Friday is when the marquee panels land, the early lines start before sunrise, and downtown traffic peaks with commuters and Con crowds sharing the same streets.
$40 downtown hotel ↔ Convention Center · $50 from SAN airport · flat, locked all week · (858) 522-0264
Friday, July 24, 2026 — Comic-Con's Day 2 — stacks marquee programming on top of a normal San Diego workday: commuter traffic plus Con traffic on the same grid. Early line-sitters move before dawn; EGT runs pre-dawn pickups at the same $40 flat — single point-to-point. $40 downtown hotel ↔ Convention Center, $50 from SAN, locked. Evening programming runs late; your pre-scheduled return is waiting either way. Call (858) 522-0264.
For multi-stop itineraries, Gaslamp after-parties, and offsite activations, bookings are reserved under dedicated hourly charter rates rather than the standard $40 point-to-point transfer — the flat rate is always one pickup, one drop-off.
Big-panel Fridays create the Con's earliest mornings — line-sitters heading to the Convention Center lawn while the Gaslamp is still closing from the night before. EGT runs those pre-dawn pickups at the standard $40 flat: book the 4:30 AM ride like any other — one pickup, one drop-off, driver confirmed the evening before.
The other extreme is the evening exit. Friday programming and offsite events run late, and the exit wave merges with Gaslamp nightlife. Same answer: pre-scheduled return at the locked rate — text your driver when you're ten minutes out.
Official dates per Comic-Con International (San Diego Comic-Con 2026: Thursday July 23 – Sunday July 26, Preview Night Wednesday July 22), as announced July 2025 — see the SDCC Unofficial Blog dates announcement. Checked .
$40 downtown ↔ Convention Center · $50 SAN · every ride single point-to-point at the flat rate.
Call (858) 522-0264