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What is the cheapest San Diego to Washington, D.C. flight route?
Our data shows that the cheapest route for a one-way flight from San Diego to Washington, D.C. cost $90 and was between San Diego and Baltimore. On average, the best prices are found if you fly this route. The average price for a return flight for this route is $120.
What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Diego to Washington, D.C.?
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Washington, D.C. on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Monday. On your return trip to San Diego, you should consider flying back on a Wednesday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.
What is the cheapest month to fly from San Diego to Washington, D.C.?
The cheapest month for flights from San Diego to Washington, D.C. is January, where tickets cost $284 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and March, where the average cost of tickets is $494 and $474 respectively.
How far in advance should I book a flight from San Diego to Washington, D.C.?
To get a below average price on the flight from San Diego to Washington, D.C., you should book around 5 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 84 days before departure.
Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Diego to Washington, D.C.?
The cheapest return flight ticket from San Diego to Washington, D.C. found by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours was for $103 on Spirit Airlines, followed by Frontier ($199). One-way flight deals have also been found from as low as $45 on Spirit Airlines and from $90 on Frontier.
Which airlines fly most frequently between San Diego and Washington, D.C.?
San Diego and Washington, D.C. are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (5 flights per day), Southwest (3 flights per day), and Alaska Airlines (one flight per day).
Which airlines fly non-stop between San Diego and Washington, D.C.?
There are 4 airlines that fly nonstop from San Diego to Washington, D.C.. They are: Alaska Airlines, Southwest, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines. The cheapest price of all airlines flying this route was found with Alaska Airlines at $118 for a one-way flight. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at Spirit Airlines.
How many flights are there between San Diego and Washington, D.C. per day?
Each day, there are between 9 and 12 nonstop flights that take off from San Diego and land in Washington, D.C., with an average flight time of 4h 59m. The most common departure time is 8:00 am and most flights take off in the morning, while the most flights land at Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport. Each week, there are 73 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Wednesday, when 16% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Saturday.
Which cabin class options are there for flights between San Diego and Washington, D.C.?
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 Diego to Washington, D.C. take?
Nonstop flights from San Diego generally make it to Washington, D.C. in 4h 44m. The flying distance between the two cities is 2,270 miles.
What’s the earliest departure time from San Diego to Washington, D.C.?
Early birds can take the earliest flight from San Diego at 6:20 am and will be landing in Washington, D.C. at 2:25 pm.
What’s the latest departure time from San Diego to Washington, D.C.?
If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from San Diego to Washington, D.C. jets off at 9:20 pm and lands at 5:19 am.
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San Diego to Washington, D.C.
Monday
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +5 more
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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +5 more
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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +5 more
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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
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Washington, D.C. to San Diego
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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +5 more
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Tuesday
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +5 more
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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +5 more
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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +5 more
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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +5 more
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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, +5 more
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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, +4 more
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Top 5 airlines serving from San Diego to Washington, D.C.
Comfortable seat, plenty of leg room which is so rare, overhead bin comfortably accommodated my carry-on bag. Deli box was tasty, service was good, bathrooms were clean. Uneventful flight, which I appreciate. Departed on time and landed early.
Comfortable seat, plenty of leg room which is so rare, overhead bin comfortably accommodated my carry-on bag. Deli box was tasty, service was good, bathrooms were clean. Uneventful flight, which I appreciate. Departed on time and landed early.
Honestly, there was not much they could do. Due to wind, the flight was delayed for several hours because we had to be diverted to San Jose where we needed to refuel before departing to Hawaii. Wish they had offered some snacks during the delays/diversion because we had to wait such a long time to finally get our food served during the flight after leaving California.
