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Find cheap flights from Houston George Bush Airport to California from $40

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Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$66
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$140
San Diego
San Diegononstop$40
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$74
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$258
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$360
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$496
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$226
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$363
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Redding1 stop$506
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Reno1 stop$120

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Flight from Houston George Bush Airport to San Diego

FAQs - booking California flights

  • What are the most eco-friendly airlines flying from Houston George Bush to California?

    If you wish to fly more sustainably, then you should consider taking the shortest flight, as this releases the least amount of carbon into the atmosphere. Some airlines though, have taken measures to ensure that they produce less amount of carbon. On this route, Spirit Airlines is the most suitable airline, operating from IAH to LAX without a layover. This airline produces around 800 kg of carbon per flight which is the least carbon released on this route.

  • What family services are offered at Houston George Bush Airport?

    Families are welcomed at Houston George Bush Airport. The airport takes care of families, setting aside children’s area where children can play and be care for. If you are looking for a place where your kids can play without upsetting other older travellers, then there is a children’s area at Terminal D, across from gates D8 and D9.

  • What are the most common layover cities for flights from Houston to California?

    If you are looking to explore and wish to take a flight with a layover, then Dallas is the most common layover city for this route, with most single-layover flights stopping here. Most double-layover flights as well, make a stopover here. American Airlines operating the flights making a stopover in this city, Dallas at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

  • Are there nonstop flights from Houston to California?

    Yes, depending on which airport you choose as your destination. If you are looking to fly nonstop on this route, you will find flights from IAH to LAX. The flights are available daily and are offered mainly by United Airlines and Spirit Airlines. United Airlines is the major airline flying this route, offering at least two daily nonstop flights to LAX while Spirit Airlines come second with the second most daily nonstop flights to LAX.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Houston George Bush Airport 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 Houston George Bush Airport to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to California from Houston George Bush Airport 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 Houston George Bush Airport to California?

    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 California with an airline and back to Houston George Bush Airport with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Houston George Bush Airport 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 to California from Houston George Bush Airport 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 cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Houston George Bush Airport to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $108 one-way - $214 round-trip
  • Morning departure is around 38% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
  • Houston George Bush Airport (IAH) is the main airport in Houston, serving the Greater metropolitan area of Houston. The airport serves as a base of operations mainly for United Airlines which is the main airline offering flights from Houston to California.
  • For those looking for flights from Houston to California, note that this route is mostly served by three airlines: United Airlines, American Airlines and Spirit Airlines. There are several other airlines that operate this route, depending on which California airport you choose as the destination.
  • If you want to have a rest and relax before your flight to California, then you can do so at United Airlines United Club at IAH. The lounge is open to United Airlines passengers and all passengers who are willing to pay at the entrance. The lounge is located at terminals A, B, C and E.
  • Los Angeles Airport (LAX) is the main airport in California. The airport is located around 29 km southwest downtown of Los Angeles. The airport serves the state of California. The airport serves as a hub for United Airlines, Delta Airlines and American Airlines.
  • Los Angeles Airport is majorly served by three airlines from IAH namely: American Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines. These airlines offer both nonstop and connected flights from IAH to LAX. Travelers can therefore make either choice on their preferred airline for the flights on this route.
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Top 5 airlines serving from George Bush Intcntl to California

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from George Bush Intcntl 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.
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EVA AirOverall score based on 1543 reviews
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The type of the food requested (Asian vegetarian) was not properly met with. They have very limited snack items that may compensate for the main meals.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024TPE - JFK
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The type of the food requested (Asian vegetarian) was not properly met with. They have very limited snack items that may compensate for the main meals.

The quality of the food is pretty good. Thank you, EVA Air.

Fast and efficient boarding. Flight was on time. Service was very good for our long flight. First time flying with this airline and I would highly recommend.

Eva Air's Business Class is pretty decent. With the given price, I think that the food can be better.

Pleasant, comfortable, and entertaining. All told, ZERO issues with it. And sadly, so far the flight was WAY more comfortable than the hellhole that is "Lambug Beach Resort" at Badian Beach!

It was a pleasant fly with Eva Air from NYC to Taipei. The crew were friendly and the food was exceeded my expectation.

Pleasant crew. Very long flight, a bit uncomfortable at times being seated, but not too bad.

No ice for the drinks. Only gave a half a cup of your beverage. Not enough water. I got very dehydrated.

Eva is one of the top airlines in Asia... but often are over priced. Finally found a reasonable rate.

My original flight was rescheduled & EVA did a good job rescheduling my flight & connecting flight.

There was a group of school age passengers that were very loud and unruly with their chaperones were no where to be found.

Trip was smooth bumpy from the wind but no issues at all the crew attendant was very pleasant and had great customer service

I liked everything about the flight. The service was excellent!

Delayed a day due to snow storm. Was upgraded. That kind of made up for significant delays from FLL to COS with no compensation or acknowledgement.

The leg space between me and the seat in front of me was excellent.

Over two hours wait to get wheelchair assistance from arrival to the departure gate for LA was unreasonable even though there appreared to be heavy demand.

The seats were uncomfortable. The flight was almost 9 hours and they didn’t serve lunch

The crew was nice but the people going to Orange County are so entitled. Everyone thinks everything is suppose for be perfect for them. Tough crowd.

Flight canceled due to weather. Rescheduled flight canceled due to maintenance. I’m stuck!

