actually out of San Jose, morning of Thursday the 13th, into Cleveland (about a two and a half hour drive from Columbus). Arrive 7:35 pm, so you could have dinner at a decent hour.

Return flight, though, leaves Cleveland at 6'ish am on Sunday the 16th, arriving San Jose before noon. Only nightmare there would be a night-time game.

Looks like this fare is good other days, too. So you could fly Friday, fly back Monday.

Found this on United, but other airlines might be close.

That's a good fare. Most of the SW fares out of San Jose to Columbus are in the $450 r/t area.

thanks!

OldenBear;737421 said:

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actually out of San Jose, morning of Thursday the 13th, into Cleveland (about a two and a half hour drive from Columbus). Arrive 7:35 pm, so you could have dinner at a decent hour.

Return flight, though, leaves Cleveland at 6'ish am on Sunday the 16th, arriving San Jose before noon. Only nightmare there would be a night-time game.

Looks like this fare is good other days, too. So you could fly Friday, fly back Monday.

Found this on United, but other airlines might be close.

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I'm only seeing $263 for both legs to make $526 round-trip.

StillNoStanfurdium;737466 said:

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I'm only seeing $263 for both legs to make $526 round-trip.

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Here's the fares/flights I found:
From http://matrix.itasoftware.com

ITINERARY

San Jose (SJC) to Cleveland (CLE) - Thu, Sep 13

United 1676 Dep: 9:00AM Arr: 2:54PM 3h 54m Boeing 737 Coach (G)
Layover in IAH 51m
United 1073 Dep: 3:45PM Arr: 7:35PM 2h 50m Boeing 737 Coach (G)

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Cleveland (CLE) to San Jose (SJC) - Sun, Sep 16

United 1654 Dep: 6:12AM Arr: 7:54AM 2h 42m Boeing 737 Coach (G)
Stop in IAH 1h 16m
United 1654 Dep: 9:10AM Arr: 11:05AM 3h 55m Boeing 737 Coach (G)


FARE AND BOOKING DETAILS

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Fare 1: Carrier UA GA21KN SJC to CLE $106.05
Passenger type ADT, one-way fare, booking code G
Covers SJC-IAH (Economy), IAH-CLE (Economy)

Fare 2: Carrier UA GA21KN CLE to SJC $106.05
Passenger type ADT, one-way fare, booking code G
Covers CLE-SJC (Economy)

US Transportation Tax (US) $15.90
US September 11th Security Fee (AY) $7.50
US Flight Segment Tax (ZP) $15.20
US Passenger Facility Charge (XF) $12.00

Subtotal per passenger $262.70
Number of passengers x1

Total airfare & taxes $262.70

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Fare construction (can be useful to travel agents)

SJC UA X/HOU UA CLE 106.05GA21KN UA SJC 106.05GA21KN USD 212.10 END ZP IAH SJC IAH CLE XT 15.90US 15.20ZP 7.50AY 12.00XF IAH3.00 SJC4.50 CLE4.50

This ticket is non-refundable.
Changes to this ticket will incur a penalty fee.

Has anyone found decent fares to Ohio out of Oakland, or maybe SFO? At least those are BART accessible.

glutton;737838 said:

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Has anyone found decent fares to Ohio out of Oakland, or maybe SFO? At least those are BART accessible.

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There hasn't been anything sub $400. I'm guessing there likely won't be much less than that, unless maybe you are super flexible on dates and get lucky.

glutton;737838 said:

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Has anyone found decent fares to Ohio out of Oakland, or maybe SFO? At least those are BART accessible.

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Unfortunately can't go the the game but I found a reasonable deal for ya using my new favorite travel search engine (travel.bing.com). I'm sure you can get similar results in Kayak, but Bing includes a recommendation on whether to buy now or wait (if it thinks prices will go down)

Anyhow, if you don't mind flying out of OAK and returning to SFO, here are two fares that get you into Columbus (so no need to rent a car!) for $353:

Bing Search Result