I really like Alaska airline, it's my favorite airline❤️
Alaska Airlines was fantastic. Kayak on the other hand was extremely poor. I got tickets through Kayak for a flight to a funeral. The date got changed less than 12 hours after I made my reservations. When I attempted to change my flights through Kayak, I was unable to use either the website or the phone system. The phone matrix did not give an option to cancel or change. The website said Kayak could not find any record of me making airline reservations through Kayak and even through I never left the Kayak website when making the reservations to my knowledge. After more than a half hour of frustration on the phone and computer ( on top of dealing with the death of a member of my family) I finally contacted Alaska Airline directly and they cancelled my flight and refunded the cost very quickly and efficiently. Alaska Airlines gets 10 stars. Kayak gets zero stars and has permanently lost a customer. I will never use Kayak again.
My plane ride down landed 20 min late. Boarding at SFO was strange too. The people at the terminal were nice—but, boarding lacked direction, and was confusing . Coming back was worse—the plane was hours behind—and I barely caught the last Bart train back to San Francisco (3 min more and I would have been in trouble). It was a very stressful trip, and it didn’t need to be.
This flight was significantly affected by poor wifi connections. I couldn’t get my work done because the wifi kept dropping. Even texts were not going through. There is no seat power in premium class either. I fly a lot. Today was my 10th flight in 4 weeks. This was by far the only flight that was sub par.
WiFi connection bad. Food is really awful. Crew very nice and efficient
It was the worst experience because they delayed the flight by 2 and half hours. We were supposed to depart by 3:41 but they did the depart by 6 pm. It was so boring!!
My experience with Alaska Airlines flights is dominated by the fact that today’s economy class is barely humane. Everyone is so tightly packed together that one cannot move an inch for the entire flight…. and if it’s a bicoastal trip, that’s almost five hours of discomfort!! And if you’re above average in height and/or weight it’s absolute hell! Moreover, still all Economy classes are basically the same across airline carriers, it doesn’t matter who you fly with.
Everything was fine within the parameters of flying full aircraft. My only small regret was that the non-meal, "snack" type food options had 90% medium to high sodium items. They looked appetizing, but many, if not most older Americans are restricted in sodium intake, so maybe one low/no sodium option would entice people to buy them. I brought my own food. The staff, on-time and aircraft quality were great, as usual for Alaska.
There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.
I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.
The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!
Plane was late because of a mechanical malfunction and the food listed as available was not. Flight attendants seem over worked and under paid. They just done seem happy. And that can be seen in their faces.
Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.
Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight
Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska
Like most domestic flights in the US, you are basically on your own with this airline when it comes to food, so be sure to purchase meals and drinks ahead of time or expect to arrive starving and dehydrated (like I was).
You need to be a hacker to get the (Free) WiFi
I guess they don’t serve drinks on planes anymore
Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.
All flights were on time and boarding was issue free
Water service would be great. The way they board is terrible. Slow passengers first😂😂 They need to smart up a bit
It got me where I needed it to; not much more. It had no competition so that was why I chose it.
Plane didn’t even make it off the ground. We all had to get off and walk to a different terminal (lots of confusion) to get on a different plane. Landed fairly late, connections missed.
Crowded flight, but upbeat and kind crew. Pilot greeted us at door, flight attendant thanked a number of “special” passengers for their business, another addressed an eight-year old boy as “young man.” United obviously trying to up their game, but though all of that is nice and notable, flying still feels like moving along a human assembly line, being herded into one small space after another (boarding areas with too few seats, planes with limited personal space, shuttles (IAD) packed too full.
It was ok until we got to DC and I wanted to use my United Club pass and the snobbish receptionist said that they don’t take one pass. It took me everything itch of patience not to tell her off
Food choice was poor and we had to buy on board snacks.
We were offer chocolate cookies , not everyone eat chocolate. Thank you
Lost luggage again. Our second trip to Mykonos, and 2nd time no luggage.
The Flight attendant had an attitude and didn't allow anyone any time to prepare for landing despite being absent throughout the entire trip
The flight was great until towards the end when the flight attendant read an excessively long commercial for purchasing an american airlines credit card. The worst part is that we are doing a lot of traveling this year so i was actually interested in getting the credit card, but I was so annoyed with the long commercial that I completely dismissed the flight attendant bringing around the information. Next time, keep the sales pitch to 10 seconds and then pass around the brochures!!
