Planning a trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco? KAYAK’s data-powered insights will help you find cheap flights. The cheapest month for flights is February, and the most expensive months are November and June. To get a below average price on the flight, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. Flights between Los Angeles and San Francisco usually take around 1h21m.
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Nonstop departures
Monday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +36 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +37 more
35
36
Tuesday
ANA, Aeromexico, Air China, +37 more
ANA, Aeromexico, +38 more
36
37
Wednesday
ANA, Aeromexico, Air China, +38 more
ANA, Aeromexico, +39 more
37
38
Thursday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +36 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +37 more
35
36
Friday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +38 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +39 more
37
38
Saturday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +36 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +37 more
35
36
Sunday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +38 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +39 more
37
38
Nonstop returns
Monday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +37 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +38 more
36
37
Tuesday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +37 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +38 more
36
37
Wednesday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +37 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +38 more
36
37
Thursday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +37 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +38 more
36
37
Friday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +38 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +39 more
37
38
Saturday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +37 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +38 more
36
37
Sunday
ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +39 more
ANA, Aer Lingus, +40 more
38
39
The messaging about the change in flight destination and options for getting to SFO was poor. There should have been frequent updates. When I spoke to the boarding agent moment before we were supposed to board, he was flippant and offered no help before the announcement was made that transportation would be arranged. It was as poor of an experience that I've ever had.
The messaging about the change in flight destination and options for getting to SFO was poor. There should have been frequent updates. When I spoke to the boarding agent moment before we were supposed to board, he was flippant and offered no help before the announcement was made that transportation would be arranged. It was as poor of an experience that I've ever had.
My plane ride down landed 20 min late. Boarding at SFO was strange too. The people at the terminal were nice—but, boarding lacked direction, and was confusing . Coming back was worse—the plane was hours behind—and I barely caught the last Bart train back to San Francisco (3 min more and I would have been in trouble). It was a very stressful trip, and it didn’t need to be.
dont re-route to San Jose. Re-route to closer airport. Provide shuttle bus to go to SFO, not just LYFT vouchers.
WiFi connection bad. Food is really awful. Crew very nice and efficient
It was the worst experience because they delayed the flight by 2 and half hours. We were supposed to depart by 3:41 but they did the depart by 6 pm. It was so boring!!
This was a short flight with many open seats. Overhead space is limited and there are no screens in the seat back. But overall the flight was comfortable and fast.
Poor experience. 4 hour delay. 2 hours because of weather and runway construction at SFO. But gate logistics were a mess (gate was used by an unsigned flight to SAN first (!) ... lots of time spent weight balancing the flight because of an inoperable baggage hold (initial loading should have taken that into account, since plane had been flying that way that day) ... and then plane had to go back to gate for more fuel because of SFO delays (easily could have been done - and foreseen - while reweighting the plane). Airline came across as extremely disorganized. Note: on-board experience was fine ...
I think in 6:15 hrs flight the airlines should give some meal and not just couple of cookies People reach their homes at around 12 mid night and then they have to make dinner and eat I started my home at around 5 o clock and no food till 12 midnight You should give some reasonable meal in flight Thanks
The only options for beverages were water and apple juice. When did that happen?
Pretty terrible. The aisles on this flight were too narrow so we had to carry our baby, care seat, luggage, travel stroller step by step down the aisle slowing down a lot of passengers in the process. Not only was this a safety hazard but remember that scene from game of thrones where Cersei walks naked through the streets? It felt about as excruciating as that except both me and my husband were carrying 50lbs of weight while everyone from the flight attendants and passengers dolled out comments like “that stroller doesn’t fit in the overhead compartment and you should check it at the gate” when it is a travel stroller that absolutely fits and did fit in the overhead compartment. The flight said it was 30 min delayed but in actuality we did not take off until 1.5 hours past the original time. It was absolutely terrible. Alaska also charged us 200 dollars just in baggage fees even tho we took the time to buy two check on baggages via their app and bought an extra seat for our child and they still refused to overlook our first time flying with them. Everyone in general looked super miserable and traveling with them with a child is pretty much untenable. Lastly I originally thought I had booked an AM flight for my family but it was a PM flight which I knew was not going to end well since we had a 1.5 year old with us on a flight that gets in 9p. I ended up calling Alaska to try to change the first leg for a change fee, and would even have accepted half of a refund to book a completely different flight but of course they refused and absolutely allowed no flexibility to plans so I guess my revenge was our baby cried for 3 out of the four hour flight and hopefully convinced every miserable person on that flight to never fly Alaska again 🤷🏻♀️
Had a broken tray in business class. Crew just shrugged it off.
I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.
Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight
Really impressive staff at airport and on plane, especially given how busy it was
I guess they don’t serve drinks on planes anymore
It was a very smooth ride. Not sure on a flight departing at midnight can be much better but it was late arriving and I had an early day so really just the logistics.
