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Cheap Flights from California to Santa Ana

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

Fri, Aug 14 - Mon, Aug 17
Frontier Logo
11:16 am - 12:31 pm
LAS
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SNA
1h 15mnonstop
Frontier Logo
7:53 pm - 9:08 pm
SNA
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LAS
1h 15mnonstop
$86Frontier
Mon, Aug 10 - Tue, Aug 11
Frontier Logo
11:16 am - 12:31 pm
LAS
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SNA
1h 15mnonstop
Frontier Logo
4:13 pm - 5:30 pm
SNA
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LAS
1h 17mnonstop
$87Frontier
Thu, Aug 6 - Sun, Aug 9
Frontier Logo
11:16 am - 12:31 pm
LAS
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SNA
1h 15mnonstop
Frontier Logo
7:53 pm - 9:08 pm
SNA
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LAS
1h 15mnonstop
$88Frontier
Sat, Aug 15 - Sat, Aug 22
Southwest Logo
1:05 pm - 2:35 pm
SMF
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SNA
1h 30mnonstop
Southwest Logo
12:00 pm - 1:35 pm
SNA
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SMF
1h 35mnonstop
$217Southwest
Wed, Aug 5 - Tue, Aug 25
Southwest Logo
6:00 am - 9:20 am
RNO
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SNA
3h 20m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
1:30 pm - 10:00 pm
SNA
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RNO
8h 30m
1 stop
$218Southwest
Wed, Sep 2 - Tue, Sep 8
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 12:30 pm
RNO
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SNA
6h 30m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:23 pm - 6:24 pm
SNA
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RNO
6h 01m
1 stop
$223American Airlines
Wed, Jul 22 - Sat, Jul 25
United Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 12:06 pm
RNO
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SNA
4h 06m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:20 pm - 10:29 pm
SNA
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RNO
4h 09m
1 stop
$227United Airlines
Sat, Sep 19 - Tue, Sep 22
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:36 pm - 7:19 pm
STS
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SNA
1h 43mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
11:39 am - 1:29 pm
SNA
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STS
1h 50mnonstop
$234Alaska Airlines
Sat, Sep 19 - Tue, Sep 22
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:36 pm - 7:19 pm
STS
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SNA
1h 43mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:23 pm - 6:13 pm
SNA
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STS
1h 50mnonstop
$235Alaska Airlines
Mon, Sep 21 - Sat, Sep 26
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 12:31 pm
SJC
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SNA
6h 31m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:34 pm - 6:29 pm
SNA
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SJC
5h 55m
1 stop
$269American Airlines
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Low seasonJanuary
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Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from Las Vegas to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from California to Santa Ana

 
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7.9
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 12616 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.0Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.8Comfort
7.0Food
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My boarding passes were pulled from my Apple wallet and my 3 family members who were all sitting together in the same row all got put middle seats and were one of the last to board and barely were able to get our bags in the luggage bins.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jun 2026
SEA - SNA
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My boarding passes were pulled from my Apple wallet and my 3 family members who were all sitting together in the same row all got put middle seats and were one of the last to board and barely were able to get our bags in the luggage bins.

I paid for wifi and it never worked... it was miserable. I couldn't access my shared files to work on the plane, it didn't work on my phone. I paid for nothing but frustration and continual refreshing, hoping it would work

The flight was excellent and very friendly and helpful staff. Will travel again and recommend to friends. Thank you

They canceled my flight with only a couple hours before checking in at the airport and offered no alternatives to get home.

I’m New to Alaska Airlines. I was not able to connect to WiFi on either leg of my flights to/from Santa Rosa. Otherwise, it was an enjoyable ride.

Im not sure what could have been better. flight was quick and efficient, everyone was kind and made the experience far better than other flights I have made. This is specific to the Santa Rosa Airport crew.

They had all the passengers running around the airport as they kept changing the gate (from B7 to C1 to B16). Then they were saying the flight would be delayed and then they immediately boarded it, almost standing passengers who'd wandered off thinking it was delayed.

I have taken 4 Alaska flights in the past 3 weeks and every single flight was delayed. They give you a $12 voucher for airport food, sometimes too late, after you’ve already eaten. That might get you a bagel. Reservations, rentals, etc have to be cancelled with no repercussions. Will be avoiding Alaska if possible.

