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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 Angelesdirect$1,269
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,662
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$1,770
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$2,220
Los Angeles
Los Angelesdirect$1,269
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,662
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$1,770
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$2,220

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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Auckland to California

Thu, 5 Nov - Sun, 22 Nov
Delta Logo
14:35 - 05:55
AKL
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LAX
12h 20mdirect
Delta Logo
22:05 - 08:15
LAX
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AKL
13h 10mdirect
$1,269Delta
Sat, 26 Dec - Thu, 7 Jan
Delta Logo
14:35 - 05:55
AKL
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LAX
12h 20mdirect
Delta Logo
22:10 - 08:15
LAX
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AKL
13h 05mdirect
$1,274Delta
Mon, 26 Oct - Mon, 23 Nov
Delta Logo
13:35 - 05:50
AKL
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LAX
12h 15mdirect
Delta Logo
22:05 - 08:15
LAX
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AKL
13h 10mdirect
$1,281Delta
Sat, 12 Dec - Wed, 30 Dec
Qantas Airways Logo
15:50 - 07:00
AKL
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LAX
12h 10mdirect
Qantas Airways Logo
23:50 - 10:25
LAX
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AKL
13h 35mdirect
$1,304Qantas Airways
Wed, 18 Nov - Thu, 10 Dec
Fiji Airways Logo
14:50 - 12:00
AKL
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LAX
18h 10m
1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
22:35 - 13:35
LAX
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AKL
18h 00m
1 stop
$1,309Fiji Airways
Mon, 7 Dec - Tue, 8 Dec
Qantas Airways Logo
15:50 - 07:00
AKL
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LAX
12h 10mdirect
Qantas Airways Logo
23:50 - 10:25
LAX
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AKL
13h 35mdirect
$1,315Qantas Airways
Fri, 28 Aug - Fri, 11 Sep
Fiji Airways Logo
14:00 - 13:40
AKL
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SFO
18h 40m
1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
23:25 - 23:15
SFO
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AKL
28h 50m
1 stop
$1,764Fiji Airways
Thu, 3 Dec - Sun, 6 Dec
American Airlines Logo
13:20 - 19:21
AKL
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LAS
27h 01m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
07:15 - 14:40
LAS
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AKL
34h 25m
2 stops
$1,793American Airlines
Thu, 3 Dec - Sun, 6 Dec
American Airlines Logo
13:20 - 20:37
AKL
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LAS
28h 17m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
07:15 - 14:45
LAS
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AKL
34h 30m
2 stops
$1,803American Airlines
Mon, 28 Dec - Mon, 4 Jan
Air New Zealand Logo
19:55 - 15:19
AKL
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SNA
16h 24m
1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
19:50 - 09:10
SNA
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AKL
16h 20m
1 stop
$2,673Air New Zealand
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.

How much is a return flight from Auckland to California?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Auckland to California departing in November.

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 5 days was to Los Angeles, at $1,439 return. The most popular route is from Auckland (AKL) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $1,439.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Auckland to California depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost $2,081 on average. Morning departures are around 100% 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 $2,113.

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 $1,646, 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 April, when tickets cost $135 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of return tickets is $3,165 and $1,851 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, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly and Wednesday 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 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 21% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$685
Best time to beat the crowds (15% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 7% lower on average.
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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 Zealand
AKL
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LAX
Nov 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 Airlines
AKL
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SFO
Jan 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.

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.
8.1
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 246 reviews
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.5Food
8.1Comfort
Airline reviews

Left on time , arrived on time. Staff was awesome!!!!! Great flight!!!!

10.0 ExcellentNick, Mar 2026
NAN - LAX
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Left on time , arrived on time. Staff was awesome!!!!! Great flight!!!!

A bit cramped in economy and the people in front wouldn’t put their seats up during meal service, crew did not help with that and I felt they could have done more about it.

The airline is ok, but it needs to improve it schedules.

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.

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

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.

Business class Seats on the A350 from Nan to YVR were wonderful. The flight crew was okay but could do with better training. Toilets were clean but ran out of paper towels towards the end of the flight. The food/menu and the wine offered really needs considerable improvement. Dinner options were either Bolani, a beef sandwich (even this could be made much better), or paneer butter masala. Unfortunately, if you are not a fan of Fijian food, there isn’t much choice. Dessert was either turmeric ice cream or fruits but unfortunately, they were out of fruit! So the only option was turmeric ice cream. I’m not certain how many passengers like turmeric but I am not one of them. They need to cater to a more diverse group of people. Perhaps they need a new chef? The movies& tv shows were mostly older so I didn’t find that interesting either. It was however, fun to view the plane’s exterior cameras as we take off and land. The best thing about this flight are the business class seats.

The A350 aircraft business class experience was very good. Comfortable and well appointed pod, and supplemental bed pad available for sleeping. Food was very good.

Excellent service all staff where very friendly patient and efficient solved a boarding problem for me due to me not being able to access the visa portal for the USA.

The Premium Economy seats were very comfortable and the food was quite tasty. I did not use the entertainment system, but I was able to charge my phone and tablet with the seatback connection.

