<p>My daughter has a wedding to attend this summer in South Lake Tahoe and seems she should fly into Reno. She thinks she will be flying from Atlanta, and if so, there are no non stop flights. Most airline go into Salt Lake City and then connect to Reno. What we are looking for it to get to Reno with as few stops as possible for as cheap as possible. She has a credit available to her to fly on Frontier Atlanta-Denver-Salt Lake City and then would pick up a flight with another airline to Reno. As my daughter isn’t the best flier in the world, she would love to make this a non stop, but that doesn’t really seem to be an option. A one stop would be okay, so we are looking for an airline that can get her from some larger city in the west directly to Reno. The goal would be Atlanta to ? to Reno.</p>
<p>Our other issue is she is flying with other. One has the Frontier credit, my daughter has Continental/Delta miles, and the other has nothing. Is there an airline I am missing that flies into Reno, preferably from Denver, but we are willing to look at other cities is they are available as a non stop from Atlanta.</p>
<p>My daughter has check kayak, but the discount airlines are not listed. I checked out the Reno airport site to see which airlines fly there and am working on those now. I just want to make sure I am not missing a location or airline that would work.</p>
<p>Snowball…what about flying into Sacramento? I believe there is a non stop on Delta. While Sacto is about 100 miles from So. Lake Tahoe (versus 60 from Reno to SLT), it’s a fairly easy ride. Personally, I’d rather drive an extra 40 miles each way and enjoy a non-stop…</p>
<p>I also suggest looking into Sacramento. I think it might be cheaper and a shorter drive depending where they are going. I would fly to Reno if they were going to the North Shore area.
If they are set on Reno they should look at Southwest. If they can somehow get a non-stop to Oakland Ca you can fly nonstop to Reno on Southwest.</p>
<p>Reno has always been a little difficult air travel-wise. It’s one reason two companies for which I have worked did NOT locate headquarters there, despite tax advantages.
If you can go Southwest, do it. Agree that Sacramento is probably a good option for Tahoe.</p>
<p>Burkhamom- The poster is asking for help with her daughter’s travel. No need to be dismissive of her question.</p>
<p>The girls looked into Sacramento, but we were told it would be about a 2 hour drive to South Tahoe and would involve a car rental. If they fly into Reno, there is some sort of bus transportation available. Also, Sacramento is no cheaper and once you add the rental car into the mix, it isn’t worth it. </p>
<p>Delta from Atlanta goes to Salt Lake City non stop and they would then change planes and fly to Reno. This works for my daughter and seems to be the best fare wise. I did find out that the credit the other girl has is only good for the passenger on the voucher, and that is her brother. It looks like Delta Atlanta-Salt Lake City-Reno is going to be their best deal at the moment.</p>
<p>I looked into Southwest along with another airline, but connection times and original departure times don’t work well. I need the girls to check on their flight out of Reno on Monday morning to make sure they can get to the airport as early as they need. As the wedding is Sunday night, I was concerned with them taking an early flight out Monday morning; I knew they would be tired, but they are young and can handle it! With the time difference and layovers, they need to leave early to get back home at a decent time.</p>
<p>When we looked at the flights in December, the fare was around $700! Now, it is just a bit over $400. I am thinking the girls should buy now as I don’t think it will go much lower. I never know when to wait and when to buy. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>The Reno to S Lake Tahoe is also an “easier” Drive. I’ve been driving for A LOT of years and I wouldn’t want my daughter making the Sacramento to Tahoe drive (traffic near Sacramento and twisting roads near Tahoe). The drive to Tahoe isn’t as scary as the drive twisting downward when the car is naturally accelerating.</p>
<p>Snowball, have you checked Southwest out of Birmingham? We’re flying to Salt Lake City next month and found the best fares on Southwest out of Birmingham rather than Atlanta (where, as I’m sure you know, Southwest doesn’t fly). Birmingham is an easy ~3-hour drive on I-20 from Atlanta. Nice airport. Fairly big for a smaller city. Most Southwest flights to Reno have a stopover in Albuquerque (also a nice, smaller airport) from Birmingham.</p>
<p>The last time we went to Reno we flew into Sacramento, rented a car, then drove through Tahoe. Very pretty drive but longer than Reno to Tahoe. I agree Reno is the better flying destination choice. (Delta also flies to Atlanta, Birmingham, Albuquerque, and Reno. Frontier would be Atlanta-Denver-Albuquerque.) Good luck to your daughter and her friends.</p>
<p>Flying out of Birmingham was looked into early on, but all the flights left too early or too late. With the added drive time it wasn’t worth the lest than $100 savings. Delta seems to be the only real options from Atlanta. Other airlines also have Atlanta flights at the same price, but since my daughter has frequently flier points on Delta it is a better option.</p>
<p>Delta use to offer non stop to Reno; too bad it is not still available. Of course the flights with the longest layovers are the cheapest in prices and skymiles, something we can live with.</p>