Excellent flight, hour and half flight so no food was served other than pretzels, which was fine. Excellent , very professional.

I had to change my plans and my tickets were non-refundable. I booked separately with Alaska Airlines and that was mostly fine. I'm unhappy with Kayak of course.

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

The charges were ridiculous for an hour flight and the turbulence was very scary.

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

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.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

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

The open seating makes passengers boarding ahead of you think they also have the right to the empty middle seat. Trumper next to me refused to move her laptop bag from my leg area. I did not make a fuss since it was a short flight.

Three delays that got us home hours later than expected.

I like that if they asked you to checked in a bag at the gate they give you priority to board

I received several emails about my 3:10 flight. When I showed up to the airport at 12:30 to check my bags I was told the flight was actually at 1 pm. They grudgingly rebooked me for a flight at 5:22 to Vegas to get a connecting to LAX. I did find the gate for my original 3:10 flight but they were booked. I proceeded to receive status updates and gate change information for the 3:10 flight, even though I was apparently never supposed to be on that flight

The Kayak confirmation number did not work for checking in the day before. I checked in at 8.30 using my ticket number. When I arrived at the airport, I was informed that the flight was overbooked, and since I had checked in late, I did not have a seat. The Next flight was not until ten PM. I called my wife, who had been taking care of our kids all weekend, and she was upset, calling me a liar and telling me to stay in SD. It turned my weekend getaway into a nightmare! I blame the Kayak website and will not book flights using your app in the future.

I understand that both Hawaiian and Alaskan are in the process of merging but I could not get real-time flight info or access my boarding pass on either app

We got surprised and switched to Alaska airline. Dirtiest tray and seats I have ever board on and we travel all the time. Help desk would not help by chat as I'm disabled to get my sets assigned tell me call Hawaiian air. I call Hawaiian air was told the flights RT are by Alaska. Make it short, worse flights of our life.

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.

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

The flight was supposed to leave at 7:30pm, but departed 10:50pm. They kept moving departure time out every half hour. It was a 45 minute flight from n Sunday night with great weather.

Flight was canceled with no voucher of any kind and next available flight was two days later.

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

The staff was extremely helpful and friendly at all times! They went above and beyond to get us into an earlier flight in San Diego to make our connection in SFO possible, because our original flight did actually not make it! I did so much appreciate the UA team and how they made this possible. We also didn’t have seats together on the long flight to Singapore, but they found us seats together last moment with no additional cost! Nobody sat next to us, so that we were able to sleep! Thanks to UA for improving their service and Underpricer for booking this trip! Please be careful: 1,5 hrs for transfer in San Francisco might not be enough time in the future

Destroyed my suitcase. Tired of talking about it. Cancelling my unite mileage plus account.

Seat pitch is horrible especially on the 15 hour flight. Gate crew at SFO was Outstanding. The flight crew was also great.

Late plane. Only one crew on the ground so we b had to wait for Denver flight to come in, board, and depart. At 78 yrs of age I was not pleased trying to get my connection. What really made me angry was the notification you sent me to hurry up or I would miss my connection. Why tell me to hurry up when you got me in late. It was not a good way of treating customers.

The crew was great. Very friendly and responsive. The plane was old, small and tight. We ran out of overhead space and I had to check. Middle seat was particularly tight.

Flight delayed for more than 16 hrs and no effort was spent to provide an alternate

The control panel for the seat back screen did not work at all after takeoff.

The crew was nice but the people going to Orange County are so entitled. Everyone thinks everything is suppose for be perfect for them. Tough crowd.

How they treated my luggage was horrible. And foods are not edible… Flight attendants were not listening my request. Etc

Our flight was canceled. I will never use Kayak nor Frontier for travel again. The entire experience was a headache.

I think Frontier was very good at communication. Their app worked very well. Loading was great and the flight was nice and easy.

Everything went as planned. Crew was great. Seats were still not that comfortable.

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.

I had to cancel within 1hour of the reservation an they put you through hell to . no live customer service desk. I'm handy caped and they make it almost impossible to cancel. They are steeling my money. You should not have that airline on your site. Contact me and I will give you all info. Of what the are doing to me just notable treatment they are set up like that to take people

Frontier is a no-frills airlines were the focus is low cost. You get basic service so don't set your expectations high. Watch out thought because this airline, like a few others, will try to nickel and dime you.

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