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United has round-trip flights from Dallas (DFW) to Santa Barbara (SBA) for $122 with a connection. Flights March to August. No Sunday departures.
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I was able to pull this fare up on Priceline. Screenshot taken when this post was initially created. See timestamps at the top of this post.
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