Air New Zealand over sold our flight and tried to bump us to yesterday. After several calls we got booked to United about 6 hrs before our original flight. No apologies!

Please add more Bollywood movies and recent movies to the entertainment.

Flight was delayed by 2 hours. Got lucky that i had a long connection, else would have certainly missed my connecting flight. Food is just okay, specially the breakfast is worse . Asked for water 30 mins before landing, the response is that we are landing so everything is packed . I guess traveling in economy that’s what we get. Probably business class passengers would get a different answer. Only good thing is that wifi service is available from auckland to lax for most part Next time will try united or American and then compare.

Great except paying $240 usd for 2 pounds over on a checked luggage. Outrageous.

Service was excellent and they’re very helpful and nice

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

Sitting in an aisle seat equals getting hit by food cart and spilled on multiple times Food: gross and minimalistic Crew: frumpy and kurt Sound on multiple entertainment platforms poor Not an earplug problem, system soundboard poor

Wonderful Airlines…our American Airlines could learn from ANZ. From boarding to landing everyone was professional and gracious. Kiwi’s really are the nicest of all people! Thank you

The flight attendances were very helpful and friendly ! Dinner and breakfast were great . The seat was not too comfortable though .

I want a refund. I had to switch flights and buy another airline ticket because this one was delayed.

Loved the food and beverages available, spacious economy class, excellent entertainment

Very good overall. Highly recommend for all flying to Australia

We booked with Qantas instead of Delta and we instead flew on American Airlines. American is not our favorite to go on. No leg room and the width of seats are a joke. Your are packed like sardines on American flights.

they ran out of fruit for breakfast and so I just had a yogurt instead. other than that the flight was good

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

Everything was great from the staff to the seats and food. The plane was timely taking off and landing.. I couldn't have asked for a better experience (especially on such a long flight)

Flight delay was informed at the last minute. Food quality is not up to Qantas standard I was unable to book an online boarding pass on any of my 6 flights.

My bag didn’t make it but otherwise it was a great experience.

Overall a positive experience. As long as you are not connecting-I found the discount offered by Kayak and the customer service to be very good.

Monitor control didn’t work & couldn’t figure out how to lay bed flat so I slept very poorly. Cabin was very cold

Excellent flight. On time. Great staff. Clean and crisp cabin.

The airline was fine, but I did want to share about Kayak's error through Underpricer. The original booking was purchased with ANA, and Kayak booked it with United. This is a mistake that should not be happening, since the price I paid was with ANA and that was my preference. I appreciate the efforts done to make this right by paying for the seat preference, but sitting in the back of the airplane under economy is not enough to make this error right. ANA Airlines was the experience I wanted considering this was a life time experience that my family and I wanted to have as part of our Japanese experience. Please work on your affiliation with Underpricer to make the right bookings that the customer pays for. In my situation, I could of paid less for a United ticket versus my original payment with ANA Airlines.

The Manila airport was under renovation so there was no business class lounge. The double security check was disorganized and the flight attendants were grouchy.

Know that the movies that you are going to be offered are the oldest be rated movies they could possibly get. They may have one or two new movies that they keep advertising but when you’re flying 15 hours, there is nothing to see past the first new movie.

Flight attendants on United are the worst in the business. Can’t be bothered to provide even basic levels of service and are as rude as anyone can get. This flight was not an exception to that rule.

Friendly crew, but we were delayed for more than an hour and had to change planes due to maintenance issues.

On the way my flight entertainment wouldn’t work the screen went black and no matter how many times I tried to turn it on it wouldn’t. Food was surprisingly good but the tray tables were tiny so you couldn’t get anything else on the table. The seats hardly go back and are not overly comfortable. Wouldn’t fly United again.

This flight was a code share on Air New Zealand.

temperature, temperature, temperature. it was hot as balls and everyone around me was complaining and constantly adjusting their vents

The plane was up-to-date, and the free wi-fi was very much appreciated! All of the ports functioned well, and the entertainment choices made the flight much more enjoyable. One of the flight attendants was unfriendly, but the flight was enjoyable overall.

The food was good. I almost didn't get a seat on the flight unless I agreed to sit in emergency exit.

I got bumped by Qantas to American Airlines incurring a 6 hr layover at lax. I was not happy

The flight attendant was very polite and attentive. The food was good.

I had a comfortable and enjoyable experience. The entertainment options were plentiful, the food was appetizing, the snacks were tasty, and the staff was friendly, professional, and helpful.

Flight cancelled. Twice. And no communication. No gate agent. Went past boarding time and had to go and see email from AA. Airport communication was bad

It was so much better than expected, Ohare is not such a pleasant experience but American Airlines with the new, clean aeroplane and free Wi-Fi was outstanding and the crew so pleasant and helpful.

This was my first flight on Aer Lingus and it was great. The plane wasn't full so I could move to a seat with extra room. The food was pretty good for airline food and the staff was nice and attentive. I enjoyed the media provided during my 10 hour flight. We arrived home early and it's always good to be home!

Was put into a seat right behind the toilet that had no entertainment possible but did have plenty of leg room over noisy part of plane.

We were upgraded to Business Class. So comfortable with great service and food options

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