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$230 Find Cheap Flights from Anchorage to San Diego

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Cheap Flights from Anchorage to San Diego (ANC-SAN)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Anchorage to San Diego 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Anchorage to San Diego

Sat, Oct 4 - Sat, Oct 11
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:14 am - 7:46 pmANC-SAN
9h 32m2 stops
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1:52 pm - 11:44 pmSAN-ANC
10h 52m2 stops
$402Alaska Airlines
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Sat, Oct 4 - Sat, Oct 11
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
12:08 pm - 8:14 pmANC-SAN
7h 06m1 stop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
1:54 pm - 12:01 amSAN-ANC
11h 07m1 stop
$403Hawaiian Airlines
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Sat, Oct 4 - Sat, Oct 11
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:14 am - 7:46 pmANC-SAN
9h 32m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:18 am - 12:01 amSAN-ANC
16h 43m1 stop
$407Alaska Airlines
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Fri, Oct 3 - Sat, Oct 11
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:59 am - 7:36 pmANC-SAN
17h 37m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:18 am - 12:01 amSAN-ANC
16h 43m1 stop
$410Alaska Airlines
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Sat, Oct 25 - Mon, Nov 3
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
11:59 pm - 11:53 amANC-SAN
10h 54m1 stop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
10:56 am - 5:32 pmSAN-ANC
7h 36m1 stop
$438Hawaiian Airlines
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Sat, Oct 4 - Sat, Oct 11
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:05 am - 6:14 pmANC-SAN
10h 09m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:52 pm - 11:44 pmSAN-ANC
10h 52m2 stops
$440Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Oct 15 - Mon, Oct 20
Delta Logo
12:30 am - 10:26 amANC-SAN
8h 56m1 stop
Delta Logo
6:15 am - 1:15 pmSAN-ANC
8h 00m1 stop
$478Delta
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Sat, Oct 4 - Sun, Oct 12
Delta Logo
12:55 am - 3:25 pmANC-SAN
13h 30m2 stops
Delta Logo
6:15 am - 1:15 pmSAN-ANC
8h 00m1 stop
$492Delta
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Fri, Oct 10 - Mon, Oct 13
United Airlines Logo
11:49 pm - 3:59 pmANC-SAN
15h 10m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:48 am - 7:57 pmSAN-ANC
14h 09m1 stop
$557United Airlines
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Thu, Oct 9 - Sun, Oct 12
United Airlines Logo
9:04 pm - 9:40 amANC-SAN
11h 36m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
11:08 am - 10:42 pmSAN-ANC
12h 34m2 stops
$576United Airlines
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Everything you should know

Our travelers' advice
AI-generated summary based on content written by travel experts
Alaska Airlines' ANC lobby needs pre-printed passes.
Route 992 bus is the cheapest way to Downtown SAN.
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Top airlines
Alaska Airlines
Cheapest • from $402 (round-trip)
Alaska Airlines
Best reviews • 8.0 score
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When to book
4 weeks
in advance
Our data shows that travelers who book at least 4 weeks in advance save around 40% compared to booking last minute.
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When to travel
May
Cheapest • 16% price drop
March
Most popular
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Cheapest round-trip
$402
Overall average: $477
Alaska Airlines
Sat 10/4Sat 10/11
ANC - SAN • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way
$230
Typical prices: $241-680
Alaska Airlines
Mon 12/22
ANC - SAN • 1 stop
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Expert advice for your flight from Anchorage to San Diego

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarization of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
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Airports
ANC

Alaska Airlines' remodeled lobby at ANC requires travelers to print boarding passes before arriving or use the app, as kiosks no longer offer this service.

Read more about ANCby Ramsey Qubein
SAN

The Route 992 bus is the cheapest way to reach Downtown San Diego from SAN, running every 15 minutes from 5 am to midnight.

Read more about SANby Brandon Schultz
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Brandon Schultz

Brandon Schultz is an award-winning food and travel writer based in New York City. His work has appeared in Forbes, AAA, Thrillist, Travel + Leisure, and The Daily Meal, among many others, and he is the author of 6 books, including 3 cookbooks.

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Ramsey Qubein

An avid traveler and aviation expert who has visited 173 countries, all 50 states and seven continents, Ramsey Qubein flies nearly 400,000 miles a year. As a North Carolina-based freelance journalist for publications including Conde Nast Traveler, Forbes, USA Today and Bloomberg among others, he explores the latest trends in aviation, hospitality, cruises and business.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for Anchorage to San Diego flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Anchorage to San Diego 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 Anchorage to San Diego?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Anchorage to San Diego clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to San Diego on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Monday is the most expensive day to fly from Anchorage to San Diego. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Saturdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Anchorage to San Diego?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Anchorage to San Diego, 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 Anchorage to San Diego is May, where tickets cost $430 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $690 and $615 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Anchorage to San Diego?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Anchorage to San Diego, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Anchorage to San Diego, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 40% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$230
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 33% increase in price.
Flight from Anchorage to San Diego

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FAQs for booking flights from Anchorage to San Diego

  • What is the cheapest flight from Anchorage to San Diego?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Anchorage to San Diego was $230 for a one-way ticket and $402 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Anchorage and San Diego?

