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$517 Find cheap flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport

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 Rio de Janeiro departing on 10/17. 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 flight deals from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro (SMF-GIG)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro 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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12:10 pm - 1:10 pmSMF-GIG
21h 00m2 stops
7:05 am - 2:00 pmGIG-SMF
34h 55m2 stops
$1,018Delta
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Mon, Sep 2 - Mon, Oct 7
5:33 am - 8:15 amSMF-GIG
22h 42m1 stop
9:05 pm - 10:22 pmGIG-SMF
29h 17m2 stops
$1,022United Airlines
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Mon, Sep 2 - Mon, Oct 7
5:33 am - 8:15 amSMF-GIG
22h 42m1 stop
9:05 pm - 11:55 amGIG-SMF
18h 50m1 stop
$1,093United Airlines
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Mon, Sep 2 - Mon, Oct 7
7:00 am - 12:15 amSMF-GIG
37h 15m2 stops
1:32 am - 10:00 pmGIG-SMF
24h 28m2 stops
$1,116Copa Airlines
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Sat, Aug 17 - Mon, Aug 19
8:44 pm - 7:40 amSMF-GIG
30h 56m3 stops
7:20 am - 9:43 amGIG-SMF
30h 23m3 stops
$1,265
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Tue, Jun 25 - Fri, Jun 28
7:05 am - 6:50 amSMF-GIG
19h 45m1 stop
12:50 pm - 11:31 amGIG-SMF
26h 41m2 stops
$1,330Delta
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Sat, Aug 17 - Tue, Aug 20
1:10 pm - 8:15 amSMF-GIG
15h 05m1 stop
9:05 pm - 12:00 pmGIG-SMF
18h 55m1 stop
$1,350United Airlines
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Sat, Aug 17 - Tue, Aug 20
5:35 am - 8:15 amSMF-GIG
22h 40m1 stop
9:05 pm - 5:27 pmGIG-SMF
24h 22m2 stops
$1,386United Airlines
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Tue, Jun 25 - Fri, Jun 28
8:00 am - 3:10 pmSMF-GIG
27h 10m2 stops
7:20 am - 9:43 amGIG-SMF
30h 23m3 stops
$1,671
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Tue, Jun 25 - Fri, Jun 28
12:55 am - 6:00 amSMF-GIG
25h 05m2 stops
11:00 pm - 6:29 pmGIG-SMF
23h 29m2 stops
$1,717American Airlines
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Sun, Sep 1 - Mon, Oct 7

Flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport, 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 Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport is September, where tickets cost $766 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets is $1,291 and $1,166 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport, 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 Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport, you should book around 1 day before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, Copa Airlines offered the best one-way deal for that route, at $517. KAYAK users also found Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport round-trip flights on Delta from $1,018 and on United Airlines from $1,022.

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Flight from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport

When to book flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro 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 Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport was $517 for a one-way ticket and $1,018 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Sacramento and Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    A passport is required to fly from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Sacramento and Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro, American Airlines or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro are American Airlines and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $1,403 and an overall rating of 7.3, American Airlines is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,529 and an overall rating of 7.3.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    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 Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport 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 Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    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 Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport with an airline and back to Sacramento with another airline. Booking your flights between Sacramento and GIG 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 Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    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 Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport 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 airlines flying from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro. 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 Rio de Janeiro? 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.
7.3
United AirlinesOverall score based on 11134 reviews
7.2Comfort
7.1Entertainment
6.7Food
7.7Boarding
8.1Crew
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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.

2.0 Mediocretimothy, May 2024SBA - DEN
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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.

Hated every minute of it. This flight should have only taken 1.5hrs but was delayed over 10hours. Now I am being told I cannot be compensated or refunded my ticket price or extra leg room, which I purchased but did not receive, because the airline is throwing the blame on the 3rd party I purchased tickets through and 3rd party putting the blame on airline. No one wants to help. They received their money and that's all they care about. Im going on 3 days of still trying to get to my final destination, had to cancel car rental, car insurance and hotel. Currently staying in airport until hotels open up. Thank you Lufthansa, Kayak, Underpricer and United for making this trip the worst ever.

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

Not sure why JAL partnered with American Airlines because their service is no where near similar. Flight attendants were not friendly and didn’t smile. Food was horrible…

The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent

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

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Crew were attentive and friendly. Flight was smooth and early! I enjoyed the less crowded plane. Thank you!

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

No meal on a cross country flight? SFO-MiA is pretty much the definition of a coast to coast flight. No meal provided. Sky high wi-fi rates too. Stop nickel and diming your customers.

The staff was unprofessional and didn’t communicate very well. The boarding process was very disheveled, potentially due to a power outage the previous day but there was no contingency plan to properly get passengers boarded the following day. Once boarded the aircraft stayed on the tarmac for over 45 minutes due to high winds. The communication was sporadic but an announcement was finally made an additional 30 minutes later that the flight was cancelled but we couldn’t get off the plane. Prior to deplaning one of the gate agents came on the plane and made an announcement for everyone to pickup their checked bags and take a card to rebook a new reservation because they didn’t have adequate staff. Flights were missed, passengers went to different airports and there was little to no assistance from AA.

You cancelled my flight by email then made it very difficult to get in contact with you. Then put me in a flight with a long layover in Mexico returning to the wrong airport in uk. Mind blowing my stressful. I missed see my grand dad because of you.

Apart from the delay due to unforeseen circumstances. The leg from sjc to dfw was fine. It was the leg from dfw to orf that we encountered issues mainly due to the flight attendant crew not being friendly. We had two small children and we needed some assistance to warm up milk so the baby would sleep. The crew just didn’t get it and made things very difficult. One made a remark that the baby’s dirty diaper smell was a “gift” to the plane in a rude way. Normally I’d brush that off as a funny comment if the rest of the trip the attendants were helpful or understanding of the difficulty we faced. But that wasn’t the case. We were met with rudeness on the second leg. Whereas on the first leg the crew were so nice and helpful.

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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 Rio de Janeiro found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
10/17Thu
2 stopsCopa Airlines
29h 58mSMF-GIG
$517
10/16Wed
3 stops
49h 07mSMF-GIG
$550
6/27Thu
2 stopsCopa Airlines
35h 10mSMF-GIG
$670
10/17Thu
1 stop
19h 45mSMF-GIG
$822
10/16Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
25h 43mSMF-GIG
$845
10/16Wed
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
35h 03mSMF-GIG
$974

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Last minute flights from Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro

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 Sacramento to Rio de Janeiro that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/7Tue
multi-stopCopa Airlines
26h 29mSMF-GIG
5/10Fri
multi-stopCopa Airlines
23h 29mGIG-SMF
$1,128
5/7Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
15h 25mSMF-GIG
5/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
29h 47mGIG-SMF
$1,520
5/7Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
19h 23mSMF-GIG
5/11Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
24h 15mGIG-SMF
$1,626

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Sacramento - Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport Flights

Departure:

Sacramento (SMF)United States

Destination:

Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport (GIG)Brazil

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Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport - Sacramento

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