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Cheap Flights from California to Oakland

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

Sat, Oct 10 - Wed, Oct 14
Frontier Logo
9:45 am - 11:18 am
LAS
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OAK
1h 33mnonstop
Frontier Logo
12:13 pm - 1:47 pm
OAK
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LAS
1h 34mnonstop
$108Frontier
Tue, Aug 25 - Thu, Aug 27
Frontier Logo
9:45 am - 11:18 am
LAS
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OAK
1h 33mnonstop
Frontier Logo
8:37 pm - 10:11 pm
OAK
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LAS
1h 34mnonstop
$117Frontier
Sat, Nov 7 - Mon, Nov 9
Frontier Logo
9:45 am - 11:18 am
LAS
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OAK
1h 33mnonstop
Frontier Logo
8:39 pm - 10:13 pm
OAK
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LAS
1h 34mnonstop
$121Frontier
Sat, Oct 10 - Thu, Oct 15
Frontier Logo
9:45 am - 11:18 am
LAS
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OAK
1h 33mnonstop
Frontier Logo
8:39 pm - 10:13 pm
OAK
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LAS
1h 34mnonstop
$122Frontier
Thu, Aug 13 - Thu, Aug 27
Delta Logo
7:13 pm - 11:56 pm
SAN
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OAK
4h 43m
1 stop
Delta Logo
12:33 pm - 6:06 pm
OAK
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SAN
5h 33m
1 stop
$157Delta
Thu, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 24
Southwest Logo
12:00 pm - 1:35 pm
SAN
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OAK
1h 35mnonstop
Southwest Logo
7:20 am - 11:15 am
OAK
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SAN
3h 55m
1 stop
$159Southwest
Thu, Aug 13 - Sat, Aug 29
Delta Logo
3:00 pm - 11:56 pm
SAN
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OAK
8h 56m
2 stops
Delta Logo
5:00 pm - 10:52 pm
OAK
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SAN
5h 52m
1 stop
$162Delta
Thu, Jul 23 - Mon, Jul 27
Southwest Logo
9:00 pm - 10:35 pm
SAN
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OAK
1h 35mnonstop
Southwest Logo
5:00 am - 8:20 am
OAK
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SAN
3h 20m
1 stop
$163Southwest
Tue, Aug 18 - Wed, Aug 19
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:42 pm - 6:33 pm
SBA
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OAK
4h 51m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:13 pm - 11:50 pm
OAK
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SBA
8h 37m
1 stop
$223Alaska Airlines
Sun, Aug 30 - Sat, Sep 26
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:53 pm - 7:42 pm
SNA
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OAK
23h 49m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:13 pm - 5:40 pm
OAK
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SNA
5h 27m
1 stop
$241Multiple Airlines
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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$49
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% lower on average.
Flight from Las Vegas to Oakland

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

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from California to Oakland 
AmyFlew with Spirit Airlines
SAN
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OAK
Dec 2024
Make sure you download your movies in advance and try not to bring more luggage than you need. And keep in mind that the gate at San Diego airport is terribly small.
DavianFlew with Southwest
LAX
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OAK
Sep 2024
Don't rent a car or Uber. Add Clipper Card to your digital phone wallet and use it to take the Bart! It was super easy and very clean with spectacular views along the way

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from California to Oakland

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from California to Oakland? 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.
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Easy boarding and de-boarding. Short flight so no snacks but what do you need for an 1.25 hour flight.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2024
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Easy boarding and de-boarding. Short flight so no snacks but what do you need for an 1.25 hour flight.

Great trip. No complaints. Impressed with the crew’s response to various challenges pre-boarding.

The ticket I purchased through Kayak did not show up in my Alaska Airlines app, and neither of the codes given to me worked for online check in. I've never had to show up to the airport at 6am wondering if I've been scammed. Cheap flight fare or whatever does not play well with airlines and I will be wary of using Kayak in the future.

I would like if it had happened already. I'm still waiting for it.

Everything except for the lack of a choice of the snack provided was great.

I was in the middle seat in the last row but that wasn’t their fault. It is why I rated the flight as mediocre, also the landing was a little rough. The good was really good. The self service luggage belt at SEATAC stopped working right when I reached it. I was literally placing my bag on the small belt when the main belt stopped. I understand that it wasn’t just Alaska but the entire side of the terminal. It took the agents about 20 minutes to arrive at a game plan and it certainly wasn’t flawless but they arranged for our luggage to be taken to the plane the old fashioned way by hand. Understandably, the plane was late in leaving. The flight took the proper amount of time and instead of arriving at OAK at 1:45, we got there at 2:30. I took my time getting to baggage claim because I knew it would be late if it was there at all. Sure enough it wasn’t but there was an agent there to greet me and inform me about my luggage. Long story longer, they delivered my luggage to where I was staying which was an hour away from the airport. Alaska has instituted a delivery type tracking system through my email that kept me informed of where my luggage was the whole time. WELL DONE!!

