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Find cheap flights from Sacramento to Albany from $257

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Sacramento to Albany departing on 9/8. 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 Sacramento to Albany, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from Sacramento to Albany (SMF-ALB)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Sacramento to Albany 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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11:10 pm - 10:18 amSMF-ALB
8h 08m1 stop
6:25 am - 11:48 amALB-SMF
8h 23m1 stop
$408United Airlines
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Tue, Aug 20 - Tue, Sep 10
12:10 pm - 11:42 pmSMF-ALB
8h 32m1 stop
6:00 am - 4:27 pmALB-SMF
13h 27m2 stops
$413Delta
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Tue, Aug 20 - Tue, Sep 10
7:28 pm - 10:52 amSMF-ALB
12h 24m2 stops
1:18 pm - 10:57 pmALB-SMF
12h 39m2 stops
$418American Airlines
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Tue, Jun 25 - Mon, Jul 1
10:42 pm - 10:52 amSMF-ALB
9h 10m1 stop
1:18 pm - 10:57 pmALB-SMF
12h 39m2 stops
$465American Airlines
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Tue, Jun 25 - Mon, Jul 1
11:44 pm - 12:19 pmSMF-ALB
9h 35m2 stops
6:15 am - 1:31 pmALB-SMF
10h 16m1 stop
$467American Airlines
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Tue, Jun 4 - Fri, Jun 14
11:58 pm - 2:49 pmSMF-ALB
11h 51m2 stops
1:18 pm - 10:52 pmALB-SMF
12h 34m2 stops
$472American Airlines
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Mon, Jun 24 - Mon, Jul 1
10:42 pm - 10:52 amSMF-ALB
9h 10m1 stop
1:18 pm - 10:52 pmALB-SMF
12h 34m2 stops
$491American Airlines
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Tue, Jun 25 - Mon, Jul 1
11:58 pm - 12:50 pmSMF-ALB
9h 52m1 stop
1:18 pm - 10:52 pmALB-SMF
12h 34m2 stops
$498American Airlines
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Mon, Jun 24 - Mon, Jul 1
11:08 pm - 10:27 amSMF-ALB
8h 19m1 stop
5:05 pm - 10:33 pmALB-SMF
8h 28m1 stop
$508United Airlines
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Wed, May 29 - Tue, Jun 4
6:01 am - 11:57 pmSMF-ALB
14h 56m2 stops
1:02 pm - 8:40 pmALB-SMF
10h 38m2 stops
$524Delta
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Tue, Jun 4 - Fri, Jun 14

Flights from Sacramento to Albany - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Sacramento to Albany 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 Sacramento to Albany?

The average price of all flights from Sacramento to Albany, New York clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For Sacramento to Albany, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from Albany back to Sacramento, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Monday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sacramento to Albany, New York?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Sacramento to Albany, New York, 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 Sacramento to Albany, New York is January, where tickets cost $441 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of tickets is $785 and $727 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento to Albany, New York?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Sacramento to Albany, New York, 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 Sacramento to Albany, New York, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Sacramento to Albany?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, American Airlines offered the best one-way deal for that route, at $257. KAYAK users also found Sacramento to Albany round-trip flights on United Airlines from $408 and on Delta from $413.

Good to know

Low season

January

High season

September

Cheapest flight

$257
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 27% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 31% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Sacramento to Albany

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Sacramento to Albany based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Sacramento to Albany

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to Albany, New York?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to Albany, New York was $257 for a one-way ticket and $408 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Sacramento and Albany?

    A passport is not required to fly from Sacramento to Albany.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sacramento to Albany?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to Albany?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Sacramento and Albany, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Sacramento to Albany, Delta or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sacramento to Albany are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $599 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $680 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sacramento to Albany?

    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 Sacramento to Albany.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Albany from Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Albany?

    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 Albany with an airline and back to Sacramento with another airline. Booking your flights between Sacramento and ALB 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 Sacramento to Albany?

    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 Albany from Sacramento up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 3 airlines serving from Sacramento to Albany

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento to Albany. 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 Sacramento to Albany? 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
DeltaOverall score based on 10818 reviews
7.4Food
7.9Comfort
8.6Crew
8.2Boarding
8.0Entertainment
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The gate area was incredibly short staffed, with one representative manning 4-5 flights, which caused a 3 hr delay in boarding even though the plane was all ready to leave. Other flights also were delayed because of this. The flight crew was awesome and I feel bad for the only gate worker on call, but Delta needs to hire more employees.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, May 2024AVL - LGA
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The gate area was incredibly short staffed, with one representative manning 4-5 flights, which caused a 3 hr delay in boarding even though the plane was all ready to leave. Other flights also were delayed because of this. The flight crew was awesome and I feel bad for the only gate worker on call, but Delta needs to hire more employees.

It was a crowded flight. They did the best they could.

Boarding was great. The flight landed early. It took the crew over an hour and a half to bring out drinks. I paid to upgrade my seat to Comfort+ only to be near a crying/screaming baby who was seldom quiet. Noise-cancelling earbuds didn’t even help. Waste of money to upgrade.

Boarding was a sh!t show. JFK BOARDING was awful. The agent called three sections at a time Clogging the area then yelling at people to not block the walk way. How are you going to call delta one , premium select and comfort plus at once and the yell at highest paying passengers. Need to do a lot better and the flight attendants in the galley need to understand that their voices travel. They were talking about others and everyone in the cabin heard them

The main person that was coordinating everything was a short white/light skin Spanish man and he was very rude. It honestly made me feel like it was everyone’s First day at work. His announcements were very not reasonable and they did not make sense. The stewardess on the flight that made the announcements she didn’t even know what she was talking about she sounded inebriated. There were no snacks or drinks on our flight there wasn’t even much turbulence. This flight was not enjoyable nor was it what a Delta flight should be and just this past week I flew with Delta 3 times.

