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Cheap Flights from Auckland to California

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,255
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,297
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,147
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,787
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,255
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,297
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,147
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,787

Book Cheap Auckland to California Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Auckland to California that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Auckland to California

Sun, 2 Nov - Mon, 10 Nov
Delta Logo
14:35 - 22:48AKL-BUR
28h 13m2 stops
Delta Logo
17:05 - 08:35BUR-AKL
42h 30m2 stops
$1,217Delta
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Fri, 7 Nov - Sat, 29 Nov
American Airlines Logo
13:20 - 17:58AKL-LAX
25h 38m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
21:25 - 14:05LAX-AKL
19h 40m1 stop
$1,255American Airlines
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Tue, 2 Sep - Thu, 27 Nov
Qantas Airways Logo
16:05 - 11:46AKL-LAX
38h 41m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
21:25 - 00:25LAX-AKL
30h 00m1 stop
$1,276Qantas Airways
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Tue, 9 Sep - Wed, 10 Sep
Qantas Airways Logo
16:05 - 17:45AKL-SFO
20h 40m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
16:37 - 14:05SFO-AKL
26h 28m2 stops
$1,297Qantas Airways
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Mon, 8 Sep - Sat, 13 Sep
Air Canada Logo
19:55 - 11:18AKL-LAX
34h 23m2 stops
Air Canada Logo
06:00 - 23:30LAX-AKL
46h 30m2 stops
$1,366Air Canada
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Fri, 16 Jan - Sun, 25 Jan
Fiji Airways Logo
17:20 - 12:25AKL-SFO
16h 05m1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
22:05 - 13:40SFO-AKL
18h 35m1 stop
$1,447Fiji Airways
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Fri, 16 Jan - Sun, 25 Jan
Air Canada Logo
20:00 - 15:35AKL-SFO
40h 35m2 stops
Air Canada Logo
18:00 - 11:00SFO-AKL
20h 00m1 stop
$1,467Air Canada
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Sun, 21 Dec - Sun, 1 Feb
Fiji Airways Logo
15:10 - 12:25AKL-SFO
18h 15m1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
22:05 - 13:40SFO-AKL
18h 35m1 stop
$1,474Fiji Airways
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Tue, 4 Nov - Wed, 12 Nov
Air New Zealand Logo
19:35 - 10:40AKL-LAX
12h 05mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
20:10 - 06:05LAX-AKL
12h 55mdirect
$1,568Air New Zealand
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Wed, 5 Nov - Wed, 12 Nov
Air New Zealand Logo
20:10 - 11:15AKL-LAX
12h 05mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
20:10 - 06:05LAX-AKL
12h 55mdirect
$1,575Air New Zealand
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Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Auckland to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Auckland to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest Auckland to California flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to California from Auckland found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $1,480 return. The most popular route is from Auckland (AKL) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,480.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Auckland to California?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $3,337, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Auckland to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Auckland to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Auckland to California is February, when tickets cost $1,231 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and June, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,686 and $1,671 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Auckland to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Auckland to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Auckland to California, look for departures on Mondays and avoid leaving on a Saturday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from California, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly and Thursday is the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Auckland to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Auckland to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Auckland to California, you should book around 10 weeks before departure, which saves you about 10% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$538
Best time to beat the crowds (12% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (6% more expensive on average)
Flight from Auckland to San Francisco

Flights from Auckland to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew the route from Auckland to California 
Verified travelerFlew with Air New ZealandAKL-LAXNov 2024
If you can, and you’re a grown adult, pay the few extra dollars for premium economy. You won’t regret it
SidFlew with United AirlinesAKL-SFOJan 2024
wear layers as our flight over was freezing and return flight back was back sweat hot

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Auckland to California?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Auckland to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Auckland to California?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Auckland to California is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Auckland to California?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Auckland to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Auckland to California?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Auckland to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost $825 on average. Morning departures are around 30% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,707.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Auckland to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $905 one-way - $1,802 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Auckland to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Auckland to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Auckland to California? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 204 reviews
7.4Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.5Crew
7.5Food
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

Again, Fijian hospitality was genuine, very comfortable, only improvement would be the entertainment. Why Do they only have 5 episodes of TV shows and from like season three...

