Originally Posted by
jonmar
I am planning to use SNA to YYZ to get home no matter what. As far as the drive goes, we've set aside two days for it but that includes the day we get to SFO which is why a 3pm arrival is not particularly attractive. I have already secured a great deal on a rental from SFO to SNA.
Gotcha now. You will be fine since the SNA-YYZ is on a seperate ticket. Assuming you've solved the luggage issue by going all carry-on, the biggest risks you'll run into are if you book LAX-SFO and you're delayed in AUS getting to LAX, DL has no obligation to honor the LAX-SFO ticket since it's independent of your AUS-LAX-SAN ticket, AND you need to ensure your LAX-SFO flight doesn't conflict with your LAX-SAN flight or the system may cancel one or both tickets. The other risk is if the AUS-LAX flight ends up being canceled (such as for maintenance), you may end up being re-routed via SLC with a final destination of SAN.