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from Anchorage to San Diego. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Anchorage to San Diego?

    When flying out of Anchorage you will be using Anchorage. You will be landing at San Diego, also known as San Diego.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Anchorage to San Diego?

    Only Alaska Airlines offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the Anchorage to San Diego flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Anchorage to San Diego?

    The Boeing 737-700 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Anchorage to San Diego flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Anchorage to San Diego?

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to San Diego from Anchorage?

    Seattle is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Anchorage to San Diego.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Anchorage to San Diego, Alaska Airlines or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Anchorage to San Diego are Alaska Airlines and Delta. With an average price for the route of $558 and an overall rating of 8.0, Alaska Airlines is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $481 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Anchorage to San Diego?

    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 Anchorage to San Diego.

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

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

    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 San Diego with an airline and back to Anchorage with another airline. Booking your flights between Anchorage and SAN 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 Anchorage to San Diego?

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

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Anchorage to San Diego

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Anchorage to San Diego. 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 Anchorage to San Diego? 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
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
7.8Comfort
7.1Food
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.0Entertainment
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Awesome. Great flight. Super nice people and I like the extra space

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Sep 2025DCA - SAN
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Awesome. Great flight. Super nice people and I like the extra space

Seattle airport is a mess. New bag tag system has potential, but you need more signage to guide passengers through the process as to where to go next. Told to go in one direction and then met with a very rude agent when we did. He blamed his attitude on all the folks flying over labor day that were paying his salary. Gate area for D3 is a mess compared to the North terminal. Overall Alaska is number 1 in my book.

This time it is good, no delay and right on time

Agent boarding us in San Diego lectured me on showing up on time for the flight, and said that if I had been three minutes later, he would have denied myself and my wife boarding. Our trusted traveler numbers were not in the system, even though I entered them when I bought the tickets. Our food orders were not in the system, even though I entered them prior to the flight. My wife requires a wheelchair, and that was delayed on both flights.

My experience would’ve been great because we were on a new plane, but they said as we boarded that the plane would be too new to have WiFi, which to me is unreasonable - newer planes should def have WiFi! It was a 5 hour flight from Anchorage to San Fran and because there was no WiFi, I had to take an unexpected half day off work, which was super annoying because I had a lot to do and we only found out a few minutes before takeoff.

Staff at Gate desk were helpful. My connecting flight from the first part of my trip Kona to Seattle was late. I had to run through SeaTac Seattle to catch my flight to San Jose. They made an exception to let me board. On my return trip San Jose to San Diego and San Diego to Honolulu the same thing happened. One flight arrived late and I had to run through the terminal to catch my connection. There are no Gluten-free & Vegan options meals and snacks to purchase.

Very pleasant , a flight attendant Jo did a great job mixing me up a beverage and just brightened the trip .

Spent 30 minutes in tarmac bcoz arrived earlier and crew nit ready for us. Told that the airport is being renovated so limited arrival space. 6 hours flight should have not two snacks but one major meal.

Flight attendant was rude when I advised her that the bathroom had no paper towels or tissue paper.

Departing flight to San Diego was delayed. Return flight from SD to SBP was delayed. Not terrible but not ideal

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

No one fussed at me about my pap machine as a 3rd pice on the plane. Boarding was pleasant and smooth. The boarding agent in Anchorage was a fun character- he could be in a movie. :~) The on-board crew were downright pleasant. No militant attitudes on Delta. Like all planes these days the seats are too narrow for standard Americans and at 5’2” there is barely enough leg room. I don’t know how tall people fold themselves into the seats. But that’s nothing specific to Delta

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

Everything was great except having to check in at Alaska. That was a surprise and took extra time and effort. Should have been explained somewhere maybe on the HA electronic ticket.

I accidentally made this purchase and they wouldn’t refund me even though I called immediately to cancel it.

You. Changed my AIRLINE, CONFIRMATION CODE, TERMINAL. AND GATE COMM N CATION. WAS POOR AND SUBOPTITMUM AND RIDICULOUS MY AIRLINE WAS HAWAIIN. ,THEN SUDDENLY. YOU SAY IT WAS ALASKA Give me a break,,Black is not White I could not check in over the phone...all I received was Error. And info from Hawaiian air agent saying tooooo many people were trying to check in causing the problem On the other hand I am alive

I like that you have eliminated plastic cups, bottles and straws. The crew was conscientious about separating the used paper cups from the trash. This change to paper is a great move and makes me want to choose Alaska when I fly.

Attendants seemed un-engaged and indifferent when asked for assistance.

Overall it was a good flight. The thing I most appreciated was that you eliminated plastic cups and water bottles and stir sticks and had paper cups, wood stir sticks and cans. Plus, I saw that the airline staff were actually keeping the used paper cups separate and unfolding the used cardboard meal boxes and keeping those items separate from the trash. Good for them! This makes me want to support Alaska Airlines and fly Alaska again. Thank for taking this step in working to reduce single use plastics! Kudos!

Ok but why they need to sell the ear buds?

Alaskan has always been great. Unfortunately, going TO Cabo, on Hawaiian, was a nightmare. But Alaskan has always been great.

Departure was two hours late! Better than four hours late on our first flight

My experience was pleasant. It was perfect. That is enough🥰💃💖

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