$552 Find Cheap Flights from Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area

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Cheap Flights from Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
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San Francisco2 stops$1,208
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San Francisco2 stops$1,208

Book Cheap Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area 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 Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area

Tue, 30 Sep - Tue, 7 Oct
Qantas Airways Logo
16:40 - 20:21WLG-SFO
23h 41m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
21:10 - 14:45SFO-WLG
21h 35m1 stop
$1,208Qantas Airways
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Tue, 30 Sep - Tue, 7 Oct
Qantas Airways Logo
16:40 - 20:21WLG-SFO
23h 41m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
21:10 - 14:45SFO-WLG
21h 35m1 stop
$1,210Qantas Airways
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Tue, 30 Sep - Tue, 7 Oct
American Airlines Logo
07:40 - 17:45WLG-SFO
30h 05m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
21:00 - 17:10SFO-WLG
24h 10m2 stops
$1,222American Airlines
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Sun, 14 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep
Qantas Airways Logo
15:40 - 21:18WLG-SFO
24h 38m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
22:10 - 14:45SFO-WLG
21h 35m1 stop
$1,241Qantas Airways
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Tue, 30 Sep - Tue, 7 Oct
Qantas Airways Logo
07:05 - 17:45WLG-SFO
30h 40m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
21:10 - 14:45SFO-WLG
21h 35m1 stop
$1,242Qantas Airways
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Sun, 30 Nov - Fri, 5 Dec
Qantas Airways Logo
16:00 - 15:55WLG-SFO
20h 55m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
20:15 - 14:50SFO-WLG
21h 35m1 stop
$1,256Qantas Airways
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Tue, 30 Sep - Tue, 7 Oct
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15:50 - 10:28WLG-SFO
38h 38m2 stops
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07:30 - 16:10SFO-WLG
36h 40m3 stops
$2,062
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Sun, 30 Nov - Thu, 4 Dec
United Airlines Logo
17:45 - 08:25WLG-SFO
59h 40m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
00:43 - 13:10SFO-WLG
39h 27m2 stops
$2,306United Airlines
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Tue, 30 Sep - Tue, 7 Oct
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19:20 - 10:28WLG-SFO
35h 08m3 stops
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07:30 - 16:10SFO-WLG
36h 40m3 stops
$2,599
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Sun, 14 Sep - Sat, 20 Sep
United Airlines Logo
17:15 - 12:50WLG-SFO
14h 35m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
00:43 - 08:10SFO-WLG
36h 27m2 stops
$3,490United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area?

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 $755, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area, 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 Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area is March, when tickets cost $1,369 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and April, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,852 and $1,852 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$552
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 9% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (9% more expensive on average)
Flight from Wellington to San Francisco

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    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area 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 Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area?

    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 Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area 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 Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area?

    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 Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area 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 San Francisco Bay Area?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to San Francisco Bay Area is generally at night, when retur flights cost $1,016 on average. Morning departures are around 2% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San Francisco Bay Area is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,081.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines flying from Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area. 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 Wellington to San Francisco Bay Area? 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 504 reviews
7.3Food
8.2Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.4Entertainment
8.5Crew
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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!

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.

Business class points redemption - good value for points paid, dubious value if out of your own pocket, domestic class business product okay for this length of flight. The flight left and arrived on time, crew were good, aircraft was a bit old and tired, but still miles ahead of their competitors in Virgin and Jetstar.

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?

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.

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

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