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Find cheap flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco from $148

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco departing on 5/15. 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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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco (SBP-SFO)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco 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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6:30 am - 7:33 amSBP-SFO
1h 03mnonstop
10:45 pm - 11:58 pmSFO-SBP
1h 13mnonstop
$159United Airlines
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Thu, Jun 27 - Sun, Jun 30
3:55 pm - 5:12 pmSBP-SFO
1h 17mnonstop
10:45 am - 12:06 pmSFO-SBP
1h 21mnonstop
$164United Airlines
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Wed, May 8 - Mon, May 13
3:55 pm - 5:12 pmSBP-SFO
1h 17mnonstop
10:36 am - 11:54 amSFO-SBP
1h 18mnonstop
$179United Airlines
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Fri, May 3 - Sun, May 5
6:30 am - 7:37 amSBP-SFO
1h 07mnonstop
10:43 pm - 11:59 pmSFO-SBP
1h 16mnonstop
$219United Airlines
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Fri, May 31 - Sun, Jun 2
6:00 am - 10:30 pmSBP-SFO
16h 30m1 stop
9:00 am - 1:12 pmSFO-SBP
4h 12m1 stop
$251Alaska Airlines
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Tue, Jul 30 - Tue, Aug 13
12:14 pm - 5:19 pmSBP-SFO
5h 05m1 stop
8:43 am - 11:30 amSFO-SBP
26h 47m1 stop
$266Alaska Airlines
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Wed, May 8 - Mon, May 13
12:14 pm - 5:19 pmSBP-SFO
5h 05m1 stop
6:00 am - 10:24 pmSFO-SBP
16h 24m2 stops
$275Alaska Airlines
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Wed, May 8 - Mon, May 13
6:18 am - 6:06 pmSBP-SFO
11h 48m2 stops
8:43 pm - 7:25 pmSFO-SBP
22h 42m1 stop
$1,087American Airlines
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Thu, May 23 - Thu, May 23
6:18 am - 6:06 pmSBP-SFO
11h 48m2 stops
10:07 am - 12:43 amSFO-SBP
14h 36m2 stops
$1,092American Airlines
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Wed, May 22 - Thu, May 23
6:18 am - 6:06 pmSBP-SFO
11h 48m2 stops
7:10 am - 7:25 pmSFO-SBP
12h 15m2 stops
$1,099American Airlines
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Wed, May 8 - Mon, May 13

Flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

The average price of all flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to San Francisco on a Saturday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to San Luis Obispo, you should consider flying back on a Wednesday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco, 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 San Luis Obispo to San Francisco is February, where tickets cost $167 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and December, where the average cost of tickets is $308 and $307 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco, you should book around 2 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 33 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets to San Francisco from San Luis Obispo were found on Alaska Airlines ($148) and United Airlines ($195), and the lowest round-trip tickets were found on United Airlines ($159) and Alaska Airlines ($251).

Which airlines fly non-stop between San Luis Obispo and San Francisco?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco.
There is just one airline that flies from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco direct and that is United Airlines. The best one-way deal found from United Airlines for the route is $138.

How many flights are there between San Luis Obispo and San Francisco per day?

Each day, there are 2 nonstop flights that take off from San Luis Obispo and land in San Francisco, with an average flight time of 1h 12m. The most common departure time is 6:00 am and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 14 flights and there are the same amount of flights each day 2.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between San Luis Obispo and San Francisco?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There are 4 cabin class options for the route. These are First, Business, Economy and Prem Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

How long does a flight from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco take?

Direct flights take on average 1h 03m to travel the 191 miles between San Luis Obispo and San Francisco.

What’s the earliest departure time from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from San Luis Obispo at 6:15 am and will be landing in San Francisco at 7:33 am.

What’s the latest departure time from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco jets off at 3:55 pm and lands at 5:12 pm.

Good to know

Low season

June

High season

April

Cheapest flight

$148
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 0% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
Flight from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco

When to book flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco was $148 for a one-way ticket and $159 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Luis Obispo and San Francisco?

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

    San Luis Obispo and San Francisco are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave San Luis Obispo from San Luis Obispo County and will be arriving at San Francisco.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

    American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Lufthansa, and United Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Luis Obispo to San Francisco flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

    The Embraer 175 (Enhanced Winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San Luis Obispo to San Francisco flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between San Luis Obispo and San Francisco.

  • On which days can I fly direct from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

    There are nonstop flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco on a daily basis.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

    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 San Luis Obispo to San Francisco.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to San Francisco with an airline and back to San Luis Obispo with another airline. Booking your flights between San Luis Obispo and SFO can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

    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 to San Francisco from San Luis Obispo up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from SBP to San Francisco

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $218 or less one-way and $423 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly non-stop from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco?

Find which airlines fly direct from County to San Francisco, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

San Luis Obispo County to San Francisco

Monday

Avianca, Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Avianca, Emirates, +2 more

Tuesday

Avianca, Copa Airlines, Emirates, +2 more

Avianca, Copa Airlines, +3 more

Wednesday

Avianca, Copa Airlines, Emirates, +2 more

Avianca, Copa Airlines, +3 more

Thursday

Avianca, Copa Airlines, Emirates, +2 more

Avianca, Copa Airlines, +3 more

Friday

Avianca, Copa Airlines, Emirates, +2 more

Avianca, Copa Airlines, +3 more

Saturday

Avianca, Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Avianca, Emirates, +2 more

Sunday

Avianca, Copa Airlines, Emirates, +2 more

Avianca, Copa Airlines, +3 more

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Nonstop returns

San Francisco to San Luis Obispo County

Monday

Avianca, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Avianca, Lufthansa, +1 more

