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Cheap Flights from Beijing to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$801
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$801
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,041
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,017
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$801
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$801
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,041
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,017

Book Cheap Beijing to California Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Beijing 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Beijing to California

Tue, Sep 15 - Wed, Nov 11
Air Canada Logo
6:45 pm - 6:31 pm
PEK
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SFO
14h 46m
1 stop
Air Canada Logo
6:30 am - 6:20 pm
SFO
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PEK
19h 50m
1 stop
$801Air Canada
Thu, Sep 17 - Wed, Feb 17
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6:45 pm - 9:35 pm
PEK
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LAX
17h 50m
1 stop
Air Canada Logo
7:20 am - 6:20 pm
LAX
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PEK
19h 00m
1 stop
$801Air Canada
Tue, Dec 22 - Wed, Dec 30
China Eastern Logo
7:00 am - 9:05 am
PEK
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LAX
18h 05m
1 stop
China Eastern Logo
11:30 am - 9:50 pm
LAX
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PEK
18h 20m
1 stop
$844China Eastern
Tue, Dec 22 - Sun, Jan 3
China Eastern Logo
7:00 am - 9:05 am
PEK
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LAX
18h 05m
1 stop
China Eastern Logo
11:30 am - 10:25 am
LAX
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PEK
30h 55m
1 stop
$865China Eastern
Tue, Sep 1 - Wed, Sep 30
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4:40 pm - 8:45 am
PEK
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SNA
31h 05m
2 stops
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4:59 pm - 10:45 am
SNA
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PEK
26h 46m
2 stops
$1,077Cathay Pacific
Thu, Aug 27 - Thu, Sep 10
Cathay Pacific Logo
7:40 pm - 8:45 am
PEK
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SNA
28h 05m
2 stops
Cathay Pacific Logo
9:22 am - 1:25 am
SNA
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PEK
25h 03m
2 stops
$1,164Cathay Pacific
Tue, Sep 1 - Wed, Sep 30
United Airlines Logo
5:25 pm - 6:11 pm
PEK
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ONT
15h 46m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
4:03 pm - 3:25 pm
ONT
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PEK
32h 22m
1 stop
$1,179United Airlines
Thu, Aug 27 - Thu, Sep 10
United Airlines Logo
5:25 pm - 6:11 pm
PEK
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ONT
15h 46m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:08 am - 3:25 pm
ONT
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PEK
18h 17m
1 stop
$1,189United Airlines
Tue, Sep 1 - Wed, Sep 30
Air China Logo
5:25 pm - 8:08 pm
PEK
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BUR
17h 43m
1 stop
Air China Logo
7:00 am - 3:25 pm
BUR
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PEK
17h 25m
1 stop
$1,238Air China
Thu, Jul 16 - Tue, Jan 12
Air China Logo
5:25 pm - 7:20 pm
PEK
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BUR
16h 55m
1 stop
Air China Logo
7:25 am - 5:25 pm
BUR
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PEK
18h 00m
1 stop
$1,701Air China
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Beijing to California flights

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

What is the cheapest Beijing Capital Airport to California flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to California from Beijing Capital Airport found in the last 5 days was to Los Angeles, at $632 round-trip. The most popular route is from Beijing Capital Airport (PEK) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $1,061.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Beijing Capital Airport to California depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $1,229 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,464.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Beijing Capital Airport 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.

No, with an average price for the route of $902, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Beijing Capital Airport to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Beijing Capital Airport 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 Beijing Capital Airport to California is June, when tickets cost $476 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and May, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,453 and $900 respectively.

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

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

When flying from Beijing to California, you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Beijing, you’ll find the best rates on Mondays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

Good to know

Low seasonNovember
Cheapest flight$494
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 34% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
Flight from Beijing Capital Airport to San Diego

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Beijing 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 Beijing to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Beijing 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 Beijing 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 Beijing 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 Beijing 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 Beijing to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Beijing to the following destinations at these prices or less: San Francisco $870 one-way - $1,318 round-trip

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Beijing to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Beijing 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Beijing to California? 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.
8.1
Asiana AirlinesOverall score based on 550 reviews
7.6Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.5Crew
8.3Boarding
8.0Food
Airline reviews

Food could be better it was okay. Entertainment seems dated it was something but in this day and age could be a lot better.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2026
ICN - SEA
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Food could be better it was okay. Entertainment seems dated it was something but in this day and age could be a lot better.

