<p>how many hours should we leave before our flight? mine is at 1... should i give myself 4 hours to travel to the oakland airport? (since i know its more crowded during the holidays)</p>
<p>4 hours from berkeley to oakland? it probably only takes. uhh less than an hour for bart. i say 2 hours ahead is more than enough..? </p>
<p>i dunno</p>
<p>4 hours is definitely not necessary. Since you're most likely going to take BART (to avoid asking someone for transportation), from the Downtown Berkeley station you can go to the Coliseum/Oakland Airport stop which is less than 30 minutes (I took the route last weekend). From there, you can take a shuttle/bus that goes straight to the airport. I don't know how to get a ticket for it, but the stop is right outside of the BART station. Even if you wanted to make time for security check ins and such, I would only leave Berkeley the latest 2 1/2-3 hours before your flight with plenty of time so you don't have to worry.</p>