$341 Find Cheap Flights from Auckland to California

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Best California Flight Deals from Auckland

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$673
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$722
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,100
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,170
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$1,275
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$673
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$722
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,100
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,170
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$1,275

Cheap Flights from Auckland to California

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Auckland to California 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 Auckland to California

Tue, Sep 2 - Tue, Sep 2
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8:00 am - 12:55 pmAKL-LAX
23h 55m1 stop
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11:55 pm - 12:40 pmLAX-AKL
17h 45m1 stop
$673Fiji Airways
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Fri, Nov 7 - Sat, Nov 29
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3:10 pm - 11:50 amAKL-LAX
17h 40m1 stop
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10:45 pm - 1:40 pmLAX-AKL
17h 55m1 stop
$680Fiji Airways
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Fri, Nov 7 - Sat, Nov 29
Delta Logo
2:50 pm - 6:00 amAKL-LAX
12h 10mnonstop
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10:30 pm - 8:55 amLAX-AKL
13h 25mnonstop
$835Delta
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Fri, Nov 7 - Sat, Nov 29
Delta Logo
2:50 pm - 6:00 amAKL-LAX
12h 10mnonstop
Delta Logo
10:30 pm - 8:55 amLAX-AKL
13h 25mnonstop
$836Delta
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Tue, Nov 4 - Thu, Nov 13
United Airlines Logo
3:50 pm - 10:05 amAKL-LAS
15h 15m1 stop
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11:07 am - 9:10 amLAS-AKL
25h 03m1 stop
$968United Airlines
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Tue, Nov 4 - Thu, Nov 13
United Airlines Logo
3:50 pm - 10:40 pmAKL-LAS
27h 50m1 stop
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7:45 pm - 4:50 pmLAS-AKL
24h 05m2 stops
$972United Airlines
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Tue, Jul 29 - Tue, Aug 5
Air New Zealand Logo
8:15 pm - 1:20 pmAKL-LAX
12h 05mnonstop
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10:10 pm - 6:00 amLAX-AKL
12h 50mnonstop
$1,015Air New Zealand
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Mon, Jul 21 - Sun, Aug 3
Air New Zealand Logo
7:40 pm - 12:45 pmAKL-LAX
12h 05mnonstop
Air New Zealand Logo
9:10 pm - 5:00 amLAX-AKL
12h 50mnonstop
$1,026Air New Zealand
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Mon, Jul 21 - Sun, Aug 3
Qantas Airways Logo
7:30 am - 2:25 pmAKL-LAX
25h 55m1 stop
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11:10 pm - 6:00 pmLAX-AKL
23h 50m1 stop
$1,038Qantas Airways
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Thu, Jul 17 - Tue, Jul 22
Qantas Airways Logo
3:55 pm - 4:40 pmAKL-LAX
19h 45m1 stop
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9:50 pm - 3:05 pmLAX-AKL
22h 15m1 stop
$1,067Qantas Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Auckland to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Auckland to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Auckland to California flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Auckland to California.

The cheapest ticket to California from Auckland found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $738 round-trip. The most popular route is from Auckland (AKL) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,086.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Auckland to California?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $798 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Auckland to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Auckland to California, 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 Auckland to California is February, when tickets cost $739 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $995 and $990 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Auckland to California?

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Auckland to California, look for departures on Mondays and avoid leaving on a Saturday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from California, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly and Saturday is the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Auckland to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Auckland to California, 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 Auckland to California, you should book around 9 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonMarch
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$341
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 3% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% increase in price.
Flight from Auckland to Los Angeles

Flights from Auckland to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Auckland to California 
Verified travelerFlew with Air New ZealandAKL-LAXNov 2024
If you can, and you’re a grown adult, pay the few extra dollars for premium economy. You won’t regret it
SidFlew with United AirlinesAKL-SFOJan 2024
wear layers as our flight over was freezing and return flight back was back sweat hot

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Auckland to California?

    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 Auckland to California.

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

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

    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 from Auckland to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Auckland to California?

