$880 Find Cheap Flights from Queenstown to California

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Queenstown to California departing on 16/3. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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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$1,769
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,734
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,769
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$1,734

Book Cheap Queenstown to California Plane Tickets

 
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, 18 Feb - Sun, 22 Feb
American Airlines Logo
07:00 - 23:22
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SFO
37h 22m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
06:44 - 16:50
SFO
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ZQN
37h 06m2 stops
$1,734American Airlines
Thu, 19 Feb - Sun, 22 Feb
Qantas Airways Logo
07:00 - 12:30
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LAX
26h 30m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
22:50 - 21:05
LAX
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25h 15m1 stop
$1,769Qantas Airways
Fri, 13 Feb - Tue, 17 Feb
Multiple Airlines Logo
16:05 - 14:55
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SFO
43h 50m3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
18:52 - 08:20
SFO
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40h 28m3 stops
$1,847Multiple Airlines
Thu, 19 Feb - Sun, 22 Feb
American Airlines Logo
07:00 - 12:30
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LAX
26h 30m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
08:44 - 21:05
LAX
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39h 21m2 stops
$1,858American Airlines
Thu, 19 Feb - Sun, 22 Feb
American Airlines Logo
07:00 - 21:57
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LAX
35h 57m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
17:11 - 14:35
LAX
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24h 24m2 stops
$1,962American Airlines
Tue, 10 Feb - Tue, 17 Feb
Air New Zealand Logo
11:25 - 11:15
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LAX
20h 50m2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
19:05 - 12:20
LAX
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20h 15m2 stops
$1,988Air New Zealand
Tue, 10 Feb - Tue, 17 Feb
Air New Zealand Logo
16:05 - 10:40
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LAX
15h 35m1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
20:10 - 12:20
LAX
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19h 10m2 stops
$2,000Air New Zealand
Tue, 10 Feb - Tue, 17 Feb
Qantas Airways Logo
07:00 - 12:30
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LAX
26h 30m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
21:25 - 21:05
LAX
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26h 40m1 stop
$2,003Qantas Airways
Thu, 19 Feb - Sun, 22 Feb
American Airlines Logo
07:00 - 12:30
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LAX
26h 30m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
21:25 - 21:05
LAX
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26h 40m1 stop
$2,067American Airlines
Thu, 19 Feb - Sun, 22 Feb
American Airlines Logo
07:00 - 12:30
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LAX
26h 30m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
21:25 - 14:35
LAX
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20h 10m1 stop
$2,070American Airlines
Booking Insights

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 fly direc between Queenstown and California?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Queenstown to California.

There are 2 airlines that fly direct from Queenstown to California. They are Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand. The cheapest airline for this route is Qantas Airways, with the best return deal found costing $1,015 and arriving in Los Angeles (LAX). On average, Air New Zealand offers the best prices for direct flights between Queenstown and California.

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 ($1,674) and Qantas Airways ($1,769).

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$880
Best time to beat the crowds (7% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 14% lower on average.
Flight from Queenstown to Los Angeles

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

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    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.

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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Queenstown 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
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 561 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.5Entertainment
8.5Crew
8.0Comfort
7.4Food
Airline reviews

Air conditioning was turned to the wrong setting. Way too hot. The entertainment system kept resetting and didn’t work half the flight. Said something to the crew. They didn’t do anything to help. Plane had a mechanical problem that resulted in 2.5 hour delay. Boarded the plane, had to disembark and get back on.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Dec 2025
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Air conditioning was turned to the wrong setting. Way too hot. The entertainment system kept resetting and didn’t work half the flight. Said something to the crew. They didn’t do anything to help. Plane had a mechanical problem that resulted in 2.5 hour delay. Boarded the plane, had to disembark and get back on.

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.

I was trying to get confirmation on if my luggage was going to be moved to the earlier flight (I requested standby to get home earlier) and was unable to get help from those working at the counter. The request to be moved to an earlier flight was handled smoothly through the app and appreciate the ease of the request.

They are my favourite airline in the world by a million miles.

Do the bumpy weather the whole trip they were very few times when the seatbelt sign wasn't on

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

Kayak did not propagate my United miles account and I had to manually get credit.

Nice friendly staff and crew. Love the 787 flight. Get meals and lots of drinks!

Service was excellent and they’re very helpful and nice

Check in crew member was very helpful, nice and excellent service👍

Flight was canceled. I was not alerted. It was only kayak that alerted me

After already paying for excess luggage prior to flight, i was advised AT check in that i had to pay $816 or forfeit my flight! The lady at the counter was SO rude and had already started offboarding me when i said i would pay it after asking her three times for the exact amount! Have lodged a formal complaint yet heard nothing. Will not ever travel via Qantas again

Basic airline, aircraft and service. AA gets you from point A to B. My flight was delayed by 2 hours too.

Not great. The inflight entertainment was all on an app, and I did not want to watch a film on my phone. Also, the range of options of films was limited.

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

A few more inches of legroom is all i ask

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.

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