My experience flying the shortest flight in the U.S.

A few weeks ago I had a fun single day of flying to Los Angeles and back, the only purpose of which was to fly the shortest commercial flight in the United States. For quite a while I’d wanted to make the quick hop from Sonoma County Airport to San Francisco, a mere 66 miles in straight-line distance.

I had a $75 United voucher to burn, and as I hadn’t found anything else on which to use it, booking an $86 one-way ticket from Santa Rosa to LAX was the best I could do. I then used an Alaska voucher from our delayed Disneyland flights for the return segment (SEE: Turning 20,000 Amex points into 25,000 Alaska miles and $500), making this is very cheap trip out of pocket, less than $20.

No longer a farewell

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