need to claim checked bags, recheck them and then go through security again. That is more time consuming than changing planes.

What help does Googling a terminal map do and then stealing the image to post it here? Do you think that the OP can't look up a map of the terminal?

Yeah, I said it would need to be retrieved and checked in again. I also noted that I didn't think it was much of an issue if the OP said there was enough time.

What's the problem with direct linking the picture? It's from the Port of Oakland website, a public agency. If there's no need to retrieve baggage, it saves a little hassle of moving between terminals. I make no assumptions about whether or not a poster has looked up maps or even cares to. I linked it for context, and it's not a copyright violation.

 

[ilovelucydog]

Holy crap! I found tickets from Long Beach Airport to Oakland for $39 each. Is it a far drive from Disney to that airport? Google says 22 miles, but 22 miles can be horrible in LA.

 

[Kindermouse]

39...seriously. What airline.

Also it's cheaper to use a shuttle service than it is to use the Disney airport shuttle from long beach. The Disney bus is pricey.

 

[bcla]

Holy crap! I found tickets from Long Beach Airport to Oakland for $39 each. Is it a far drive from Disney to that airport? Google says 22 miles, but 22 miles can be horrible in LA.

That's the next best option for an airport near Disneyland. I haven't really seen one-way fares that low for some time. I remember $30 Southwest flights within California after Sept 11, but that was a unique circumstance. I've flown round-trip OAK-SNA for under $60 on Alaska, but that was a really weird fare where the choice of the departure flight (but not the return) meant up to a 3x total fare difference.

 

[tlovesdis]

Holy crap! I found tickets from Long Beach Airport to Oakland for $39 each. Is it a far drive from Disney to that airport? Google says 22 miles, but 22 miles can be horrible in LA.

What airline? Snag those puppies! You can grab a cab from the airport and without traffic it's 20-30 minutes!

 

[bcla]

39...seriously. What airline.

Also it's cheaper to use a shuttle service than it is to use the Disney airport shuttle from long beach. The Disney bus is pricey.

Sounds like JetBlue. I couldn't find a $39 fare, but mid-August I found some $44 fares.

 

[ilovelucydog]

Southwest! So free bags too!

 

[Disney Dad ADL]

Holy crap! I found tickets from Long Beach Airport to Oakland for $39 each. Is it a far drive from Disney to that airport? Google says 22 miles, but 22 miles can be horrible in LA.

It's definitely doable, especially if you can avoid rush hour. I like the Long Beach airport. It's small, there's only 4 gates unless they added more in the last few years.

Just remember at Oakland you may have to:

1. Get off the plane and go to baggage claim
2. Wait for your luggage.
3. Go to the Southwest counter to check in your bags
4. Go back through security again.

Make sure you flight gets to Oakland in time to do all of that.

 

[ilovelucydog]

Yes, Alaska Airlines said to have at least 2 hours in between flights and I would have 2 1/2! Thank you!

 

[bcla]

It's definitely doable, especially if you can avoid rush hour. I like the Long Beach airport. It's small, there's only 4 gates unless they added more in the last few years.

Just remember at Oakland you may have to:

1. Get off the plane and go to baggage claim
2. Wait for your luggage.
3. Go to the Southwest counter to check in your bags
4. Go back through security again.

Make sure you flight gets to Oakland in time to do all of that.

I got a little confused, but it looks like the flight out of OAK is on Alaska. OAK is all Southwest at Terminal 2, and all other airlines are at Terminal 1. If there's no baggage to be checked in, it should be a breeze using the connector between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. It might be a bit more involved if there's baggage to be retrieved and checked in. Referring back to the map, the Terminal 2 baggage claim is at the far (southeast, but far left on the map) end. The map shows an empty area between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, but that's just not a public area (it's the administrative building). From the baggage claim, one would walk to Terminal 1 to check in. There's a covered sidewalk all the way to Terminal 1. I'd estimate maybe a quarter mile walk from the Terminal 2 baggage claim to the Terminal 1 ticketing area.

OAK is an extremely easy airport to figure out, but there might be a bit of walking. Also - the security lines can be really long. I dropped off my wife and kid at OAK last week, and the line was ridiculous at Terminal 2. I just helped them with the baggage, but the security lines can be seen from the road.

 

[ilovelucydog]

Thank you so much for the info. After paying more attention to the times, I realized that the flights out of Long Beach will make our connection too tight. So we are going to fly out of SNA and will have 4 hours once we get to Oakland until our flight to Seattle.

 

[ParkHopper1]

Thank you so much for the info. After paying more attention to the times, I realized that the flights out of Long Beach will make our connection too tight. So we are going to fly out of SNA and will have 4 hours once we get to Oakland until our flight to Seattle.

Just curious...did you price flights from SNA and LAX to SEA if that is your destination?...may be worth it to just book direct to SEA rather than to Oakland with the transfer and walk away from your original flights.