Nice aircraft. Plane was PACKED full and distance between seats was tight. Had it been more than a two hour flight it would not have been tolerable. I had much more knee space on the JetBlue flight I went out on.
New ridiculous policy by american destroyed my allegiance to american. As a million miler with american, I expected it would be easy to get on an earlier flight when I got to airport earlier than expected, and save a five hour layover. WRONG. The online app would not let me switch flights, So I called, and was promised a call back in 90 minutes. HAH! The customer service desk at DCA said “we no longer have access to changing a flight on our screens. If the app couldn’t do it, I should send a letter to American, but there’s nothing else possible!”
I am tired of being nickel and dimed for seat location, checked luggage and carry on bags. That is why i rarely fly anymore.
It was right on time and crew were very courteous
Great flight. Boarding was efficient and quick. On time departure and smooth flight. Flight arrived early at destination. Good experience.
Literally the worst experience ever and I had my service dog with me. Flight was supposed to leave at 1:51 PM but the plane arrived late. They boarded us around 3 PM and kept us on the plane for an hour saying that due to weather conditions in Miami, we could not takeoff yet. After waiting for an hour, they deplaned. And then they will not give us our bags back that we could just leave and schedule for another flight. Every hour they kept updating saying we have to wait another hour without any explanation as to what was going on. Eventually, I went to customer service to change my ticket, but by the time I made it to the front of the line, they started boarding my flight again. And then when we got onto the flight, they said there were two flight attendants That were past their shift. They kept us on the plane for about another 40 minutes until they told us they had no other flight attendance and had to deplane again. Then I gave us hotel vouchers and told us we would be on a flight at 6 AM the next day. At this point it is about 9 PM. I get to the hotel with my dog, who hasn’t been able to go potty for about eight hours. When I arrived at the hotel, I got a text alert saying my flight has been canceled at 6 AM and they moved past to 5 AM, however the hotel shuttle doesn’t leave early enough to make it to the airport for 5 AM flight. So me and some other passengers got a cab after about three hours of sleep to get back to the airport. This was the worst experience ever.
Their computers were down upon arrival to the airport. They were unable to figure out how to board us. We were delayed over an hour and a half.
Delay. Flight was delayed in Washington.knew that connection was impossible as not enough time to switch terminals. The steward would not let me stay the night. So forced to Dallas.late night, after 10pm.hotel checkin was one hour. Passengers lined up only one girl to checkin at comfort inn. No food availability at that time. Had to leave early at 6:30 am to catch a flight at 8:45. Stressfull.
Our flight was delayed an hour, then when we got to board our flight finally, we were waiting in our seats for take off for 45 minutes before it was communicated that there was a maintenance issue therefore we waited on the plane for over an hour while that was resolved. We did not get to Phoenix until almost 3 hours after we were originally supposed to. This was the first and last time I will be flying Frontier.
There were 3 leg for the trip and each leg was delayed by 90 minutes or more. The boarding process takes forever with people waiting on the jetway even though most folks do not have carry-on. The whole process is poorly managed.
They cancelled the flight then did nothing to help us rebook. It was awful - I won’t fly with them again
The process of buying the ticket and navigating all the hidden charges that Frontier throws at you was a terrible experience. The actual airport experience and flying was fine.
The truck that was refueling the plane drove away with the hose still connected to the plane and ripped part of the plane off with it
Terrible. Seats are bad and the baggage policy is inconsistent
Better than I expected but I did pay for a seat and carry on bags ahead of time.
I hope to avoid flying with them in the future. First flight got cancelled then got stuck with a 13 hour layover in Denver. The process was long and frustrating to many people.
Flight was delayed on the runway for 40 minutes the crew did not even offer even water to passengers to compensate for the flight delayed. The flight was delayed due to aircraft mechanical issues. Worst customer service ever
The flight was delayed and I had to cancel because I would have missed my connection and there were no other flights for the next two days. They also lost my bag!!