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Cheap Flights from Queenstown to California

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,449
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,522
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,449
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,522

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Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Queenstown 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 Queenstown to California

Wed, 8 Oct - Wed, 15 Oct
American Airlines Logo
07:05 - 14:25ZQN-LAX
27h 20m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
23:00 - 14:30LAX-ZQN
19h 30m1 stop
$1,449American Airlines
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Tue, 14 Oct - Fri, 24 Oct
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07:05 - 16:45ZQN-SFO
29h 40m1 stop
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15:50 - 10:05SFO-ZQN
46h 15m2 stops
$1,522
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Wed, 8 Oct - Wed, 15 Oct
Qantas Airways Logo
16:50 - 06:00ZQN-LAX
33h 10m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
22:10 - 21:15LAX-ZQN
27h 05m1 stop
$1,541Qantas Airways
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Tue, 14 Oct - Fri, 24 Oct
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10:50 - 10:50ZQN-SFO
20h 00m2 stops
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11:48 - 10:05SFO-ZQN
50h 17m2 stops
$1,557
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Wed, 17 Sep - Wed, 24 Sep
Qantas Airways Logo
15:25 - 19:02ZQN-SFO
22h 37m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
10:15 - 21:15SFO-ZQN
40h 00m2 stops
$1,565Qantas Airways
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Wed, 8 Oct - Wed, 15 Oct
United Airlines Logo
15:05 - 11:50ZQN-SFO
16h 45m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
23:35 - 13:30SFO-ZQN
41h 55m2 stops
$1,806United Airlines
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Fri, 10 Oct - Thu, 23 Oct
Air New Zealand Logo
14:15 - 11:50ZQN-SFO
17h 35m1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
23:10 - 09:50SFO-ZQN
38h 40m1 stop
$1,871Air New Zealand
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Tue, 14 Oct - Fri, 24 Oct
Air New Zealand Logo
12:10 - 11:50ZQN-SFO
19h 40m1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
21:05 - 16:35SFO-ZQN
23h 30m1 stop
$2,242Air New Zealand
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Wed, 8 Oct - Wed, 15 Oct
United Airlines Logo
15:05 - 06:55ZQN-SFO
35h 50m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
23:35 - 11:25SFO-ZQN
39h 50m2 stops
$3,340United Airlines
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Wed, 8 Oct - Tue, 14 Oct
China Airlines Logo
07:05 - 20:45ZQN-LAX
57h 40m2 stops
China Airlines Logo
00:05 - 21:15LAX-ZQN
49h 10m2 stops
$4,336China Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Queenstown to California flights

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

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Queenstown to California?

The cheapest round-trip price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.

In the past 3 days, the cheapest return tickets from Queenstown to California were found on American Airlines ($1,449) and Qantas Airways ($1,541).

Good to know

Low seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$728
Best time to beat the crowds (3% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.
Flight from Queenstown to Los Angeles

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Queenstown 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 Queenstown to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Queenstown 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 Queenstown 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 Queenstown 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 Queenstown 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 Queenstown 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 $957 on average. Morning departures are around 20% 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 $1,263.

Reviews of the top airlines flying from Queenstown to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Queenstown 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.
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Air New ZealandOverall score based on 505 reviews
8.5Crew
7.3Food
7.4Entertainment
8.2Boarding
8.0Comfort
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Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Jul 2025AKL - SFO
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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.

Our original flight was cancelled from SFO to AKL on 6/16/25. So we had to stay overnight at a hotel after a 12-hour layover plus 3-hour delay before the cancellation. Then had to fly to LA and then to AKL the following day losing an entire day of our vacation in NZ, that we can never get back.

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.

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!

My flight from Dallas to Sydney was cancelled. My entire trip was rerouted to include the following: Hartford to Washington DC Washington DC to JFK JFK to Auckland Auckland to Christchurch I paid for an aisle seat on the flight to Auckland and was asked if I would take a window seat to accommodate a family. The agent at the podium failed to mention that the family had a 3 month old baby and that a bassinet would be used during the 16 hour flight. The only way I could get out of my seat was to crawl under the bassinet of the sleeping baby. I think it is wrong that I was no given the choice to sit in another seat, that the agent knew what she was doing and chose to not properly disclose my seating arrangement. Terrible treatment.

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

by the time they got to our row, they were out of some of the food options. games and movies were great but maybe more game options like tetris or pac man would be great

Great as usual, some delays but well communicated and made up for in the air

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.

The wifi was out. Otherwise it was great flight. Richard, as CSM, was excellent.

Was bumped to a later flight because of inefficiency on part of the airline.

Pretty excellent. I don’t know what the pilot could have done better with the bumping ( there was a storm) nor what happened to my ears coming down into bendigo. It doesn’t happen coming down into Sydney just the return flight. I wonder why?

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