I recently wrote about the relatively cheap flights to Tanzania from San Francisco on Emirates. As it turns out, this flight is just one of many that will take you to the many corners of Asia and Africa from San Francisco for a very reasonable price.

This flight sale includes discounted flights to any of these cities, among others:

Ahmedabad (AMD) $1,085
Beirut (BEY) $1,145
Colombo (CMB) $1,255
Dhaka (DAC) $1,280
Dubai (DXB) $1,130
Hyderabad (HYD) $1,110
Islamabad (ISB) $1,270
Johannesburg (JNB) $1,240

Most of the flights fly direct from SFO to Dubai, have a layover of anywhere from 4-14 hours, then fly direct from Dubai to your destination of choice. Total flight time, which varies widely depending on your destination, is then about 30 hours

When all is said and done, travel time is usually about 30 hours, but you end up in an exotic location at a cost of under $1500 roundtrip including all taxes and fees.

If you’re looking for a little adventure, I’d highly suggest doing a couple flight searches on the US version of the Emirates website here. You can also research details of their winter fare sale to destinations in Asia and Africa here.

Bon Voyage. I wish I had two weeks to take off to take advantage of these deals myself.

US Airways is offering flights to Las Vegas from San Francisco for under $100. Flights travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.

Flights with other airlines are about $150, so if you want to fly on Friday or Sunday (as most people do), you will have to pay an additional $50.

Flight time between San Francisco and Las Vegas is about an hour and a half.

United Airlines isn’t just offering cheap flights to new york right now. They’re also offering flights from SFO to Boston for the same price. $229 including all taxes and fees.

Must fly on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Flight time between San Francisco and Boston is about 6 hours.

Flights are direct, and flight price is for roundtrip flights.

United flights won’t give you a personal TV screen as would Virgin or JetBlue, but at this price, they’re worth consideration.

United Airlines is offering discount flights to New York from San Francisco for $229 roundtrip including all taxes and fees.

Flights are direct, and take about 6 hours each way.

I’m not a huge fan of United, but for $229 roundtrip, I’ll take it.

Flight Details: You need to fly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the cheapest fares.

Virgin America is also a good option for flights to New York as well, but those flights tend to cost more towards $300, and you often need to book a month or two in advance as their flights also tend to fill up quickly.

Virgin America continues to offer direct flights between SFO and LAX airports for $59 plus taxes and fees. For a roundtrip flight, that will cost you $139.

If you book a few months ahead of time, you can fly on pretty much any day or at any time. In general the flights happening in the afternoon or later tend to fill up quickly, but morning flights are often available last minute as an alternative.

If you’re booking a flight down to LA, I’d suggest always checking the Southwest Airlines site as well, as their flights don’t show up on most airline search sites.

Otherwise, Virgin is usually the best, though JetBlue, American Airlines, and United all also offer direct flights to LA.

If you’re going to ski utah, Southwest Airlines is one of the best ways to get there.

You can find roundtrip direct flights to Salt Lake City from SFO for $200 roundtrip. Depending on the weekend that you are traveling, you sometimes need to fly on a week day.

Delta, United, and JetBlue all offer flights to Salt Lake City as well, usually costing about $260 roundtrip.

Direct flights between San Francisco and Salt Lake take about two hours. Often the same amount of time it will take to get over Donner Pass during a snow storm.

Once in Salt Lake, everyone has their favorite ski spots, but if you’re a first timer, I’d suggest renting a condo or apartment near downtown Park City, and then you can do single days at Canyons, Deer Valley, and Park City.

Canyons is my personal favorite, but Deer Valley comes close.

Emirates is offering one-stop flights to Dar Es Salam Tanzania from San Francisco for $1370 roundtrip including all taxes and fees.

Flights have layovers in Dubai. The flight from San Francisco to Dubai takes just over 15 hours, and the flight from Dubai to Dar Es Salaam takes just over five hours.

Layovers in Dubai are usually about 10-15 hours. Combined flight time is roughly 35 hours.

Flights on other airlines are almost always over $2,000 and also take about 30 hours, often flying through European cities or US cities on the East Coast.

American Airlines offers a few discount flights to Dar Es Salaam, but they fly on often irregular days.

Flights with Emirates are available on almost every day of the week, so you can swing two weekend flights at no extra cost.

Once in Dar Es Salaam, its easy to catch a very comfortable bus ride up to Mt. Kilimanjaro, or head straight into the Serengeti for a safari.

If you’re looking for beautiful beaches, head East to Bwejuu Beach or Zanzibar Beach. Pemba beach is also in the Zanzibar archipelago.

You can book Emirates flights on their website.

Enjoy!

Alaska Airlines is offering discount direct flights to Kona and Maui from San Jose starting on March 12th.

This is a new route for Alaska Airlines, so they’re offering this deal to fill up their planes initially.

Full details of this fare sale are here. Must book before November 24th (next week).

Alaska Airlines is also offering discount flights between Sacramento and Maui starting on March 26th.

Kona airport is located on Hawaii’s big island. You can also catch flights between Hawaiian islands for about $50-75 each way.