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$870 Find cheap flights from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu

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 Francisco to Kota Kinabalu departing on 5/11. 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 San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu (SFO-BKI)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu 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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1:55 pm - 11:40 pmSFO-BKI
42h 45m2 stops
5:45 pm - 11:45 amBKI-SFO
33h 00m2 stops
$1,128Japan Airlines
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vie., ago. 2 - mié., ago. 21
1:25 am - 8:40 pmSFO-BKI
28h 15m2 stops
7:00 am - 7:00 amBKI-SFO
39h 00m2 stops
$1,305
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jue., ago. 1 - mié., ago. 21
11:30 am - 2:45 pmSFO-BKI
36h 15m1 stop
9:35 pm - 8:35 pmBKI-SFO
38h 00m2 stops
$1,354
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jue., ago. 1 - vie., ago. 23
11:50 pm - 9:00 pmSFO-BKI
30h 10m2 stops
5:20 am - 8:50 pmBKI-SFO
30h 30m2 stops
$1,379
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jue., ago. 1 - vie., ago. 23
12:00 pm - 12:30 amSFO-BKI
21h 30m1 stop
1:30 am - 6:28 pmBKI-SFO
31h 58m2 stops
$1,387China Eastern
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jue., may. 9 - dom., may. 12
4:10 pm - 9:00 pmSFO-BKI
37h 50m2 stops
1:00 pm - 1:50 pmBKI-SFO
39h 50m2 stops
$1,441Malaysia Airlines
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jue., may. 9 - lun., may. 13
12:00 pm - 12:30 amSFO-BKI
21h 30m1 stop
1:30 am - 9:05 amBKI-SFO
22h 35m1 stop
$1,573China Eastern
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jue., may. 9 - dom., may. 12
8:20 am - 12:30 amSFO-BKI
25h 10m2 stops
1:30 am - 6:28 pmBKI-SFO
31h 58m2 stops
$1,751China Eastern
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jue., may. 9 - dom., may. 12
10:05 pm - 6:55 pmSFO-BKI
53h 50m1 stop
9:35 pm - 9:40 amBKI-SFO
27h 05m1 stop
$2,086Singapore Airlines
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jue., ago. 1 - vie., ago. 23
10:05 pm - 6:55 pmSFO-BKI
29h 50m1 stop
7:55 pm - 9:40 amBKI-SFO
28h 45m1 stop
$2,297Singapore Airlines
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vie., ago. 2 - mié., ago. 21

Flights from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu - Travel Insights & Trends

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

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The best deals for a one-way ticket found by KAYAK users over the last 3 days were on Qatar Airways ($870) and Malaysia Airlines ($1,052). The cheapest round-trip tickets were found on Japan Airlines ($1,128) and China Eastern ($1,387).

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$870
Flight from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu

When to book flights from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu

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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu was $870 for a one-way ticket and $1,128 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Francisco and Kota Kinabalu?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Kota Kinabalu from San Francisco.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu?

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between San Francisco and Kota Kinabalu, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu, Japan Airlines or Singapore Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu are Japan Airlines and Singapore Airlines. With an average price for the route of $1,440 and an overall rating of 8.3, Japan Airlines is the most popular choice. Singapore Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,646 and an overall rating of 8.2.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu?

    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 Francisco to Kota Kinabalu.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Kota Kinabalu from San Francisco 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 Francisco to Kota Kinabalu?

    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 Kota Kinabalu with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and BKI 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 Francisco to Kota Kinabalu?

    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 Kota Kinabalu from San Francisco 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 San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu. 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 Francisco to Kota Kinabalu? 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.
8.3
Japan AirlinesOverall score based on 1482 reviews
7.8Entertainment
8.2Comfort
7.9Food
8.7Crew
8.4Boarding
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The food was not that good. I liked the miso, green tea, and ice cream. I wasn’t able to put my carry on bag under the seat in front of me. The flight was smooth. Please expand your choices of movies especially the new ones. I can’t choose any of those films. They’re old.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024BKK - NRT
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The food was not that good. I liked the miso, green tea, and ice cream. I wasn’t able to put my carry on bag under the seat in front of me. The flight was smooth. Please expand your choices of movies especially the new ones. I can’t choose any of those films. They’re old.

I like the braised beef., miso soup,, and green tea. Very little choices of hollywood movies. The PA announcement in English was not very clear and very soft. I could hardly hear.

More updated movies & Chinese movies. The food sometimes overcooked. Prefer to have more neat snacks in between than just choose from the menu. Please change the menu every now and then. This is my second time flying within one year and the menu didn’t change at all!

Food is lagging. Very poor choice. Like vending machine fast food.

Please change the menu more often. The beef is not tender, more choice in ice cream flavor. Dessert is not good too.

Again I paid for an upgrade on my credit card didn’t get it need a refund. . American I not good at gettin in contact for refunds.

I didn’t like the check in process I had to check in at the counter took too much time . Didn’t give the upgrade my seat .

l enjoyed the variety of good and drink choices. The flight attendants were very quick and efficient to our needs.

Truly impressive service in the air. After the main meal, they have a delicious a la carte menu that you can order anytime until 1.5 hrs prior to landing. Flight crew were so pleasant and very efficient. Wish I could fly JAL more often!

