Image Credits: Bernt Rostad, Creative Commons 2.0
Published August 13, 2018 by

Nonstop Flights: Dallas to/from San Francisco $131 r/t – American Basic Economy

[06/26/2018 @ 12:00 PM] Book this fare on: Priceline, BookingBuddy, Travelocity, Orbitz, Expedia, CheapTickets, Hotwire.
[06/27/2018 @ 1:13 PM] Price increased to $171. Was $139.
[08/13/2018 @ 4:01 PM] AA still available in August. Alaskan fare gone.

Deals are usually valid 24 to 72 hours after posting, but can expire at any time (see time-stamp).

This website contains cookies and links to companies that may compensate this site when you click on their links or ads. To view our ad disclosure and privacy policy, visit this page (link).

This deal is over a month old. Most of the best dates and months are long gone.

American has round-trip flights from Dallas (DFW) to San Francisco (SFO) for $131, NONSTOP. $66 each-way. Flights in August. Origin/Destination reversible. No Holidays.

Note: “Basic Economy” fares do not include a free carry-on bag. Only a small personal item, like a Jansport City Scout backpack is free. Checked bags cost +$25 each-way. Seats are randomly assigned prior to boarding. If you have an AAdvantage credit-card you can avoid bag fees and get priority boarding.

Note: I’m currently using the Jansport Right Pack as my “personal item” when I fly in “basic economy”. Which is slightly more than expensive than the Jansport City Scout because its fabric is Cordura instead of Polyester. Both have the same dimensions which are: 18″ x 13″ x 8.5″. There is half-an-inch of extra depth than what is officially allowed by AA, but it has never been a problem for me. The bag has a large main compartment, which makes it ideal for stuffing as much as you can into the limited amount of space.

  • American  (DFW) – Example Dates: (BookingBuddy / Priceline) Aug 16 – Aug 23 / Aug 17 – Aug 21 / Aug 22 – Aug 29 / Aug 24 – Aug 28 / Aug 29 – Sep 05 / Aug 30 – Sep 05 / Other dates: There are more dates available than the ones we list here, experiment on your own.
  • Alaska (DAL) – Example Dates: (BookingBuddy / Priceline) Aug 29 – Sep 05 / Sep 05 – Sep 12 / Sep 08 – Sep 11 / Sep 12 – Sep 19 / Sep 15 – Sep 18 / Sep 19 – Sep 26 / Sep 22 – Sep 25 / Sep 29 – Oct 02 / Oct 05 – Oct 07 / Oct 06 – Oct 09 / Oct 13 – Oct 16 / Oct 20 – Oct 23 / Oct 26 – Oct 28 / Oct 27 – Oct 30 / Nov 03 – Nov 06 / Nov 07 – Nov 14 / Nov 28 – Dec 05 / Dec 01 – Dec 04 / Dec 08 – Dec 11 / Other dates: There are more dates available than the ones we list here, experiment on your own.

When you are ready to book your flight or hotel, please use the links on our page to begin your booking process so we receive credit for the referral.

  • Tips: Rent a car for cheaper by using Priceline’s “Express Deals”. The rental car company will be hidden until after you purchase, but this allows those companies to undercut the published rate indirectly. You can remove low quality companies from those hidden results. The trick is to use the quality filter on their website to remove any rental car company with a review rating under 7.0 and then pick the deals that survive the filter.
  • Tips: The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card allows for 1-to-1 point transfers to several airline loyalty programs. Booking with points is a good alternative to paying with cash when the price of airfare is high. Here is the current list of Chase Sapphire transfer partners: United, Southwest, jetBlue, British Airways, Iberia, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Air France, KLM, Virgin Atlantic, Aer Lingus, and Air Canada.
  • Tips: Use Tripadvisor to create a Hotel “short list”. First, plug in your dates and destination. Then select “Sort by Traveler Ranked”. Finally, select the “Traveler Ranking” filter to show “only 4* and up”. Use this resulting “short list” of hotels to find the cheapest one with a high ranking.
  • Tips: Hotel rates for Weekend dates are usually higher than the rates for Sunday through Thursday. Tripadvisor has a color-coded date calendar, red when the average hotel price for that day is more expensive, green for less expensive. You can use this to get an overview of what dates in the month are at a discount.
  • Tips: Different booking websites will often have differing routes, prices, and availability. Before you finalize your purchase, do a quick check on BookingBuddy, Skyscanner, and Kayak to see if any other site or airline is offering a better deal.

I was able to pull this fare up on Travelocity and Priceline. Screenshot was taken when this post was created. See timestamps at the top of the post.

Flight Details:


Our Affiliate Links:

This site receives referral credit when you use links on our page to open our affiliate’s page. By using our affiliate links when you begin your airfare or hotel search, you are supporting this site. Thanks.

Flights departing from a different city (our other websites):

Other Useful Links:

  • [Budget Travel] – list all the posts that deal with Budget Travel (filter out all the flight deal posts)

Ren P. Artemio

Ren is the Chief Director of Nap Times at Escape Houston, Escape ATX, Cheap DFW, and Escape Flights. He really likes researching airfare and the travel industry, especially when it means getting a cheap flight to anywhere (he's not picky).

    Airfare Deals Alaska Airlines American Airlines Oneworld San Francisco