Booking EUG to PNS

[oautrey]

I'm looking for rates from EUG to PNS one way in June on either the 15 or 16.  What am I missing?  I don't see any flights the entire month of June from EUG to PNS.  

I've got one out there on the 8th, so I know Southwest flies there.

[parpitt1]

Pretty limited number of flights go in to Pennsicola, so coming from the west coast likely causes a connection issues dependent upon the time of day and the time zone difference. SWA also may be shuffling flight times and that contributes to the lack of options too.

Safe Travels

[DancingDavidE]

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@oautrey wrote:
I'm looking for rates from EUG to PNS one way in June on either the 15 or 16.  What a...

I've got one out there on the 8th, so I know Southwest flies there.

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The issue seems to be the June schedule having trouble getting you out of Eugene in time to get to an airport that can also have a valid connection to PNS before the last flight there.

I know from experience that BNA is the best place to get to for PNS access on the latest flight.

Then also can't seem to find it from OAK which is your earliest opportunity from EUG - need to get further west on your first flight, so among the non-stop flights from EUG we have. OAK seems obviously as it is the first flight, but can't seem to connect with a maximum of two stops.

 

Burbank, CA - BUR

Denver, CO - DEN

Las Vegas, NV - LAS

Oakland, CA - OAK

San Diego, CA - SAN

San Jose, CA - SJC

 

Out of these Denver seems like the best shot to get to BNA by 8 p.m. central. 

 

I found this option entering as a multi-city connection - fares aren't great but I'm not sure what you are expecting.

 

Try the same thing on your own if you can find a better connection to BNA from SJC or SAN.

 

Also there are gateways to PNS from STL, DAL, and HOU so maybe you can piece together a legal multi-city route with a lower fare.

 

Departing flights

• # 2920Low fareFastest

  10:40AM

  2:20PM

  Nonstop

  2h 40m

  Returning flights

   

  • # 6625 / 3134

    4:35PM

    10:05PM

    1 stop

    Change planes BNA

    4h 30m

@oautrey

[DancingDavidE]

Here's one for the fifteenth:

Flight

• Modify
   

  Thu 6/15

  # 1081 / 184

  EUG6:10 AM

  ONT11:10 AM

  5 hr 0 min

  1 stop

  Wanna Get Away

   

  Thu 6/15

  # 184 / 3134

  ONT11:50 AM

  PNS10:05 PM

  8 hr 15 min

  2 stops

  Wanna Get Away

[dfwskier]

You are dealing with one of two problems:

1) No connecting flights with valid connecting times

2) Southwest's rule that it will not sell a flight with more than one plane change. A stop with one olane is OK, a second stop with a plane change is not.

If in the example above, you are dealing with three stops and 13+ hours of travel time  -- it may be time to fly someone else. I personally would not book that flight.

[DancingDavidE]

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@dfwskier wrote:

You are dealing with one of two problems:

1) No connecting flights with valid connecting times

2) Southwest's rule that it will not sell a flight with more than one plane change. A stop with one olane is OK, a second stop with a plane change is not.

If in the example above, you are dealing with three stops and 13+ hours of travel time  -- it may be time to fly someone else. I personally would not book that flight.

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it was still early in the morning but there was a PDX option that was a legal booking if you can catch a shuttle or one-way rental car to PDX. 

Otherwise I don't know if you can leave a day early and build in a layover in either DEN, BNA, DAL, or STL. Or HOU.

[oautrey]

thank you for that explanation - agree! 

[DancingDavidE]

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@oautrey wrote:

thank you for that explanation - agree! 

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Sorry that there wasn’t a better answer for you. As the schedule shifts maybe there will be a valid connection through OAK or DEN again in the future. 

Feel free to mark a solution if you are satisfied with the answers. 

[DancingDavidE]

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@DancingDavidE wrote:

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@oautrey wrote:

thank you for that explanation - agree! 

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Sorry that there wasn’t a better answer for you. As the schedule shifts maybe there will be a valid connection through OAK or DEN again in the future. 

Feel free to mark a solution if you are satisfied with the answers. 

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Also for the future keep an eye out on BNA - that's your key to getting into PNS as late as possible. If you can find a no-plane-change (aka "direct") flight to BNA from EUG then it should work and allow you to book it normally.

There is sometimes a MDW-BNA-PNS flight that is no plane change as well, maybe you can get to MDW on one plane change and then take that flight number, no change in BNA, on to PNS.

(I go to PNS 3-4 times a year but mainly in January so I may not be seeing the same schedule that you see.)