Attentive crew, great service with regular rounds of drinks and trash collecting. Only complaint is the food, which was mediocre.

Good flight. Fiod was ready a bit late hence a hurry to finish before landing. Excellent crew and service

Great to have actual hot tastey meal on a flight. Well done

I commend the flight attendants on our SFO-SIN flight who went above and beyond to provide us with extra snacks and food. This type of service makes the flight experience personal and awesome.

It was a great flight Food was great Crew was spectacular

In general good, but the machine seems to be long in operation and some functions were restricted as e. g. Adjusting of seats.

People were so nice! Economy seats were small and cramped feeling for me. I’m slender and 6 feet tall

The singapore airline now compared before covid, I like the service before covid. SQ was the best of all airlines but now I am going to look for different airline if I am travelling in asia.

A pc of cake or biscuit at least. The airport was like a maze need to take another bus to the main terminal to immigration.

They were able to assist my elderly father and myself after not being able to check in to scoot. The counter service was phenomenal. They did what they could to get us on the next plane so we could catch our Connecting flight. Scoot closed early on us so we ended up missing our flight.

Due to the delay of my first flight, my connecting flight with JetBlue was canceled by Singapore Airlines, but the JetBlue crew was very accommodating and rebooked a seat for me. The crew was very nice and had good attitude.

Excellent service and comfort from the moment you check in. Flight crew is hyper focused on making passengers comfortable and at ease. It’s like a flying hotel!

Only chicken as a meat dish through out the flight

Nothing really was great as such. Seen other no name airlines perform better.

Quality of service on board was very inconsistent. FA service primarily seemed robotic and they barely engaged with passengers

I’m unclear why I had to pay extra for assigned seats as Turkish airlines did not honor the seating. We were placed across the aisle from each other on TK 34, and were seated behind one another on TK 694. Because my name was misspelled on e-ticket (Klawiter, instead of Klawitter) I could not log onto website to get the connection gate number in Istanbul. The monitors in the airport were a jumbled mess 1/2 Arabic and 1/2 English.

On line check in needs a lot of improvement. I tried and gave up.

Food not good, flight attendants not the best, not accommodating very ruff

the female flight attendant was racist towards me. I could tell she treated the two other passengers next to me with more softness.

Oh my god! For an13 hour flight they serve you food just one time. Also don’t be thirsty they give you a little small cup of soda to drink. They seem like their goal is to feed you one so they don’t have to be bothered with you. It quite surprise for such a long flight there are several times to eat at least three and the food was well lackluster. The food and lack of offering drinks which were always hot no ice provided.

We were traveling first class. Checkin counter lady and her manager, both were in bad mood and did not treat us well about checking in the handbag. The gate agent took care of it right away. I travel Turkish twice a year in first class. No one has ever refused to check in the hand bag. Not sure, why this agent and her manager refused. Everything else was excellent.

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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 Francisco to Kota Kinabalu found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/11sáb.
2 stopsQatar Airways
40h 30mSFO-BKI
$870
5/10vie.
2 stopsMalaysia Airlines
28h 45mSFO-BKI
$1,052
5/10vie.
1 stopSingapore Airlines
40h 25mSFO-BKI
$1,717

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Last minute flights from San Francisco to Kota Kinabalu

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 Francisco to Kota Kinabalu that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/9jue.
multi-stopChina Eastern
21h 30mSFO-BKI
5/12dom.
multi-stopChina Eastern
31h 58mBKI-SFO
$1,387
5/9jue.
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
37h 50mSFO-BKI
5/13lun.
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
39h 50mBKI-SFO
$1,441
5/9jue.
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
35h 10mSFO-BKI
5/13lun.
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
36h 30mBKI-SFO
$1,455
5/9jue.
multi-stopChina Eastern
21h 30mSFO-BKI
5/12dom.
multi-stopChina Eastern
22h 35mBKI-SFO
$1,573
5/9jue.
multi-stopChina Eastern
25h 10mSFO-BKI
5/12dom.
multi-stopChina Eastern
31h 58mBKI-SFO
$1,751
5/9jue.
multi-stopChina Eastern
21h 30mSFO-BKI
5/12dom.
multi-stopChina Eastern
22h 35mBKI-SFO
$1,928
5/9jue.
multi-stopChina Eastern
21h 30mSFO-BKI
5/12dom.
multi-stopChina Eastern
31h 58mBKI-SFO
$2,192
5/9jue.
multi-stopChina Eastern
25h 10mSFO-BKI
5/12dom.
multi-stopChina Eastern
31h 58mBKI-SFO
$2,756
5/9jue.
multi-stopKorean Air
41h 55mSFO-BKI
5/13lun.
multi-stopKorean Air
26h 45mBKI-SFO
$4,545
5/9jue.
multi-stopKorean Air
41h 55mSFO-BKI
5/13lun.
multi-stopKorean Air
26h 45mBKI-SFO
$4,546

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San Francisco - Kota Kinabalu Flights

Departure:

San Francisco (SFO)United States

Destination:

Kota Kinabalu (BKI)Malaysia

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