Cramped, crowded aircraft. Poorly organized boarding. Tasteless crackers to eat. 40 minutes late. A standard US air travel experience.

Lots of turbulence in last 45 minutes, but captain kept us very well informed, which was a big help to a nervous flyer.

Smooth and quick, no wait and no hassle. Everything was on time and even the pretzels were good. Thank you!

The staff was friendly. The flight was fine and the food service was fine. We found the Seattle Airport to be very confusing. And not user friendly. Not enough directional signs -- it was hard to figure out where to go. As we entered the line to get to where they checked our ID before we went through the bag check, the staff member wanted us to get out of the line to walk for much longer to get to that area. It was nuts. One of our party spoke up and insisted that we stay where we were. She let us proceed.

I would have appreciated notification that our flight was moved to another gate LAST MINUTE so that we would not have missed it. We got no such notice and had to spend another night to catch an available flight in the morning, which was huge inconvenience. We will never fly Alaska again.

No gluten free snacks. Seats felt worn or bare bones even though it was a new 737 MAX 8.

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

Everything went well, but the flight was delayed multiple times. The delays were only minutes, but it was without information on why it was delayed.

Multiple delays, poor communication of information and a 4 hour delay with multiple gate changes ...

No problems with the flight, my issue is with the terminal at SAN airport. I’ve never seen a dirtier, worse equipped terminal. No power plugs worked, but you could of course buy a fuel rod battery from the kiosk (seemingly the only thing that worked).

Flight delayed four separate times. I’m now one hour hours late to landing.

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

Generally on time departures and arrivals, clean planes, sky miles membership provides great benefits (complimentary upgrades, etc).

Awesome! On time flight, early arrival, and a complimentary upgrade!

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

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

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

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

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

Charges unexpected. For seat that didnt recline. Please reverse extra seat and carryon charge. Bad business that is a bait and switch.

I couldn’t check in because the app didn’t work. It took 3 Frontier employees at the counter to get me checked in. Flight left 3 hours after departure time

Stop changing gates at sfo. When you are elderly going back for it’s not fun.

There was no easy way to check in. I don't want to install an app to checkin. I will use alaska from now on because they have a web check in method that is easy.

Horrible! The short distance flight ended up taking 5 hrs! There was a 3 hr delay for the flight to take off and there was a 70 min wait on the tarmac for some bogus reason that the pilot said the gate he was supposed to board was taken up. After a 30 min wait he said the plane that was supposed to push out of the gate called a medical emergency and 40 min later he ended up boarding another gate. For the initial 3 hr delay there was no information/alert about the gate or delay in the app or the boards up until the boarding time and even beyond! Had to walk all the way to the end of the terminal to find the frontier staff to ask what was going on. Avoid this airline at all costs! If you have carryon bags or checked bags , their prices come equivalent to the prices of more reliable airlines. They are the worst in timeliness at 60% (reported as delayed) this year (check the data) by a high margin even compared to the second worst airline. If you are ok with having a miserable flight experience with the odds close to flip of a coin, feel free to try them. If you value your time , money and flying experience, stay away.

I went to the Frontier counter in San Jose at 1030am or so on Sunday 10/13/24 to see if I could get an earlier flight to San Diego in lieu of my reserved 630pm flight. One thing led to another, and I was able to obtain an open seat for about $ 56. on the earlier flight. Fine. Then the agent asked if I "was checking a bag". Not knowing that carry-ons cost extra per Frontier policy, I thought that she meant a regular checked bag. Therefore, I said no. Once I got to the gate, the same gate agent who sold me a ticket told me that I had to pay $99 for a carry-on, and that all bags were extra on Frontier. Having never flown on Frontier, I was not aware of this. Part of the issue was that she was not a native English speaker, so there was a miscommunication as to what "bag" meant. I would have preferred for her to have clearly let me know at the front counter that any bag including a carry-on cost $99. It would have had the same outcome, as I had to take my carry-on. But it got hectic at the last minute at the gate itself. The baggage policy should have mentioned "including carry-ons" when we first spoke.

Most horrible airlines. Please avoid it. It's ok to spend $50 extra for delta, united or Alaska

The trip was good but the last minute changes I didn’t like because I had already talked to the attendee and they didn’t help me with my ticket I was having trouble checking in and when the time was up they help me but charge me for that and last minute luggage it was a small bag. After I was in the airplane I realized you were charging because the flight was almost empty and you have to get the money some how. Thanks for everything.

Our flight was delayed by four hours without notice, the app for getting my boarding pass is super confusing, and I wasn’t able to check a suitcase without paying for a higher cost package

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