The aircraft was massive (A-380) and became crowded with 400+ passengers on board.

Coming back to America was a peaceful flight everyone and everything was perfect

Flight was too cold. I wore a regular cotton tee and it wasn’t enough. It was a night time flight so I would have thought a blanket would be provided to passengers. A 4 hour flight and no options for a meal? I flew Asiana the next day from Seoul to Manilla. Same duration, 4 hours. They give everyone a pillow and blanket and serve a meal. Why is United so cheap and holding back meals and amenities? Also, they promote too much gay stuff and DEI in their advertisements. Please be mindful of other beliefs and don’t shove your gay ideology down my throat.

Staff always with a smile and very helpful with my mom who has mobility issues.

The seats felt very small. We were supplied with pillows and blankets, which was nice. Lots of noise from the bathroom, plus exterior noise. Made it hard to hear the entertainment system, even using my own noise-cancelling headphones. The food was really bad. I generally request a vegetarian meal and one was supplied, but the pasta was cold and hard and there was nothing pleasant about it. Two meals were served on this flight; one was a repeat of the meal I had had on the flight immediately preceding this one, which was bad enough I didn't even try it. Drinks were very limited. All I wanted was water, and on a 10.5 hour flight, I was given 3 cups of about 3 ounces each.

The legroom in economy was better than other airlines. Since my legs are long, that means a lot. Also, the A380 from Los Angeles to Incheon gave passengers a smooth ride. Everything went smoothly from boarding to disembarkation in Incheon. I'd fly Asiana again!

One of the flight was delayed. The flight attendant of returning flight to LA was mean.

The flight attendant, where kind of rude, there where hiding for almost 3 hours, without doing rounds to see if people needed water or pickup the water cups, the toilets were full of water cups, because they never come back to pick them up.

Amazing service and fabulous syaff. Loved the jumbo jet too, comfortable.

Seat is too small. Food selection is limited and often ran out of selectable item.

The staff from beginning to end we're friendly and helpful. The food and beverages were quite good (but see the comment below). I also liked their entertainment options, as we'll as their frequent attention to the airplane restrooms. Here are the reasons this is not a 5-star review: - You have to pay for WiFi on the plane unless you have some level of seat upgrade. - CP sent me a warning that the name I entered to book didn't match my passport. True, but the form for entering my name didn't allow for anything but a middle initial. This lead to a lot of chats, phone calls and stress before finding out at the ticket counter that it didn't matter. CP has modified their notice to now tell you this key bit of info. - After consuming a chicken dinner they offered (Kathmandu to Hong Kong), I developed symptoms entirely consistent with salmonella, beginning about 6 hours later. There were some odd things about the serving of this meal, too. Our row was the last one served, and we were given a tray without the entree on it. About 10 minutes later the stewardess came by and said they only had one chicken meal left. My seat mate and I decided he would have the lamb and I would take the chicken. I think I lost. I suspect that this entree was left over from an earlier flight and they were scrambling to get the last row fed. My seat mate and I were the last two to receive our entrees. I am not accusing CP of giving me a contaminated meal - just that the onset and progress of symptoms closely match those of salmonella poisoning. I opted out of the first meal on the next flight 13 hours later, but was fine after that.

The worst experience ever! Lots of flight delays and rerouting that ended up doubling the total time. . I had to recheck my luggage because I was rerouted to Tokyo and ended up on ANA flight. I missed connecting flight twice because of the delay at Cathy Pacific. Additional stop added, rerouted to a different country for connecting flight and ended up in long waits and delays.

I liked the service. The touch screen needs improvement as well as movie choices.