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $881 on average. Morning departures are around 20% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,187.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Auckland to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $479 one-way - $1,037 round-trip; San Francisco $464 one-way - $1,320 round-trip

Top 5 airlines serving from Auckland to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Auckland to California. 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.
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Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 199 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.5Food
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
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They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

4.0 OkayChristopher, Jun 2025NAN - SYD
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They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

In-flight entertainment options could use a refresh, Consider a tie-up with Spotify for more current music and with IMDB or other service for newer selections/movie ratings.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Entertainment was not good. Seems like liquor should’ve been advertised only beer and wine was even though I saw others getting liquor didn’t realize I could. And the food to me could’ve been a little bit.

Food choices perhaps not the best. Only offered beer and wine, when it appeared other liquor was available. Entertainment wasn’t so good.

They charged me over a $1000 dollars to bring two surfboard bags as check baggage. Inappropriate and I would avoid flying sgain

The experience on Fiji Airways was absolutely amazing. Streamlined. All staff was amazing. Pleasant. Friendly. Extremely helpful.

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

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

I love the free WiFi!! Crew was nice. Bathroom was decent. First time flying delta in a long time and I enjoyed it. Will definitely look into booking with Delta more but I think Delta is a little more expensive than the other airlines.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

The 10hr flight was a comfortable as it could be in row 57. The food was just very bad….bland and soggy!

The business class upgrade meant a good sleep on the way home after a long week away. Excellent service, great food, and comfortable seat/bed for the journey.

I love the “boarding from the back” idea - it’s so much better than the “Zones” idea that many others use. Also, the inflight wifi was a first for me! Very nice to have on a 13-hour flight!

Again, Air New Zealand was great. They kept bathrooms clean, food was actually very good, New Zealand wines a big hit

The issue was with getting our boarding pases. There were issues with our arrangements that were made through Kayak. I am sorry to say that we will not use you again because of this. The flight itself was good and the flight attendants excellent.

Arriving at Coolangatta, rows 20 forward, took the airbridge across to the terminal. It was suggested to those from rows 21 back, that we take the rear stairs and to be careful crossing the tarmac. That was all well and good. However, when we got across to the terminal we then had to climb three large flights of stairs to meet up with those coming across the airbridge. No elevator! There were people carrying babies and elderly carrying hand luggage that needed assistance from others.. There was no option to turn back.

It was good for a short domestic flight. As no food ar entertainment provided, there should be a n/a rating available for those.

USB charging ports did not work on any of Air New Zealand flights

Economy was much nicer on the Air New Zealand planes.

Flew premium economy, well worth the extra. Much better seat size & space. Meals & snacks were lovely. Crew really pleasant. Internet is not great, not really useful for anything. Couldn't even send messages.

Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

Touch screens were very difficult to use, generally being laggy and unresponsive- it was quite an art to get it to play the thing you wanted rather than some thing at random. Selection of films and Tv was good when touchscreen decided to finally respond.

Their aircraft are old and amenities lack way behind other international carriers leaving from BNE. Even in economy

Friendly staff, surprisingly good premium economy seats allowing good sleep/ snooze opportunity and very good menu.

I liked the service, the menu, and the comfort of the seats! Even tho we were seated by the bathrooms, the reclining seats and movie selection was very good, my husband and I didn’t mind at all

Complaint is with American Airlines which delayed our flight from salt lake to Dallas reaulting in us missing our connection to Brisbane. Had to spend 24 hours in Dallas to wait for the next flight. Awful experience and ruined my wife’s birthday.

Delayed and missed connection, was not re-booked like other travelers so ended up being stuck for several hours due to no one handling my booking.

American Airlines was their usual junk service — but at least it got us down to LA. I was more irritated that while they codeshare with Alaska Airlines in Seattle, they could not out our flight on one of these, opting for one of the small SkyWest operated American Eagle flights — and causing a 14 hour layover. Which I accepted due to a $2000 difference in airfare — that said it was irritating for a flight that usually would have cost around $100 extra, if that.

same as previous comments. i hate being on a plane that long. no problems w/anything else.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

Airbus plane, nice and polite staff, entertainment even as it was a short flight.

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

Its good expeince but in enternteiment please be like you tube the music i like or movie

I needed to make changes to my flights. When I called customer service, they assisted me with care professionalism.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

Wonderful and fast TSA checkpoint. The line was fast and our gate was close by

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

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