Really liked the choice of the 4 free snack options. Crew great. Good vibe on plane.
Good breakfast granola bar good crew seamless flight and baggage transfer we’ll done!
Everything was great but the difference in paying for comfort + did not seem worth it.
Very efficient and effective. Fight crew and captain did a good job given the weather delays and turbulence…
Service for food to our seat was a bit slow. Snack choices were just pretzels or baked chips. My seat cushion was not attached. Other than Barbie, video choice were not very good or current.
It took an hour to get my bag after landing. Not exaggerating
I had a horrible experience with TSA at the airport. I had to go through TSA several times as there was some issue each time with a piece if clothing I had on. It was so busy & chaotic that I ended up forgetting my Apple laptop at TSA. It’s been days & I can’t get through to anyone to get useful info on how to get it back. I’m very angry because contacting lost & found shouldn’t be this difficult. Employees should know what is going on at their place of work. It seems no one knows as everyone’s answers are contradictory, or you can’t speak directly to anyone as the calls are automated. Very upsetting.
Everything was good instead change the gates! I missed my first flight because it was changed the gate and I didn’t know!
Best Thing flight took less time than programmed, quick entry and exit. Recommended!
My experience with Eva sir was good except the long walk in LA Lex, that was inconvenient for my age,
almost 4 hour delay as they over booked and had to wait for 8-10 volunteers to agree to travel next day.
For some reason, the seats on this flight seemed unusually uncomfortable. Speaking with friends who took another JetBlue flight later in the day, they brought up the same issue.
The service was very good, will use the airline again.
the staff was very helpful and the airline was very good.
So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.
delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.
This was a Lufthansa flight. Disappointing main meal. Very rough over Canada and arrival at FRA. IFE was almost unusable.
For a 22 minute flight all you expect is for it to be safe and comfortable
I was not able to buy food in the flight. They refer to include your Credit card in the APP, and if you are not from USA (i have a credit card form Canada) it is not possible
United airline kept delaying our flight back to Phoenix for 8 hours before they cancelled it! If they know that we are not flying out for whatever the reason is, why did they keep lying to us for hours. We could find another flight earlier or even find a hotel with a shuttle. But cancellation at about midnight was not fun. We stayed in the airport all night till the following morning when we bought an Alaska tickets to go back to Phoenix. Total of 14 hours in the airport.
Poor seating comfort, seat cushion too thin, very uncomfortable. My luggage didi not make the flight due to equipment change. At least. United had it delivered the next day. I was without my toilet items for one day.
My experience is based on one crew member. I had found my seat and sat down but there was a gentleman to claimed to the flight attendant I was in his seat. She then came to me and curtly said, "I need your ticket!" No hi, no excuse me may I see your boarding pass? NOTHING! I was taken aback by her attitude and she repeated herself, "your ticket?!?!" I calmly responded with ok, here you go. Only to discover the gentleman was looking at the wrong boarding pass. She gave me back my ticket with no apology. She then was curt with another man who was putting his coat in the overhead bin, already helped by another flight attendant who said it was fine. She realizes it's ok and then asks him if he drinks. The look on the man's face was priceless. She said she was going to comp him drinks. He gets offered a comp drink for a coat as well as an apology, and I got no apology.
Flight cancelled because of the grounded 737s. United was good about it and got us onto a later Alaska Airlines flight to Oakland (not San Francisco as originally intended). Had to go through security again and my wife dropped her MacBook Pro, which broke, a $2,500 whoopsie. But we made it home.
Delays, excuses, delays, and more delays. This company is BROKEN.
The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent
Comfort of seats, ease of boarding. Food selection could be better
Somehow I got “offloaded” even though I had my boarding pass and was in transit Food is horrible Staff were nice and cheerful No headphones were provided on 11 hours flight
Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water
Crew were attentive and friendly. Flight was smooth and early! I enjoyed the less crowded plane. Thank you!
Plane was good but was delayed. probably not AA fault but caused a 1 hour delay. Seating was cramped.
The staff were very helpful with lots of refreshments on offer. The toilets were clean. The seats were comfortable and entertainment was good. No complaints, it was excellent.
Nothing, flight was supposed to leave at 758 am. My flight didn’t leave until 430 pm. Spent the whole day at the airport.
Plane felt so crowded and tightly packed. The chair itself was not comfortable.
1st flight was delayed because of broken radio, missed connection but they got us on very next plane 1 hr later. Return flights were both delayed by 1 hr each. Crews were fine. Planes ok, but had to check carry ons.
Los Angeles (LAX)United States
San Francisco (SFO)United States
Average price | Average duration | |
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Flights | $649 | 1h 23m |
Trains | $113 | 0h 00m |
Buses | $78 | 7h 15m |