My only suggestion is a way to not be woken up for food. … like maybe something you can place on you if you’d prefer to miss food than be woken up

After each meal was served I didn't see any flight attendant offer coffee or tea to the passengers after the initial drinks were offered. Other flights I had been one it was standard procedure to offer hot drinks after the meal service.

Selected ovo lacto meal because I’m ok with milk products but not any meat. It was terrible. We had the same selection back in October when we had traveled and it was pretty good at that time. It was gross this time.

Cramped, hot and the plane was grubby. Also the plane was an hour late and it took an hour to get my luggage once I got to LAX.

I wish there were more bathrooms available on these larger carriers.

Not much of anything could have been done better unless I had a first class ticket. I was literally 15 hours with an airline in the economy class. Very professional friendly and attentive crew. Good airline food, clean cabin, seating area and bathrooms. I've been 4 times back-and-forth with Cathay Pacific, and I would not choose another airline for this trip. Five out of five stars.

The Manila airport was under renovation so there was no business class lounge. The double security check was disorganized and the flight attendants were grouchy.

Know that the movies that you are going to be offered are the oldest be rated movies they could possibly get. They may have one or two new movies that they keep advertising but when you’re flying 15 hours, there is nothing to see past the first new movie.

Flight attendants on United are the worst in the business. Can’t be bothered to provide even basic levels of service and are as rude as anyone can get. This flight was not an exception to that rule.

Friendly crew, but we were delayed for more than an hour and had to change planes due to maintenance issues.

United has been holding my money for a cancel on another ticket they wouldn’t let me fly for going on 5 months. Terrible service I wouldn’t choose to buy tickets or fly with united again. Very bad experience generally dishonorable and poor service .

The flight got delayed. They forgot to bring the drinks when I asked for it. The toilet is messy.

This was an overnight flight, and in the morning they did know coffee service. How you can throw passengers in a San Francisco airport at 5:40 a.m. in the morning and not giving them Coffee is a crime.

Our flight was delayed several Times due to mechanical issues. Although I understand this may happen at times, it was very inconvenient and we had to book a hotel for an overnight stay. We were traveling with my 3-yo grandson and waiting at the airport from noon until 6:30pm with no reassurance that our next rescheduled flight would depart, we had to decide what’s best for him. A day later, I found out that I may be able to demand compensation if my flight is delayed more than 4 hours. I will hav to read the fine print next time.

Service was professional and quick. Premium economy seat was comfortable given the class

Beijing PEK to SFO. I had an economy seat on this flight. The seat comfort was acceptable. My main complaint is with the FA’s lack of personality and absence from servicing the plane, specifically restroom care (I wish I could share a pic of the restroom that I captured) and care of travelers—drink cart/availability of drinks. I'm amazed at the level of service on other International travel where a passenger is most often appreciated.

Weren’t even given earphones to use the entertainment system

Very friendly and attentive flight attendants, good food service. Seat was comfortable. However, the in flight electronics were poor. The screen froze repeatedly; the controller died; the headphones are a hit or miss; the wifi wasn't usable. Very scarce communication before the flight (no email reminder). Almost impossible to understand in-flight communications (audio was very poor).

The meals were not the greatest and lacking of appetite but everything else was spot on

Your staff was exceptional. Could teach the other airlines-rules on etiquette, and service. Excellent landings on flights, carried out by your pilots. Only complaint is long delay on return flight in Beijing, onto Vancouver.

cannot get seat information for LAX to IAH when check in in XI,AN

UA is ok. But check in was a very bad experience

I hate that you cannot check in online and when you are at the airport, there aren't any aisle seats left. Also, they could work a little on subtitles for their movies (not everyone is a native English speaker).

Nothing to complain of, the only reason I am not giving better marks is that I am used to flying with ANA and they are the top.

Communication between the captain/crew and the passengers needs to be improved.

Chinese flight attendants didn't speak english well. They didn't care enough to remember that I (east asian who isn't Chinese) wasn't Chinese and spoke English. Announcement in english on board was poor and I find it very difficult to understand what was announced. Also, a cabin bag allows only 5kg!

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