Horrible. First delta flight was delayed. I ran to my connecting flight and arrived to the gate 13 mins before departure. I told the gate agent “I’m here”, she told me flight was closed while giving my already confirmed seat to an stand by passenger. I said again “madam, I’m here with my confirmed seat” and she said “no you’re not here@ and gave two stand by people a boarding pass and let them board. I asked “madam, why do you do that?”, and she repeated “you’re not here”. That was very rude. I’m disappointed of delta. It used to have a good customer service. Things have changed, but not for good.

full flihgt but crew and passengers all helped eachother we landed early! however we then had to wait 40 minutes on the tarmac to get into the gate there were people trying get connecting flights, assume its an airport issue but still frustrating

We flew early evening on New Year's Eve. Our plane was less than half full... Great for the passenger experience -- not so much for the airline lol. Comfortable, spacious, smooth flight -- and early arrival!

The crew was horrible. Cleo was the most unwelcoming flight attendant I’ve ever had.

Do not get fooled by the term “Delta One” flat bed! The seats were super narrow. The ottoman for the feet was so narrow that when you recline the seat in flat bed position, you can only fit one foot in the 8” width space. There was only 1 flight attendant for First Class. The breakfast took 2 hours to get served. Instead of offering French Toast, the served bread pudding. The champagne with orange juice or Mimosa tasted terrible. Almost all the movies offered were ridiculously old. For a long flight from San Francisco to NY, it was frustrating! I DO NOT RECOMMEND this flight!!!

I paid $380 for my one-way ticket from California to Minnesota. The fair did not include online check-in. I received instructions from their app to check in at a kiosk. At the kiosk, the boarding pass would not print until an actual person came to verify that I had a personal item and not a carry-on item, On the plane, the person next to me was drunk and allowed to continue to order alcohol. United is garbage I’d rather fly spirit.

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

Terrible! The plane was old and you are required to connect your own device to their Wi-Fi rather than have entertainment options in the back of the seat in front of you. The Wi-Fi went out during the flight and there was only one plug for the devices every two seats. Three out of five surrounding my family did not work. The seats and spaces under them were so small I could not fit my backpack, which I’ve always brought on flights and fit before no problem. The crew were unpleasant and patronizing.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Awful. I got stuck next to a person carrying a dog and behind someone with a dog. People need to board these dogs downstairs. The cabin is crowded enough with your pets

Packed in like sardines, very uncomfortable. Sitting the aisle my shoulder was rammed into numerous times by rushing flight attendants. Also flight was very cold.

the head jack on my seat didn't work and the power outlet didn't work for my seat

Left 2 hours later for delayed I had to take care a kid with special need since people don’t want to move to accommodate the rest of the family. . It wasn’t bad but that made me upset that people can be that selfish.

Not being able to purchase my check in baggage online was a negative.

Comfort of seats, ease of boarding. Food selection could be better

I arrived to the airport 2 hours before my American Airlines flight was scheduled to take off. I have TSA pre-check. The airport was crazy packed when I arrived. After momentarily standing in the pre-check line, the TSA agent said that I am not pre-check. Of course I said that I am because I entered my KTN number on all my traveling sites and programs. I had to get out of line and go back to the AA counter to discover that American Airlines did not add my KTN to my boarding pass. I had to call TSA to find out my number, then have AA enter it onto my boarding pass. The emblem would not load onto my boarding pass. By this time, I decided to use my Clear in order to get through TSA but the line was ridiculous long. By the time I made through TSA, I missed my 11:08am flight and was re-booked for the 5:30pm. This is after the AA employee told me I should have gotten to the airport early. AA use to be a dependable airline not I use them only if I have too.

Horrible people at the gate, they force me to check in my carry on, even thought no one behind me has to do it. I had to get out of the airport in NY to get my bag and go thru security again on my way to Honk Kong. The worst part is the employee threatened me with loosing the flights if don’t comply.

We are gluten free, there were not any available complimentary gluten free options.

Cut off carry ons, had to check, got on and there was plenty of bin space. Disappointing.

One of the worst flights I have ever taken Delayed over an hour without communication from the crew; very scary Entertainment not working Crew NASTY cabin cold

May never fly American again Delay in take off WITHOUT EXPLANATION Cabin freezing Crew NASTY entertainment did not work entire flight

Everything was very good EXCEPT the food, on a five and a half hour trip. They only gave to us was snacks in first class. They didn't give us pillows or blankets.

The flight was so short that the lack of leg room didn't bother me for long. The plane was smaller so only two seats per row and there were chargers. However, they didn't serve any snacks.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Sacramento to Albany found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
9/8Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
9h 13mSMF-ALB
$257
9/8Sun
2 stopsDelta
14h 06mSMF-ALB
$263
6/26Wed
2 stopsDelta
13h 15mSMF-ALB
$315
6/26Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
9h 52mSMF-ALB
$349
5/11Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 44mSMF-ALB
$414
5/11Sat
2 stopsUnited Airlines
12h 59mSMF-ALB
$419
6/8Sat
2 stopsDelta
12h 57mSMF-ALB
$493
9/7Sat
1 stopDelta
8h 32mSMF-ALB
$634
9/8Sun
3 stopsUnited Airlines
13h 44mSMF-ALB
$758
5/11Sat
3 stopsUnited Airlines
12h 59mSMF-ALB
$769

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Sacramento - Albany Flights

Departure:

Sacramento (SMF)United States

Destination:

Albany (ALB)United States

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