Originally Posted by
mvoight
$221 is the "anytime" fare today for flights SFO-LAX today
If you don't mind the drive, it is possible to get a reasonable car price, especially if you have a corporate rate that has no drop fee
Especially if you'll be renting a car anyway once there.
Maybe I missed it, but what routing did the Gate Agent offer the OP in lieu of SFO-LAX-LAS?
A few years ago, I was doing a mileage run, MCO-PHL-BOS-PHX, and there was a flight cancel or something that happened for the PHL-BOS leg. They tried to route me back on PHL-PHX, but I told them I had planned to meet a friend at BOS, and had 2 hours or so there. So they booked me on another PHL-BOS, and on my original BOS-PHX (just a few minutes had gone by so I managed to keep my seat for BOS-PHX).