Cramped and uncomfortable seats. Not enough room for 6’2” person such as myself.

Was as expected. Good leg room on planes - much appreciated.

Fight crew was not very attentive and the bastions were gross!

Our flight was great we left Kona earlier and got into LAX almost an 1hour earlier as well. LAX AA is in repair so to get out and found our bus to get pick up was a bit confusing.

Plane was good but was delayed. probably not AA fault but caused a 1 hour delay. Seating was cramped.

5 hour flight - full flight - not enough room to use my computer - slightly delayed - Admirals club was excellent quality food, drink made up for flight seating. No food offerred on flight, you ahd to prebook.

We experience delays on departure and connecting flights resulting in 14 hour to our next departure. We were accommodated with a night's stay but was only provided a 12 dollar meals accommodation. The airlines rules state.at least 50 dollars. In any case, it can not make up for the whole day missed on our vacation in Sydney Australia.

I can say I will not be taking this airline again any time soon. Seat were uncomfortable and too tight. Lack of chair screen and little overhead space.

Plane felt so crowded and tightly packed. The chair itself was not comfortable.

They attended to my needs as I couldn't walk and they provided a wheelchair for me.q

Poor availability of food. Cold cabin temperature. Extremely long waiting time for a flight attendant to respond to a call button signal.

The experience was generally above average. The only downside was the absence of WiFi during my flight from Vancouver to San Francisco.

Headphones for the movies have too much bass and can't be adjusted. Almost impossible to hear. Great movie selections but can't really watch them because you can't hear them. Also the system is very slow.

United force you to download their App to do the check-in.

Once again my complaint is how close the seats are together. Also, the bathrooms were not very clean by the second half of the flight.

Excellent in flight service, perhaps the best we've ever had. Business class feels tired and needs improvement to compete with other airlines. The food looked good but tasted terrible. Check in was quick, the flight arrived early and our luggage was on our flight with us.

Terrible quality wifi and they charge a lot for it. They nickel and dime you for everything.

It took 5 hour to get a crew to D Ice the plan. We had to sit on the runway for 5 hrs. in Calgary. It snows most of the winter. No proactive plan. In addition, after 3 calls to customer service they couldn't figure out how to have my wife and myself sit together on her birthday weekend. Everybody kept passing the buck. No decision from customer service, luggage drop off or check in team. The experience was a complete mess! I don't think we'll ever fly on this airline again.

Of our SIX flights in my travel group, five were delayed, and all (except possibly one) were just company screwups. One traveler had her CARRY ON baggage put on another flight because Air Canada could not properly do "weight and Balance". Bags missing for a day. Another traveler never made it. Then, (humor here) the flagship airline of the socialist country has NOTHING FOR FREE on board. Expect to pay for pretzels, folks. How's that socialism working out for ya, aye? I might book air Canada in the future if I have a meeting that I REALLY want to MISS!

I don’t know if there were any snacks served on the 5 hour flight. I might have been napping when the attendants came around. But I usually wake up when they do.

Food offerings need to be more plentiful and beverages need to be more healthy.

The guy with severe body odor sat next to me. For the whole duration of the flight it was a torture. The airline should have better policy on limiting people with bad body odor to board the flight. Passengers should not be the ones to endure bad odor for the whole duration of the flight. The airline should be e the one to ensure decent air quality for ever passenger.

The crew was courteous and are very well prepared for the job.

They charged me 212.00 for a heavy check in bag at the gate. The pricing and process was so confusing - as if it was designed to purposefully gouge customers who need to board plane. That experience combined with the outrageous price charged will prevent me from ever flying Spirit again. And I’ll be sure to tell the story to anyone who cares to hear.

The text told me it was changed to Terminal E and Gate D5. But with no one on site to ask questions there was confusion on where to go as all the gates were E's. Then we took the skyline to the D area. We left to get something to eat. No announcement was made but my daughter happened to asked and they told her our gate was moved to D12. I will not fly Spirit again.

The agent at the check in desk was absolutely rude. The rest of the team after that was good, but the check in process at LAS was miserable. The woman at the desk spoke like we were stupid and was rude throughout the process.

Unnecessary announcements through out flight. WiFi on plane is terrible and overpriced

Its so random that they only allow 40 pounds on checked bags when all airlines take 55. They then charge you for each 10 extra pounds, so my checked suitcase was $130 and the flight $30 ... its like whattt, im for sure not traveling with Spirit again

Flight from Tampa to Houston was canceled. SPIRIT rebooked me and they double booked my seat. Conclusion I COULD NOT TRAVEL TO HOUSTON. I MISSED MY GRANDDAUGHTER BIRTHDAY. I would not recommend this company. I will file a complaint. I will never consider SPIRIT as an airline . It’s a faker.

Spirit cancels my flight and I have been stuck here at the airline since March 3rd 2pm and still here everything is close they didn’t accommodate me with a room or nothing they rebooked my flight for 7:25pm to New Orleans then from New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale I Wang Arrive Homw Until The 5th of March I am missing work I hav e kids to get home to and I am currently stuck with no food nowhere to stay no renter cause everything close I spent all my money and I’m very disappointed trying to get home I’m very very mad frustrated and very disappointed

It would have been no e to have the option of a mid day flight and not super early or super late in the day.

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Houston George Bush Airport - California Flights

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Houston George Bush Airport (IAH)United States

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California - Houston George Bush Airport

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