Tuesday

Avianca, Copa Airlines, Lufthansa, +1 more

Avianca, Copa Airlines, +2 more

Wednesday

Avianca, Copa Airlines, Lufthansa, +1 more

Avianca, Copa Airlines, +2 more

Thursday

Avianca, Copa Airlines, Lufthansa, +1 more

Avianca, Copa Airlines, +2 more

Friday

Avianca, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Avianca, Lufthansa, +1 more

Saturday

Avianca, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Avianca, Lufthansa, +1 more

Sunday

Avianca, Copa Airlines, Lufthansa, +1 more

Avianca, Copa Airlines, +2 more

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Top airline flying from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco. 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 San Luis Obispo to San Francisco? 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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 11272 reviews
7.2comfort
7.7boarding
8.1crew
7.1entertainment
6.7food
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delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

2.0 MediocreWayne, Apr 2024ORD - SFO
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delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

This was a Lufthansa flight. Disappointing main meal. Very rough over Canada and arrival at FRA. IFE was almost unusable.

I was not able to buy food in the flight. They refer to include your Credit card in the APP, and if you are not from USA (i have a credit card form Canada) it is not possible

United airline kept delaying our flight back to Phoenix for 8 hours before they cancelled it! If they know that we are not flying out for whatever the reason is, why did they keep lying to us for hours. We could find another flight earlier or even find a hotel with a shuttle. But cancellation at about midnight was not fun. We stayed in the airport all night till the following morning when we bought an Alaska tickets to go back to Phoenix. Total of 14 hours in the airport.

Poor seating comfort, seat cushion too thin, very uncomfortable. My luggage didi not make the flight due to equipment change. At least. United had it delivered the next day. I was without my toilet items for one day.

My experience is based on one crew member. I had found my seat and sat down but there was a gentleman to claimed to the flight attendant I was in his seat. She then came to me and curtly said, "I need your ticket!" No hi, no excuse me may I see your boarding pass? NOTHING! I was taken aback by her attitude and she repeated herself, "your ticket?!?!" I calmly responded with ok, here you go. Only to discover the gentleman was looking at the wrong boarding pass. She gave me back my ticket with no apology. She then was curt with another man who was putting his coat in the overhead bin, already helped by another flight attendant who said it was fine. She realizes it's ok and then asks him if he drinks. The look on the man's face was priceless. She said she was going to comp him drinks. He gets offered a comp drink for a coat as well as an apology, and I got no apology.

Flight cancelled because of the grounded 737s. United was good about it and got us onto a later Alaska Airlines flight to Oakland (not San Francisco as originally intended). Had to go through security again and my wife dropped her MacBook Pro, which broke, a $2,500 whoopsie. But we made it home.

Delays, excuses, delays, and more delays. This company is BROKEN.

Horrible. Delayed on both planes several times. No attempt to fix it

I contacted both carriers months beforehand to change the cabin (booked in April) but to no avail (united asked to contact Swiss since it was their equipment, Swiss told me to reach out to united). So yeah… My seat was pretty worn down, legroom on 27K was more than enough, but still economy seating so, getting to know your neighbours was easy. According to ground staff, the flight was massively overbooked- and this showed. I ordered a gluten free meal beforehand (which was honoured) but for breakfast got a bread roll and croissant 🤷🏼‍♂️ The connection itself is great. Leaving SFO late PM to arrive at ZRH in the afternoon makes it easier to get re adjusted again. However, and since I’ve flown this connection a couple of times in the past, I will rather deal with one carrier only and include a layover on the east coast.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/15Wed
1 stopAlaska Airlines
10h 08mSBP-SFO
$148
5/29Wed
1 stopAlaska Airlines
7h 15mSBP-SFO
$152
5/21Tue
1 stopAlaska Airlines
18h 32mSBP-SFO
$158
5/29Wed
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
7h 48mSBP-SFO
$167
5/21Tue
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
11h 50mSBP-SFO
$173
8/15Thu
1 stopAlaska Airlines
8h 40mSBP-SFO
$178
5/15Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 18mSBP-SFO
$195
5/20Mon
1 stopAlaska Airlines
16h 14mSBP-SFO
$197
5/20Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 18mSBP-SFO
$219
7/30Tue
1 stopAlaska Airlines
16h 30mSBP-SFO
$228

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Last minute flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco that are departing in the next 10 days.
4/27Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 17mSBP-SFO
4/28Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 20mSFO-SBP
$259
4/27Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
14h 47mSBP-SFO
4/28Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 21mSFO-SBP
$308
4/25Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 17mSBP-SFO
4/27Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 20mSFO-SBP
$319
4/25Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 18mSBP-SFO
4/27Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
6h 43mSFO-SBP
$328
4/25Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 17mSBP-SFO
4/28Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 29mSFO-SBP
$358
4/25Thu
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
5h 05mSBP-SFO
4/28Sun
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
5h 30mSFO-SBP
$363
4/25Thu
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
5h 05mSBP-SFO
4/29Mon
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
5h 30mSFO-SBP
$368
4/25Thu
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
5h 05mSBP-SFO
4/29Mon
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
23h 24mSFO-SBP
$638
4/27Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 41mSBP-SFO
4/28Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 06mSFO-SBP
$1,184
4/25Thu
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 41mSBP-SFO
4/29Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 06mSFO-SBP
$1,250

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San Luis Obispo - San Francisco Flights

Departure:

San Luis Obispo (SBP)United States

Destination:

San Francisco (SFO)United States

Return flight deals:

San Francisco - San Luis Obispo

Cabin classes:

$1,291
$2,036
$2,033
$184

Compare transportation modes for San Luis Obispo to San Francisco

Average priceAverage duration
Flights$1,2431h 03m
Trains$720h 00m