 

[bcla]

Thank you so much for the info. After paying more attention to the times, I realized that the flights out of Long Beach will make our connection too tight. So we are going to fly out of SNA and will have 4 hours once we get to Oakland until our flight to Seattle.

Yeah. Southwest is the only airline flying the OAK-SNA route now. I mentioned I flew this a few years ago on Alaska. $52 round trip including all taxes. Killer deal. Someone told me just book it even if I couldn't make the trip.

 

[ilovelucydog]

Alaska said I would have to pay a $150 per ticket change fee if I skipped Oakland and just caught my connecting in Seattle. My plan was to just ditch my Oakland flight and fly SNA TO SEATTLE and then SEATTLE to home, but Alaska nixed that!

 

[bcla]

Alaska said I would have to pay a $150 per ticket change fee if I skipped Oakland and just caught my connecting in Seattle. My plan was to just ditch my Oakland flight and fly SNA TO SEATTLE and then SEATTLE to home, but Alaska nixed that!

A lot of airlines are rather strict about these things. Airlines really don't like "throwaway segments" and make you totally rebook.

Look up the term "hidden city ticketing". While it's not illegal, airlines have all sorts of fare tricks they play, and they don't like it when customers play tricks on them. They have no idea you'd be flying SNA-SEA. They're just worried that you bought a ticket for OAK to your final destination and won't let you "throw away" a segment. It could be possible that OAK to your final destination costs less than SEA to your final destination through some strange quirk in the fare structure. If you don't use your first segment, they may just cancel your entire ticket. If you make a change (even if it's cheaper) then they'll charge you the change fee.

Southwest doesn't have change fees, but changing a flight days before the flight may mean the prevailing fares won't be their discounted leisure fares.

 

[SMD]

Yeah, I said it would need to be retrieved and checked in again. I also noted that I didn't think it was much of an issue if the OP said there was enough time.

What's the problem with direct linking the picture? It's from the Port of Oakland website, a public agency. If there's no need to retrieve baggage, it saves a little hassle of moving between terminals. I make no assumptions about whether or not a poster has looked up maps or even cares to. I linked it for context, and it's not a copyright violation.

First of all, it's condescending to think that you need to use google to find a map for someone and show it to them.. People change planes and navigate airports without some internet stranger sending them a map. Second, hotlinking an image is stealing. Content is on sites because people want visits to their site. They're not hosting content, and paying to host that content, so that some other site can direct traffic to themselves. In this case, there is a copyright statement on the Oakland airport site which says that doing anything other than downloading the image for personal use is prohibited. It specifically mentions using their material on other sites being prohibited.

 

[bcla]

First of all, it's condescending to think that you need to use google to find a map for someone and show it to them.. People change planes and navigate airports without some internet stranger sending them a map. Second, hotlinking an image is stealing. Content is on sites because people want visits to their site. They're not hosting content, and paying to host that content, so that some other site can direct traffic to themselves. In this case, there is a copyright statement on the Oakland airport site which says that doing anything other than downloading the image for personal use is prohibited. It specifically mentions using their material on other sites being prohibited.

You're getting really worked up over this. Regardless of what they say, there's case law that says it's not stealing, along with fair use. I'm not doing it for any commercial purpose, which is one of the things that courts consider. The Port of Oakland doesn't sell the image or have ads on their website, and I'm not substituting for the actual website. On top of that, it's a public agency. If they really wanted to prevent hot linking, they could simply have their website designer modify their photos to prevent it.

Sure the OP could look up a terminal map, but how condescending is it to use one for context?

 

[chrisaman]

Can you post the map one more time bcla? I want to see it one more time

 

[SMD]

You're getting really worked up over this. Regardless of what they say, there's case law that says it's not stealing, along with fair use. I'm not doing it for any commercial purpose, which is one of the things that courts consider. The Port of Oakland doesn't sell the image or have ads on their website, and I'm not substituting for the actual website. On top of that, it's a public agency. If they really wanted to prevent hot linking, they could simply have their website designer modify their photos to prevent it.

Sure the OP could look up a terminal map, but how condescending is it to use one for context?

This is a commercial website. It's owned and operated by a travel agency. Most of the images you hotline aren't from public agencies. How does stealing someone else's image add to a discussion more than just saying that Alaska and Souhwest are in different terminals at that airport?

 

[bcla]

This is a commercial website. It's owned and operated by a travel agency. Most of the images you hotline aren't from public agencies. How does stealing someone else's image add to a discussion more than just saying that Alaska and Souhwest are in different terminals at that airport?

This is still a publicly accessible forum, and I was the one setting up the hotlink. For the most part the forum operators disavow the actions of its users.

I made mention of a public agency because they would probably have a tougher time trying to assert that they were damaged by someone referring to their map as a guide for using their facilities. That doesn't mean that hotlinking in general is a violation of any law. There was a pretty important case that was decided by the 9th Circuit. As long as a photo isn't hosted by a third party it's pretty hard to claim copyright infringement. If the image isn't protected from hotlinking, it's pretty hard to claim theft of services.