10.0 ExcellentMatthew, Aug 2025NAN - CNS
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Again, Fijian hospitality was genuine, very comfortable, only improvement would be the entertainment. Why Do they only have 5 episodes of TV shows and from like season three...

Fiji Airways was amazing, will definately be lfying them again. The "Fijian hospitality" is not a catch phrase, it is genuine. the only things that could be improved is the entertainment. Not a great choice of movies, and the TV shows only have about 5 or so episodes, and often of a random season.

They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

In-flight entertainment options could use a refresh, Consider a tie-up with Spotify for more current music and with IMDB or other service for newer selections/movie ratings.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Entertainment was not good. Seems like liquor should’ve been advertised only beer and wine was even though I saw others getting liquor didn’t realize I could. And the food to me could’ve been a little bit.

Food choices perhaps not the best. Only offered beer and wine, when it appeared other liquor was available. Entertainment wasn’t so good.

Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

Not entirely positive. It’s frustrating that everything is done through the united app. One of our flight attendants on our trip from San Francisco to MSP continually had trouble hearing people so she flipped her hair into people’s faces

I flew United from San Francisco to Auckland. My connecting flight from Auckland to Christchurch was canceled with no explanation. I was finally told the cancellation was due to fog. Even though it was clear when we landed. I am from San Francisco, I know what fog is! And I didn't see any fog. I was told the next available flight was 7 hours later. Unacceptable, they should have had a flight ready to go as soon as it was deemed safe to take off.

Two hours was not enough time to transition from the international to domestic terminal. You have to go through customs, a biological hazard check, gather your luggage, take a bus to the domestic terminal and recheck your luggage. The bus was slow and crowded and the lines to recheck your bags were very long. We missed our connecting flight. Initially, the Air New Zealand officials were not helpful at all in helping to get us on another flight. Told us we would have to buy another ticket for a flight 11 hours later. Found another agent that was more helpful. He helped arrange to get us on standby for another flight three hours later. Had to ride in jump seats next to the flight attendants, but at least we eventually got to out destination.

Full flight. Flight attendants were harried. Otherwise, fine for the typical cramped seating conditions in coach.

Great! Flight was delayed by 30 mins but all was great. Thanks.

The 10hr flight was a comfortable as it could be in row 57. The food was just very bad….bland and soggy!

The business class upgrade meant a good sleep on the way home after a long week away. Excellent service, great food, and comfortable seat/bed for the journey.

I love the “boarding from the back” idea - it’s so much better than the “Zones” idea that many others use. Also, the inflight wifi was a first for me! Very nice to have on a 13-hour flight!

Poor! This flight was delayed 14 hours. There was no assistance in helping customers find other routes to their destination, nor any other kind of support. It was a chaotic experience. I'm not likely to fly with AA going forward.

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

I tried to check in online but was unable to do so. I stood in line for nearly two hours to check in. American Airlines was understaffed. When I finally got to the kiosk to check in, I was still unable to check in. No AA staff was available to help. Finally one of the airport security agents who was helping passengers became of lack of AA Staff told me: “I think the reason you can’t check in is that you are starting your name with an upper case letter when you write it. Just write it with all lower case letters.” That did allow me to check in. HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY KNOW THAT IF THEY USE AN INITIAL UPPER CASE LETTER TO SPELL THEIR OWN NAME, AA WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO CHECK IN?????? Then I had to wait in line over half an hour again to drop off my baggage. Although I arrived at the airport 3 hours early, by the time I got to the gate, they had already started boarding.

One of the oldest most uncomfortable "lay down" seats I've ever experienced. Old plane and old seats that don't lay flat. The seat back does not even recline - at all. Instead the legrest awkwardly extends to fill the gap between a small cubby into which you must insert your feet/legs. I am 5' 11" and could not lay straight but had to tuck my knees. Ticket was also very expensive. Would not recommend flying business/first on Finair from Melbourne to Bangkok and will not do so again myself.

Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

Touch screens were very difficult to use, generally being laggy and unresponsive- it was quite an art to get it to play the thing you wanted rather than some thing at random. Selection of films and Tv was good when touchscreen decided to finally respond.

Their aircraft are old and amenities lack way behind other international carriers leaving from BNE. Even in economy

Friendly staff, surprisingly good premium economy seats allowing good sleep/ snooze opportunity and very good menu.

I liked the service, the menu, and the comfort of the seats! Even tho we were seated by the bathrooms, the reclining seats and movie selection was very good, my husband and I didn’t mind at all

The flight was comfortable with the exit row and great service

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

1. when we went to check in, our 2 first class seats had been CANCELED and the flight was sold out. This was done without our prior knowledge. It was all we could do to restore one first class seat for my wife and I flew economy. 2, Our flight home was scheduled to leave at 10:30 pm. Due to tsunami warnings, the roads were closed and our flight status was uncertain as to whether it would leave as scheduled. It was announced that it would now leave at 11:20 pm and the roads were now open since the tsunami had come and gone. We made a mad dash to the airport and checked in. Delays were announced at 12:30 pm, 1:30 am, 2:30 am and at 3:30 am it was canceled. Since this was a flight due to natural (tsunami) causes, there was no compensation. We were told to return at 1:00 pm the next day and our baggage would be kept on the plane since the same plane was going to leave at 1:00 pm. We had to return to our hotel for the rest of the night. The same plane did not leave at 1:00 pm and our baggage was gone! All in all, it was a miserable performance by UA. Information was hard to obtain and no one knew what was going on and what was going to happen. Hundreds of passengers slept on the floor, chairs, etc. No food and no water was made available to the passengers. It was a situation where UA could care less what was going on. As a one million mile flyer, I had not experienced anything like this before and it was hugely disappointing!

I found the staff to not be very attentive at all. When paying for Business Class you expect a certain type of service and that was not found. They were almost rude even

Ok. Get a different kosher caterer. The food was odd.

Our experience on United Airlines was extremely poor. The plane was extremely cold throughout our entire flight- which multiple people complained about- and we had to wait 2 hours to get a blanket which was too thin and barely helped warm us up. As well as this, none of the entertainment features were working so we had to sit through a roughly 10 hour flight with nothing to keep our attention, including the actual flight path screen. It was an extremely disappointing experience and I would hope that this gets fixed if we ever choose United Airlines again.

I really enjoyed flying with United airlines amazing experience , good customer service and great food

1.It will be better if sandwich is warm. 2.The food is too salty. 3.Breakfast needs some vegetables or fruits.

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

It was all good flight was on time, service was good I enjoyed a few movies and everything was smooth

Flight was cancelled last minute. Had to scramble and purchase a $2000 flight through a separate airlines. Stuck in Toronto two extra days. Missed my first two days on a new job. Had to rent a car for an additional two days. Scrambled to fins a place to live those extra two days. Spent a ton of extra money and lost a lot of money, as well as made a poor impression at work. Difficult difficult difficult

Terrible, return flight was cancelled a night before the flight was scheduled to depart and I was notified by an email and an automated message on their phone line. I’ll never book Air Canada again

I paid for comfort plus seats but did not get the extra leg room. When I told the stewardess, she just ignored me.

Good flight, friendly crew and overall - good service on United Airlines.

Somebody either kayak or Air Canada booked my flight under my preferred name Betty instead of my legal name and I almost was denied boarding my flight

Short flight so no food or entertainment. Good landing at SFO and on time. We were told no carryon luggage yet lots of people were puting bags in overhead compartments. The rules need to be made more clear. I was on the first leg of an international flight and this is the first time I could not have carryon luggage.

Comfortable seats and movies entertainment available. Better experience than the flight from Toronto to Denver.

Ensure prepaid food arrangements are appropriately understood by flight crew of who purchased and who did not

Mixed experienced. Nice staff. Spacious 787 better than cramped Airbus, though my seat was broken. The bad: Way overpriced ticket and charged for food despite 6 hr flight.

Terrible all around. Flight was late and airplane was very uncomfortable. The crew were unhelpful and hid in the back. Did zero work. No entertainment.

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